Comparison

TaalMala vs Lehra Studio Pro

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

Lehra Studio Pro

This app provides authentic lehra recordings for musicians, featuring a vast library of taals and raags. It offers high-quality sound with adjustable tempo, pitch, and volume for personalized practice. Ideal for students and experienced players to enhance their riaz.

Highlights
  • Authentic lehra recordings
  • Extensive collection of taals and raags
  • Adjustable tempo (30-500 BPM)
  • Scale changer for pitch manipulation
  • Fine-tune slider for lehra tuning
  • Accurate beat counter
  • Separate volume controls for lehra and tanpura
Features
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The world's first real lehra mobile app, just got a whole heap better. Lehra Studio has taken lehra app technology to the next level, with their extensively upgraded and highly anticipated model, Lehra Studio Pro. Whether you are a student or an experienced player, the Lehra Studio Pro edition will revolutionise your riaz. Lehra Studio Pro features authentic and superbly recorded sarangi, harmonium, sitar and santoor lehra. It also offers an even more extensive collection of lehra recorded in 11 different taals and over 50 varieties of raags. Whats new in Lehra Studio Pro: - Lehra recorded by world renowned artists: Sangeet Mishra, Sandip Chatterjee, Allarakha Kalawant, Hiranmoy Mitra, Sourav Ganguly and Ustad Roshan Ali Khan - An extensive sound library 4 times larger than the original app, Lehra Studio - Real sarangi, harmonium, sitar and santoor recorded in over 50 varieties of raags - An established full comprehensive list of common taals: Teentaal, Roopak Taal, Jhaptaal, Ektaal, Kerherwa and Dadra - A complete range of unique taals: Dhamar, Pancham Sawari, Chautaal, Char Taal Ki Sawari and Matta Taal - A broad tempo spectrum, ranging from 30 to 500 beats per minute Lehra Studio’s experienced team have taken steps to ensure that the original essence of the instruments are retained. Users of the app can therefore benefit from unparalleled sound quality, which is rich with accuracy and authenticity. The Lehra Studio Pro edition has retained all the handy features which are available in Lehra Studio: - The user-friendly and clean interface - A scale changer to allow pitch manipulation of the lehra from A# right upto the E semitone - The fine-tune slider, allowing the tabla player to tune the lehra according to their individual tabla sound - The accurate beat counter, assisting the tabla player with keeping precise tempo -The lehra and tanpura volume bars, which allow for fine manipulation of volume according to every tabla player's unique preference

Screenshots

TaalMala4 screens
Lehra Studio Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TaalMala at 4.3 against Lehra Studio Pro's 2.0. TaalMala also leads on ratings volume (177 vs 1) and review sentiment (34% vs 26%). Lehra Studio Pro's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TaalMala sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Lehra Studio Pro 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 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TaalMala has 177 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of TaalMala's written reviews are positive against 26% of Lehra Studio Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TaalMala ships an update every 2 months, Lehra Studio Pro every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TaalMala versus Lehra Studio Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaalMalaLehra Studio Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (177 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews34.1% of reviews — better25.8% of reviews
Number of ratings177 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB545 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbhijit PataitAman Kalyan

Customer experience

TaalMala

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

Lehra Studio Pro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive25.8%
Neutral25.8%
Negative48.4%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TaalMala

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

Lehra Studio Pro

One-time1
  • Lehra Studio Pro$39.99

Questions

Is TaalMala free?
TaalMala is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lehra Studio Pro free?
Lehra Studio Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TaalMala or Lehra Studio Pro?
TaalMala is rated higher. TaalMala averages 4.3 out of 5 from 177 ratings, while Lehra Studio Pro averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do TaalMala or Lehra Studio Pro have ads?
Neither TaalMala nor Lehra Studio Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TaalMala or Lehra Studio Pro?
TaalMala ships an update every 2 months, and Lehra Studio Pro every 6 weeks. Most recently, TaalMala was updated on October 21, 2026 and Lehra Studio Pro on October 22, 2026.

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