Comparison

TaalMala vs Mridangam Studio

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

Mridangam Studio

Practice Indian classical music with authentic drum beats and accompanying instruments. Features include tanpura loops, metronome, and swarmandal for a rich practice experience.

Highlights
  • Mridangam drum beats
  • Tanpura loops
  • Jalra metronome
  • Swarmandal raga
  • Adjustable tempo (60-300 BPM)
  • Loops in 12 shruti keys
Features
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Play classical music of India by downloading Mridangam Studio and use the Indian drum beats in our app to practice your Indian classical music repertoire, such as Indian singing, Carnatic music, bhajan and Hindustani classical music. Our app also has tanpura loops, metronome, jalra and swarmandal which you can play with the Indian mridangam drum, in co-ordinated tempo and pitch. Mridangam Studio is a must-have app if you play Indian music, whether it's Indian classical music, Hindustani music, Carnatic music, bhajan, or other folk and traditional music. You can use Mridangam Studio’s Carnatic loop and beats for practicing in a multi-instrument session which makes you feel that you are playing with a real musician. Whether you sing alone, with harmonium, or with or without the tanpura & drum beats, Mridangam Studio has a solution for every musician of Indian music. Classical Indian music provides more than just mere audio beats and entertainment alone. Classical music revives the soul. Indian & Carnatic music engages listeners to a state to deep meditation. There is a very spiritual and meditative element to Carnatic & Indian classical music and bhajan. Mridangam Studio evokes the meditation senses. The sounds of the tanpura, jalra metronome, and the Indian percussion drum transcends you into a deep trance, where every musician can be connected on a deeper level when using Mridangam Studio. The tanpura drone, traditional drum beats, and sound of the jalra has a very rich history in India that dates back thousands of years. The mridangam drum used in the app is the main percussion (drum) instrument in South India. The tanpura drone sustains the melody of a singer or instrumentalist by providing a continuos harmony in Shruti of any musical key in music. The jalra provides a metronome, so the singer (with or without harmonium) and musician, can keep to the beat via the loop provided. The swarmandal plays an audio melody to the raag that the musician is singing or playing. The comibation of instruments provided in Mridangam Studio makes beautiful real and rich sounds of Carnatic music which are very useful to singers, or any musician, music producer, or student who wishes to dive deep in the soulful bliss of Carnatic and classical music of India. Whether you are a singer, musician or Carnatic instrumentalist (such as a harmonium, violin, veena, mandolin or flute player), you can play the loops and rhythmic beats of the Mridangam drum provided as accompaniment when you practice. Features of Mridangam Studio with Carnatic Tanpura & Metronome - Get mridangam drum beats, tanpura loop, jalra metronome loops & swarmandal raga. - Get metronome as jalra to support your rhythm and sense of beat. - Musical loops in all 12 shruti keys as accompaniment for your practice session. - Mridangam drum beats in all BPM tempos, from 60 to 300 beats per minute - Variety of rhythms that are popular for Indian singing, Indian music & Carnatic music. - Increase or decrease the loop tempo and pitch. - Change the pitch of the loop as required with the included loop pitch fine tuner. - Very user friendly and intuitive. - Minimalist, modern, app design that focus on functionality. Available beats for Mridangam Studio with Carnatic Tanpura & Metronome - Adi Thalam - 8 beats - Rupaka Thalam - 3 beats - Kanda chapu Thalam - 5 beats - Misra chapu Thalam - 7 beats - Sankirna chapu - 9 beats Mridangam Studio with Carnatic Tanpura & Metronome is a perfect solution to play Indian Music without the need for a real mridangam drum, tanpura or jalra player. The app can be downloaded for FREE so you can download it right away to check its features and functionality before you buy. So, what are you waiting for? Download Mridangam Studio with Carnatic Tanpura & Metronome now!

Screenshots

TaalMala4 screens
Mridangam Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TaalMala at 4.3 against Mridangam Studio's 3.8. TaalMala also leads on ratings volume (177 vs 10). Mridangam Studio's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 33%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, 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 Mridangam Studio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TaalMala holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TaalMala has 177 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of TaalMala's written reviews are positive against 67% of Mridangam Studio's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TaalMala ships an update every 2 months, Mridangam Studio every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TaalMala versus Mridangam Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaalMalaMridangam Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (177 ratings) — better3.8 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings177 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.09.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB1.1 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbhijit PataitAman Kalyan

Customer experience

TaalMala

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

Mridangam Studio

All ratings10 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TaalMala

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

Mridangam Studio

One-time1
  • Mridangam Studio - Music Maker$17.99

Questions

Is TaalMala free?
TaalMala is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mridangam Studio free?
Mridangam Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TaalMala or Mridangam Studio?
TaalMala is rated higher. TaalMala averages 4.3 out of 5 from 177 ratings, while Mridangam Studio averages 3.8 from 10 ratings.
Do TaalMala or Mridangam Studio have ads?
Neither TaalMala nor Mridangam Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TaalMala or Mridangam Studio?
TaalMala ships an update every 2 months, and Mridangam Studio every 2 weeks. Most recently, TaalMala was updated on October 29, 2026 and Mridangam Studio on October 24, 2026.

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