Comparison

Tabla! vs Harmonus

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

Head to head
About

Tabla!

This app offers a realistic drumming experience for Tabla and Pakhawaj on mobile devices. It features responsive drums, adjustable effects, and a variety of beats and metronome sounds for practice and performance. Users can record, share, and export their musical creations.

Highlights
  • Realistic drum response to touch intensity
  • Adjustable pitch, sensitivity, reverb, and delay
  • Multi-track recording and playback
  • Professionally recorded high-fidelity drum kits
  • Variety of percussion and music beats
  • Metronome with adjustable sounds and time signatures
  • Share and export recordings
Features
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Tabla! is the fun and easy way to play the Tabla and Pakhawaj. Perfect for both beginners and pros alike, Tabla! Free utilizes the latest technology and decades of real drum experience to create the ideal tabla app for the iPhone or iPad. All of the features of the app combine to make you feel as if you are sitting down and playing real Tabla or Pakhawaj. The drums respond to your touch, as the sound varies according to how hard you hit them. Playing realistic rolls is as easy as swirling your finger around, simply adjusting the roll speed by how fast or slow you swirl your finger. Other features include pitch, sensitivity, reverb, delay adjustments, multi-track recording, ability to share and export your recordings (optional in-app purchase), and so much more. There is also 7 different professionally recorded high fidelity drum layouts, including Tabla, Tabla Jam, Pakhawaj, and Tambourine, with more to come. Tabla! also features 25 unique Percussion Beats and 10 Music Beats to play to, as well as 24 different metronome sounds. Tabla! is by far the most fun, easy to use, and realistic tabla app available today! FEATURES: • 7 professionally recorded 44.1 khz high fidelity kits • The harder you hit the drums, the louder they sound! • Reverb and Delay Controls - slider adjustments allows limitless drum sounds • Pitch Control - lower or raise the pitch of the drums • Realistic visual effects - drums visually correspond to your every touch • Retina Display for both iPad and iPhone for incredibly crisp graphics • 25 Percussion Beats and 10 Music Beats to play along to, with more to come! • PlayAlong Beats: 16 new loops with basic bass drum, hi-hat or snare beats, to play along for added rhythmic expression! • Realistic Rolls - simply swirl your finger around to create slower or faster rolls • Double beat feature with slider adjustment • 24 Metronome Sounds and 4 Time Signatures to choose from, with BPM adjustment • Multi-track recording - easily add or delete tracks, save and loop recordings • Share your recordings through email, Facebook, and Twitter • Export your recordings to your computer (optional in-app purchase) • Lefty Mode - reverse the entire drum layout • Play along to the music on your iPod PRIVACY POLICY: http://codyrotwein.com/privacy.html

About

Harmonus

Experience the warm and unique sound of a harmonium, inspired by a vintage Magnus Model 300. This app meticulously captures stereo samples for a natural organ sound without fan noise.

Highlights
  • Harmonium and harmonica sound emulation
  • Stereo sampled audio
  • Denoised sound quality
  • Vintage organ inspiration
  • Warm and unique tone
Features
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Originally this organ was inspired by a Magnus Model 300 Harmonium / organ (a brand of the "Magnus Harmonica Corporation") from our collection in perfect condition. It delivers a warm and unique sound between an accordion and a harmonica. The samples have been meticulously captured in stereo and denoised in order to render all the naturalness of the original organ without the noise of the mechanical fan

Screenshots

Tabla!4 screens
Harmonus2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Harmonus at 100% against Tabla!'s 31%. Harmonus also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Tabla!'s advantage is price (Free vs $2.99). On ratings volume 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

Tabla! is free to download; Harmonus costs $2.99 up front. Tabla! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Harmonus asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Harmonus holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Tabla!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Harmonus's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Tabla! versus Harmonus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabla!Harmonus
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.1 (38 ratings)4.4 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings38 — better19
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB30 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDrum StarzJulien Faure

Customer experience

Tabla!

All ratings38 ratings
Positive78.9%
Neutral5.3%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive30.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative61.5%

Harmonus

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tabla!

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Exporting$0.99
None

Harmonus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tabla! free?
Tabla! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Harmonus free?
Harmonus costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tabla! or Harmonus?
Harmonus is rated higher. Tabla! averages 4.1 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while Harmonus averages 4.4 from 19 ratings.
Do Tabla! or Harmonus have ads?
Tabla! shows ads; Harmonus does not.

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