RunTempo - Runners Metronome App Reviews

Does what it’s supposed to do. Easy adjustment of cadence, with a couple of different tones to choose from. Plays in the background to whatever else you are listening to, if anything. Simple. Effective. Great app.

Not Running in Background. Note that in the description, it says Run Tempo runs in the background so that you can still here the tempo while using other apps to listen to music, podcasts, etc. THIS IS NOT TEUE ON APPLE WATCH. I like to leave my phone behind while I train, using my watch to measure my workout. I also like to listen to podcasts or music while I do so. I can’t do that and use Run Tempo. I can listen to the metronome or to music/podcasts, but not both. This is likely a device limitation and not the developers fault, but I feel this should be stated so more people, like me, purchase the app and discover it can’t be used as described/they intended.

drains battery. I liked Run Tempo until I found out how badly it drained my battery. It consumed the same amount of power as all my other apps combined! Apparently, it didn't even have to be on to use up 51% of my battery charge. There is something seriously wrong with this app.

Good metronome, bad for battery. Overall the app will work as advertised, except for the fact that it will drain your battery significantly. Make sure to kill the app after each use.

Love simplicity but lacks ability to change tone of beat. One simple edition can make this app, super valuable by just allowing the ability to change the beat tone or allow for uploading a tone

Poor Sound Design. I’m hard of hearing and need to customize the sounds. So the low and high sounds are difficult for my use. The last thing I would expect in a metronome app for Cadence is the inability to customize the sounds by choosing a WAV or AIFF sound I created for my own use.

The Secret to Better Runs. I can’t overstate how much RunTempo has improved my running! The metronome keeps my cadence steady, so my form is better and my performance is up. I used to tweak my playlist to chase the right tempo, but now I just set my cadence and go—no fuss, no learning curve. The latest update even lets the Watch app run audio in the background. Highly recommend for runners of all levels who want something effective and straightforward to use.

Perfect Little Gem. Every now and then, a perfect little app comes along that does exactly what you want - nothing more, nothing less. In this case, it’s “pace my run, please.” And oh yes, “do it in the background so I can run any other app in the foreground.” That’s exactly what it does. Set the cadence, a timer if you like, volume and the tick-tock sound (hi-lo is best), and you’re done. Off you go. Zero learning curve. The only “weakness”? Guilt... I can’t find a way to pay the developer. I mean, there aren’t even any ads to post to extinguish. Perfect. P.S. Oh yes, it immediately increased the distance of my 1 hr run by 15%, simply by not lagging off a 180 cadence, which I tended to do in the middle of runs. That results in longer, sustained elevated HRs and calorie burn. All good. 👍👍

This is what I was looking for!!!!. Works perfect and keeps me on pace all while I can listen to my favorite music!

Amazing. I use this on all my runs to keep my cadence, I also plan to use this for my first half marathon.

Great app. This is overall a great app that works consistently. I would like to see it turn on and off with headphone controls on iPhone. This would be an enhancement worth paying for.

Fantastic. So simple. Pick your tempo press play and it goes, adjust on the fly and it goes in the background of your music. Perfect.

Love. Love this app. My running has improved since I've been using it!

It just works. I've been a fan of cadence work for a while, but until now I had to rely on tediously constructed playlists. Now I turn this on in the background and go

Watch Update???. Love the app but where is the watch update???

Exactly what I was looking for!. I have a really hard time running on a consistent cadence without listening to music. To be precise, the same song over and over. This is fine for short runs, but listening to one song for miles isn’t fun. This app is perfect if you have any trouble keeping a steady pace. It plays in the background of whatever you’re listening to and you can adjust the volume of the app vs main volume. The beat is extremely adjustable by 1 bpm each click and you can choose between a steady sound, and a high/low or low/high sound. I highly recommend this app because I can now listen to podcasts and audiobooks and keep a perfect pace on my long runs!

Perfect. I have used other apps in the running space and none of them have helped me fundamentally like this one. Highly recommend for newbies

Battery Hog. This app drains the battery in no time even when it's not in use, leaving my phone with zero battery power. I finally resorted to deleting the app after each run, then reinstalling it before the next. I'm searching for a better app.

Simple and perfect. Like another reviewer, I can only keep a consistent pace by listening to the same song on repeat. Once I find the song that works for my current run, I play it over and over and my cadence will be solid. I tried this app out today. Easiest set up, works in the background. I was able to sort of let my subconscious hear and respond to the tones and I didn’t even think about cadence. Worked like a charm. I agree with another review that it would be nice to have different sounds to choose from though.

Love it! Good tool for focusing on form. Super easy to use app:) The price is worth it since you can still play music with it in the background in you want to. I am excited to keep using it on my future training runs!

Dated. Does not work with Apple Watch

Works the best!. I could be rhythmically challenged and this is the best metronome product I've used to keep my running cadence up.

Very simple and effective. The app runs in the background also if you want to hear music. It helped me improve my cadence very easily.

