# Cassette Gold — user reviews > 217 indexed App Store user reviews of Cassette Gold by Alexander Rutkowskij, rated 4.30/5 from 88 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cassette-gold/id528940105/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cassette-gold/id528940105.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 48 · 4★ 26 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of Cassette Gold? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🎨 Vintage look and feel - 🎵 Nostalgic music experience - 👍 Simple and intuitive controls - 🎢 Realistic cassette animation **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs - 🔍 Limited song/playlist management - 💰 Paid cassette skins required - 🔍 Lack of advanced features **Commonly reported bugs** - Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions - Crashes when selecting certain songs - Inconsistent playback controls **Most requested features** - Add shuffle/mix tape mode - Integrate with music streaming services - Improve song/playlist management - Add more customization options ## Newest reviews (11 of 217) ### 2/5 — Mehr erwartet *2025-03-09* Die Idee und Umsetzung von TAPE & TAPE 2 auf dem iPhone finde ich sehr gelungen. Aber die iPad Version nutzt die Möglichkeiten des iPads überhaupt nicht aus. 1. Mein iPad Pro steckt in einer Hülle die nur Querformat ermöglicht. Latsprecher Links & Rechts! 2. Merkwürdig kleine, ja winzige Kassettenvorschau. Und das bei einer App bei der es ausschließlich um Optik geht. Was ich mir von der App wünschen würde. Auf iPads unterschiedlicher Größe (Mini bis Pro) eine 1:1 Darstellung (Reale Skalierung) der Kassette. Bedienelemente der Größe des iPads angemessen und etwas „realer“, auch in ihrer Funktion wäre nett. ### 2/5 — 微妙 *2024-06-14* 動きをもっとスムーズにしてください あと、テープの文字列を自由に変更できたら神ですね ### 2/5 — First draft - needs further development *2024-04-25* Appears not to have had an update for quite some time. Pretty rudimentary functionality. I expected more of a sense of realism with more sounds, and the storing of my cassettes visually in an authentic case or box. I’d like to see the ability for tracks to be listed on the cassette sleeve just as we did in real life. If the developer returns to this project and implements more authenticity, this could be a winner. For reference on a vintage player done right, see Vinyl Fetish. ### 3/5 — Almost perfect *2023-06-27* I would give this 5 stars if they added a feature where tape on the reels decrease/increase as the song goes on. Itd also be cool to see different border options and not just the stock silver brushed metal look. VU meters could be cool too. Otherwise its fun to use this app in the car on my dash phone holder. ### 2/5 — 音楽を選択できずに落ちた *2021-11-23* 昔無償版を愛用してました。 今だけのプレイリストを簡単に作れるのと、カセットの動きの再現とを気に入ってたのを思い出し、 今回購入したのに、使えません。。。 ### 3/5 — Era bom *2021-03-22* O aplicativo até é bom mas começou não abrir ### 2/5 — Grave error in interface *2020-06-23* Great graphics, but the tape heads should be up when the music is playing, NOT when stopped, LOL!!! **Developer response:** The bug is now fixed Thanks for the hint! ### 4/5 — Add stream radio. *2018-05-20, version 2.2.2* I love this app. I’m only giving four stars for now until developer add streaming radio just like another cassette app I purchased. I don’t have much downloaded music since I started subscribing to Spotify and will make this useful. Keep it up! ### 4/5 — Fun! *2018-04-25* Sure, I’d like to have a couple more controls like FF and RW but this is pretty cool ### 4/5 — Идея клёвая *2018-04-25* Хотел отправить в личном сообщении, но не нашёл, как связаться с автором, который, похоже, давно не крутил кассеты. Головки (воспроизводящая в центре и стирающая слева) выдвигаются вглубь кассеты при воспроизведении, а не на паузе. А стирающая вообще остаётся на месте, пока одновременно с кнопки Play не нажмёшь Rec. То есть, в этом приложении ей выдвигаться вообще не положено. А так, мне понравилось ### 3/5 — Lacking *2018-04-18, version 2.2.2* I want to be able to log into my sound cloud or Spotify and play my music from there. 