Comparison

TaalMala vs SaReGa TablaPro

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

Head to head
About

TaalMala

This app provides realistic accompaniment for Indian classical musicians, featuring high-quality sampled instruments like Tabla and Tanpura. It offers extensive pre-composed compositions and allows users to create their own Taals, Lehras, and SwarMandal patterns. Ideal for daily practice or live performances.

Highlights
  • High-quality sampled instruments
  • 360+ pre-composed Taals
  • 246+ pre-composed Lehras
  • 620+ pre-composed SwarMandal patterns
  • Compose custom Taals and Lehras
  • Sequencer for arranging patterns
  • Adjustable tempo and pitch
Features
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TaalMala provides personalized accompaniment of Tabla, Pakhawaj, Manjeera, Tanpura, SwarMandal and Lehra/Nagma on Santoor and Harmonium. Use TaalMala for your daily riyaaz or live concerts. With high-quality Tabla, Pakhawaj, Manjeera, Tanpura, SwarMandal, Santoor and Harmonium sounds sampled from real instruments, more than 360+ pre-composed Taals and Sequences, and more than 246+ pre-composed Lehra/Nagma compositions, and 650+ SwarMandal patterns in 65+ Ragas, TaalMala provides a complete practising solution for any Indian musician. With TaalMala Composer, you can compose your own Taals, Lehras/Nagmas, SwarMandal patterns by simply typing the notation of the Taal/Lehra on special built-in Taal/Lehra keyboard. With TaalMala Sequencer, you can arrange sequences of fixed or randomized or tempo-based Taal and Lehra/Nagma patterns. TaalMala features: - High-quality studio-recorded Tabla, Pakhawaj, Tanpura, SwarMandal, Santoor, Harmonium and Manjeera (Zanj) sounds - Two sets of Tabla/Dagga sounds and ability to choose and mix-match between the two sound sets - 360+ pre-composed Taals and Taal sequences, including most popular Taals and their variations - 246+ pre-composed Lehra/Nagma compositions and sequences in multitude of ragas and Taals - 620+ pre-composed SwarMandal patterns in 62+ Ragas - New Taals, Lehras/Nagmas and compositions added frequently as updates - Compose your own Taals and Lehras/Nagmas by simply entering the notation - Powerful sequencer to compose fixed, tempo-based and randomized sequences from the Taals and Lehras library - Taal/Lehra/SwarMandal pad; play any Taal/Lehra/SwarMandal pattern on-demand in live accompaniment - Automatic Manjeera/Zanj accompaniment, synchronized with the Tabla/Pakhawaj Taals - Adjustable tempo from 10 bpm to 1000 bpm - Pitch control (+/- 0.5 octave), with independent fine-tuning of all instruments for precise matching with your scale - Pitch detector for detecting your pitch and precise matching, built within the app - Independent volume control for Tabla/Pitch, Dagga/Bass, Manjeera and Lehra/Nagma - Choice of chromatic or just/harmonic tuning for all instruments, with fine-tuning capability. - Up to 2 simultaneous Tanpuras - High-quality Tanpura sounds (male and female tones) with all popular Tanpura patterns included - Adjustable Tanpura tempo and strumming speed of 4 Tanpura strings independently - Option to slightly vary the Tanpura plucking delays randomly for better realism - Tap on the screen twice to set exact Taal tempo, as required This version of the application has following limitations: Playback restricted to 5 minutes every hour. To unlock full functionality and remove the limitation above, click "Buy" option on the main screen. Once you purchase a subscription to the app, the 5-minute per hour limitation will be removed. Please contact us at service@taalmala.com if you have any questions. Licensing terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Our privacy policy: https://www.taalmala.com/privacy.shtml

About

SaReGa TablaPro

This app offers realistic Indian music accompaniment with a drone Taanpura, Tabla, and a rhythm loop builder. Customize tempo, pitch, and create your own styles. Includes a built-in Swar Mandal and Manjira support for an enhanced practice experience.

