A press kit for a metronome that listens.

TempoStep is a metronome for iPhone built around a single idea: the tempo advances when you stop playing. The microphone hears your instrument, sets a noise floor for your room, and waits for silence to step the BPM toward the goal you set. No timers, no bar counts.

TempoStep is an iOS metronome designed for targeted tempo practice. Instead of advancing on a bar count or a timer, TempoStep listens. The app calibrates against the noise floor in your room, then watches the level meter as you play. When you stop, a silence countdown begins; when it ends, the BPM steps up by an increment you set, toward a target you've chosen. Take as long as you need between passes, stretch, think, reset, the next tempo is already waiting when you start playing again. Four practice modes (Step Up, Shuffle, Spiral, Step Down) cover building toward a goal, training adaptability, reinforcing intermediate speeds, and working backward from a faster tempo. TempoStep runs in the background so it keeps working alongside forScore, IMSLP, and tuners. One-time purchase, no subscription, no ads. Built by Alan Molina, an orchestral violinist who got tired of reaching for the metronome between every pass.