diff --git a/openfl/callbacks/callback_list.py b/openfl/callbacks/callback_list.py
index 477a16986c..bc8890f4fb 100644
--- a/openfl/callbacks/callback_list.py
+++ b/openfl/callbacks/callback_list.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 from openfl.callbacks.callback import Callback
 from openfl.callbacks.memory_profiler import MemoryProfiler
+from openfl.callbacks.metric_writer import MetricWriter
 
 
 class CallbackList(Callback):
@@ -22,13 +23,14 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         callbacks: list,
         add_memory_profiler=False,
+        add_metric_writer=False,
         tensor_db=None,
         **params,
     ):
         super().__init__()
         self.callbacks = _flatten(callbacks) if callbacks else []
 
-        self._add_default_callbacks(add_memory_profiler)
+        self._add_default_callbacks(add_memory_profiler, add_metric_writer)
 
         self.set_tensor_db(tensor_db)
         self.set_params(params)
@@ -45,16 +47,25 @@ def set_tensor_db(self, tensor_db):
             for callback in self.callbacks:
                 callback.set_tensor_db(tensor_db)
 
-    def _add_default_callbacks(self, add_memory_profiler):
+    def _add_default_callbacks(self, add_memory_profiler, add_metric_writer):
+        """Add default callbacks to callbacks list if not already present."""
         self._memory_profiler = None
+        self._metric_writer = None
+
         for cb in self.callbacks:
             if isinstance(cb, MemoryProfiler):
                 self._memory_profiler = cb
+            if isinstance(cb, MetricWriter):
+                self._metric_writer = cb
 
         if add_memory_profiler and self._memory_profiler is None:
             self._memory_profiler = MemoryProfiler()
             self.callbacks.append(self._memory_profiler)
 
+        if add_metric_writer and self._metric_writer is None:
+            self._metric_writer = MetricWriter()
+            self.callbacks.append(self._metric_writer)
+
     def on_round_begin(self, round_num: int, logs=None):
         for callback in self.callbacks:
             callback.on_round_begin(round_num, logs)
diff --git a/openfl/callbacks/metric_writer.py b/openfl/callbacks/metric_writer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..131807b909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openfl/callbacks/metric_writer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import json
+import logging
+import os
+
+from tensorboardX import SummaryWriter
+
+from openfl.callbacks.callback import Callback
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class MetricWriter(Callback):
+    """Log scalar metrics at the end of each round.
+
+    Attributes:
+        log_dir: Path to write logs as lines of JSON. Defaults to `./logs`.
+        use_tensorboard: If True, writes scalar summaries to TensorBoard under `log_dir`.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, log_dir: str = "./logs/", use_tensorboard: bool = True):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.log_dir = log_dir
+        self.use_tensorboard = use_tensorboard
+
+        self._log_file_handle = None
+        self._summary_writer = None
+
+    def on_experiment_begin(self, logs=None):
+        """Open file handles for logging."""
+
+        if not self._log_file_handle:
+            self._log_file_handle = open(
+                os.path.join(self.log_dir, self.params["origin"] + "_metrics.txt"), "a"
+            )
+
+        if self.use_tensorboard:
+            self._summary_writer = SummaryWriter(
+                os.path.join(self.log_dir, self.params["origin"] + "_tensorboard")
+            )
+
+    def on_round_end(self, round_num: int, logs=None):
+        """Log metrics.
+
+        Args:
+            round_num: The current round number.
+            logs: A key-value pair of scalar metrics.
+        """
+        logs = logs or {}
+        logger.info(f"Round {round_num}: Metrics: {logs}")
+
+        self._log_file_handle.write(json.dumps(logs) + "\n")
+        self._log_file_handle.flush()
+
+        if self._summary_writer:
+            for key, value in logs.items():
+                self._summary_writer.add_scalar(key, value, round_num)
+            self._summary_writer.flush()
+
+    def on_experiment_end(self, logs=None):
+        """Cleanup."""
+        if self._log_file_handle:
+            self._log_file_handle.close()
+            self._log_file_handle = None
+
+        if self._summary_writer:
+            self._summary_writer.close()