Altarab: Oud, Karaoke & Scores
Virtual Oud · Sing · Learn
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
A virtual oud player plays your favourite Arabic songs — sing along with the lyrics, or learn to play with live quarter-tone scores.
Altarab — a complete Arabic music academy on your device. الطرب
12 tools, built around the maqam tradition and quarter-tone tuning that
defines Arabic music. Designed for oud players, ney players, qanun players,
vocalists, and anyone learning Arabic music theory in earnest.
TOOLS
• Tuner — cent-accurate microtonal tuner with the 24-TET grid that Arabic
music actually uses (Yegah, Rast, Sikah, Awj, etc.). Includes a pitch-pipe
reference tone for tuning by ear.
• Metronome — sample-accurate AudioContext scheduler, seven time signatures
(2/4 through 9/8), and a tap-tempo button.
• Iqaa — a percussion lab with eight Arabic drums (darbuka, riq, tabla, duff,
khashaba, sagat, bendir, davul). Pick a drum, pick a rhythm from the 43-cycle
library, watch it play.
• Iqaa Trainer — tap-along scoring for those 43 rhythmic cycles, with
tempo-ramp mode that lifts your BPM as you nail the cycle and a
build-your-own-iqaa builder.
• Maqam Explorer — all 73 maqamat with structure, branches, modulation paths,
and a custom-maqam builder.
• Maqam Comparison — side-by-side intervals and tuning comparison between any
two maqamat.
• Solfege — sight-singing exercises with quarter-tone awareness.
• Oud Simulator — Iraqi-floating-bridge oud with maqam-aware fingering and
Karplus-Strong physical modeling.
• Scores — sheet-music library with synchronized OSMD playback, transpose, and
loop.
• Composer — 32-step grid with maqam-aware engine, MusicXML export, on-device
• Songs — bundled Arabic MIDI library with piano-roll playback.
• Karaoke — stem-separated mix-along for selected Arabic repertoire.
• Follow Me — play-along trainer with synchronized score and audio, tempo
0.5×–1.5×.
OFFLINE-FIRST
Every purchased tool keeps working with no internet connection. Sample data
ships inside the app, and entitlements live on your device.
ONE-TIME UNLOCKS
Each tool is a one-time unlock. The Tuner and the Metronome are free forever.
Other tools include a 60-second preview so you can see what you're getting
before you buy.
QUARTER-TONE NATIVE
Where Western music apps round to the nearest semitone, Altarab tracks pitches
at one-cent precision and renders quarter-tone accidentals throughout —
half-flats and half-sharps in scores, MusicXML export, and the Composer.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://altarab.ai/legal/terms
Privacy Policy: https://altarab.ai/legal/privacy
Ratings & Reviews
- The app now opens straight into the Oud Trainer: choose Sing along (Karaoke) or Learn to play.
- Move any song to your voice (Rast on Fa, Nahawand on La…) and one octave up or down.
- Add qanun, ney and darbuka to build your own takht; new natural-looking virtual oud player.
The developer, SoftSim Technologies Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- SoftSim Technologies Inc.
- Size
- 12.7 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Oud Simulator $39.00
- Oud Pro $199.00
- Music Composer $39.00
- Solfege Master $39.00
- Karaoke Master $39.00
- Iqaa Master $39.00
- Scoresheet Master $39.00
- Maqam Master $39.00
- Al Tarab Pro $4.99
- Al Tarab Pro $39.99
- Copyright
- © Altarab 2026