Comparison

iTabla Pandit Lite vs Gitabitan Plus

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

Head to head
About

iTabla Pandit Lite

This app provides realistic digital tabla and tanpura sounds for Indian classical music practice and performance. It features a metronome, tone generator, and the ability to save instrument settings. The Lite version is for demonstration purposes and stops sound periodically.

Highlights
  • Realistic tabla and tanpura sounds
  • Professional metronome
  • Tone generator for shruti/tuning
  • Save and reload instrument presets
  • Play music from iPod simultaneously
  • Full user manual included
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iTabla Pandit Professional is the most realistic Digital Tabla, Tanpura and Shruti Maestro. With it, you don't need anymore your electronic tabla or tanpura. It will become your favorite accompaniment tool of your musical practice and your concerts of Hindustani and Carnatic Indian Music, creating a wonderful atmosphere. It has a full screen iPad application, very convenient to use. We encourage you to download and test our new software "iTabla Pandit Studio Pro". See our list of apps. NOTICE: With iTabla Pandit Lite version, you'll be able to discover all the capabilities and qualities of our "iTabla Pandit" before buying it. The "Lite" version will stop the sound nearly every minute as its purpose is just for demonstration. --- iTabla Pandit will provide you --- ◊ Incredible tanpura sound with different colors and tunings ◊ Incredible tabla machine with a lot of predefined taals, full control on pitch and tempo ◊ Pure real tanpura, shruti and tabla sounds ◊ A professional metronome with different sounds ◊ A tone generator for using as a shruti or tuning your instruments ◊ A full user manual detailing all the functionalities and advances features ◊ Easy to configure, just take it out from your pocket, start it and enjoy! --- Welcome to the world of real tanpura, shruti and tabla sounds --- Our digital tanpura, shruti and tabla (taal mala) are based on real instrument sound samples, recorded in studio with a master sound engineer and professional musicians. The sound samples extracted from the recordings are carefully selected and masterised for the best musical rendering. We don't use any compressed mp3 sound. Our aim is to provide to the musicians an ambiance of real instruments. Several high quality and perfectly tuned tampura sound samples are provided within iTabla Pandit. You can use them in ANY PITCH by changing the key. How to change the sound? Just select your new sound in the list and the instrument will play with this sound. iTabla Pandit includes a set of stereo tanpura sound samples, recorded with AB stereo microphone technique. For the future updates of iTabla Pandit (and iTabla Desktop, Tampura Generator on computer), we're planning to record new sound samples to provide more variety and best quality to the musicians who trust in our software. --- One App to play all --- ◊ Capitalize your investment: all instruments in one software, you can run them all together ◊ Avoid having several software which can't play together ◊ You don't need to buy again another software ◊ You may also play music from iPod while iTabla Pandit is running --- Save your presets --- Our software provides a very convenient way to save and reload all your different instrument settings. With the presets, you can save multiple configurations for multiple usages. You save time and don't loose your tunings. For example, for a concert, you may have a preset for each song you're playing. By default, when you quit, the current configuration is saved and restored at the next startup. ---User manual --- ◊ The manual is included within iTabla Pandit ◊ It also explains how to make your own sound samples for the tanpura and shruti --- The original iTabla - The experience of sound --- The original iTabla is acclaimed by many professional musicians since 2007 on computers, iPod Touch and iPhone. Get the original iTabla today, get the original and true sound of hindustan tanpura & shruti. --- Great battery life --- This version includes a new sound engine improving the sound and saving battery: Now, you can play tabla+tanpura for up to 24 hours continuously (Details of the test on our website) ! You're invited to visit https://www.itabla.com for more information. iTabla Pandit, iTabla Desktop, Tampura Generator, Tanpura Generator Desktop are trademarks of Christophe BARATAY - Vidya Multimedia

About

Gitabitan Plus

Access lyrics, musical notations, and audio for Rabindra Sangeet. Play back songs with adjustable tempo and scale, and see notes on a live piano view. Ideal for students and teachers of Bengali music.

Highlights
  • Lyrics and notations
  • Playable audio playback
  • Adjustable tempo and scale
  • Live piano view
  • Tanpura accompaniment
  • Multiple instrument options
Features
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Gitabitan Plus is a complete Rabindra Sangeet app with lyrics, notations (swaralipi) and audio. The most important feature of Gitabitan 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 the Swarabitan book by Rabindranath Tagore, where you can view only the notations (swaralipi). In Gitabitan Plus, you get the lyrics, notations and the ability to playback the notes on your desired scale and tempo. Gitabitan 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 that has been written on the Swarabitan book by Rabindranath Tagore. Key Features: - View lyrics - View swaralipi (Notations) - View song info - Filter songs by alphabet or genres - Filter songs by notations or audio - 260+ 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. Not all songs have notations/audio 2. We are in no way affiliated to or associated with Rabindra Bharati University.

Screenshots

iTabla Pandit Lite4 screens
Gitabitan Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: iTabla Pandit Lite at none against Gitabitan Plus's 1. iTabla Pandit Lite also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (52% vs 33%). Gitabitan Plus's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price 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. Gitabitan Plus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iTabla Pandit Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gitabitan Plus holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 16 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 52% of iTabla Pandit Lite's written reviews are positive against 33% of Gitabitan Plus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iTabla Pandit Lite ships an update every 5 months, Gitabitan Plus every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
iTabla Pandit Lite versus Gitabitan Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriTabla Pandit LiteGitabitan Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (4 ratings)4.8 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings416 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDEEPMALA RAM PARKASHPradipta Das

Customer experience

iTabla Pandit Lite

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive52.0%
Neutral16.0%
Negative32.0%

Gitabitan Plus

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

iTabla Pandit Lite

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Gitabitan Plus

One-time1
  • Premium Pack$5.99

Questions

Is iTabla Pandit Lite free?
iTabla Pandit Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gitabitan Plus free?
Gitabitan Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iTabla Pandit Lite or Gitabitan Plus?
Gitabitan Plus is rated higher. iTabla Pandit Lite averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Gitabitan Plus averages 4.8 from 16 ratings.
Do iTabla Pandit Lite or Gitabitan Plus have ads?
Gitabitan Plus shows ads; iTabla Pandit Lite does not.
Which is updated more often, iTabla Pandit Lite or Gitabitan Plus?
iTabla Pandit Lite ships an update every 5 months, and Gitabitan Plus every 3 weeks. Most recently, iTabla Pandit Lite was updated on September 26, 2026 and Gitabitan Plus on September 19, 2026.

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