Altarab: Oud, Karaoke & Scores
SoftSim Technologies Inc. Music iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Altarab: Oud, Karaoke & Scores is a free Music app for iPhone and iPad by SoftSim Technologies Inc. Rated 4.0/5 from 2 ratings. Requires iOS 15.0.
- Rating
- 4.0
- 2 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 60 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Nov 1
- 2026 · v3.2.3
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About Altarab: Oud, Karaoke & 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. FULL VERSION — YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION Oud Trainer or Altarab Pro, billed once a year. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the year; manage or cancel it in Settings › Apple ID › Subscriptions. The Tuner and the Metronome are free. 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
What’s new
Version 3.2.3 · Updated November 1, 2026
• A 3-D oud player in the style of Naseer Shamma: his face, posture and finger technique • Ishraq played at Naseer’s own pace • Faster start: the sheet music appears in about 2 seconds • No lost sound or 3-D when you switch songs or change options • New monthly plan
App privacy
The developer, SoftSim Technologies Inc., reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID, User ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- User Content: Photos or Videos, Audio Data, Customer Support, Other User Content
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data
Used for: Developer’s Advertising or Marketing, Analytics, App Functionality
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