Tap along to a song and this BPM tapper shows the tempo as you go. Tap the big button, press the spacebar or hit any key on the beat, and the reading settles after a few taps. It averages your most recent taps (8 by default, or 4 or 16), starts a new count when you pause for 2 seconds, and has half and double buttons for songs you can count two ways. A short table of common tempos by genre helps you check the number makes sense. It runs in your browser, needs no sign in and costs nothing.
Play the song and tap the button, the spacebar or any key on every beat, the way you would nod your head or tap your foot. After four or five taps the number settles. Keep going for a few more taps to make it steadier.
Two taps give a first reading, but four to eight taps on the beat give a much steadier one. By default the tapper averages your last 8 taps, and you can switch to 4 for a quick read or 16 for a very steady one.
Many songs can be counted two ways, for example a track you feel at 70 BPM might be written as 140. Neither is wrong. Use the half and double buttons to match how the song is usually written, or how your DAW or DJ software counts it.
Press Reset, or press Escape. A pause of more than 2 seconds also starts a new count by itself, so you can simply stop and tap again for the next song.
The math is exact, so the result is as steady as your tapping. Human taps drift a little, which is why the reading averages several taps and shows one decimal place. For a measurement taken straight from the audio file, use Detect Key and BPM.
Typical ranges are about 60 to 80 BPM for ballads, 80 to 100 for hip hop, 100 to 130 for pop, 118 to 130 for house, 128 to 140 for trance and 160 to 180 for drum and bass. Plenty of songs sit outside these ranges, so treat them as a rough guide.
Yes. Tap the big button with your finger. It works in any modern mobile browser, and nothing is installed.
Yes. It is completely free, needs no sign in and uses no credits. Everything runs in your browser, so nothing is sent anywhere.