Carnaticpedia vs Duets.fm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Carnaticpedia
Explore a comprehensive encyclopedia of Carnatic music. Access a vast collection of songs, notations, videos, and lessons. Learn about ragas, talas, and technical aspects of this classical Indian music form.
- Vast song library
- Musical notations
- Instructional videos
- Raga and tala information
- Technical music lessons
- Basic exercises and compositions
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Carnatic Music is well liked and followed by millions of music lovers across the world. We thought we'd develop an app that provides all information about learning and enjoying Carnatic Music. We have an endless supply of songs (basic exercises, geethams, varnams, krithis, thillanas and more), notations, videos, lessons, technical information on ragas, talas etc.
Duets.fm
Enhance your Smule singing experience with this companion app. Discover new songs, create custom playlists, and download them for offline playback. Track your performance history and analyze your collaborations with other singers.
- Random song mixes
- Custom playlist creation
- Offline song downloads
- Advanced song/singer search
- Join and solo history tracking
- Singer follow/follower analysis
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Duets.fm is a companion app for Smule singers Many ways to play your songs 1. Play a random mix of unrepeated songs with your favorite singers. 2. Create playlists and add hundreds of songs to them with a single tap. 3. Download hundreds of songs to your device, for offline playing. Search and stats 1. Just type part of a song title or a singer name and see the matches as you type. 2. Use advanced keyword search to find any set of songs or singers. 3. See the stats on each search, including song types and joins with each singer. Songs and Singers 1. See your joins, solos, invites or other's joins from any time period. 2. Order singers by the count of your joins with them or their joins with you. 3. See which singers that you follow are not following you back. For more information, please visit https://duets.fm
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Verdict
Carnaticpedia and Duets.fm both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Carnaticpedia's written reviews are positive against 75% of Duets.fm's. Carnaticpedia also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Duets.fm's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and ratings volume (30 vs 3). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 — 4.7 for Carnaticpedia against 4.6 for Duets.fm. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Duets.fm has 30 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Carnaticpedia's written reviews are positive against 75% of Duets.fm's.
Carnaticpedia ships an update fortnightly, Duets.fm every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and July 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Carnaticpedia | Duets.fm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better | 4.6 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Datonique, Inc | QuantumBytes LLC |
Customer experience
Carnaticpedia
Duets.fm
In-app purchases
Carnaticpedia
No in-app purchases
Duets.fm
No in-app purchases
