Tempi – Live Beat Detection is a music app developed by Made by Windmill LLC. Available for $7.99, it was updated to v2.50 on November 23, 2023, and currently holds a 4.68 out of 5 rating based on 290 reviews. Before downloading, make sure your device has at least 2 MB of free space and runs Android 13+ or iOS 14.0+.
“Like a reverse metronome!”
Description
Tempi measures you and your entire band’s tempo live, while you play, and lets you analyze the performance when you’re done. It's like a reverse metronome. * Tempi listens while you (or your entire band) play.
Tempi – Live Beat Detection can be played on Windows and macOS using Android emulators such as BlueStacks. Download an APK version and follow our BlueStacks installation guide to get started. For help with downloading or installing APK files, visit our forums.
User Reviews and Ratings
★★★★★Worked Great
Only used this once so far, but plan to keep it as part of my gig setup. Today was an acoustic gig with me on cajon. Tempi did a great job of reading our live tempo. We tend to rush a bit we get louder so it was good to see that feedback so I could work on keeping the band on pace. Don’t try to over correct too quickly, that will just sound bad. Love the app. Sound quality wasn’t great but it was right by me and not my top need. Also would love to have access to the tempo chart you see live when
★★☆☆☆Live tempo detection IF you record everything
Not a great tempometer.
If you want to record your performances you can receive a running live tempo read out. This could be cool for reviewing your performances.
But if you don’t want to commit memory resources and just want a live tempo reference…this is not the app for you.
Expensive too.
★★★★★Very useful App
Very helpful for those of us who struggle to play in time. I think it would be even more helpful though if there was the ability to calculate the mean and standard deviation BPM over the course of the recording. This would help indicate over time, improvement in our ability to play in time.
★★★☆☆Won’t measure from players on same device
I test professional artists recordings to match their tempos. I can’t get Tempi to measure/work simultaneously with my player apps (Bandcamp, Amazing Slow Downer, Apple Music, Recorder) when both are on the same device. Either the player stops as soon as I touch “record” button on Tempi, or Tempi stops when I turn on the player app. This won’t work for me.
★★★★☆Almost
It loses track of bpm and you have to reset. Not good for a gigging drummer
