About iShala - practice Indian music
iShala is an Indian music mobile app that provides flawless accompaniment for classical music practice, be it vocal, instrumental or rhythmic. It comes in 2 Editions: Standard and Pro (previously known as Premium). It...
iShala is an Indian music mobile app that provides flawless accompaniment for classical music practice, be it vocal, instrumental or rhythmic. It comes in 2 Editions: Standard and Pro (previously known as Premium).
It features:
• 6 Tanpuras (10 on Pro Edition)
• 2 Tablas (3 on Pro Edition)
• a Swarmandal
• a Vibraphone (Pro Edition only)
• a Harmonium
• 3 Manjeeras (6 on Pro Edition)
all fully customisable in practice sessions that can then be loaded on demand. It effectively replaces a tabla machine, a lehra player and an electronic tanpura. It is therefore an ideal tool for anyone practicing Indian classical music, or just wishing to jam along virtual Indian musicians on any other musical style.
iShala includes over 60 rhythmic cycles, melodies in more than 110 ragas and 7 different tempos. You can also create your own ragas and fine-tune each of their notes at micro-tones (or shrutis) level. Possible combinations are thus nothing short of endless!
iShala initially comes in Standard Edition, but you can upgrade it to Pro Edition through an In-App purchase option. These are one-time payments; whatever the edition you choose, you can use the app forever.
Standard Edition has all the features you need for your riyaaz, and more. But Pro Edition adds some really exciting functionality like:
• pitch correction: iShala detects the note you are currently singing, along with a coloured meter highlighting whether you are right on pitch or not. This is a precious tool to improve your accuracy.
• additional instruments: 4 tanpuras, a low pitch tabla, a vibraphone and 3 manjeeras
• manual playing of all instruments: tabla, harmonium, tanpura, swarmandal, vibraphone and manjeera
• record your own loops for any of these instruments
• record your practice session: adjust mic/music level, then press REC, sing, press STOP and the audio recording file will be generated for you to listen and share
• pull items from the Cloud: download rhythmic and/or melodic cycles posted from SwarShala users directly on your device
For more detailed info on features per edition, check the following topic: https://www.swarclassical.com/guides/ishala/topic.php?product=is&id=18
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Some sweet words from our users:
"Best tanpura app. Concert like. Fully satisfied. I think incomparable with others. Price also reasonable compared to others. Anyone can perform even on stage with this app."
"Amazing tool for your daily solo practice. Thanks for this help for music students. Love it, God bless"
"This app is best investment for Indian classical musicians. I own this app for almost 4 years and I would say it's value for money. It is best app for riyaz with amazing tabla and tanpura."
"After using this app for more than 1 year I am writing genuine review about this app. Wonderful service from the team. Even when I had queries and when I was in need of assistance, they replied through Email and helped me within 10 minutes. App is wonderful which I am using for my music practice, it's helping me a lot. If u are a true music learner, I would recommend this. Thanks a lot to the team members and developers of this IShala app."
"Excellent app. Best for riyaz. Fine sounds. Perfectly tuned instruments."
"Just one word... Perfect !!"
"Excellent App. Wonderful to do Riyaz with this App. Best on the market. Well worth the price. Well done to the developers."
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Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of iShala - practice Indian music since it was posted on our website on 2013-08-22 03:42:57.
The latest version is 5.3.2 and it was updated on 2026-10-10 18:26:10. See below the changes in each version.
iShala - practice Indian music version 5.3.2
Updated At: 2025-10-27
Changes: - technical requirement: supports 16Kb pages
- handles expression for imported items
iShala - practice Indian music version 5.2.0
Updated At: 2025-09-21
Changes: PRO ONLY:
- full session recording: you can now record your practice session or performance
- mic gain slider to adjust the incoming audio volume
- vibraphone loudness normalized
STANDARD & PRO:
- adjust the gain and fading of each string in each tanpura
- new Backup/Restore Data options
- proper Login process
- toggle manual tanpura/vibraphone orientation
- improved edge to edge display
- uses Android billing API version 7
- additional finetuning of some tanpura samples
iShala - practice Indian music version 5.1.0
Updated At: 2025-04-25
Changes: ENHANCEMENTS:
- new option to retrieve rhythmic and melodic items posted on the cloud from SwarShala!*
FIXES:
- light notification text colour on dark mode
- fixed speed multiplier for Manjeera
- faster sessions loading
- AUTO tune button highlighted when active*
- new item automatically selected after recording*
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* Pro Edition only
iShala - practice Indian music version 5.0.3
Updated At: 2025-01-19
Changes: MAJOR UPDATE!
includes the following main enhancements:
- refreshed UI
- new Harmonium with chords & pumping effect
- flag your favorite lehras
- choose Tempered or Natural scale
- Pro Edition*: play all instruments live
- Pro Edition: record your loops/fills
- Pro Edition: new Vibraphone added
* Premium was renamed as Pro Edition
iShala - practice Indian music version 4.0.19
Updated At: 2024-10-29
Changes: Technical update: required to support a more recent Android SDK
iShala - practice Indian music version 4.0.18
Updated At: 2024-07-22
Changes: - notification added to return to the app when in background
- double/halve speed buttons
- select octave on harmonium
- limit Swarmandal to x octaves
- set max BPM when accelerating
- display western note as well in played tune
- keep shrutis delta visible
- finetuned some tanpuras
- various bugs fixed
- updated billing library
iShala - practice Indian music version 4.0.16
Updated At: 2023-10-30
Changes: - FX changes were not always saved
- added RESET button in Swarmandal tuning screen
- added new Tilwada and Ektaal slow tempo varieties
- fixes an occasional issue with Premium not being automatically restored
iShala - practice Indian music version 4.0.17
Updated At: 2023-10-30
Changes: - Settings: Auto check-box allows for improved AUTO tune button to adjust global pitch as well
- Settings: now allows alternating between 440 and 432 Hz tuning
- New mic icon on top right corner allows for turning off mic when not used (like pitch detection)
- New rhythmic cycles (Gandharva, Ikwai and Vivek taals)
- Raga > Edit: shruti sliders now show value in Cents
iShala - practice Indian music version 4.0.13
Updated At: 2022-04-05
Changes: - shows speed difference in BPM when accelerating
- added empty strings to swarmandal in Tune pane for further customisation
- numeric input (like BPM) now immediately replaces previous value in field
- added Vilambit (slow) Jat rhythmic cycle
- new Info pane to inform about changes
- Talkback improvements: settings pane and some other missing controls
iShala - practice Indian music version 4.0.10
Updated At: 2022-01-27
Changes: - fixes a couple bugs
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