# Carnatic Raga — user reviews > 63 indexed App Store user reviews of Carnatic Raga by Aspul Studios LLC, rated 4.80/5 from 484 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/carnatic-raga/id585566511/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/carnatic-raga/id585566511.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 410 · 4★ 55 · 3★ 14 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of Carnatic Raga? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Easy to understand - 👍 Quick raga reference - 👍 Great for learning - 👍 Informative and organized - 👍 Useful for beginners - 👍 Handy for quick lookups - 👍 Excellent for practicing ragas - 👍 Good for identifying ragas - 👍 Comprehensive raga information - 👍 Useful for musicians - 👍 Great for Carnatic music study - 👍 Well-organized raga details - 👍 Handy offline access - 👍 Fast and brief information **Cons** - 🐛 Play button not working - 🐛 No sound output - 🐛 Spelling errors in raga names - 🐛 Piano has limited octaves - 🐛 Missing lessons portion (Android vs iOS) - 🐛 Cannot play arbitrary notes - 🐛 Play functionality issues - 🐛 Sound not working on swara touch **Commonly reported bugs** - Dharmavathi is named as Dhamavathi - Some Raga spellings are incorrect - Play button does not work - Play button not working on ios14 - No sound on iOS 6.1.3 - Crashes on iOS 6.1.3 - Volume not working when touching swara **Most requested features** - Play any 16 notes in any order - How to find raaga if up and down notes differ - Add two more octaves on the piano - Add functionality to play swaras - Add sound bites for swaras - Add ability to listen to ragas in different shrutis - Add different instruments to play ragas - Option to 'like' favorite ragas - Link to find more songs in a raga - Add Hindustani music section ## Newest reviews (13 of 63) ### 4/5 — Great for learning *2024-08-06, version 3.0* I love it but would love for it to have at least two more octaves on the piano please! ### 5/5 — Works very well *2024-01-02, version 3.0* Very good app. Shivaa..well done ### 5/5 — Really has everything you need *2023-07-10* No ads; actual sound of raga; and a keyboard… tooooo good ### 5/5 — Brilliant and easy to learn *2023-05-06* I use this app regularly to confirm my understanding and learn new things. This has been brilliantly put together for Carnatic music connoisseurs. Kudos to the team that did this! ### 4/5 — Good but can be better *2023-02-28, version 3.0* Good app but play does not work. Please add the functionality. ### 5/5 — Wow *2023-02-22, version 3.0* I love it, great way to learn and familiarize yourself with the ragas ### 5/5 — Great app to learn ragas *2022-09-18, version 3.0* Works great! ### 5/5 — Very useful to understand ragas *2022-04-17, version 3.0* I think this app makes it very easy for the user to understand the raga and master it. ### 5/5 — Great App *2022-04-09, version 3.0* Dear All Great App for a beginner. Try once before accepting my word! Thanks Srini Venkat ### 5/5 — Best Raga practice app *2021-11-20, version 3.0* Thank you so much for such amazing raga app ### 5/5 — Unbeatable *2021-09-26* This app is unbeatable. It’s simplicity is its highlight. There are many apps for Carnatic and Hindustani but this one is the quickest, cheapest search tool to find a raga. ### 5/5 — App seems broken *2021-08-11* The app seems broken it isn’t playing the ragas anymore. ### 5/5 — Very informative *2020-09-21* This application is very informative. I always use it even though I sing and teach Hindustani Classical music, this app is useful for me. Thank you. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2020-01-02, version 3.0* No star fir this app ### 1/5 — The play button does not work *2019-12-13, version 3.0* The play button does not work ### 1/5 — No sound! *2013-04-18, version 1* I am on iOS 6.1.3 and I cannot hear any sound. Crashes ... ### 3/5 — Last one year experience *2025-09-16* I have been using last one and half year. Such an amazing app for the beginners and intermediate persons to learns about raagas. Cons: No update for ios user since 1.5 years. ### 3/5 — Unable to get Octave option *2022-08-27* I am told this app gives option to use Octave so when we play it indicates if the right octave is produced. I use iPhone and when I install this app I do not get the option of Octave. Please help. ### 3/5 — Play button on app doesn’t work *2021-07-25* Hi, I’m unable to play the Arohana or Avarohana on my iPhone. The play button seems to not work when clicked on. Can you please help with this?? ### 3/5 — Does not play the swaras. *2021-07-17, version 3.0* Does not play the swaras. It would be a lot of value with sound bites ### 3/5 — Play button not working on ios14 *2020-10-20, version 3.0* Developer need to fix it ### 4/5 — Good features *2025-08-05, version 4.0* This is a great app, but something I wish it could improve on is that I could play any 16 notes in any order. ### 4/5 — Diff up and down *2024-10-23, version 3.0* How to find raaga if the up notes and down notes are different. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best app quick raga reference *2026-03-15, version 4.0* Best app quick raga reference ### 5/5 — Great app *2025-12-02, version 4.0* Needs some fixes. Dharmavathi is named as Dhamavathi. Please fix some of the Raga spellings. Otherwise great App ### 5/5 — Need for transpose *2025-09-06* Excellent app. Possible to provide transpose options? ### 5/5 — Very Helpful *2025-02-27* This app is so easy to use and is very helpful for my music practice. Thank you Raga team for creating such an amazing app! ### 5/5 — A handy tool *2025-02-01* This app provides quick access to all Carnatic ragas on you palm top. Very usefulr for learners of music. ### 5/5 — Just exceptionally easy and handy *2024-07-23, version 3.0* I use this for quickly noting the swaras of a ragam. So far, enjoyable. ### 5/5 — What is needed! *2024-07-10* For a beginner like me, it helps me identify the composer, the verses, the melody, the tala and even the context…Thank you! ### 5/5 — Great for people learning music *2024-07-08, version 3.0* Easy to understand/ appreciate the small details ### 5/5 — Easy to use *2024-05-14* So nice to understand different ragas loved it ### 5/5 — Pretty cool *2024-01-06* I was able to crack the name of a raga in minutes.. thanks guys… awesome work! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-26.*