Comparison

iTabla Pandit Lite vs TaalMala

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

TaalMala

This app provides realistic accompaniment for Indian classical musicians, featuring high-quality sampled instruments like Tabla and Tanpura. It offers extensive pre-composed compositions and allows users to create their own Taals, Lehras, and SwarMandal patterns. Ideal for daily practice or live performances.

Highlights
  • High-quality sampled instruments
  • 360+ pre-composed Taals
  • 246+ pre-composed Lehras
  • 620+ pre-composed SwarMandal patterns
  • Compose custom Taals and Lehras
  • Sequencer for arranging patterns
  • Adjustable tempo and pitch
Features
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TaalMala provides personalized accompaniment of Tabla, Pakhawaj, Manjeera, Tanpura, SwarMandal and Lehra/Nagma on Santoor and Harmonium. Use TaalMala for your daily riyaaz or live concerts. With high-quality Tabla, Pakhawaj, Manjeera, Tanpura, SwarMandal, Santoor and Harmonium sounds sampled from real instruments, more than 360+ pre-composed Taals and Sequences, and more than 246+ pre-composed Lehra/Nagma compositions, and 650+ SwarMandal patterns in 65+ Ragas, TaalMala provides a complete practising solution for any Indian musician. With TaalMala Composer, you can compose your own Taals, Lehras/Nagmas, SwarMandal patterns by simply typing the notation of the Taal/Lehra on special built-in Taal/Lehra keyboard. With TaalMala Sequencer, you can arrange sequences of fixed or randomized or tempo-based Taal and Lehra/Nagma patterns. TaalMala features: - High-quality studio-recorded Tabla, Pakhawaj, Tanpura, SwarMandal, Santoor, Harmonium and Manjeera (Zanj) sounds - Two sets of Tabla/Dagga sounds and ability to choose and mix-match between the two sound sets - 360+ pre-composed Taals and Taal sequences, including most popular Taals and their variations - 246+ pre-composed Lehra/Nagma compositions and sequences in multitude of ragas and Taals - 620+ pre-composed SwarMandal patterns in 62+ Ragas - New Taals, Lehras/Nagmas and compositions added frequently as updates - Compose your own Taals and Lehras/Nagmas by simply entering the notation - Powerful sequencer to compose fixed, tempo-based and randomized sequences from the Taals and Lehras library - Taal/Lehra/SwarMandal pad; play any Taal/Lehra/SwarMandal pattern on-demand in live accompaniment - Automatic Manjeera/Zanj accompaniment, synchronized with the Tabla/Pakhawaj Taals - Adjustable tempo from 10 bpm to 1000 bpm - Pitch control (+/- 0.5 octave), with independent fine-tuning of all instruments for precise matching with your scale - Pitch detector for detecting your pitch and precise matching, built within the app - Independent volume control for Tabla/Pitch, Dagga/Bass, Manjeera and Lehra/Nagma - Choice of chromatic or just/harmonic tuning for all instruments, with fine-tuning capability. - Up to 2 simultaneous Tanpuras - High-quality Tanpura sounds (male and female tones) with all popular Tanpura patterns included - Adjustable Tanpura tempo and strumming speed of 4 Tanpura strings independently - Option to slightly vary the Tanpura plucking delays randomly for better realism - Tap on the screen twice to set exact Taal tempo, as required This version of the application has following limitations: Playback restricted to 5 minutes every hour. To unlock full functionality and remove the limitation above, click "Buy" option on the main screen. Once you purchase a subscription to the app, the 5-minute per hour limitation will be removed. Please contact us at service@taalmala.com if you have any questions. Licensing terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Our privacy policy: https://www.taalmala.com/privacy.shtml

Screenshots

iTabla Pandit Lite4 screens
TaalMala4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: iTabla Pandit Lite at none against TaalMala's 2. iTabla Pandit Lite also leads on review sentiment (54% vs 33%) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). TaalMala's advantage is ratings volume (177 vs 4) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TaalMala sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. iTabla Pandit Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iTabla Pandit Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TaalMala has 177 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of iTabla Pandit Lite's written reviews are positive against 33% of TaalMala's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iTabla Pandit Lite ships an update every 5 months, TaalMala every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iTabla Pandit Lite versus TaalMala: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriTabla Pandit LiteTaalMala
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (4 ratings) — better4.3 (177 ratings)
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings4177 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB73 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperDEEPMALA RAM PARKASHAbhijit Patait

Customer experience

iTabla Pandit Lite

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral15.4%
Negative30.8%

TaalMala

All ratings177 ratings
Positive82.5%
Neutral3.4%
Negative14.1%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative52.4%

In-app purchases

None

iTabla Pandit Lite

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

TaalMala

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Edition - Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Premium Edition - Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is iTabla Pandit Lite free?
iTabla Pandit Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TaalMala free?
TaalMala is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iTabla Pandit Lite or TaalMala?
iTabla Pandit Lite is rated higher. iTabla Pandit Lite averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while TaalMala averages 4.3 from 177 ratings.
Do iTabla Pandit Lite or TaalMala have ads?
Neither iTabla Pandit Lite nor TaalMala shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iTabla Pandit Lite or TaalMala?
iTabla Pandit Lite ships an update every 5 months, and TaalMala every 2 months. Most recently, iTabla Pandit Lite was updated on November 1, 2026 and TaalMala on November 6, 2026.

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