This app simulates playing a Kalimba, an African thumb piano, with real audio. It offers multiple instrument types, song tabs for practice, and various playing modes. Users can create, import, export, and share their own Kalimba tabs, and record and export audio.
Reviews of Kalimba Real are mostly positive: the Music app is rated 4.6/5 from 1.1K App Store ratings. What users like most: great sound quality, helpful tutorials and lessons. Top complaints: connectivity issues with external apps, battery draining quickly. Summarized from real user reviews.
2.8.1
March 20, 2021
[2.8] NEW 2 Kalimba - More New features: + Rotate vertical screen for tablet + In-game Recorder (without Microphone), Vibration, Pick out the Kalimba keys + Save settings feature + Show line, change painting scheme, retune in pdf file + Reverb presets - Improves & Optimize + Reduce Audio Latency + Big improve for Connect Physic Kalimba feature + UI, Gameplay, Speed + Build tab feature + Export pdf feature - Fix more bugs [2.8.1] Fix bug
More3 issues
App crashes frequently
No sound output on some devices
4 requests
Save frequently played tabs
Add support for triplets
This app is a Kalimba simulator that allows you to play a virtual African thumb piano with real audio. It provides various Kalimba types, a library of songs with tabs for practice, and tools for creating and sharing your own musical arrangements.
Key features include real Kalimba audio, multiple instrument sizes (17 and 15 keys), a large collection of online and offline song tabs, the ability to build and export your own tabs in PDF format, MIDI file import/export, and audio recording with .wav export.
The app is free to download and use, but it does contain advertisements. Additional features or content may be available through in-app purchases.
Yes, you can build your own Kalimba tabs using the app's editor. You can then pre-play, save, and export these custom tabs as PDF files, similar to dedicated tab creation software.
The app offers several playing modes, including Melody & Chord, Melody Only, Melody (Auto Chord), Real Time, and Autoplay. You can also connect to a real Kalimba for multi-pitch playing.
