Comparison

TaalMala vs Harmonus

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

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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

Harmonus

Experience the warm and unique sound of a harmonium, inspired by a vintage Magnus Model 300. This app meticulously captures stereo samples for a natural organ sound without fan noise.

Highlights
  • Harmonium and harmonica sound emulation
  • Stereo sampled audio
  • Denoised sound quality
  • Vintage organ inspiration
  • Warm and unique tone
Features
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Originally this organ was inspired by a Magnus Model 300 Harmonium / organ (a brand of the "Magnus Harmonica Corporation") from our collection in perfect condition. It delivers a warm and unique sound between an accordion and a harmonica. The samples have been meticulously captured in stereo and denoised in order to render all the naturalness of the original organ without the noise of the mechanical fan

Screenshots

TaalMala4 screens
Harmonus2 screens

Verdict

The call

TaalMala and Harmonus both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Harmonus's written reviews are positive against 34% of TaalMala's. Harmonus also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). TaalMala's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and ratings volume (177 vs 19). On rating, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

TaalMala is free to download; Harmonus costs $2.99 up front. TaalMala sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Harmonus asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for TaalMala against 4.4 for Harmonus. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TaalMala has 177 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 34% of TaalMala's written reviews are positive against 100% of Harmonus's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TaalMala versus Harmonus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaalMalaHarmonus
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.3 (177 ratings)4.4 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews34.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings177 — better19
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbhijit PataitJulien Faure

Customer experience

TaalMala

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

Harmonus

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TaalMala

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Edition - Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Premium Edition - Yearly$29.991 Year
None

Harmonus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TaalMala free?
TaalMala is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Harmonus free?
Harmonus costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TaalMala or Harmonus?
Harmonus is rated higher. TaalMala averages 4.3 out of 5 from 177 ratings, while Harmonus averages 4.4 from 19 ratings.
Do TaalMala or Harmonus have ads?
Neither TaalMala nor Harmonus shows ads.

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