TaalMala vs Tabla
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
Learn and practice Indian classical drums with realistic graphics and sounds. Record your performances, mix in sound effects, and play along with loops. Includes video lessons for beginners.
- Realistic Tabla graphics
- Authentic recorded sounds
- Audio recording and sharing
- Sound effects mixing
- Play with backing loops
- Beginner video lessons
- Customizable drum configurations
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Tabla - Indian Classical Drums, is the most important percussion instrument of Indian Classical music and it is played along with Sitar, Sarod and Harmonium. If you have always wondered and dreamt of learning Tabla, then this app has got you covered. Unlike other Tabla Apps, this app gives you the experience of playing a real Tabla as it has real Tabla Sounds and provides various configurations for both drums (Syahi). This app helps you practice anywhere and anytime while you are practicing your Bols/Taals or having fun with your friends. With Tabla – Real Sounds app, you can always give your fingers a go and show your talent. As Tabla app is a percussion instrument, it will help you tune your ears to identify the beats and improve your sense of music. With this Tabla app you can also practice various Thekas, Taals and Bols. This app gives you the freedom to learn and improve your music skills and for a deeper understanding of various Ragas and Alankars you can also Download Raga Melody – Indian Classical Music or Harmonium - Real Sounds. Supported Strokes – Ghe, Dha, Dhin, Ka or Kath on Bayan, Ta, Na, Te and Tun on Dayan Supported Taals – Tintal, Jhoomra, Tilwada, Dhamar, Ektal, Jhaptal, Keherwa, Rupak, Dadra **** Features **** >> Real Tabla Graphics This app gives you the experience of Real Tabla by realistic graphics of Tabla Drums which provide visual feedback of strokes. When you hit the Tabla drum, it scales up. >> Real Sounds This Tabla app has real recorded sounds of Real Tabla strokes so that you get a realistic sense of how a Tabla sounds. Playing Tabla on this app also prepares your ears for playing the real Tabla. >> Audio Recording You can record audio when you are playing Tabla and share it with your friends. The recording can be done in two modes, high quality(wav) and low quality (aac) which provides you with sound suitable for your purpose. >> Sound Effects You can also mix your Tabla playback with various sound effects. During the video lessons, you would learn how to include these sound effects into your Tabla strokes. >> Play with Loops You would enjoy playing Tabla in a concert-like setting, where other instruments are supporting you in your Tabla performance. Loops are exactly for that purpose. >> Video Lessons To give you a jump start, this app brings you some beginner to intermediate Tabla Lessons where you can practice basic strokes and some Taals as well. >> Different Configurations To play different strokes for different Taals and Thekas, this app allows you to configure which sounds are to be played when you stroke the Tabla head. You can configure the Syahi on both heads. Privacy policy: https://www.caesiumstudio.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://www.caesiumstudio.com/eula/tabla
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: TaalMala at none against Tabla's shown. TaalMala also leads on ratings volume (177 vs 2). Tabla's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). 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
Both are free to download. TaalMala sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Tabla sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tabla holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TaalMala has 177 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TaalMala ships an update every 2 months, Tabla every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TaalMala | Tabla |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (177 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 177 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Abhijit Patait | Ravi Kumar Sharma |
Customer experience
TaalMala
Tabla
In-app purchases
TaalMala
- Premium Edition - Monthly$3.991 Month
- Premium Edition - Yearly$19.991 Year
Tabla
- Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
- Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year









