Comparison

Raaga Studio vs Bandish Plus

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Raaga Studio

This app helps tabla players and students improve their accompaniment skills. Practice playing along to recordings by world-renowned musicians across various Indian music genres. Features include a metronome, alaap option, pitch tuner, tempo adjustment, and volume controls.

Highlights
  • Practice tabla accompaniment
  • Library of Indian music recordings
  • Metronome for timing
  • Alaap option for mood setting
  • Pitch tuner and fine-tune slider
  • Tempo adjustment slider
  • Separate volume controls
Features
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An app for Tabla Players: Just a friendly reminder that Raaga Studio is an app intended specifically for tabla players. 72 Hour Trial: Raaga Studio can be downloaded and used free for upto 72 hours, after which, the app can be purchased via an In-App-Purchase. From the makers of Lehra Studio, comes yet another ground-breaking app for tabla players, Raaga Studio! Raaga Studio is intended to assist tabla players and students of tabla to improve their skills in tabla accompaniment. As students of tabla, you can now enjoy testing and practicing your tabla accompaniment skills by playing along to world-renowned musicians, with Raaga Studio. Raaga Studio boasts a comprehensive library of Indian-Classical, Semi-Classical & Dhun recordings by world-renowned artists. The library of recordings are provided without tabla, thereby giving tabla players an opportunity to play along with the artists. The first edition of Raaga Studio has a wide collection of recordings recorded in various taals and raags on Bansuri, Female Vocal, Sitar and Santoor. Raaga Studio also covers different genres of Indian Music including Indian Classical, Thumri, Chaiti, Bhajan, Ghazal and Dhun. The compositions can be played with an option of a metronome to aid students in keeping to time. The compositions also have an alaap option that can be used to create mood prior to the accompaniment session. As a user of Raaga Studio, you have the ability to tune or fine-tune the pitch of the composition to your tabla using the Tuner and Fine-tune slider functions. You can also make adjustments to the tempo of the composition being played by using the tempo slider. The Fast-forward and Rewind buttons next to the Play button allows for easy tracking of the compositions. The separate volume sliders for the Tuner and Raaga allow the levels to be adjusted to each individuals taste. Whether you’re a student of tabla, an experienced artist, or a seasoned professional, Raaga Studio is a must have app for every tabla player.

About

Bandish Plus

Explore Indian Classical Raag Bandish with lyrics, notations, and audio playback. Adjust scale and tempo, and see notes on a live piano view. Ideal for students and teachers to learn and reference songs.

Highlights
  • Lyrics and notations display
  • Adjustable scale and tempo
  • Live piano note visualization
  • Filter songs by alphabet or raag
  • Over 200 songs with audio
  • Tanpura accompaniment
  • Multiple instrument options
Features
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Bandish Plus consists of various Indian Classical Raag Bandish with lyrics, notations and audio. The most important feature of Bandish Plus is the ability to playback the notations on the desired scale and tempo. The Live Piano View shows the current note being played, right on your mobile screen. Unlike any book, where you can view only the notations. In Bandish Plus, you get the lyrics, notations and the ability to playback the notes on your desired scale and tempo. Bandish Plus is the perfect app for both students and teachers where they can lookup a song for lyrics or notations, with the extra benefit of listening to the actual notes. Key Features: - View lyrics - View notations - View song info - Filter songs by alphabet or raag - 200+ songs with notation audio - View lyrics, notations and other info for each song - Tanpura - Multiple Instrument option (Piano, Harmonium & Esraj) - Ability to change scale - Control playback tempo - Seek song playback to any position - Background playback In the free version: - User can play 1/4th of the song - No background playback - Advertisements Note: 1. All notations are taken from books written by Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande

Screenshots

Raaga Studio4 screens
Bandish Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bandish Plus at 75% against Raaga Studio's 33%. Raaga Studio's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Raaga Studio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bandish Plus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Raaga Studio versus Bandish Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRaaga StudioBandish Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequency—Every 7 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15
Further details — not scored
Size181 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAman KalyanPradipta Das

Customer experience

Raaga Studio

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral22.2%
Negative44.4%

Bandish Plus

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Raaga Studio

One-time1
  • Raaga Studio$12.99
1 purchases

Bandish Plus

One-time1
  • Premium Pack$5.99

Questions

Is Raaga Studio free?
Raaga Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bandish Plus free?
Bandish Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Raaga Studio or Bandish Plus have ads?
Bandish Plus shows ads; Raaga Studio does not.

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