Tap BPM

Play the song, then tap the pad above or press any key on every beat. The BPM appears from the second tap and settles as you keep going. After about ten steady taps it is marked Stable, and Copy BPM puts the number on your clipboard.

As accurate as your taps. Steady tapping over eight or more beats usually lands within 1 BPM of the song’s tempo, and the value with one decimal under the reading shows the finer result. A tap far off the beat, an accidental double tap or a missed beat is left out of the reading, so one slip does not throw it off.

Two taps give a first estimate. The reading settles after about eight beats, and once about ten of your taps have been steady it is marked Stable. Tapping longer does no harm: the reading follows your most recent beats, so it also keeps up when a live band speeds up or slows down.

You may be tapping every other beat, or every eighth note instead of every beat. Both describe the same song: 70 and 140 BPM are the same groove counted at two speeds. The line under the reading shows the half and double values, so you can pick the one that matches how the genre is usually counted, such as about 87 or 174 for drum and bass.

Just keep tapping. A missed beat, an accidental double tap or a single tap that lands early or late is left out of the reading. If the song really changes speed, the reading follows within a few taps. To start over at once, press Reset or Esc.

Stop tapping for about two seconds, a little longer for very slow songs, and your next tap starts a new count. The last result stays on the pad until the new count has its own reading. Reset or the Esc key clears everything at once.

Yes. Press Space, Enter or any letter, number or arrow key on each beat; there is no need to click the page first. Holding a key down counts once, shortcuts with Ctrl, Cmd, Alt or Shift keep working as usual, and typing in a text field never counts. Esc resets the count. Tab moves between the pad and its buttons: while a button such as Copy BPM is selected with Tab, Space and Enter press that button, so tap with another key or Tab back to the pad.

Yes. Tap the pad with your finger: each tap counts the moment your finger touches the screen, and quick taps never zoom the page. It works the same on tablets and on computers with a mouse or touchpad.

Tapping works for any music you can hear, from a streaming app, the radio, a video or a live band, and you choose which beat to count. If you have the song as an audio or video file, the BPM & Key Finder detects its tempo and key from the file itself, for one song or a whole folder.

BPM means beats per minute: how many beats of a song pass in one minute. A song at 60 BPM has one beat every second, and at 120 BPM it has two. It is the number a metronome, a DJ app or a music editor asks for when you set a tempo.

Yes. It is free, with no account to create and no limit on how often you use it. It only times your taps: the microphone stays off, and your taps are counted in your browser without being saved or sent anywhere.