Practis vs Konnakol

Practis is the practice companion for musicians: a diary, score reader, and coach in one app. Log what you play, see your progress, and always know what to practice next. PRACTICE DIARY • Log sessions in seconds - piece, duration, notes • A daily goal dial and streaks keep you honest • Throwbacks resurface old recordings so you can hear how far you've come! YOUR REPERTOIRE • Track every piece from "just started" to "performance ready" • Program lists for recitals, exams and auditions • Practice history for every piece SCORE PRACTICE • Import your sheet music (PDF) or browse thousands of free public-domain scores and read page by page - two-page spread in landscape • Draw, highlight, add fingerings and musical markings • Bookmarks and trouble spots for the passages that need work • A practice heatmap shows where your time actually went • Built-in metronome and a shareable session recap PRACTICE PLANNER • Build the week from your own categories: technique, repertoire, sight-reading, whatever you actually work on • A rotation decides what comes next, so nothing quietly gets dropped • Built from your real sessions, not a generic template FRIENDS • Add friends with an 8-digit friend code, no email address to share • See what each other practised that week • Send a reaction when someone puts the work in • Nothing is public, and your session notes always stay private ASK PRACTIS • Get a session plan built from your real repertoire and goals • See what's neglected, what's due, and how you're doing RECORDINGS (Practis PRO) • Capture takes while you play and listen back anytime Practis syncs with your account on pract.is, so your diary, pieces and scores are on the web too. PRACTIS PRO The free plan includes up to 5 tracked pieces. Practis PRO is an auto-renewable monthly subscription for $3.99 (USD) per month that unlocks unlimited pieces, cloud recordings with throwbacks, and cloud score storage. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://pract.is/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://pract.is/terms

Konnakol is a practice app for the South Indian rhythmic solfège tradition — reciting patterns of syllables (sollu) over a tala (rhythmic cycle), the foundation of Carnatic rhythm. LESSONS 22 guided lessons build from "what is a tala" to genuine advanced cross-rhythms: every gati (tisra, misra, sankirna...), talas beyond the basic cycle, "second speed" density, and a preview of the tihai cadence — including lessons that let you hear a phrase drift across a steady beat instead of just subdividing it faster. PRACTICE A configurable tala/nadai metronome with independent phrase length, so you can recite a pattern that resets every beat, or one that runs continuously across the beat grid for real polyrhythmic practice. EXPLORER Build your own jati combinations and audition them in a loop — a sandbox for exploring korvai-style phrases. REAL VOICE, REAL TABLA, REAL DRONE Syllables are recited with real recorded voice samples, not synthesized speech. Switch to a tabla voice for a different color, or layer in an ambient tambura drone — each with its own volume control. HAND POSITIONS Watch the tala's clap, wave, and finger-count hand positions animate in sync with the beat, so you can learn the physical gestures alongside the syllables. Works entirely offline. No account, no ads, no data collection, no permissions requested. FEATURES • 22 progressive lessons, from basic tala counting to advanced cross-rhythms • Adi Talam, Rupakam, Misra Chapu, and Khanda Chapu, with adjustable nadai and phrase length • Real recorded syllable samples (not synthesized speech), with natural pitch/volume variation and subtle reverb • Animated hand positions (clap/wave/finger count) that follow the beat, just like a live performance • Switch between recited voice and a tabla voice for the same syllables • Ambient tambura drone for authentic accompaniment • Independent volume control for click, voice, tabla, and drone • Practice tools for exploring any tala/nadai/phrase-length combination freely NEW: AUv3 PLUGIN Konnakol now ships with its own Audio Unit (AUv3) instrument, so you can run its tala engine directly inside GarageBand, Logic Pro, AUM, and other AU hosts: • Tempo sync with your host's transport, or set your own • Real MIDI output — record the performance onto a Software Instrument track • Local preview button to audition before recording • One-tap randomizer for tala, nadai, phrase length, and voice • The same animated hand-position guide, built into the plugin's own panel Whether you're a music student learning rhythm fundamentals, a percussionist studying Carnatic music, or a producer looking for an unusual rhythmic texture, Konnakol brings this centuries-old tradition to your practice room — and now to your DAW.