What is a good tuner and metronome app that also tracks my practice?
Practice Lab puts a real-time tuner, a metronome and a practice coach in one iPhone app, and tracks your progress against a daily goal. If you only need a tuner or a metronome, the free built-in tools in many other apps are enough.
Download Practice Lab on the App Store
How the options compare
- Separate tuner and metronome apps: Fine and often free. Two apps to open for every session and no shared history.
- Tonal Energy: Combines tuner and metronome with a lot of depth for music students.
- Soundbrenner: Metronome app with subdivisions and wearable options.
Where Practice Lab fits
The tuner and metronome do not depend on Apple Intelligence. On iOS 27 you can also control the metronome from the Lock Screen, Control Center or AirPods.
No account, no tracking, and no ads in the free tier.
What it costs
Practice Lab is free to download. Free gets you the tuner and metronome (neither is on the Premium list), a 7-day accuracy trend, one coaching note a week and manual Woodshed loops. Premium unlocks unlimited AI coaching and the full auto-climbing Woodshed ladder: $1.99 a week, $3.99 a month, $27.99 a year or $49.99 once in the US. Prices from the US App Store, checked 2026-11-03; they vary by region.
Quick answers
What needs Premium?
Unlimited AI coaching, the full auto-climbing Woodshed ladder with tempo-progress history, and advanced insights. The tuner and metronome are not on that list.
More questions about Practice Lab
- Is there a metronome app that speeds up automatically as I improve?
- Is there an app that tells me if I am rushing or dragging when I play?
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