Tap Delay vs Vinyl Strip
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tap Delay
This app recreates the warm, analog sound of vintage tape echo machines with a modern tapped delay engine. It offers 24 taps for rhythmic effects, tape simulation with saturation and noise, and live input processing from various sources.
- Multi-tap delay machine
- 24 taps for rhythmic effects
- Tape simulation (Saturation, Noise, Flutter)
- MIDI controllable
- Live input processing
- Audiobus 3 and IAA compatible
- AUv3 support
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Back in the “old days”, producers and engineers created delay and echo effects using tape machines. Tap Delay combines the warm sound of vintage tape echo machines with a modern, step sequencer-like tapped delay engine which continues the tradition of the tape echo machines into the 21st century. The Tape simulation includes all relevant aspects for the recreation of a faithful analog tape sound: • Compression and Saturation • Tape hiss • Tape head bias • Wow and Flutter (Tape speed instability) • Smooth speed / delay time changes Three feedback filters with hipass/lowpass and bandpass characteristic simplify the creation of authentic dub echo effects. The built-in Limiter allows for endless feedback sounds. Use live input from any source - Microphone, Guitar, Audiobus and Inter App Audio - or take a song from your iTunes library for processing. Features: • Multi-tap delay machine • 24 taps for rhythmic delay effects • Tape simulation ( Saturation, Noise, Flutter ) • Alias free tape saturation through oversampling. • MIDI controllable including Tempo sync • Delay loop equalizer for dub effect. • Glitch free simulation of variable tape speeds. • Spatial echo rotation effect. • Audiobus 3 compatible with state saving • IAA compatible ( Auria, Cubasis, Garageband ). • AudioUnit AUv3 with parameter automation. • Ableton Link. • Integrated iTunes player.
Vinyl Strip
This multi-effect plugin offers 6 distinct audio processing modules that can be rearranged to add a vintage vinyl sound to your digital tracks. Achieve classic record warmth and character with this CPU-efficient tool.
- Modular effect arrangement
- Distortion module
- Compressor module
- Bit Crusher module
- Tilt EQ module
- Vintage Reverb module
- Vinylizer module
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Vinyl Strip is a multi-effect plugin featuring 6 modules: Distortion, Compressor, Bit Crusher, Tilt EQ, Vintage Reverb, and Vinylizer. The modules can be arranged in any combination by simple drag-n-drop. Vinyl Strip will add life and an old school touch to your samples and tracks, and achieve that classic vinyl record sound in your digital environment. The plugin is optimised to be lightweight on the CPU.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tap Delay at $1.99 against Vinyl Strip's $14.99. Tap Delay also leads on chart position (#193 vs unranked) and ratings volume (13 vs 2). Vinyl Strip's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.2). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Tap Delay costs $1.99 and Vinyl Strip $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Vinyl Strip holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tap Delay has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Tap Delay | Vinyl Strip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #193 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Harry Gohs | AudioThing Ltd. |
Customer experience
Tap Delay
Vinyl Strip
In-app purchases
Tap Delay
No in-app purchases
Vinyl Strip
No in-app purchases









