Metronome Beats is the metronome most Android musicians end up with, and for good reason. But sometimes you are sitting at the piano, phone out of reach, and you need a click right now, not an install. Most browser metronomes fail that moment because they time each beat with a JavaScript timer, so the click drifts and stutters. Ours does not. We built Steadybeat, a free metronome that schedules every click on your device’s audio clock, right here on this page. No download, no signup.
Start the metronome
Set your tempo, tap start. The space bar starts and stops it too.
How to use it
Drag the slider or use the +1/+5 buttons to dial in a tempo from 30 to 252 BPM. If you know the song but not the number, hit “Tap tempo” a few times in rhythm and the tool averages your last taps into a BPM.
The row of dots across the top shows the beats in the bar. Tap any dot to toggle its accent, so you can put the emphasis on beat one, on the backbeat, or nowhere at all. Pick a time signature from 1/4 up to 6/8, and switch between quarter notes and eighth notes when you want subdivisions filling the space between beats.
The tool counts your practice minutes for the day and keeps a day streak going. Everything, including your last tempo and accent pattern, is saved on your device only. Nothing leaves your browser.
How it compares to Metronome Beats
Steadybeat covers the core job: a steady, accurate click with tap tempo, accents, and subdivisions. For warm-ups, a quick tempo check, or a practice session at a desk, a browser tab now does it.
Metronome Beats goes well beyond that, which is why it has held its spot for years. The full app adds a tempo trainer that speeds the click up or slows it down automatically over time, which is the single best tool for working a difficult passage up to speed. It handles polyrhythms, lets you mute bars at intervals to test your internal clock, and offers more sounds than our single synthesized click. Move up to the Pro version and you get setlists, so a gigging musician can save every song’s tempo and signature and step through them live.
Our version deliberately drops all of that to stay instant and weightless. If you practice daily or perform, install the real thing. If you play guitar as well, we also built a free browser tuner called Pitchline; you will find it in our GuitarTuna web alternative article.
Get the full app
Metronome Beats is made by Stonekick and is free on Android with ads, with a paid upgrade to remove them and unlock extras. On iOS, Stonekick ships the same engine as Metronome Beats Pro.
Frequently asked questions
Do online metronomes drift?
Many do, and here is why: they fire each click with setTimeout, and browsers only run those timers approximately, especially when the tab is busy or backgrounded. Steadybeat uses the Web Audio API instead. A lightweight scheduler wakes every 25 milliseconds and books upcoming clicks directly on the audio hardware’s clock, a fraction of a second ahead. Once a click is booked, the audio system plays it at the exact sample, regardless of what the page is doing. That is the same technique native metronome apps rely on.
Is this the real Metronome Beats app?
No. Steadybeat is an original tool we built, inspired by what makes Metronome Beats useful. We are not affiliated with Stonekick in any way. If you want the tempo trainer, polyrhythms, or setlists, use the download links above.
Is it free?
Yes, completely. No account, no ads, no locked features. Metronome Beats itself is also free on Android, supported by ads, with a one-time upgrade that removes them.
Does it work offline?
Yes. The metronome is a single small page and the click is synthesized on your device, so once it has loaded it keeps working without a connection. Your practice minutes, streak, and last settings are stored in your browser on this device only.
