TaalMala vs Tabla Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Tabla Studio
This app provides realistic tabla, tanpura, and metronome sounds for musicians and enthusiasts of Indian classical music. It features a mixer for adjusting volumes and a wide selection of rhythms and scales for practice and performance.
- Realistic tabla loops
- Tanpura drone
- Swarmandal raags
- Adjustable metronome
- Full-featured mixing panel
- Tempo and scale selection
- Instrument tuning
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Now updated with a mixer for the Tabla, Tanpura, Swarmandal & Metronome! Do you love real tabla beats? Do you sing, play harmonium or play a classical Indian instrument? Perhaps you play the sitar, the bansuri or the sarangi. Or maybe you enjoy listening to rhythmic beats of the tabla drum and drone of the Indian tanpura. Whether you’re an avid listener, hobbiest or a Indian Classical Music professional, you will love Tabla Studio’s tabla and tanpura sound! Create amazing music by practising to the amazing tabla rhythms, tanpura drone, swarmandal raags and metronome provided in Tabla Studio. Tabla Studio turns your iPhone or iPad into a real tabla and tanpura player. Featuring a full-featured mixing panel - so you can listen to real tabla loops anywhere you go. Use the professional recorded tabla to practice your harmonium skills. Use the tanpura to practice singing with rhythm. Use the Tanpura drone to pitch your instrument. Whichever instrument you play, whether it be harmonium, sarangi, bansuri or vocal. Whichever genre you are in the mood for, whether it be Indian Classical Music, Fusion or Bollywood, Tabla Studio has the beat, rythm and loop to match. Live recorded tabla loops - practice alongside a real tabla player *Choose from the wide range of scales and rhythms, unlocking an impressive library of taals and genres *Use the tempo changer to select the metronome or tabla beats *Tune your instrument meticulously, such as sitar or sarod, to the exact pitch using the tuner *Accentuate the raag you are practising with the extensive range of swarmandal Advantages of Tabla Studio - Tabla App with Tanpura & Swarmandal *Use your iPhone or iPad to play real tabla loops for Indian Classical Music practice and performance *Use the mixing panel to keep tanpura, swarmandal, tabla and metronome volumes at your desired level *Use the Metronome feature to ensure that you always stay in rhythm *Keep count and never miss a beat with the intuitive display counter *Play your iPad or iPhone like a real tabla, tanpura or swarmandal instrument How to use Tabla Studio - Tabla App with Tanpura & Swarmandal 1. Download Tabla Studio to access real tabla, tanpura, swarmandal and metronome. 2. Pair your phone with any bluetooth speaker for the most optimal sound output. 3. Set your musical scale. Select the genre, taal, and rhythm and speed you prefer. 4. Press play to enjoy the amazing tabla, tanpura and swarmandal sound. Tabla Studio - List Of Available Tabla Taals Dhadra (6 Beats) *Folk Sindi Dhadra *Folk Garba Dhadra *Ghazal Dhadra *Ghazal Dhadra 2 Roopak Taal (7 Beats) *Classical Roopak Taal Teka *Classical Roopak Taal Teka 2 *Ghazal Roopak Taal Teka *Ghazal Roopak Taal Teka 2 Keherwa Taal (8 Beats) *Folk Sindi Keherwa *Folk Dhapli Keherwa *Folk Dholki Keherwa *Folk Dholki 2 Keherwa *Folk Punjabi Keherwa *Folk Rajastani Keherwa *Devotional Bhajan Keherwa *Devotional Bhajan Keherwa 2 *Devotional Qawali Keherwa *Ghazal Keherwa Teka *Ghazal Keherwa Teka 2 *Fusion Kehera Funk *Fusion Kehera Classic Rock *Fusion Kehera Conga Matta Taal (9 Beats) *Classical Matta Taal Teka Jhaptaal (10 Beats) *Classical Jhaptaal Teka Char Taal Ki Sawari (11 Beats) *Classical Char Taal Ki Sawari Teka *Classical Char Taal Ki Sawari Pro Ek Taal (12 Beats) *Classical Ek Taal Teka Jai Taal (13 Beats) *Classical Jai Taal Teka Deepchandi Taal (14 Beats) *Classical Deepchandi Teka Teen Taal (16 Beats) *Classical Teentaal Teka *Classical Sitarkhani Teka Our aim is to provide all musicians around the globe with real Indian classical instruments at their fingertips through our mobile apps. Please be considerate of our efforts and provide us with positive feedback on the App Store so that we can grow and improve our services. Please don’t hesitate to contact us for any additional taals or features that you require. We would be happy to hear from you, we value your feedback as our customers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TaalMala at 4.3 against Tabla Studio's 3.4. TaalMala also leads on ratings volume (177 vs 24). Tabla Studio's advantage is review sentiment (54% vs 34%) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 12.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. TaalMala sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Tabla Studio sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TaalMala holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TaalMala has 177 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 34% of TaalMala's written reviews are positive against 54% of Tabla Studio's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TaalMala ships an update every 2 months, Tabla Studio monthly. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.
| Parameter | TaalMala | Tabla Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (177 ratings) — better | 3.4 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.1% of reviews | 53.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 177 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 1.2 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Abhijit Patait | Aman Kalyan |
Customer experience
TaalMala
Tabla Studio
In-app purchases
TaalMala
- Premium Edition - Monthly$3.991 Month
- Premium Edition - Yearly$29.991 Year
Tabla Studio
- TSTFree
- Tabla Studio$17.99
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