Complete Vocal Technique Intro vs Riyaz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Complete Vocal Technique Intro
Learn a comprehensive singing technique used by professionals worldwide. This app offers practical solutions for vocal issues with clear explanations, illustrations, and sound examples. Explore vocal modes, effects, and healthy singing practices for all music styles.
- Comprehensive vocal technique overview
- Pedagogical illustrations and graphs
- Extensive library of sound examples
- Singing exercises by professional singers
- Techniques for all music styles
- Control of four vocal modes
- In-depth anatomy and physiology descriptions
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Singing is not difficult - Everybody can learn how to sing! The Complete Vocal Technique - Introduction app is available for free and gives you an overview of the contents of the full version. Complete Vocal Technique (CVT) is the world’s biggest singing technique and it has helped professional singers from all over the world for more than 25 years. CVT covers the latest and most innovative research in anatomy, physiology and voice science to secure that any singer can perform any desired sound in a healthy manner. With the Full Version of Complete Vocal Technique app you get your own personal copy of the entire CVT system available at your fingertips. The app combines easily understandable explanations of vocal technique with pedagogical illustrations, graphs, and research to give quick, practical, and applicable solutions to any issue of the voice. All technical, theoretical and pedagogical explanations are supported by an extensive library of sound examples and singing exercises consisting of real life audio examples sung by professional singers. With the Complete Vocal Technique app you have access to all of this in the palm of your hand - in one app - that you can use wherever and whenever you need it. The CVT app represents ground breaking approaches within vocal pedagogy, and helps professional as well as amateur singers reach new potential and solve problems in their voices. The app covers techniques for all styles of music, how to control the four vocal modes, speech techniques, mastering the various vocal effects - training all sounds in a healthy way. The app lets you unlock the sounds YOU want in your own voice with simple tools, visuals, and training tips, as well as offering in-depth descriptions of anatomy, physiology, and science. Complete Vocal Technique has been used in recording studios, on tours, and in concerts all over the world, and has quickly become an invaluable resource for countless of singers in their work with their voices. Complete Vocal Technique is developed by Cathrine Sadolin and she is continuously researching with ENT doctors, acoustical engineers, and other voice professionals from all over the world.
Riyaz
Learn to sing with instant feedback and thousands of practice lessons. This app guides you to overcome mistakes and improve your vocal skills across various music styles. Suitable for all ages and skill levels, it helps you track progress and achieve your singing dreams.
- Instant vocal feedback
- Thousands of practice lessons
- Carnatic, Hindustani, Western classical styles
- Smart visual tanpura
- Practice recording and progress tracking
- Lessons for all skill levels
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Is singing your childhood dream? Let’s make that a reality! Riyaz has fulfilled the dreams of 30,00,000+ passionate singing aspirants. Just invest 10-15 mins a day on yourself. Be a proud connoisseur and a happy lifelong learner of music! Learn and practice singing with precise, instant feedback that guides you optimally to overcome your mistakes! No shyness, no embarrassment! With Riyaz, anybody can learn to sing! Give it a shot!! Download now and have ready access to thousands of practice lessons and songs in Carnatic, Hindustani classical, Devotional (light classical), and Western classical music styles! The smart visual tanpura in Riyaz helps you know and fix your mistakes before anyone else can. Let Riyaz record your practices to understand how much you exercised your voice! Top riyazers spend more than an hour daily doing sadhana and learning singing with the lessons offered! Join us today! Do get in touch with us (feedback [at] riyazapp [dot] com) if you need anything else as an aspiring singer or face any issues with Riyaz, we promise a reply to every email! Riyaz serves the needs of singing aspirants from absolute beginners to professional singers and everyone in between. We regularly update and add lots of lessons in all the music styles supported in Riyaz. Do send in your requests, we honor them :-) In Hindustani music, Beginner singing lessons include sargam, paltas and alankars. Advanced singing lessons include more than 45 raags with several bandishes in all those raags. In Carnatic music - Beginner lessons include Swaravalis, and intermediate and advanced singing lessons include Nottuswarams, Geethams, Geethams, Jatisvaras, and Svarajatis. In Devotional and light classical categories, Riyaz has various bhajans