Maqamat vs Sulamon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maqamat
Explore the intricate world of Middle Eastern music with a comprehensive guide to its scales. Discover over 35 Maqams, each accompanied by audio examples. Seamlessly navigate between different Maqams by interacting with the displayed ajnas.
- Guide to Maqams
- Over 35 Maqams included
- Audio examples for each Maqam
- Interactive ajnas navigation
- Simple and intuitive interface
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A simple guide to the Maqams or scales used in middle eastern music. Over 35 Maqams are included with audio. You can navigate from one maqam to another by clicking on one of the displayed ajnas.
Sulamon
An interactive music handbook for exploring and practicing musical scales. Discover, listen to, and organize scales, with features for guitar tunings and transposing instruments to spark creativity.
- Discover and listen to all kinds of scales
- Practice with note detection
- Organize scales into lists
- Find common tones between scales
- Guitar tunings and transposing instruments
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Sulamon is an interactive handbook for musical scales. It helps you learn music theory, practice your scales, and is the perfect companion in a jam. • Explore scales of major/minor, blues, jazz, maqam, and more • Improve your singing or playing • Customizable with transposition, guitar tunings, and other features built for musicians • For music nerds: compare scales, save them to lists and find common tones
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sulamon at 5.0 against Maqamat's 4.4. Sulamon also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Maqamat's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (38 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Maqamat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sulamon asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sulamon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Maqamat has 38 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Maqamat ships an update every 2 months, Sulamon every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Maqamat | Sulamon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (38 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dimorphic, LLC | Yotam Frid |
Customer experience
Maqamat
Sulamon
In-app purchases
Maqamat
- Premium$0.99
Sulamon
No in-app purchases
