Auto-stop: a metronome that counts you in, then bows out

SessionClick’s second backlog feature: a per-song beat limit that turns the click into an intro count-in — 32 beats, then silence, and the band plays on. Why the countdown lives in the UI instead of the audio engine, how the last beat still rings out cleanly, and two touches that came straight from playing with it on a real phone.

July 7, 2026 · 5 min · Karl-Ernst Kiel

Double-time, triple-time: the first feature through the new safety net

SessionClick’s first post-infrastructure feature: per-song ×2/×3 subdivisions for slow ballads and 6/8 grooves — click and flash at double or triple the beat without faking the tempo. The safety net earned its keep, the schema survived its first change, and a real-device test rewrote the BPM limits in ways no emulator could have.

July 7, 2026 · 6 min · Karl-Ernst Kiel

Day 1: Why I'm building a metronome app (and why it probably won't make money)

Starting a solo app project with AI assistance, a small budget, and realistic expectations.

April 4, 2026 · 4 min · Karl-Ernst Kiel