Shruti Box vs Shruthi Box
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shruti Box
This app simulates a traditional Indian musical instrument used to provide a continuous drone for vocalists and instrumentalists. It offers multiple sound flavors and allows tuning to both Indian harmonic and Western tempered scales, with automatic transposition capabilities.
- Continuous drone sound
- Multiple sound flavors
- Indian harmonic scale tuning
- Western tempered scale tuning
- Automatic transposition
- Play up to 4 notes with octaves
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The shruti box is a small instrument with reeds, used to play a drone in music. Imagine an harmonium or accordeon without any buttons. You just select a set of notes, and the shruti will play them together continuously. The main purpose is to create a musical atmosphere to sustain the solist with its voice or musical instrument. The Shruti box is usually used in karnatak or hindustani music in India. You can create different musical atmosphere with the three different sound flavours of our Shruti box: - Traditional Harmonium sound, with deep sound of original reeds - Light shruti sound, which provides a clearer sound - Modern flute organ, simpler, heavenly If you're interested to play indian music (karnatac or hindusthani), this is the perfect "travel" shruti box you need. Tune your shruti in the indian harmonic scale. You select harmonic scale, and the base note. That's it. If you prefer to play western music and you need a tempered chord, then tune the shruti to the common tempered scale. Our shruti box can do automatic transposition. You can configure it in any key with the same keyboard position. You just need to select the note to play on the C key of the keyboard. You can play up to 4 notes together (with or without octaves). It will produce a sound of high quality, much better than all the electronic devices you can buy for playing shruti. For getting the best sound from this instrument, it is advised to use a good headphone or a pair of speakers with loudspeaker.
Shruthi Box
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Shruthi Box is a digital shruti box for Indian classical music practice, featuring just intonation intervals.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Shruthi Box at Free against Shruti Box's $0.99. Shruti Box's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On update cadence, ads 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
Shruthi Box is free to download; Shruti Box costs $0.99 up front. Shruthi Box sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Shruti Box asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shruti Box ships an update every 3 months, Shruthi Box every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shruti Box | Shruthi Box |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.5 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 32.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | C.BARATAY | SHREYAS MURALIDHARAN |
In-app purchases
Shruti Box
No in-app purchases
Shruthi Box
- Shruthi Box Pro$4.99







