Karunattu vs Carnatic Music Tools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Karunattu
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Find your Sa. Sing one phrase. Get one clear correction and try again. Karunattu teaches Carnatic music the way it is sung: in rāga-aware 22-śruti just intonation, never Western 12-tone equal temperament. The tampura, the tuner, the voice feedback and every instrument share that one pitch model. Your microphone audio stays on your iPhone or iPad, and the Free tier never asks for an account. NEW IN 4.1: A 100-DAY JOURNEY A daily path from First Steps to the concert stage. Today's practice sits on one card, a practice streak counts the days you actually sing, and badges come from practice you actually do, not from a tap. Each stage opens as you practise, and a 30-day streak opens the next band without a subscription. NEW: THE FREE BASICS LADDER Ten units, in the order a teacher would take you: • First Steps: set your Sa, start the tampura, hold one steady note. • The three sthāyīs: low, middle and high Sa. • Śarali, Jaṇṭa and Daṭṭu varisai, sung back in a listen-and-echo loop with live pitch feedback. • Keep the Tāḷa: clap, count and wave Ēka, Rūpaka and Ādi, scored as you tap. • Alaṅkāras from the Saṅgīta Ratnākara. • Hear the Relations: an ear game for Sa, Pa and Ma. • First gamakas: kampita and sphurita checked from your voice. • The opening of your first gītam, Śrī Gaṇanātha. Each paid ladder tool also opens once a day for Free, so you can try it before subscribing. WHAT EVERY USER GETS (FREE) • A living tampura and a stability-gated tuner that saves your Sa. • 169 rāgas and the composer catalog, with playable kṛtis and clear source or reconstruction labels. Kṛtis now carry sung tāḷa spans that follow each line. • Rāga Radio, the 22-śruti grid, the 72-mēḷakarta wheel and the 175-form tāḷa metronome. • Compose Studio: sketch a rāga- and tāḷa-aware phrase, offline and without signing in. • Seven app languages across every screen: English, தமிழ், हिन्दी, తెలుగు, ಕನ್ನಡ, മലയാളം and اردو. PLUS — $4.99/MONTH OR $24.99/YEAR, AUTO-RENEWABLE The full student experience: • Guided daily riyāz and curriculum paths. • Rāga-aware tuner targets and swara lock on the correct 22-śruti degrees. • Voice Coach and Doṣa Coach feedback on pitch, steadiness, phrase shape and ornaments. • Self-review, progress history and a live Svara Lane to compare one attempt with the next. • Gamaka Lab across 26 documented ornament families. PRO — $19.99/MONTH OR $99.99/YEAR, AUTO-RENEWABLE For the Carnatic creator who needs a finished handoff, not a DAW replacement: • Build rāga- and tāḷa-aware arrangements and render them on device. • Export microtonal MIDI, WAV, stems and mastered files for your preferred production tool. • RTP, rāga, tāḷa and concert-form builders that keep Carnatic pitch and cycle structure. • Includes everything in Plus. Plus and Pro are auto-renewable subscriptions billed to your Apple ID. Payment is charged at purchase confirmation and renews automatically for the same period and price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel any time in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. PRIVACY No account and no personal-data collection. Audio is processed on your device; practice history, recordings and preferences stay on your device. Subscriptions are managed by Apple StoreKit. CULTURAL CREDIT Built on the 72-mēḷakarta scheme, 22-śruti just intonation, 175 parametric tāḷa forms and 26 documented gamakas. Catalog entries name the composer, rāga, tāḷa and source, and say whether a performance is sourced or a Karunattu reconstruction. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://karunattu.com/privacy
Carnatic Music Tools
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Carnatic Music Tools brings the three things you reach for in daily practice into one app, built around Carnatic conventions rather than Western ones — talas with angas and jatis, swaras with their variants, and ragas by their arohana and avarohana.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Carnatic Music Tools at none against Karunattu's 4. Carnatic Music Tools also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Karunattu sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Carnatic Music Tools asks for nothing beyond the download.
Karunattu ships an update every 2 weeks, Carnatic Music Tools every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Karunattu | Carnatic Music Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Prabaharan Manoharan | LIDAVI Technologies Private Limited |
In-app purchases
Karunattu
- Karunattu Plus$4.991 Month
- Karunattu Pro Monthly$19.991 Month
- Karunattu Plus Yearly$24.991 Year
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- Karunattu Pro Yearly$99.991 Year
Carnatic Music Tools
No in-app purchases
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