Carnatic Raga vs Sai Rhythms
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Carnatic Raga
Discover and learn about over 950 ragas in Carnatic music, including fundamental and derived types. Search ragas by their notes or names, and view their ascending and descending scales. This app is essential for anyone passionate about Carnatic music.
- Search ragas by swaras or name
- View Arohanam and Avarohanam
- Melakarta raga information
- Create favorite raga lists
- Play scales
- Share raga details
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Explore over 950 ragas used in Carnatic music, including both Melakarta (fundamental) and Janya (derived) ragas. Easily search for a raga by its swaras (notes) or name, and view the Arohanam (ascending scale) and Avarohanam (descending scale) for every raga. A must-have app for any Carnatic music enthusiast! Features: • Search by Swaras using exact or partial matches • Search by Name, including advanced search capabilities • Melakarta raga information for Janya ragas • Create your own favorite raga list • Letter notation for Arohanam and Avarohanam • Piano/Keyboard interface for swara selection • Play the Arohanam and Avarohanam • Share raga details with your friends • Search for a raga directly from Spotlight • Tala reference Explore, learn and enjoy! We welcome your feedback! Visit the support link to suggest new features. If you find our app beneficial, share it with your friends and family. Thank you.
Sai Rhythms
Access a vast library of devotional songs and spiritual writings. Search by lyrics, deity, or tempo, and find meanings with a word-by-word glossary. Includes audio, pitch player, and daily inspiration quotes.
- Search devotional songs by lyrics, deity, tempo, and tune
- Read Divine Discourses and Writings
- Over 3500 songs in multiple languages
- Song meanings and word-by-word glossary
- Integrated Pitch Player
- Daily 'Sai Inspires' quotes and calendar
- Listen to Sai Streams
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Sing. Listen. Reflect. Sai Rhythms brings devotional singing and the teachings of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba into one place. Find bhajans, understand their meaning, prepare for singing, listen to discourses and make time for daily reflection. FIND THE SONG YOU WANT Search devotional songs by lyrics, deity, language, raga, tempo and other musical details. Read lyrics and meanings, and explore the glossary to understand words used in bhajans. The downloaded song catalog supports searching and reading without an internet connection. MAKE PRACTICE PERSONAL Set your pitch with the pitch player. Use available audio and karaoke tracks to learn a song. Keep notes and practice records, create songlists and return to recent searches. Download available audio for offline listening. Audio and karaoke availability varies by song. LISTEN AND REFLECT Read divine discourses and Vahinis, bookmark passages and keep your notes together. Listen to available discourse audio and Sai Streams. Explore stream schedules and search the audio archives. Background playback keeps user-selected audio going while you use other apps, with system media controls. A DAILY MOMENT OF INSPIRATION Read Sai Inspires, revisit a date through the calendar and share a thought. Explore prayers and Divine Vistas photo collections. YOUR DEVOTIONAL COMPANION Choose light, dark and custom themes. Bring selected content closer with widgets. On Apple Watch, browse synced inspiration, streams, songlists, bookmarks, prayers and Divine Vistas, and request playback on your paired iPhone. Watch playback controls depend on the paired iPhone; this is not standalone watch audio streaming. CONNECT WITH YOUR CENTER Where your center uses the supported song-signup service, access devotional singing signups from the app. An internet connection is needed for live streams, archive searches, new content and audio that has not been downloaded. Some capabilities require a compatible device or OS version. Support: https://apps.sairhythms.org
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sai Rhythms at every 4 days against Carnatic Raga's every 44 months. Carnatic Raga's advantage is ratings volume (490 vs 39). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Carnatic Raga against 4.8 for Sai Rhythms. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Carnatic Raga has 490 ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Carnatic Raga's written reviews are positive against 92% of Sai Rhythms's.
Carnatic Raga ships an update every 44 months, Sai Rhythms every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Carnatic Raga | Sai Rhythms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (490 ratings) | 4.8 (39 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.3% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 490 — better | 39 |
| Update frequency | Every 44 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aspul Studios LLC | Pragyan |
Customer experience
Carnatic Raga
Sai Rhythms
Bugs and requests
Carnatic Raga
Reported bugs
7 issues- Dharmavathi is named as Dhamavathi
- Some Raga spellings are incorrect
- Play button does not work
- Play button not working on ios14
- No sound on iOS 6.1.3
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- Crashes on iOS 6.1.3
- Volume not working when touching swara
Requested features
10 requests- Play any 16 notes in any order
- How to find raaga if up and down notes differ
- Add two more octaves on the piano
- Add functionality to play swaras
- Add sound bites for swaras
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- Add ability to listen to ragas in different shrutis
- Add different instruments to play ragas
- Option to 'like' favorite ragas
- Link to find more songs in a raga
- Add Hindustani music section
Sai Rhythms
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Carnatic Raga
No in-app purchases
Sai Rhythms
No in-app purchases
Questions
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