vapor8 vs Tape2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
vapor8
Experience music playback in a unique, retro style. This app offers a nostalgic listening experience with no song skipping or repeating, only rewinding. Immerse yourself in the authentic sounds of tape crackle and the visual of a slowly winding tape.
- No song skipping
- No song repeating
- Rewind functionality
- Nostalgic tape crackle sound
- Simulated tape winding visual
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Listen to your music in a completely obsolete manner. No skipping of songs. No repeat, just rewind. Turn off noise reduction to hear the beauty of nostalgic tape crackle and remember the days when you watched the tape slowly wind from one reel to the other.
Tape2
Relive the nostalgia of 80s cassette players with this music app. It emulates a vintage cassette player, displaying animated tapes while playing your songs from the Apple Music app. Enjoy simple touch and swipe controls for an immersive retro experience.
- Cassette player emulator
- Plays music from Apple Music app
- Animated cassette display
- Simple touch and swipe controls
- Retro 80s aesthetic
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Do you still remember the cassettes from the 80s? Now you can have it again. You have all your songs from your iPhone or iPod Touch ready in the library. Tape is a cassette player emulator. It plays your music from Apple Music App and shows an animated cassette. This app bring's you back to the 80's. Very easy to use. - Touch for play or pause. - Swipe right for next song. - Swipe left for previous song. - Swipe down for next cassette. - Swipe up for cassette change. - Touch in the upper left corner to select songs. and because the control is very simple, This app is perfect for the car or on your iPod, iPhone docking Station, have fun with the app! THIS APP ONLY WORKS, IF YOU HAVE MUSIC IN THE APPLE MUSIC APP !!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tape2 at 4.5 against vapor8's 3.3. Tape2 also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 33%) and ratings volume (51 vs 4). vapor8's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18) and iOS requirement (11.2 vs 15.5). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Tape2 sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. vapor8 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tape2 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tape2 has 51 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of vapor8's written reviews are positive against 67% of Tape2's.
| Parameter | vapor8 | Tape2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (4 ratings) | 4.5 (51 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 51 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.2 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Enie Weiss | Alexander Rutkowskij |
Customer experience
vapor8
Tape2
In-app purchases
vapor8
No in-app purchases
Tape2
- Cassette 2Free
- cassette 6$0.49
- Cassette 18$0.49
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- Cassette 21$0.49
- Cassette 30$0.49
- Cassette 34$0.49
- Cassette 29$0.49
- Cassette 28$0.49
- Cassette 33$0.49
- Cassette 32$0.49
- Cassette 36$0.49
- Cassette 35$0.49
- Cassette 13$0.49
- Cassette 15$0.49
- Cassette 5$0.49
- Cassette 4$0.49
- Cassette 3$0.49
- All Cassettes$4.99
