Comparison

Tabla! vs iDoogDoogi

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

iDoogDoogi

Experience the traditional Bangladeshi percussion instrument, the DoogDoogi, through a mobile app. Shake your device to create authentic drum sounds, set alarms with these beats, and even check your daily fortune.

Highlights
  • Shake to play percussion sounds
  • Authentic DoogDoogi sound
  • Set alarms with drum sounds
  • Daily fortune cookie
  • View nearby users
  • Selectable percussion sounds and backgrounds
Features
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The Bangladeshi musical instrument DoogDoogi is a small drum-like percussion instrument that is played by shaking it. Although small, it can make a good deal of noise and can be played on festive occasions to create a party-like atmosphere. You will definitely stand out in a crowd once you start producing the pulsating beats of the DoogDoogi. As a bonus, you can get a daily fortune cookie when using the iDoogdoogi app and can setup an alarm with the doogdoogi drum sounds. You can even view the community around you who are using the App. About iDoogDoogi App: The iDoogDoogi App is a mobile musical app for mobile devices. To play the instrument, the user has to simply shake this device and the app will create a percussion sound. DoogDoogi is the first electronic instrument that actually sounds like the real thing, and is ideal for Bangladeshi traditional functions. In Bangladesh Bedeys (gipsies), Snake charmers, and jugglers still use the doogdoogi for performances with snakes, monkeys and bears. The beautiful loud noise of doogdoogi creates an entertaining atmosphere. With DoogDoogi now everyone can experience these traditional fun sounds. Users can try the different types of selectable percussion sounds or backgrounds.

Screenshots

Tabla!4 screens
iDoogDoogi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: iDoogDoogi at 83% against Tabla!'s 29%. iDoogDoogi also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Tabla!'s advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (38 vs 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. Tabla! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. iDoogDoogi asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iDoogDoogi holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tabla! has 38 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Tabla!'s written reviews are positive against 83% of iDoogDoogi's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tabla! ships an update monthly, iDoogDoogi every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Tabla! versus iDoogDoogi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabla!iDoogDoogi
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (38 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings38 — better5
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB196 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDrum StarzSurroundApps, Inc.

Customer experience

Tabla!

All ratings38 ratings
Positive78.9%
Neutral5.3%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative64.3%

iDoogDoogi

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tabla!

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

iDoogDoogi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tabla! free?
Tabla! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iDoogDoogi free?
iDoogDoogi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tabla! or iDoogDoogi?
iDoogDoogi is rated higher. Tabla! averages 4.1 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while iDoogDoogi averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Tabla! or iDoogDoogi have ads?
Tabla! shows ads; iDoogDoogi does not.
Which is updated more often, Tabla! or iDoogDoogi?
Tabla! ships an update monthly, and iDoogDoogi every 3 months. Most recently, Tabla! was updated on October 19, 2026 and iDoogDoogi on October 11, 2026.

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