AnuLaya
Ashutosh Kulshreshtha Music iPhoneiPadiPod touch
AnuLaya is a free Music app for iPhone and iPad by Ashutosh Kulshreshtha. Requires iOS 18.5. Updated September 15, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 35 MB
- Age 12+
- Updated
- Sep 15
- 2026 · v2.0.1
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About AnuLaya
AnuLaya is a practice companion for Hindustani music. It plays songs with lyrics and melody as well as tabla compositions, so singers, instrumentalists, and tabla players can all practise from one library. The same library lives at www.anulaya.ai: what you create, listen to, or record on the web is there in the app, and the other way round. SONGS Follow scrolling lyrics while the melody and tabla play on one clock. Switch the notation between sargam and bols, choose the melody instrument, add a lehra for the song's taal, set the tempo and Sa, and loop the piece. Record a private take while you sing or play, listen back, and share it with your class when you are ready. TABLA Browse compositions by taal and category, play them at any tempo, and follow the beat-aligned grid in Roman or Devanagari script. Record yourself against the metronome and lehra, keep the cycles you want, and post a clip to your class. Section practice lets you drill one part of a composition at a time. LEHRA A dedicated Lehra tab plays a repeating melody for open-ended riyaaz: pick the taal, raag, and tempo. Santoor, sitar, and harmonium are sampled from real instruments, and the same sounds play on the web. CLASSES AND TEACHERS Join a class with an invite code to reach your teacher's compositions, playlists, and plans. Teachers publish assignments with a target tempo, review the recordings and takes students share, and reply with comments. There is no automatic score: feedback comes from a person listening. PRACTICE Your history, calendar, playlists, and tools live in the Practice tab, including listening time from the web. Follow a teacher's public playlist to receive their additions automatically. Key features: - Songs with lyrics, melody, and tabla in one score - Tabla compositions across 21 taals, organised by category - Adjustable tempo, tonic, and per-track volume - Sampled santoor, sitar, and harmonium - Private song takes and tabla clips, shared only when you choose - Classes with invite codes, plans, and teacher feedback - Playlists with per-composition tempo overrides - Laykari polyrhythm trainer - Roman and Devanagari notation, printable sheets - Offline playback with automatic caching - One account and one library with www.anulaya.ai Sign in with Apple or Google to sync across devices. Browse and play without signing in.
What’s new
Version 2.0.1 · Updated September 15, 2026
AnuLaya 2.0 grows beyond tabla and works hand in hand with the web app at www.anulaya.ai. What's new: - One library everywhere: songs and compositions created in the web Studio play natively on iOS with the same arrangement, tempo, and reference links. Tap Edit on Web to open the score. - Your web listening shows up in Practice history on iOS, and class plans and join requests from the web appear in Classes. - Songs: scrolling lyrics, melody, and tabla together. Pick the melody instrument and add lehra accompaniment from the player. - Record a private take while a song plays, listen back, and share it with your class if you like. - Lehra has its own tab, with santoor, sitar, and harmonium as real sampled sounds on both web and iOS. - Explore replaces Browse, Practice gathers your history and playlists in one place, and more taals are available. - Fixed a crash in My Practice on playlists with no entries.
App privacy
The developer, Ashutosh Kulshreshtha, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Search History: Search History
- Identifiers: User ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Contact Info: Name, Email Address
- User Content: Audio Data
Used for: Analytics, Product Personalization, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- User Content: Audio Data
- Contact Info: Name
Used for: Analytics, Product Personalization, App Functionality
Alternatives to AnuLaya
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| App | Rating | Price | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| AnuLaya | – | Free | September 15, 2026 |
| LehraVishwa | – | Free | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Nagma Player | – | Free | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Raag Riyaz | – | Free | Sep 9, 2026 |
| CalmusPlayLite | 5.0 / 5 (1) | Free | Apr 20, 2026 |
| Metronome: Rhythm Practice | 5.0 / 5 (8) | Free | Aug 18, 2026 |
| SurTaal: Tabla & Tanpura Riyaz | – | Free | Jul 17, 2026 |