Comparison

SwarSaathi vs Raag Riyaz

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

Head to head
About

SwarSaathi

Features
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SwarSaathi helps Indian music learners practice swara, saptak, and pitch stability in real time. Start with SwarPractice, a free swara practice tool. Set your Sa, sing, and instantly see the swara, saptak, pitch, and tuning feedback. SwarPractice supports Mandra, Madhya, and Taar saptak notation, including dot markers above or below the swara. Practice freely or use short timed drills to build sur stability. Current features: • Select your Sa from common Indian vocal pitch ranges • Detect swara and saptak in real time • Standard komal, shuddha, tivra, mandra, and taar notation • Timed practice sessions: 5s, 10s, 20s, 30s • Free practice mode • Accuracy and stability summary after practice • Pitch bias and cents spread feedback • Optional Sa drone • On-device microphone processing SwarSaathi is designed for learners of Indian classical, semi-classical, film, and devotional music who want a simple way to understand notes, practice sur, and improve steadily.

About

Raag Riyaz

Practice Hindustani classical music with this offline-first app. Record your voice with accompaniment, train your ear and voice with interactive exercises, and organize all your classwork and raag library in one private space.

Highlights
  • Offline-first practice companion
  • Voice recording with accompaniment
  • Pitch guidance and swara training
  • Interactive vocal challenges
  • Classwork organization
  • Private raag library
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Your riyaz exercises, classwork and recordings together in one private, offline-first app. Raag Riyaz is a Hindustani music practice companion for iPhone and iPad. Record your voice with tanpura and tabla, train your ear and voice, and carry each lesson into the next practice session without creating an account. PRACTISE WITH ACCOMPANIMENT • Choose from 29 searchable taals and follow the current matra and bol • Play tabla, two tanpuras, lehra, manjira and swarmandal independently • Set SUR, fine tuning and tempo, including quick ÷2, −5, +5 and ×2 changes; save presets and timed practice programmes • Record your voice with accompaniment, replay takes and export audio TRAIN EVERY SWARA • Free Singing shows the nearest swara and live pitch guidance • Stability Test helps you hold each swara and lets you hear the current target • Learn 9 alankars and 5 paltas phrase by phrase on a pictorial swara path • Try Fade the Phrase, Mirror Path and Swara Staircase vocal challenges • Match mystery swaras, sing guided raag phrases and build laya in Find the Beat • Start singing directly or hear a reference only when you need it • Use Pitch Lab for swara, cents and shruti feedback, plus a hands-free Breath Test • Open optional, attributed creator lessons on YouTube from the pattern library KEEP CLASSWORK TOGETHER • Write class notes directly on each date • Add photos, scans, PDFs, class recordings, homework and practice notes • Set an optional one-time local reminder for a lesson's homework • Link an earlier lesson or connect class notes to raags in your Library • Review recent sessions and recordings in Insights • Optionally schedule one daily local practice reminder from Insights BUILD YOUR RAAG LIBRARY • Mark library raags as learned and keep a private repertoire for each one • Add your own raag with aroha and avaroha across lower, middle and upper saptak • Keep named bandishes, songs, recordings, PDFs, images and reference notes together PRIVATE BY DESIGN Raag Riyaz has no account, advertising, analytics SDK or developer cloud. Microphone pitch analysis happens on the device. Recordings and lesson content stay in the app's private storage unless you explicitly share or export them.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

SwarSaathi and Raag Riyaz are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SwarSaathi ships an update fortnightly, Raag Riyaz every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
SwarSaathi versus Raag Riyaz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwarSaathiRaag Riyaz
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSumit VermaKoushik PG

In-app purchases

None

SwarSaathi

No in-app purchases

None

Raag Riyaz

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SwarSaathi free?
SwarSaathi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Raag Riyaz free?
Raag Riyaz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SwarSaathi or Raag Riyaz have ads?
Neither SwarSaathi nor Raag Riyaz shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SwarSaathi or Raag Riyaz?
SwarSaathi ships an update fortnightly, and Raag Riyaz every 8 days. Most recently, SwarSaathi was updated on November 5, 2026 and Raag Riyaz on October 31, 2026.

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