Comparison

SRGM vs Sangat

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

Head to head
About

SRGM

Features
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SRGM is a sargam notation app for any melody — from Hindustani and Carnatic classical to film songs, folk tunes, and world music. Write it down, play it back, and share it with a community. Whether you're learning a bandish, working out a Bollywood hook, or transcribing an Irish jig, SRGM gives you the tools. Indian music heritage runs deep — full raag and taal support, multi-script sargam — but the editor is just as happy with anything you can sing or hum. The community is completely free — publishing your songs and exploring what others have shared are both included at no cost. You never need a subscription to share your work or learn from others. EVERYTHING YOU NEED • Write notations with full raag and taal support — teental, jhaptal, rupak, adi, and dozens more — or use free rhythm for any meter • Play back what you write with voice like audio emulation • Organise your work into notebooks, songs, and alankaars (paltas) • Transpose to any Sa pitch without rewriting a single note • Switch scripts — Romanised (Sa Re Ga Ma), Devanagari (स ą¤°ą„‡ ग म), Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam • Choose between marker notation and numbered notation • Toggle lyrics on or off; grid, flow modes PRACTICE TOOLS • Loop sections to drill difficult phrases • Alankaar designer that let's you play and master alankaars • Built-in metronome with configurable count-in • A–B loop selection for focused practice • Notebooks to keep all practice material together and keep it searchable COMMUNITY — FREE TO PUBLISH, FREE TO EXPLORE • Publish your songs to the community at no cost • Browse, like, and save notations from other musicians — no subscription required • Copy community songs into your own notebooks to study SRGM PRO • Unlimited notebooks and songs • Advanced audio playback — A–B loops, speed ramps, pro transpose, selection loops, extended count-in • Priority community features Start free today. Upgrade whenever you need more. Privacy: https://srgm.io/privacy Terms: https://srgm.io/terms Questions: srgmioapp@gmail.com

About

Sangat

This app provides daily riyaz practice for Hindustani singing. It features a harmonium that plays scales, with tabla and tanpura accompaniment, and listens as you sing back. Advanced features include note accuracy feedback and a comprehensive library of ragas, alankars, and bandishes.

Highlights
  • Interactive harmonium for sargam practice
  • Pitch accuracy feedback with note analysis
  • Extensive library of ragas, alankars, and bandishes
  • Tanpura, tabla, and other instrument accompaniments
  • Riyaz routines and beginner courses
  • Multi-language support
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Sing it back, in sur. Sangat is daily riyaz for Hindustani singing. The harmonium plays each line in your scale, with the tabla and tanpura, and waits while you sing it back. Turn on Listen, and Sangat shows which notes were off. SING IT BACK TO THE HARMONIUM The harmonium plays a line of sargam and holds its last note until sam. Then it's your turn. Repeat keeps it coming round, and a tap on a note repeats just its part. You can also sing along, or sing on your own to the tanpura. SITAR, BANSURI, VIOLIN OR A SINGER Switch one on, and it plays each line with the harmonium or in its place. They are recordings of real musicians. Free for 90 seconds of riyaz a day each. SEE WHICH NOTES WERE OFF Listen draws your voice under the notes as you sing. The line is green while you're in sur, and amber where you go low or high. After each line it names what slipped, like "Ma low". Practise these then plays that part until you sing it in sur twice. RIYAZ ROUTINES Follow a riyaz one part at a time: a morning riyaz, kharaj, Yaman in the evening, alankars, or five minutes for a busy day. Each part tells you when it's done. FIRST STEPS IN SUR AND KNOW YOUR SWARAS A course for beginners, from holding Sa to singing Bhupali, Yaman and Bhairav. Then hear any swara, name it by ear, or sing it from its name while Sangat listens. RAGAS, ALANKARS AND BANDISH • 85 ragas, each with its aroha, avaroha, pakad and paltas • 28 alankars, in any raga and any scale • 482 bandish in 55 ragas, taught line by line in their own taal (beta) TANPURA, TABLA, HARMONIUM AND SWARMANDAL All four play at your Sa, fine-tuned in cents. Not sure of your Sa? Sing any comfortable note, and Find my Sa sets it. Then play your take back on a harmonium: your notes, your pauses, your pacing. • Tanpura: 18 tunings and 3 plucking styles, or on its own as a drone • 70 taals — Teentaal, Ektaal, Jhaptaal, Rupak, Keherwa, Dadra, Deepchandi, Jhoomra and more, 10 to 720 BPM. Tap the beat, and the tabla takes your speed. All four are recordings of real instruments, each with a synthesised voice a tap away, and they keep playing when the screen locks. RADIO Ragas played for you on sitar, bansuri, violin and harmonium, for the hour or your mood. YOUR RIYAZ, KEPT Hear your riyaz back line by line, with each note marked. Count your riyaz days and weeks in a row. IN SIX INDIAN LANGUAGES Every screen, lesson and raga page in ą¤¹ą¤æą¤‚ą¤¦ą„€, ą¤®ą¤°ą¤¾ą¤ ą„€, ąŖ—ą«ąŖœąŖ°ąŖ¾ąŖ¤ą«€, বাংলা, ą²•ą²Øą³ą²Øą²” or ąØŖą©°ąØœąØ¾ąØ¬ą©€. FREE, WITH NO ACCOUNT • Know your swaras, one swara at a time, and the Radio • Yaman, Bhupali and Bhairav with all their paltas, and the 10 thaats • First steps in sur, a step at a time • The first five alankars, with Listen and Practise these • The full tanpura, 10 taals and a metronome • Find my Sa, your last 7 riyaz, 5 saved practices and a collection No ads, and no daily time limit. SANGAT PRO All 85 ragas, 28 alankars and 70 taals, every bandish and every step of the course, the sitar, bansuri, violin and singer, and Know your swaras two to eight at a time. Every riyaz kept, as many practices and collections as you like, and a sleep timer. Monthly, yearly or once for life, on every device you sign in on. Payment is charged to your Apple account when you confirm the purchase. Monthly and yearly renew automatically unless you cancel at least a day before the period ends. Manage or cancel them in your account settings after purchase. PRIVACY Microphone: Find my Sa, Listen and Know your swaras use it only while they are on, and your voice is analysed on the device. A Find my Sa take keeps the melody it heard, not the sound. While Listen is on, your riyaz is recorded on your phone so you can hear it back. It is never uploaded, and it leaves your phone only when you share it. Notifications: only the daily reminder, if you switch it on. You need an account only for Pro, and you can delete it in Settings. Terms of use: https://getsangat.com/terms/ Privacy policy: https://getsangat.com/privacy/

Screenshots

SRGM4 screens
Sangat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sangat at daily against SRGM's every 11 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. SRGM sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Sangat sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SRGM ships an update every 11 days, Sangat daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 7 level
SRGM versus Sangat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSRGMSangat
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrithwin RajeevaSudheer Singh

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SRGM

Subscriptions2
  • SRGM Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
  • SRGM Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
4 purchases

Sangat

Subscriptions2
  • Sangat Pro — Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Sangat Pro — Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • Sangat Pro — Lifetime (invited)$41.49
  • Sangat Pro — Lifetime$49.00

Questions

Is SRGM free?
SRGM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sangat free?
Sangat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SRGM or Sangat have ads?
Neither SRGM nor Sangat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SRGM or Sangat?
SRGM ships an update every 11 days, and Sangat daily. Most recently, SRGM was updated on October 25, 2026 and Sangat on November 1, 2026.

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