Swar Detector vs Raag Riyaz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swar Detector
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Sing a note. See the swar. Swar Detector listens to your voice or instrument and shows you the note you are on — big, clear, and instant. A ring around it turns from amber to green as you close in on true pitch, and bursts gold the moment you lock it. BUILT FOR RIYAZ Set your Sa to any key and octave, and every swar on screen re-maps to it. Practice in your own scale, the way you actually sing — not someone else's. सा रे॒ रे ग॒ ग म म॑ प ध॒ ध नि॒ नि The full twelve-note rail sits along the bottom, with your current note lit. Read it in Devanagari, or switch to Western names (C, D, E…) with one tap. SEE HOW CLOSE YOU ARE A live cents reading tells you exactly how sharp or flat you are — so you can hear the difference and fix it, note by note. FOR SINGERS AND PLAYERS Voice, harmonium, flute, sitar, guitar, violin — anything with a clear pitch. Useful for daily riyaz, for tuning, and for training your ear. QUIET AND PRIVATE No account. No ads. No network. Audio is analysed on your device and thrown away immediately — nothing is ever recorded, saved, or uploaded. Set your Sa and begin.
Raag Riyaz
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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.
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Verdict
Swar Detector and Raag Riyaz are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Swar Detector | Raag Riyaz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vaibhav Gupta | Koushik PG |
In-app purchases
Swar Detector
No in-app purchases
Raag Riyaz
No in-app purchases








