# Shruti Laya

> Tambura and Tala Instruments

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1497345955](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1497345955)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1497345955`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ramachandra Mallappa
- **Category:** Music
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.13
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-09
- **First published:** 2020-02-01
- **Size:** 12 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shruti-laya/id1497345955)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sites.google.com/view/shrutilaya/home](https://sites.google.com/view/shrutilaya/home)

## Description

Shruti-Laya is a Carnatic music practice companion. Three independent,
  perfectly phase-locked voices — tanpura, mrudangam, and manjira — play
  together against the tala grid you choose, for steady, musical
  accompaniment any time.

  TANPURA DRONE
  • Choose your tonic (Sa) across a wide range and the supporting string —                                                                       
    pancham (Pa), madhyama (Ma), nishada (Ni), or upper Sa.
  • Adjust pluck rate and volume.

  MRUDANGAM
  • Tala-driven stroke playback with adjustable tempo (40–150 BPM).
  • Optional pattern variations for a more lifelike accompaniment.

  MANJIRA
  • Cymbal strokes on every beat, on claps, on sam, or off.

  PICK YOUR TALA
  • All seven Suladi Sapta Talas — Dhruva, Matya, Rupaka, Jhampa, Triputa,
    Ata, Eka.
  • Set jaati and gati/nadai — Tisra, Chatusra, Khanda, Misra, Sankeerna —
    plus a kalai multiplier. (Adi tala = Triputa with Chatusra jaati.)

  BUILT-IN TUNER (new)
  • Tune your voice or instrument to your selected tonic.
  • Live swara name and a sharp/flat cents bar, right in the display.

  Practice-friendly: pause and resume from the lock screen and Control
  Center, and the drone keeps playing when the screen sleeps. Works on
  iPhone and iPad.

NOTE: The Tuner feature uses the microphone to detect the pitch of the user's
  voice or instrument and show how it compares to the selected tonic. Tap
  "Tuner" above the on-screen display to try it; the app requests microphone
  permission on first use. No audio is recorded, stored, or transmitted.

## Rankings

- #566,646 — Overall

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1497345955)