Comparison

Harmonium vs KA mini YangQin

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

Head to head
About

Harmonium

This app provides a virtual harmonium with customizable tuning for both Indian and Western music styles. It offers two distinct sound flavors and features automatic transposition for playing in any key. Enjoy playing along with your own music library.

Highlights
  • Customizable tuning for Indian and Western scales
  • Two sound flavors: Traditional Harmonium & Modern Flute Organ
  • Automatic transposition for playing in any key
  • Adjustable tuning frequency (380 Hz - 470 Hz)
  • Play along with iPhone/iPad music library
  • Single or double reed options
Features
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Harmonium will enable you to play different styles of harmonium, perfectly in tune. If you're interested to play indian music (karnatac or hindusthani), this is the perfect "travel" harmonium you need. Tune your harmonium such as the great singer masters where doing, in the indian harmonic scale. You select harmonic scale, and the base note. That's it. If you prefer to play western music, religious music, then tune the harmonium to the common tempered scale. You'll have a big church harmonium in your pocket! Our harmonium can do automatic transposition. You can play in any key with the same keyboard position. You just need to select the note to play on the C key of the keyboard. Harmonium contains two sound flavours : - Traditional Harmonium, with deep sound of original reeds - Modern flute organ, simpler, heavenly Each sound flavour has a simple set of reeds, or double (with octave). The harmonium can be tuned between A 380 Hz and 470 Hz. An option enables harmonium to play while your iPhone / iPad is playing music. This is very convenient for training yourself to accompagny your prefered artists! Play karaoke with your harmonium! For getting the best sound from this instrument, it is advised to use a good headphone or a pair of speakers with loudspeaker. We should distinguish Harmonium from Shruti (or sruti). Actually, the harmonium is a melody instrument and is usually used to follow the melody played by the soloist (sitar, bansuri, vocal, tabla, ...). The Shruti is only used to play continuously a set of notes (drone) for create the musical atmosphere.

About

KA mini YangQin

This app offers a virtual Chinese YangQin instrument with a minimalist design. It provides musicians with a high-quality sound experience through simple user interface controls. It functions as both a standalone app and an AUv3 plugin.

Highlights
  • Virtual Chinese YangQin instrument
  • Minimalist design
  • High-quality sound
  • Simple UI controls
  • Standalone app
  • AUv3 plugin support
Features
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Kong Audio mini YangQin is a minimally-designed virtual instrument of Chinese YangQin. It gives musicians a high-quality experience with very simple UI controls. KA mini YangQin can run as an app or AUv3 plugin.

Screenshots

Harmonium3 screens
KA mini YangQin2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: KA mini YangQin at 4.0 against Harmonium's 3.0. KA mini YangQin also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (50% vs 39%). Harmonium's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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

Harmonium costs $0.99 and KA mini YangQin $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KA mini YangQin holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Harmonium's written reviews are positive against 50% of KA mini YangQin's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Harmonium ships an update every 6 weeks, KA mini YangQin every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Harmonium versus KA mini YangQin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHarmoniumKA mini YangQin
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating3.0 (3 ratings)4.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.8% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperC.BARATAYSHANTOU KONG AUDIO SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.

Customer experience

Harmonium

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews98 reviews
Positive38.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative58.2%

KA mini YangQin

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Harmonium

No in-app purchases

None

KA mini YangQin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Harmonium free?
Harmonium costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is KA mini YangQin free?
KA mini YangQin costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Harmonium or KA mini YangQin?
KA mini YangQin is rated higher. Harmonium averages 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while KA mini YangQin averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Harmonium or KA mini YangQin have ads?
Neither Harmonium nor KA mini YangQin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Harmonium or KA mini YangQin?
Harmonium ships an update every 6 weeks, and KA mini YangQin every 2 weeks. Most recently, Harmonium was updated on October 15, 2026 and KA mini YangQin on September 22, 2026.

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