Time Guru
Time Guru is a metronome for musicians practicing an internal pulse while beats disappear and return.
What Time Guru is
Time Guru is a metronome for musicians practicing an internal pulse while beats disappear and return. You set a percentage of randomly silent beats, then work through the resumed click. The app supports odd time signatures, mixed meters, subdivisions, and tempo programs that change tempo and meter over time. Spoken beat counting and selectable click voices offer alternate practice cues, while saved routines and exercises can be recalled. The iPad listing adds random and pattern muting, gradual tempo changes, a practice timer, 35 sound options, voice counting in five languages, and tap tempo from 5–300 BPM. Presets sync across iPad, iPhone, and Mac through iCloud. iPad users can practice with podcasts or YouTube and control playback from the lock screen. Time Guru is listed for Android, iOS, and macOS. The iPad app costs $2.99, paid once, requires iPadOS 17.0 or later, and Mac support requires macOS 14.0 or later with an Apple M1 chip or later.
Good
- Randomly mutes selected beats
- Supports odd, mixed, and custom meters
- Saved routines and exercises
- Tap tempo from 5–300 BPM on iPad
- Presets sync through iCloud
Watch out
- No free plan
- iPad app costs $2.99, paid once
- iPad requires iPadOS 17.0 or later
- Mac requires macOS 14.0 and Apple M1 or later
Who it suits
It suits musicians building timing, subdivision, odd-meter, and tempo-change practice routines on supported mobile or Mac devices.
Verdict
Time Guru focuses on pulse training through controlled silence, varied meters, and programmable tempo changes. The iPad version adds extensive sounds, counting, syncing, and playback controls, with a one-time listed price.
Plans and prices
From Time Guru's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Time Guru Metronome for iPad | $2.99, paid once | iPad app · iPadOS 17.0 or later · Mac requires macOS 14.0 or later and Apple M1 or later |
The facts
Each one read from Time Guru's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audio use
- The iPad listing says users can practice along with podcasts or YouTube and control playback from the lock screen.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Compatibility
- The listing requires iPadOS 17.0 or later and supports Macs with macOS 14.0 or later and an Apple M1 chip or later.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Developer
- The App Store identifies Avi Bortnick as the seller and developer.checked 8 Oct 2001
- iPad features
- The iPad listing describes random and pattern muting, gradual tempo changes, a practice timer, 35 sound options, voice counting in five languages, and tap tempo from 5–300 BPM.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Meters and subdivisions
- Users can program odd time signatures, mixed meters, and subdivisions.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Privacy
- Apple’s listing reports the developer indicated that the app does not collect data; Apple says this information has not been verified by Apple.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Random muting
- The app lets users set a percentage of beats to be randomly silent.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Saved routines
- Users can save and recall routines and exercises.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Sounds and counting
- The app offers spoken beat counting and a choice of click voices.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Support
- The maker’s Time Guru page links to contact support.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Sync
- The iPad listing says presets sync across iPad, iPhone, and Mac through iCloud.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Tempo programs
- Users can build sequences that change tempo and meter over time.checked 8 Oct 2001
- What it does
- Time Guru is a metronome designed to help musicians internalize the pulse by randomly muting beats and then resuming the click.checked 8 Oct 2001
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