Comparison

TaalMala vs Bandish Plus

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

Bandish Plus

Explore Indian Classical Raag Bandish with lyrics, notations, and audio playback. Adjust scale and tempo, and see notes on a live piano view. Ideal for students and teachers to learn and reference songs.

Highlights
  • Lyrics and notations display
  • Adjustable scale and tempo
  • Live piano note visualization
  • Filter songs by alphabet or raag
  • Over 200 songs with audio
  • Tanpura accompaniment
  • Multiple instrument options
Features
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Bandish Plus consists of various Indian Classical Raag Bandish with lyrics, notations and audio. The most important feature of Bandish Plus is the ability to playback the notations on the desired scale and tempo. The Live Piano View shows the current note being played, right on your mobile screen. Unlike any book, where you can view only the notations. In Bandish Plus, you get the lyrics, notations and the ability to playback the notes on your desired scale and tempo. Bandish Plus is the perfect app for both students and teachers where they can lookup a song for lyrics or notations, with the extra benefit of listening to the actual notes. Key Features: - View lyrics - View notations - View song info - Filter songs by alphabet or raag - 200+ songs with notation audio - View lyrics, notations and other info for each song - Tanpura - Multiple Instrument option (Piano, Harmonium & Esraj) - Ability to change scale - Control playback tempo - Seek song playback to any position - Background playback In the free version: - User can play 1/4th of the song - No background playback - Advertisements Note: 1. All notations are taken from books written by Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande

Screenshots

TaalMala4 screens
Bandish Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bandish Plus at 75% against TaalMala's 34%. TaalMala's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 36 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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 Bandish Plus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TaalMala ships an update every 2 months, Bandish Plus every 36 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
TaalMala versus Bandish Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaalMalaBandish Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (177 ratings) — better
Positive reviews34.1% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings177 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 36 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbhijit PataitPradipta Das

Customer experience

TaalMala

All ratings177 ratings
Positive82.5%
Neutral3.4%
Negative14.1%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive34.1%
Neutral12.2%
Negative53.7%

Bandish Plus

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TaalMala

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Edition - Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Premium Edition - Yearly$19.991 Year
1 purchases

Bandish Plus

One-time1
  • Premium Pack$5.99

Questions

Is TaalMala free?
TaalMala is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bandish Plus free?
Bandish Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TaalMala or Bandish Plus have ads?
Bandish Plus shows ads; TaalMala does not.
Which is updated more often, TaalMala or Bandish Plus?
TaalMala ships an update every 2 months, and Bandish Plus every 36 months. Most recently, TaalMala was updated on September 16, 2026 and Bandish Plus on September 7, 2026.

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