Bandish – Tabla, Tanpura & Manjira: Elevate Your Indian Classical Music Practice
Whether you are a seasoned musician or just starting your journey, Bandish is your ultimate digital accompanist for Indian classical music. With authentic tabla, tanpura, and manjira sounds, Bandish transforms your riyaz (practice), teaching sessions, or performances into immersive experiences. Designed for both students and professionals, Bandish offers an intuitive interface, powerful tools, and professional-quality sound.
Key Features for Every Musician
• Studio-Quality Sound: Enjoy the rich tones of professionally recorded tabla, tanpura, and now manjira, designed to capture the authenticity of live instruments.
• Seamless Adjustments: Fine-tune pitch, tempo, octave, and volume instantly without interrupting your practice flow.
• 75+ Taals & 200+ Variations: Practice with teentaal, dadra, ektaal, jhaptaal, rupak, and many more—complete with multiple variations and real-time theka display.
• Customizable Tanpura: Match your shruti with precision, and choose between different tanpura speeds to suit your vocal training.
• Boosted Tabla Volume: Clearer, louder tabla designed for both vocal accompaniment and instrumental practice.
• Beat Counter: Train your rhythm with an accurate counter that stays in sync with the taal cycle.
• Background Playback: Keep Bandish running seamlessly while you multitask.
New in Bandish Plus (Premium)
Take your practice to the next level with Bandish Plus:
• Voice Recording & Playback – Record your riyaz, lessons, or concerts inside the app and listen back instantly.
• New Manjira Instrument – Add manjira patterns to your tabla and tanpura for a fuller, more authentic accompaniment.
• Professional Pitch Finetuning – Adjust shruti and fine-tune tabla, tanpura, and manjira to your exact pitch.
• Always-on Focus Mode – Keep your device awake with a distraction-free view for long practice sessions.
• 50+ Exclusive Premium Taals – Explore advanced thekas and variations beyond the core taal set.
• Tap Tempo – Set your BPM by tapping the rhythm you feel.
Upgrade to Bandish Plus with a monthly or annual subscription and try it free for 7 days.
Extended Tools & Benefits
• Favorite Taals – Save and quickly access your most-used taals.
• Displayed Thekas – See the current theka and switch between variations easily.
• Push Notifications – Stay consistent with reminders for daily riyaz.
• Lock Screen Controls – Manage playback from lock screen and notification center.
• Accessibility-Friendly – Thoughtfully designed for musicians of all abilities.
Why Choose Bandish?
• Bandish goes beyond a basic shruti box or tabla app. It combines tabla, tanpura, manjira, metronome, and recording into one app—perfect for Hindustani and Carnatic music. Whether you’re a vocalist, instrumentalist, or composer, Bandish adapts to your needs.
• Many musicians switching from iTabla Pro, Rhythm, SurTaal, or iLehra find Bandish familiar yet more streamlined—with features like Tap Tempo, pitch finetuning, voice recording, and modern UI design.
• Stay ad-free, practice smarter, and enjoy authentic sound.
Download Bandish Today
Whether you’re a beginner seeking guidance or a professional preparing for a concert, Bandish is the perfect companion for your Indian classical music journey.
I auditioned several apps looking for a simple device to improvise over and work on my time. This app is limited in function but with a little creativity, surprisingly useful. It’s easy to navigate and set up.It gives you enough control over parameters to be very creative.Well Done!
Developer Response
Thank you for your 5-star review! We're delighted to hear that Bandish has become a valuable practice tool for you. Our goal is to provide a simple yet powerful app to help musicians like you improvise and work on your time effectively. We're glad that you find it easy to navigate and set up, and we're thrilled that you appreciate the creative control it offers. Your feedback motivates us to keep improving and providing the best experience for our users. Keep up the great work and happy music-making with Bandish! 🎶🎵
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KittyCatYay
Bandish has provided a simple and easy way to sing. Now I don’t have to get confused by using different apps for tanpura and metronome. In fact, the Tabla is a lot better than metronome. It helps me stay on beat. I also like how you don’t have to use both. This app has not dissatisfied me in any way!
Developer Response
Thank you for your fantastic 5-star review! We're delighted that Bandish has simplified your singing process and combined multiple tools into one convenient app. Your positive feedback motivates us to continue improving and enhancing the app for users like you. We're thrilled that Bandish has met your expectations and appreciate your support. Keep enjoying your musical journey with Bandish! 🎶🎵
GREAT TOOL FOR SELF LEARNING
(shakeshack890)
whoever decided to make this amazing app accessible, deserves all the credit, bc they are really helping to keep indian classical music alive and encourage people to dive deep and learn. as a student of music, i appreciate this endeavor💕 thank you and please kindly accept my pranam
Update was a huge improvement!
my name was taken?!
So much has improved in an already great app. Love you guys!
- Fixed a critical issue of not being able to play the audio on Bluetooth devices and other output devices.
Version 1.5.1
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Information
Seller
Metapod LLC
Size
80.2 MB
Category
Music
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.6 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.