TempoMeter is a precision tool to measure and improve your tempo skills. It measures how accurately you can reproduce a BPM, how consistently you can hold it over time, and how well you can stay in rhythm — using finger taps, the space bar, or your microphone.

The app combines tempo tests, training modes with audio or visual guides, rhythm games, BPM quizzes, detailed statistics, and a World Challenge with a global leaderboard. The result is practice that's measurable, motivating, and genuinely fun, with clear feedback on your progress.

Musical tempo memory and stability are real, trainable skills. TempoMeter is built for musicians, students, and anyone who wants a stronger internal sense of pulse. It turns rhythm control into a simple, interactive challenge that can sharpen precision, consistency, and confidence over time.

Most activities follow the same pattern: listen to a short tempo reference, then reproduce it yourself.

You can respond in three ways:

• Tap your finger on the tap button (mobile or desktop)
• Press the space bar on your keyboard
• Use your microphone to clap, tap a surface, or play an instrument — enabled in Settings

If you use the microphone, headphones are recommended. A quick compatibility step will check if your device supports this feature.

TempoMeter offers a free version with the essentials, and a Premium version that unlocks the full training experience, statistics, and personalized recommendations.

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These are TempoMeter's two main tests. Both share the same structure: four sequences at four different BPM ranges. Each sequence plays a 2-bar reference, and then you tap for 8 bars on your own.

Precision Test is the full version. After each sequence, you see your individual result. You can restart sequences and review your full performance at the end.

World Challenge is the competitive version, with stricter rules:

• No BPM preview before each sequence
• No individual results between sequences — they flow one after the other automatically
• Results are revealed only at the end, all four sequences together
• Your run is submitted to the global leaderboard

At the end of both tests, your performance is visualized as a tempo trajectory — a circular shape that traces how your tempo moved across the sequence. The closer your trajectory is to a perfect circle, the steadier you were. Drifts and rushes pull the shape outward or inward, making your timing patterns visible at a glance.

You can save your trajectory and final score as a shareable card.

Each sequence is scored out of 150 points, broken into two parts:

• Consistency — 100 points. How steady you stayed across the 8 bars. Lower variation means a higher score. This rewards a stable internal pulse, regardless of whether you matched the reference BPM exactly.
• Accuracy — 50 points. How close your average tempo was to the reference BPM.

Stars are awarded for outstanding performances in consistency and accuracy.

The results screen also shows:

• Drift — whether you gradually sped up or slowed down across the sequence, visualized as a curve and a bar graph
• Min and max tempo — the lowest and highest BPM detected during your taps, giving you a sense of your range of variation

For the final results, individual sequence scores are averaged into a final out-of-150 score.

TempoMeter keeps a complete record of every full test you complete, and these statistics are saved if you own a pro license. Your statistics build a detailed picture of your tempo abilities across the four BPM ranges, showing strengths, weak spots, and progress over time.

After 5 completed tests, the app provides personalized recommendations — written suggestions that highlight which BPM ranges to focus on, with practical advice on how to approach them. The more tests you complete, the sharper and more useful the recommendations become.

Statistics are updated automatically after each full test and are never lost.

Training modes are designed to help you improve specific aspects of your timing, with audio and visual guides that aren't available in tests.

• 8-Bar Training mirrors a single test sequence: one BPM, a 2-bar reference, then 8 bars of your own tapping. Use it to focus on a specific tempo.
• Walkthrough Training mirrors a full test: four sequences across four BPM ranges, with the training guide active throughout. Use it to rehearse the full test format under supportive conditions.

Both modes offer audio and visual aids — gentle reference layers and visual cues that help you anchor your pulse and build independence.

Once you've completed 5 full tests, the app starts recommending tempos to train at, based on the BPM ranges where your statistics show room for growth.

A short, focused daily practice routine tailored to you. Each session is freshly assembled and includes:

• A brief warm-up
• A full walkthrough training round across four sequences

The selection adapts to your recent statistics, so the session targets areas that will help you most. It's designed to be done once a day — small, consistent doses give the best long-term improvement to tempo memory and stability.

Drifting Frame Survival.
Maintain a steady tempo to keep the background image centered. Rush, and the frame drifts left. Drag, and it drifts right. The longer you maintain your precision, the further you progress.

This game rewards consistency over speed and is great for building tempo endurance.

A guessing game that trains your ear to recognize tempos by feel.

Each session is 6 rounds. In each round:

1. Listen to a 2-bar drum loop
2. Guess the BPM
3. Submit your final answer

The Didactic mode lets you preview your guessed tempo with a metronome click before submitting: this is very efficient to sharpen your internal clock and ability to detect drift.

At the end of the 6 rounds, you receive a score out of 150 and a shareable card of your results.

Two quick utilities accessible from the home screen.

• Tap BPM. Tap any steady rhythm and the app calculates the BPM in real time. Useful for figuring out the tempo of a song and developing tempo awareness.
• Metronome. A clean, no-frills metronome with adjustable tempo. It also includes a tap function to set the BPM by tapping, and a screen flash option for silent visual reference — handy when you can't use audio.

Both tools are one touch away and made for quick practical use.

TempoMeter can be installed as an app on your phone or tablet on your home screen. Installed, it opens full-screen without browser bars, runs offline once loaded, and feels like a native app — the recommended way to use TempoMeter day-to-day.

On iPhone or iPad (Safari):

1. Open TempoMeter in Safari
2. Tap the Share button (the square with an arrow pointing up)
3. Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen
4. Confirm by tapping Add

On Android (Chrome):

1. Open TempoMeter in Chrome
2. Tap the three-dot menu in the top-right corner
3. Tap Add to Home screen (or Install app, depending on your device)
4. Confirm by tapping Add or Install

The TempoMeter icon will appear on your home screen. Tap it any time to launch the app directly.

When you activate a Pro license, your email address is used to store your results and statistics anonymously on a server. This lets you access your progress tracking and personalised recommendations at any time across devices and browsers. Your email is used solely as an identifier. No password, no account, and no personal profile are stored.

To play the World Challenge you choose a leaderboard name the first time you compete. Your name and score are stored server-side for the leaderboard only, linked to your license email so that each player holds a single leaderboard identity. Because of this, your leaderboard name is permanent once chosen and cannot be changed later.

No data is sold or shared with third parties.

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TempoMeter is a tool developed by Julien Tauban for Loops de la Crème.