Comparison

Carnatic Raga vs Divya Prabhandham

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Divya Prabhandham

Access and engage with sacred Tamil verses, offering reading, listening, and detailed explanations. Organize your favorite passages, track pilgrimage progress, and customize your reading experience.

Highlights
  • Complete text of Naalayira Divya Prabhandham
  • Recitation audio for listening along
  • Bookmark favorite verses
  • Create custom verse collections
  • Search in Tamil or English
  • Directory of 108 Divya Desams
  • Pilgrimage progress tracking
Features
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Divya Prabhandham is a devotional reading companion for the Naalayira Divya Prabhandham — the 4,000 sacred Tamil verses of the Azhwars — together with the Desika Prabhandham, presented as a set of beautifully rendered sacred texts you can read, listen to, and return to daily. THE COMPLETE TEXT, TRADITIONALLY ORGANISED All four Aayirams — Mudhalayiram, Irandaam Aayiram, Moondraam Aayiram (Iyarpa), and Naangaam Aayiram (Thiruvaimozhi) — alongside the Desika Prabhandham, organised exactly as tradition holds them: by Aayiram, by work, and by decad (pathigam), with the Azhwar or Acharya credited for every section. READ, LISTEN, OR BOTH Every pasuram is set in a clean, legible reading view built for daily use, with recitation audio so you can listen while you follow along, and a Continue Reading shortcut that always picks up exactly where you left off. KEEP WHAT MATTERS TO YOU - Favourites — bookmark any pasuram for quick return - Collections — build your own playlists of verses, for a specific prayer, a daily recitation set, or anything personal to your practice - Search across the entire corpus in Tamil or English UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE READING Concise essences accompany each decad, giving context and meaning alongside the verses themselves — without getting in the way of the text. THE 108 DIVYA DESAMS A complete directory of the 108 Divya Desams, with the presiding deity and verse references for each. Begin your own Divya Desam Pilgrimage inside the app: mark temples as visited, track your progress across all 106 (excluding the two celestial abodes), and earn tiers as you go — from Anbukku Adiyar through Azhwar Thondar. MADE TO FEEL LIKE A SACRED TEXT Each work opens like its own leather-bound volume, with a gold emblem and its own colour and character — because how these verses are held matters as much as the words themselves. READS THE WAY YOU DO Switch between Tamil and English for the interface independently of the text you're reading, choose your preferred script and font, and pick a Vadakalai or Thenkalai app icon to match your own tradition. BOOK MODE ON IPHONE DUO Closed, your iPhone shows a jewel-toned cover with gold borders and a silk ribbon. Open it, and the book unfolds across two pages, just like a printed volume. Built for the reader who returns to these verses every day — for study, for recitation, and for the quiet discipline of daily prayer. Available for iPhone, iPad & Mac. Download now

Screenshots

Carnatic Raga4 screens
Divya Prabhandham4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Carnatic Raga at none against Divya Prabhandham's 6. Carnatic Raga also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (490 vs 23). Divya Prabhandham's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 44 months). On price, rating 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. Divya Prabhandham sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Carnatic Raga asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Carnatic Raga against 4.7 for Divya Prabhandham. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Carnatic Raga has 490 ratings behind it against 23, 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 78% of Divya Prabhandham's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Carnatic Raga ships an update every 44 months, Divya Prabhandham weekly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Carnatic Raga versus Divya Prabhandham: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCarnatic RagaDivya Prabhandham
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (490 ratings) — better4.7 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews87.3% of reviews — better77.8% of reviews
Number of ratings490 — better23
Update frequencyEvery 44 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAspul Studios LLCSrinivas Kannan

Customer experience

Carnatic Raga

All ratings484 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive87.3%
Neutral7.9%
Negative4.8%

Divya Prabhandham

All ratings23 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%

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

Divya Prabhandham

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Carnatic Raga

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Divya Prabhandham

One-time6
  • Flower Tip$4.99
  • No Ads$4.99
  • Lamp Tip$7.99
Show 3 more
  • Garland Tip$9.99
  • Offering Tip$24.99
  • Temple Tip$99.99

Questions

Is Carnatic Raga free?
Carnatic Raga is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Divya Prabhandham free?
Divya Prabhandham is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Carnatic Raga or Divya Prabhandham?
Carnatic Raga is rated higher. Carnatic Raga averages 4.8 out of 5 from 490 ratings, while Divya Prabhandham averages 4.7 from 23 ratings.
Do Carnatic Raga or Divya Prabhandham have ads?
Divya Prabhandham shows ads; Carnatic Raga does not.
Which is updated more often, Carnatic Raga or Divya Prabhandham?
Carnatic Raga ships an update every 44 months, and Divya Prabhandham weekly. Most recently, Carnatic Raga was updated on October 29, 2026 and Divya Prabhandham on October 29, 2026.

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