# iTanpura Lite — user reviews > 40 indexed App Store user reviews of iTanpura Lite by Prasad Upasani, rated 2.90/5 from 40 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/itanpura-lite/id327862615/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/itanpura-lite/id327862615.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 13 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 14 ## Newest reviews (16 of 40) ### 3/5 — Can’t play in background *2023-09-30* We can’t play app in background ### 3/5 — Can’t play in background *2021-05-04* Need a tanpura app for iphone which can be play in background while online vocal classes on zoom. This app doesn’t work in iphone in background while zoom vocal clasees. Pls help or suggest. ### 3/5 — App keeps on crashing *2021-03-22* For some weird reason this is the first app on my iPhone that keeps on crashing. Though It really has a great set of presents. ### 2/5 — Disappointed *2020-11-18* Disappointed .... plays only for1 min ... should have informed that this demo shruthi unnecessary time waste ### 3/5 — Ok app *2020-11-03, version 8.4.4* This is not even worth that much but it does help me in my music class. The part is it only lets me use it for 30 seconds. I mean what kind of app would do that? ### 4/5 — Good app but unable to use *2020-09-02* The app has a lot of good features. However I’m not able to play in the background. It also stops playing in a minute. I tried to enable the background play feature in settings but was unable to do so. How to solve this ? ### 1/5 — Very bad *2020-02-19* Why you people are showing it free if you are charging money ?Don’t make people fools. 👊🏻 ### 1/5 — Not good *2020-01-09* Hell no ### 3/5 — Not connecting to App Store *2017-10-26* Hi team, I want to buy the full version but the App Store link is broken and I don’t know how to do the purchase. ### 4/5 — Good sound and convenient *2017-09-07, version 8.4.4* Betran than owning a digital Tanpura box and carrying it around. But the pro version is bit too expensive ### 2/5 — iPad *2017-08-20* Is itanpura lite available for iPad? If not, please make an iPad version as well ### 2/5 — Don't bother *2014-10-11, version 8.3.2* Why even put out an app that only works for 30 seconds? How to loose your users trust 101. ### 4/5 — Bien bien *2014-04-09* Pour une appli gratuite c'est très bien , pour les versions payantes ( itabla, itampura) audiobus et IAA, et alors j'investis... En attendant il n'y a aucune appli avec sons de musique indienne trad qui soit compatible audiobus ou IAA . Il serait peut être temps ? ### 1/5 — Worthless *2013-04-10, version 8.1.3* Plays a few seconds then an ad for the $15 version stops it. Insulting really ### 3/5 — iTanpura Brief *2012-10-01, version 8.0.0* A good app, although clearly only created to get you to buy the full paid-for version as there is a 60 second limit to playing the tanpura, so this is not suitable to play along with, unless you have a very short raag to practice! However, it's easy to use and functionality is we'll thought out. The sound is fine, although a little too electronic for some ears. ### 4/5 — Sounds great *2012-05-26, version 7.9.6* Sounds great. Lots of flexibility. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Difficult to start *2026-05-10* Don’t know how to start the app ### 1/5 — TimeOut *2026-02-03* Version ### 1/5 — Useless app *2025-11-29* Don’t know why this app is even there in app store. It only plays for 1 min whatever the reason and ask to buy full version. If all the features are disabled and only allows to play one minute and ask to buy full version doesn’t even make sense of using it and calling it as lite indeed it’s lie. ### 1/5 — Why does this exist? *2025-08-08* It stops in a minute! What is the point of this? ### 1/5 — Waste of time *2024-08-28* If it’s unpaid it won’t even play for more than 2-3 minutes which is so frustrating. I just happily uninstalled it and installed dhwani instead. ### 1/5 — Crap *2022-07-21, version 9.2.0* Doesn’t last more than 30 seconds ### 1/5 — Only Only Wastage of time *2021-12-23* Eww What a bad rubbish Rampura All of the scales are going wrong very bad I did not liked the app ### 1/5 — i tanpuralite wastage of time. *2021-07-10* This is not a Tanpura application when you cannot create the application which stops after half minutes do not work at all. ### 1/5 — Worst app *2021-06-13, version 9.0.7* Trash ### 1/5 — About this app *2021-01-21* Worst app... stops after every 5 mins and asks to buy the full version ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Question! *2021-07-07, version 9.0.8* How does the metronome turn on ### 5/5 — Stops after some time *2020-08-03* The tanpura sound stops after certain time ., should it be playing continuously , nothing like it ### 5/5 — Please make it free *2016-10-15* P ### 5/5 — Awesome app *2014-03-15* This app is awesome and quite good in use,but despite o lite version ,time limit should be upto 3-5 mins and some theme should be there like dark colours theme...thanks and i hope it will be upgrade soon ### 5/5 — What a gift! *2012-02-23, version 7.9.2* I love this! Was searching for drones or the unaffordable Tanpura. This is a gift… Thank you! You have helped me to begin my meditation. ### 5/5 — FantasticTools for Learning Indian Classical Music *2010-10-23, version 0* I am so delighted that this fantastic free app exists for my beginner music students who would likely start with this free app, and then decide to purchase the iTabla/Tanpoora Pro like I did. I am a music teacher of Indian Classical Music here in the West (Canada) as instructed by my teacher Chandrakant Kapileshwari from the Kirana Gharan lineage. I have a legacy of fantastic music to share with the world and intend to direct each one of my students here for these fantastic app products. Thank you very very much for making such a gem of a tool! ### 5/5 — Great-sounding demo *2010-08-18, version 0* This lite version gives a great taste of the the app, and can actually be used by itself as well as an introduction for what the 80+ raags in the presets sound like. Amazing labor of love this. This is the "Lite" demo version that imposes a 30-second limit, otherwise quite similar to the paid version (it actually mentions the 30-second limit quite clearly in the description). Had to get the full version after playing with this, this is quite simply the best tanpura sound I have ever heard, period! ### 5/5 — One of the best free apps *2010-07-11, version 0* No way this only deserves 3.5 stars. It's awesome! For free, I constantly delight myself with mystic tanpura sounds. Plug it into your stereo and you'll have an instant Ashram for free. ### 5/5 — Hats off to You,...A Real Hard Work....and ...best results *2010-03-26* Thanks ,for this great sound of the rael tanpura ,all India classical Music lovers around the world will certainly love to have this portable Tanpura. I will be waiting for full version. Only One Complaint-- 30 sec is too less. ### 5/5 — BEAUTIFUL sound *2009-12-12, version 0* Wow, this is probably the ultimate electronic tanpura, can't believe its not a real tanpura playing. Got the full version now! --- *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 2026-08-29.*