in praise of the deities. You're never too far from finding that perfect bhajan for offering your prayers. In Western classical music, we have structured vocal exercises for warm-up, vocal agility, dexterity, and vocal range. We also offer extensive solfege-based exercises and lessons to practice and be pitch perfect. Also comes with plenty of exercises to learn intervals, combinations of notes, rests, and much more! Whether you are a kid/teenager/adult, Riyaz supports all voice types and vocal ranges across all the course offerings for comfortable practice! Riyaz keeps track of your progress so that you know what’s happening. What are you waiting for? Come join the largest singing revolution the world has ever witnessed! :-) SUBSCRIPTIONS: All the content on Riyaz is offered for free, but the free version allows you to practice only 8 minutes per day. We offer a premium version with “unlimited practice” through a recurring subscription. Users can subscribe to either the monthly or annual subscription packages which are automatically renewed unless canceled by the user. An active subscription will give users unlimited practice to all content available on Riyaz. * Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase * Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period * Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal * Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Service - https://riyazapp.com/terms-of-service/ If you have questions, suggestions, or feedback please write to us at [feedback]@riyazapp[dot]com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Complete Vocal Technique Intro at none against Riyaz's 3. Riyaz's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months) and rating (4.4 vs 4.0). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Riyaz sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $24.49 per month. Complete Vocal Technique Intro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Riyaz holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Riyaz has 340 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Complete Vocal Technique Intro ships an update every 7 months, Riyaz fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Complete Vocal Technique Intro | Riyaz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.4 (340 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 45.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 340 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Complete Vocal Institute | MusicMuni Labs Pvt. Ltd. |
Customer experience
Complete Vocal Technique Intro
Riyaz
Bugs and requests
Complete Vocal Technique Intro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Riyaz
Reported bugs
49 issues- App not optimized for large screens
- High note not registered
- App hanging when trying to loop
- No repeat mode feature
- Incorrectly marking perfect singing as incorrect
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- Cannot find songs
- App not displaying notes after high octave Sa
- Looping gets stuck
- Voice not taken consistently
- Subscription not auto-renewing
- Login buttons not working
- Course preference not working
- App stuck infinitely
- App keeps rebooting
- Updates introduced many bugs
- App doesn't work anymore
- Error fetching data message
- App keeps crashing
- Subscription not showing
- Singalong feature uses substituted recordings
- Slow speed and issues with loading
- Practice plans failing to load
- Subscription pricing misleading
- Looping is poor
- Tanpura not running properly
- App not tracking singing properly
- Stopped counting points on practices
- App won't open
- App hanging up frequently
- App doesn't open for a long time
- Doesn't move to the next lesson
- Previous completed modules gone
- App crashing on iOS
- Progress lost after updates
- App starts over at lesson 1 repeatedly
- Exercise freezes during analysis
- Daily practice sessions require uninstall/reinstall
- Cannot update date of birth
- App crashes after practice routines
- Cannot find specific practice sections (e.g., seven notes)
- Navigation not intuitive
- Beginner starts with sangam without individual notes
- Daily practice starts with sargam/paltas for beginners
- No option to listen to own recording
- No FAQs
- No contact option within the app
- Subscription issues (charged but not active)
- Scammer trying to access Facebook account
- App not working anymore after purchase
Requested features
12 requests- Add more song options (pop, musical theatre, rap)
- Add intermediate and advanced carnatic levels
- Add western music options
- Add downloadable PDF for sargam and lyrics
- Add Taal notations
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- Add more vocal workouts in upper and lower octaves
- Add Raag Darbari
- Add option to practice Taal
- Add option to practice seven notes
- Simpler and flexible app interface
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
In-app purchases
Complete Vocal Technique Intro
No in-app purchases
Riyaz
- Monthly Subscription$24.491 Month
- Yearly Subscription$79.991 Year
- Yearly Subscription$88.991 Year
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