Comparison

Ringer vs Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz

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

Head to head
About

Ringer

Create custom ringtones, text tones, and alert tones from your music library or recordings. Easily select precise audio segments with waveform visualization and advanced editing tools for a personalized sound experience.

Highlights
  • Create ringtones, text tones, and alert tones
  • Use unprotected songs from iTunes
  • Edit videos from photo library
  • Direct audio recording
  • Waveform visualization
  • Zoom for precise editing
  • Fade-in/out and gap support
Features
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Ringer is the premiere ringtone creation app on the app store. Make a personal ringtone from any unprotected song in your iTunes Library, video in your photo library, or direct recording. Ringer lets you easily make a ringtone from 2 to 40 seconds long. Features: - Fully iOS 12 compatible. - Makes ringtones, text tones, and alert tones. - See the actual waveform to help you find the right part of your song. - Zoom in and out to help you choose the start and end of your ringtone with sub-second accuracy. - Support for fade-in, fade-out and ringtone gap. - Song navigator lets you jump to any part of the song instantly. - Auto volume support makes sure that quiet parts of a song can still be used as a ringtone. - Landscape mode to provide a larger view on your music. Note: - Songs that are protected by DRM cannot be used. - No app can install ringtones on the phone. Ringtones must be imported into iTunes and synced to the phone before they can be used.

About

Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz

Explore intricate rhythmic cycles with digital tabla drums. This app simplifies complex tabla programming, offering professional-quality sounds and customization for creating harmonic healing trance rhythms. Enjoy authentic tabla tones and variations with a simple tap.

Highlights
  • Authentic tabla drum sounds
  • Rhythmic cycle (taal) programming
  • Professional signal processing
  • Simple tap-to-play interface
  • Customization options
  • Harmonic healing rhythms
Features
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Tabla loops with the tap of a button. A great way to explore relaxing vibrations with this holistic music. These drums lay the foundation for creating harmonic healing trance induced rhythms.   Tabla are not in standard 4/4 and notoriously hard to program. Tabla follows the idea of taal, or a cycle of a set number of beats. Within repeating cycles of a taal in various designated speeds can exist different compositions, both fixed ones and ones that can be expanded through the help of various variations. With a content-filled dictionary of vocabulary, sharp consonants as well as resonating vowels are used to make bigger arrangements. Tabla players use several components of imagination, mathematical patterns, and logical variations in order to compose astonishing percussion.  This app simplifies the process, all you have to do is tap a button and the app plays loops for you.   The app has been designed a to accurately reproduce the sound of an original Tabla drums,  including its beautiful tone, resonance and overtones. The professional instrument quality sounds of this application, simple but advanced customization options and professional level signal processing settings. Thank for you support, I don't have a multi-million dollar marketing campaign.I have you, Take care of yourself and each other.

Screenshots

Ringer4 screens
Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz at 5.0 against Ringer's 4.0. Ringer's advantage is review sentiment (89% vs 50%) and ratings volume (67 vs 2). On 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

Ringer costs $1.99 and Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ringer has 67 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 89% of Ringer's written reviews are positive against 50% of Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ringer ships an update every 6 months, Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Ringer versus Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRingerTabla Drum Loops Riyaz
Price$1.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.0 (67 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.5% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings67 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPixel Research Labs, Inc.Abu Studio Inc

Customer experience

Ringer

All ratings67 ratings
Positive73.1%
Neutral4.5%
Negative22.4%
Written reviews610 reviews
Positive88.5%
Neutral3.3%
Negative8.2%

Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Ringer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Songs not recognized in library
  • Ringtones not appearing on device
  • Exporting issues with certain file formats

Requested features

4 requests
  • Direct ringtone installation without computer
  • Support for text message tones
  • Improved waveform editing tools
  • Ability to create ringtones from any audio source

Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ringer

No in-app purchases

None

Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ringer free?
Ringer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz free?
Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ringer or Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz?
Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz is rated higher. Ringer averages 4.0 out of 5 from 67 ratings, while Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Ringer or Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz have ads?
Neither Ringer nor Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ringer or Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz?
Ringer ships an update every 6 months, and Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz every 14 months. Most recently, Ringer was updated on October 20, 2026 and Tabla Drum Loops Riyaz on October 7, 2026.

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