🤷🏽‍♂️ ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Problème *2024-11-23* Problème d’ouverture de ma bibliothèque musicale sur mon iPad, fonctionne correctement sur mon iPhone. Message au créateur, sans retour. **Developer response:** please go to iPad Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Media & Apple Music and allow CassetteGold access ### 1/5 — Не работает с файлами на телефоне. Только с app music Бесполезная покупка *2023-12-24* Не работает с файлами на телефоне. Только с app music Бесполезная покупка ### 1/5 — Андрей *2022-01-29* Не работает на ios 14.4.2, запускается , а пользоваться не возможно! ### 1/5 — Do not get!! *2021-09-16* I bought this looking for some nastalgia, and not only do you add songs individually, once you do, it just plays a random album or song you didn’t even add. Sometimes it outright refused to play a single song. And it crashed so many times. It ended up crashing my whole music library and I had to redownload ALL of my music one by one, because my iPhone didn’t recognize it as soon as I downloaded this app. ### 1/5 — Funktioniert nicht! *2021-05-16* Auf dem iPhone 11 läuft die App nicht. Geld zum Fenster rausgeworfen! **Developer response:** Damit diese App funktioniert, brauchen Sie Musik in der Misik-App! Alternativ können Sie in der Musik App Radio anmachen, dann würde die App auch funktionieren ### 1/5 — SCHROTT *2021-03-21* Kein Support.... seid dem letzten IOS Update nur Abstürzte.... Finger davon lassen ... bezahlt mit Kassetten Update und nichts funktioniert... KOTZ... SCHROTT.... 🤮 ### 1/5 — Does not function with iOS 13.5 *2020-05-24* Downloaded app,looking forward to the old days of cassettes,only to find it does not function properly with ios13.5 Will not locate library.I see that there has not been any info for years,so my guess it’s not been looked after by the author.Should have read up before purchase. ### 1/5 — Nope! *2018-12-05* Crashes every time you select song to play. Reinstalled with no luck. ### 1/5 — Обман *2018-06-24* Где скины со скриншотов? Обман. ### 1/5 — Gs-s *2016-05-14* Твари! Написано бесплатно, в апп-сторе тоже, а деньги сняли ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — love concept *2025-04-23* Apple Musicアプリを先にインストールしてください、そうでないとこのアプリが操作した時に黒い画面になり毎回起動時に黒画面になります 古い時代を生きたユーザーとしては素敵なコンセプト💕ありがとう！ ### 5/5 — Nice *2022-05-11* Simpel, schön. Fehlt nur noch die CarPlay App, wenn das geht. ### 5/5 — What I'd like to see changed *2022-02-08* Tap left / Back Center tap/Stop Right tap/forward I would like to have Otherwise, perfect. ### 5/5 — アプリは良いが、強いて言えば *2021-08-31* AmazonミュージックやAWA等他のミュージックアプリ対応と、カセットテープの種類を増やして欲しいですね。 ### 5/5 — This app really is gold! *2020-11-22* I’ve been looking for a cassette-a-like emulator for a while and this ticks every single box. It works with Apple Music seamlessly and having the phone on my dashboard in the car feels just like it used to with a tape player. I’ve got absolutely no complaints – I just hope that Alexander will add even more cassette options in the future! I’d be happy to pay a bit more for some additional tapes... Thanks so much Alex - you’ve made this old time music lover a very happy old man!! Cheers, Nick ### 5/5 — Fun Graphics, Handles Playlists! *2020-07-15* Works well, authentic retro looks, good options. This updated app has ability to load a whole music playlist at once. Tip 1: tap upper left, choose add playlist, then tap (+) button at top of list and it will select *all* the songs in that playlist at once. Tip 2: try simple finger swipes to skip or repeat songs. #RECOMMENDED Tested on iPhone 8 w/ iOS 13.x **Developer response:** Touch in the upper left corner to select music 🙂 ### 5/5 — C’est beau et c’est génial *2020-07-14* Super simple un click ça tourne un click c’est sur pause. Merci pour la mise à jour !!! ### 5/5 — Sweet app! *2019-02-23* Talk about a blast from the past. Very retro. Thanks. ### 5/5 — Great App! *2018-04-25* One of my favorite apps!! I love music and especially retro players. ### 5/5 — Hihi suuuper, macht mit der richtigen Musik echt gute Laune *2018-03-22* ->psychedelic London 60ies --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-01.*