iTabla Pandit Lite vs Tabla Tuner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
Tabla Tuner
This application is designed to help tabla players tune their instruments quickly and accurately. It provides real-time pitch detection with a visual indicator and tabla-specific presets, making it easy to achieve the correct tuning for any performance.
- Real-time pitch detection
- Visual sliding indicator
- Full-screen tuning confirmation
- Tabla-specific presets
- Custom reference pitch
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TablaTuner is the first tuner built specifically for tabla players — and the first that can tell you which note to tune to. Most tuners are designed for guitars and ukuleles. They don't understand that a tabla dayan needs to be tuned to Sa — and that Sa changes depending on the song, the singer, or the ensemble you're playing with. TablaTuner does. HOW IT WORKS Open the app, tap your tabla, and see your pitch instantly. A smooth visual indicator shows you exactly how sharp or flat you are, with a color system that shifts from red to green as you approach the target note. When you nail it, the entire screen floods green. You'll know. FIND ANY SONG'S SA Playing along to a song? Search it in the Songs tab and TablaTuner tells you its Sa — the note to tune your drums to. One tap sets the tuner. Every song has a 30-second preview, so you can check it's the right version before you tune. If a song's key hasn't been found yet, ask for an analysis: a few instant analyses a day are free for everyone, and the rest queue up. After you've tuned, say whether the key matched — that's how the key data gets better for every player. TABLA-SPECIFIC PRESETS Quick-select from the most common tabla tunings: C#, D, Eb, E, and more — or pick any of the twelve notes from a grid when you already know your Sa. Set a custom reference pitch if you're playing with instruments tuned to something other than A4 = 440 Hz. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT - Real-time pitch detection — accurate, fast, and optimized for the harmonic-rich tones of the tabla syahi - Visual sliding indicator that moves and changes color as you tune — intuitive enough that you can tune while looking at your phone from a distance - Full-screen green confirmation when your pitch is locked — no second-guessing - Song search that ends in "Tune to D", not a chart you have to decode - A guided first run: tell it what you want to play, and you're tuning within a minute - No ads. No subscriptions. Just a tuner that works. KEPT FREE BY PLAYERS TablaTuner has no ads and nothing to subscribe to. It stays that way thanks to players who leave a one-time tip in Settings. Nothing in the app is locked behind it — the tuner, every scale, and song keys are free for everyone. Nothing you play is recorded or sent anywhere. Song searches and install counts go to Emon's server, never linked to you. BUILT BY A TABLA PLAYER TablaTuner was made by Emon Dhar — a tabla player trained in Hindustani music who got tired of using guitar tuners that didn't understand Indian classical instruments. Every feature in this app comes from real practice sessions and real frustrations. There's a tab inside where he posts what's new and what's coming. Whether you're a beginner learning to tune for the first time or a performer preparing backstage, TablaTuner gives you the fastest path from out-of-tune to ready-to-play. Download TablaTuner. Find your Sa. Play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tabla Tuner at 100% against iTabla Pandit Lite's 54%. Tabla Tuner also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). iTabla Pandit Lite's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tabla Tuner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of iTabla Pandit Lite's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tabla Tuner's.
iTabla Pandit Lite ships an update every 5 months, Tabla Tuner every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iTabla Pandit Lite | Tabla Tuner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | DEEPMALA RAM PARKASH | Emon Dhar |
Customer experience
iTabla Pandit Lite
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In-app purchases
iTabla Pandit Lite
No in-app purchases
Tabla Tuner
No in-app purchases
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