Run tempo. My wife and both like this new app! Easy to set up an we like that you can also play music. It would be nice to have a way to toggle between two paces? 165 as the low setting and 175 for example. So you can do Interval & Fartleks??

Drains battery. This app constantly drained my battery so that my phone died several times on runs less than an hour in length. If you are not using any other app maybe it can work for you. I wanted it for my first marathon, and it barely lasted through a 10k. Very disappointed. Also, there is no option to turn off running in the background, so as another reviewer pointed out, it drains the battery even when you aren’t using it.

The sound is obnoxious. I wish I hadn’t paid for this app. There are two sound settings, high or low beeps, both of which sound like a bomb counting down. They are super grating on the nerves. Most metronomes have a nice click or snap sound that you can bear listening to for hours while running. Not this app.

Power walker. Great tempo while listening to great courses. Runs in background but can easily increase or decrease pace.

Saves from injuries. Post-marathon, my cadence dropped significantly when I returned to running. I couldn’t figure out why, especially since I am very mindful of my step turnover when I run. I could feel injuries coming in from overstriding. This app was like a breath of fresh air: using it helped me find my cadence again and it felt like coming home. Suddenly running was easy again because I found my stride. Will keep using this to improve my turnover rate. Easy and simple to use!! One suggestion: include an option to vibrate every other step. I don’t like to use this with ear buds because I don’t want beeping in my ears for hours, but it’s also hard to hear in my running belt when running along noisy roads! Would love a vibrate option so I can feel it when I can’t hear it.

Serious limitations for runners!. There is only one choice of high/low sound and it is an annoying “beep” instead of a percussive tone. There is a time limit of 120 minutes so if you’re wanting to use this to pace a longer run (marathon) you’re out of luck. Sorry I dropped $2 on this one. Will be requesting a refund immediately.

Don't waste your money. It's an embarrassment they even call this an app. Any more basic and you would be counting yourself. Get a free one like proMetronome that can do much more. Can't change the tone style for example and only has 2 beats vs free ones with multiple tones and beats. I prefer it to actually count the beats , but that's not an option here unlike free ones.

Worked for a few years until now. I have used this for years and since the latest iOS update, it won’t even launch. Please update.

Couldn't be easier!. I love this app! I got this for my first half marathon and it is amazing. The beats do not over power my music but are still easy to focus on while running to the sound of my personal musical selections. I can use this app on the treadmill or the trails with no extra effort. I have an iPhone 6 and with my music, mapmyrun, and run tempo working together my battery life lasted for 3.5 hours. I'm very pleased!

Terrific app (more tones?). I'm really appreciative of this app. A recent running evaluation led to the recommendation that I increase my cadence, and since I always run with my phone for music, this was exactly what I was looking for. I can hear it through my music and it works perfectly. It would be great if one could change the tone of the beat, as sometimes on long runs it can drive me a little nuts, which is the only reason I am giving 4 stars instead of 5, but otherwise--perfect.

Simply & Easy. I just started running. During a coaching session, the concept of a cadence was discussed. I found it very helpful to listen to this app in the background while playing music.

Simple, effective. I usually run with music selected for specific BPM, but wanted to be able to run with an audiobook sometimes. This app beeps in the cadence I select, without interfering with what I'm listening to. I think I'd like a deeper tone beep, but overall I am thrilled with how this works.

Exactly what I was looking for!. Thank you for a simple to use app that will play in the background with my music without changing the tempo of my music. Perfect! I also love the fact that it stays on your last beat rate when you close and reopen the app. No need set the beat each time. Very simple and good sized controls for turning on and off or up and down on the beat. 😍😍😍

I need this app on my watch, please!!!. ASAP

Apple Watch. No fitness app should be without Apple Watch Support. Especially a paid app.

Run Tempo. Great, simple to use app. Helped me greatly to develop proper cadence for my runs. It's simple and it works. I give it 5 stars.

Great App. Does exactly what it is supposed to do. Simple, clean, useful. I am a cross country and track coach, and this is a great training tool for my runners who lumber along, putting themselves at risk of injury and falling short of their potential. Great app. Thanks for keeping it inexpensive, also!

Watch Support. Good app and all but release the update to use it with the Watch guys 😱😭 i really need it!

No frills running metronome. Training good my first marathon and my running coach recommended a 160 tempo to prevent injury. This is perfect for me, it plays in the background if you want to use your own playlist, but I find the rhythm easier to follow without music. It doesn't interfere with my mapping apps which is a huge plus. To save battery I blacken the screen when in use and set the timer. Highly recommend!

Good app, a couple things could make it great!. I love this app, it works really well coupled with MapMyFitness. A couple small tweaks would make it awesome. #1 - Add a three beat option, low/low/high so that the strong beat would alternate left/right foot strikes and help people remain balanced. (As suggested in ChiRunning.) #2 - Set up a couple preset buttons to quickly change pace. I do walk-run for distance events and would like to quickly be able to shift the pace.

