The development of artificial peroxidases has attracted great interest because of their applications in various fields such as the chemical industry and biosensing. In this study, 2,6-bis[(bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amino)-methyl]-4-methylphenol (H-bpmp) complexes with various transition metal ions have been investigated as artificial peroxidases. Among these metal complexes, the [Mn₂(bpmp)]³⁺ complex showed the highest peroxidase-like activity as determined by a colorimetric assay using 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) (ABTS) and H₂O₂. The peroxidase-like activity was inhibited by pyrophosphate (PPi), which blocked the active site of the [Mn₂(bpmp)]³⁺ complex. Based on this phenomenon, the ABTS/H₂O₂/[Mn₂(bpmp)]³⁺ system could be applied for the detection of PPi, which could be achieved selectively by visual observation with a detection limit of 130 nM. Moreover, the addition of pyrophosphatase (PPase) to the [Mn₂(bpmp)]³⁺ complex blocked by PPi resulted in the recovery of the peroxidase-like activity of the [Mn₂(bpmp)]³⁺ complex due to the hydrolysis of PPi. Hence, the enzyme cascade reaction of the PPase and [Mn₂(bpmp)]³⁺ complex allowed the real-time colorimetric assay of PPase.