Highlights
  • Realistic Taanpura and Tabla sounds
  • Rhythm Loop Builder (TaalMaker)
  • Customizable tempo and pitch
  • Built-in Swar Mandal and Manjira
  • Record and share performances
  • Offline authentication
Features
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This app provides realistic sounds of Indian Drone Taanpura, Rhythm Instrument Tabla, Rhythm Loop Builder (TaalMaker) ,Recorder and Pitch Meter. It provides reach features to play different styles, vary tempo and pitch. TaalMaker allows you to build your own styles. It has a built-in harp-like instrument "Swar Mandal '' that can be set to required ascending and descending notes as per Raaga. It can be played in a loop or played live.It supports shrutis or microtones needed for Ragaa and can be set by user preference. Manjira support is included for most taalas. The app is designed to make your accompaniment experience and daily riyaaz, enjoyable and flawless. You can record your performance and then share on social media right from app. It includes six string custom taanpura to produce the best taanpura sounds you can get. -Free Taanpura - Two taanpuras, independently controlled. -Tabla feature that plays real sounds, at a tempo from 30 BPM to 640 BPM flawlessly. -A wide variety of Taal and Styles, include auto feature that automatically chooses styles based on the tempo. - Change key/tempo app wide. It also has the option of fine tuning that works on all instruments. - Change key/tempo app wide. It also has the option of fine tuning that works on all instruments. -Taalmaker feature that allows you to build your own rhythms and styles. All you need to do is to drag/drop the right bol to the beat area. No keyboard required. -Control Dagga Volume -Store and retrieve your own presets for swarmandal. - Demo version allows trial for 14 days after install and sign up. - InApp purchases include tabla and swarmandal packages that cover all the features. -Taanpura will always be free. However we recommend buying custom taanpura for fantastic sound. -It includes Riyaaz Time tracker for the session. -If the background mode doesn't work for your device, you may use 'Keep Awake' option available in configuration screen. - Taal Covered Teental Dadra Keherwa Bhajani Rupak Addha Ektal Jhaptal Deepchandi Khemta Pashtu Tilwada Jhumra Users are encouraged to add their own taal and styles and the possibilities are infinite. The preset editor now support 22 Shrutis that you can set to your needs as per the Ragaa. Swarmandal includes presets for following Raagas Abhogi Ahir Bhairav Alhaiya Bilawal Asavari Bageshri Bairagi Bhairav Bhairav Bhairavi Bhairavi Live Swar Bhimpalasi Bhopali Bihag Bilaskhani Todi Chandrakauns Charukeshi Darbari Des Gorakh Kalyan Gujari Todi Hameer Hans Dhwani Hindol Jaunpuri Jinjhoti Jog Kafi Kalavati Kaushi Kanada Kedar Khamaj Madhmat Sarang Madhuvantil Malkauns Marawa Maru-Bihag Megh Miya Malhar Nat Bhairav Patdeep Poorvi Puriya Puriya Puriya Dhanashree Puriya Kalyan Rageshree Shiv Ranjani Shree Shudh Kalyan Shudh Sarang Sohani Todi Vrindavani Sarang Yaman Users can add their own presets and save those. Sarega TablaPro is capable of offline authentication. User may choose to use anonymous login with a limited functionality. Internet connection is required for the app to start and function.. The data is saved on the cloud if you are logged in. App will keep your screen open. Currently it doesnt support background mode. We will have updates in the future to support background mode. Enjoy!

Screenshots

TaalMala4 screens
SaReGa TablaPro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SaReGa TablaPro at 5.0 against TaalMala's 4.3. SaReGa TablaPro also leads on review sentiment (44% vs 33%). TaalMala's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (177 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TaalMala sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and SaReGa TablaPro sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SaReGa TablaPro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TaalMala has 177 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of TaalMala's written reviews are positive against 44% of SaReGa TablaPro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TaalMala versus SaReGa TablaPro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaalMalaSaReGa TablaPro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (177 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews44.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings177 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB184 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbhijit PataitMadhukar Kshirsagar

Customer experience

TaalMala

All ratings177 ratings
Positive82.5%
Neutral3.4%
Negative14.1%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative52.4%

SaReGa TablaPro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative55.6%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TaalMala

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Edition - Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Premium Edition - Yearly$29.991 Year
9 purchases

SaReGa TablaPro

One-time9
  • Teental Live Play$0.99
  • Swarmandal Package$1.99
  • Performance Recorder$1.99
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  • Custom Taanpura$2.99
  • Pitch Perfect$2.99
  • Tabla and Taalmaker package$2.99
  • Bronze Combo$3.99
  • Silver Combo$4.99
  • Gold Combo Pack$5.99

Questions

Is TaalMala free?
TaalMala is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SaReGa TablaPro free?
SaReGa TablaPro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TaalMala or SaReGa TablaPro?
SaReGa TablaPro is rated higher. TaalMala averages 4.3 out of 5 from 177 ratings, while SaReGa TablaPro averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do TaalMala or SaReGa TablaPro have ads?
SaReGa TablaPro shows ads; TaalMala does not.
Which is updated more often, TaalMala or SaReGa TablaPro?
TaalMala ships an update every 2 months, and SaReGa TablaPro every 2 months. Most recently, TaalMala was updated on October 25, 2026 and SaReGa TablaPro on October 19, 2026.

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