This is perfect!. Simple, nothing fancy, plays in the background while listening to my music also while the phone is locked.

So simple, so effective. A run coach recommended using a tempo app like this to help maintain pace consistency. After much online research I landed on this and didn't really use it til today, in 95 degree 90% humidity Houston TX where pace was a STRUGGLE. And what do you know. It worked. Kept me going and the real time feedback of my feet not being in time with the beat was so effective. I love the simple interface, minimal options, though as I say this it might be nice to add an interval option for speed drills but even if they don't change anything, I'll still love it.

Thanks. Glad to find a simple and effective app I can use to improve my run cadance. A friend and avid runner, who uses this app, recommended it to me. Good job.

Great. This is a great app. Works perfectly under the separate music program. Has been very helpful. Would love it if there was an Apple Watch app because I don’t know if any watch apps that play under music from iTunes.

BFloyd. Overall does exactly what u want it to do. I found starting this first then your music works best. But only 4 stars for me if u get a call or pause your music only your music or run tempo will start back up. Unless you get your phone out to start both again. But in saying that if u want a metronome and music this works well.

Really handy!. I really like this app. I can play it over my music, apps like ZombiesRun!, or just use it by itself. I had hoped an app like this existed since I'm trying to make my running more efficient and it's exactly what I needed. Couldn't be better!

Just what I wanted. It took me quite some time to find a cadence app that would act like a metronome, play in the background while other apps run, and can be set to the pace I want. This is it!

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Apple Watch limitations not disclosed. Update to my earlier negative review: I restarted my AW Ultra v1 and RunTempo works fine now, with Apple music and the native Apple Fitness workouts all working together. One minor glitch is that the metronome turns off when interrupted by some of Apple’s in-run announcements of splits, etc., and requires restarting. However after extensive research and trialling of metronome solutions for the Apple Watch and Garmin, I can now say that RunTempo is the only one that works nearly seamlessly. I also appreciated the support from Barry after my initial comments.

What I was looking for except..... Exactly what I was looking for, can when offline without phone, can play simultaneously with Spotify working in the background but audio level too low. Already at full volume but it is being overpowered by Spotify podcast audio. Hope futore updates can increase volume limit. Volume turned all the way up on watch FYI Update: developers listened and updated the app. Volume is now great!

Neat. Very cool! Will change to 5 stars if standard music metronome sounds are added. I am not using it to run but to learn beats while doing stuff.

Rubbish. Metronome sounds are terrible. Double clicks ,canot tell what the tiiming is.

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Simple and effective. Does exactly what it should. Would appreciate some additional customizations for the sounds but they get the job done. I appreciate the low price - much better than free apps with ads to me. Worth the $1.39 for any serious runner who wants to work on cadence while also listening to podcasts or audiobooks.

Perfect - simplicity is exactly what I wanted. This is a simple app that allows me to set the exact running cadence I want and even adjust it on the fly. It couldn’t be simpler and easier to use. Exactly what I was looking for. I wish I would have found this app first before I wasted time and money on so many other apps that did not even work or were way too complex.

Doesn’t have an Apple Watch version. I bought this app specifically to use on the Apple Watch but it doesn’t have an Apple Watch version so I wasted my money.

Très bien. Ça m'aide beaucoup à courir et je peux le mettre par dessus ma musique, c'est très birn.

Simple and efficient. Worth the price! Simplicity is the key and this is exactly that!

Simplicité. Très simple. M'a aidé à augmenter la cadence de mon pas de course et par le fait même ma vitesse. Difficile d'écouter la musique qui n'est pas au même bpm. Mais en me concentrant sur le rythme de RT, pas besoin de musique et je porte plus grande attention à ma posture de course.

Mon métronome de course. Run Tempo m'a beaucoup aidé à atteindre mon rythme de course de 180.

Doesnt work with Youtube app. Can’t get the two apps to play simultaneously. Turns out a free metronome app does exactly what Runtempo says it does

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Almost there. Good app. Simple, no frills. If it had a Waltz tempo option (3-3 beat), it would be perfect for my needs.

Drains battery. Not sure why such a simple app drains my battery even when it's not in use.

Runner. This is a great app that works exactly as described.

Love it... I love this appp...it has helped me keep a consisting pace and run....

Battery life. Drains Battery constantly even when not in use.

Awesome!. Love this app! Keeps me focused during my run! ❤️

It works. And it works !!! Must have for runner enthusiast 👍

Drains battery even in background; free apps do the same thing. Pro Metronome, a free app, offers the same utility of a metronome overlaid on whatever other audio you've got playing.

Battery drain. Cut my battery life in half. I have app background refresh turned off but this doesn't seem to help.

What I've been looking for.. I wanted to exercise while I listen to audio books but I always slow down while listening to books.this app helps me keep pace while I exercise and listen to my books. Awesome!

Very useful. Very useful

Battery Drainer. This app will count your cadence but will also drain your battery doing 'background tasks'. Skip it. Definitely not one to pay for.