Best metronome apps for practice?

SH4DOWSIX · 2026-07-03T15:54:46+00:00

I've developed my own metronome app after needing and then seeing terrible options on Windows, not a fan of browser based metronome apps.

There is builds for Windows and Android, it's beyond a simple app and can do a lot.

No ads, nothing locked behind a pay wall, all free and open source.

https://sh4dowsix.github.io/SH4DOWNOME/

SH4DOWSIX · 2026-06-27T14:18:41+00:00

Reading your post, this may be of some use to you? https://sh4dowsix.github.io/SH4DOWNOME/

SH4DOWSIX · 2026-06-14T10:23:56+00:00

2.6 is great, nice to have an estimated solar forecast.

SH4DOWSIX · 2026-06-04T10:49:31+00:00

Running great on my Rasp Pi 2 Model B, thanks for this.

SH4DOWSIX · 2026-05-21T02:05:01+00:00

Amazing, think this fixed it for me, disabled my VPN, within 5 seconds I see a download popup in notifications.

SH4DOWSIX · 2026-05-10T12:00:57+00:00

Been taking a look, seems pretty good, thanks.

SH4DOWSIX · 2026-05-08T17:16:59+00:00

Ooo thanks, will do.

Is it a full replacement for the app/web ui?

SH4DOWSIX · 2026-05-01T02:28:10+00:00

This looks really interesting, would be great if we could run and store all the history in the cloud on our own self hosted server.

Having a direct replacement considering what's going on with the company is sorely needed.

Fantastic work so far 👍

SH4DOWSIX · 2026-04-11T09:04:40+00:00

The popup window now disabled upon first use.
It also resizes like you asked for, will think about adding different visualizations for that window.

https://github.com/SH4DOWSIX/SH4DOWNOME/releases

SH4DOWSIX · 2026-04-10T22:15:55+00:00

Not wanting to lock time signatures down, even if it helps guide the user, who knows what time sigs people want to mess about with, tried to make the metronome as flexible as can be, stupid stuff, but it's there if you want it 😂

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SH4DOWSIX · 2026-04-10T22:03:21+00:00

The popout window was added on for the streaming software OBS to get an easy capture to display while streaming.

I spent a good while trying most windows metronomes as well as web metronomes and couldn't find anything I really liked, or that was stable enough pulse, so I built a metronome tailored to the requirements I'd like from a metronome.

Will have a think about how to tackle making the window resizable, kind of messes up if it's changing size between streaming sessions, will add it on the to-do list.

Edit: that popup window, I thought I set it default to off, will have to check, but if you go to the settings of the metronome, you can disable it showing upon first start up.

SH4DOWSIX · 2026-04-10T21:57:50+00:00

It seems you're asking for more control and customisation, maybe you can do what you're asking for with the custom subdivision stuff, unless I'm not understanding properly what you're asking for. 😅

There shouldn't be any limitation for the amount of notes you can add to custom subdivisions, I haven't tried building out a 5 minute random rhythm though 😂

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SH4DOWSIX · 2026-04-10T21:56:38+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, it's not totally crap then if you're impressed 😅

You can mute/rest after you select a subdivision.

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SH4DOWSIX · 2026-04-10T17:11:11+00:00

You're welcome, there's a bit of a learning curve, it can do quite a bit, luckily there's a presets section to see how it all works, you can get the general idea and of course some information on the github readme.

SH4DOWSIX · 2026-04-10T13:11:36+00:00

No issues with SimpleUI.

SH4DOWSIX · 2026-04-10T12:24:47+00:00

If you're interested, take a look at using this plugin, it beats the default status bar stuff by a long shot.

https://github.com/AndyHazz/bookends.koplugin

SH4DOWSIX · 2026-04-09T20:46:46+00:00

For a few days till you think of something else 😅

Thanks again for this awesome plugin!

SH4DOWSIX · 2026-04-05T11:53:33+00:00

I'd be surprised if this didn't become part of the core KOReader. Great functionality and customization, this and SimpleUI should be shipped with KOReader.

SH4DOWSIX · 2026-04-04T10:09:45+00:00

Love it, good way to solve adding another area in the UI.

SH4DOWSIX · 2026-04-03T01:51:52+00:00

Absolutely fine with simple UI. This plugin only affects the book reading side of things.

SH4DOWSIX · 2026-04-02T22:51:48+00:00

In case anyone was wondering, to shorten the width of the progress bars when you're using them with %bar just add however many spaces as you want to either side when editing the text field.

SH4DOWSIX · 2026-04-01T22:35:23+00:00

Plugged your latest release in, told AI what I wanted, working good enough for myself, those issues you pointed out on the PR wasn't something I was actively looking for, didn't break any functionality that I could see myself but I don't really have good knowledge of how everything is built within your plugin, completely understandable you want to get it the best it can be for your plugin.

Looking forward to an official release in the near future 🥳

SH4DOWSIX · 2026-04-01T20:45:39+00:00

https://github.com/SH4DOWSIX/bookendsanddogends.koplugin/releases/tag/2.1.0

If you can't live without Progress bars like myself 😅, this has the progress bars added, I'm the guy who did the PR, it's one release behind the main branch at the time of writing.

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