Temple Bell vs Tape2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Temple Bell
Experience the authentic sound of temple bells, designed to aid in meditation and prayer. This app aims to help users focus their minds and welcome a sense of divinity. It's crafted to replicate the traditional experience of ringing a temple bell.
- Authentic temple bell sound reproduction
- Aids in meditation and prayer
- Helps focus the mind
- Welcomes divinity and dispels evil
- Designed for spiritual focus
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Temple bells has been designed and carefully tuned to accurately reproduce the sound of an original Temple sound instrument. Temple bells are generally hung at the temple dome in front of the Garbhagriha. Generally, devotees ring the bell while entering into the sanctum. It is said that by ringing the bell, the devotee informs the deity of his/her arrival. The sound of the bell is considered auspicious which welcomes divinity and dispels evil. The sound of the bell is said to disengage mind from ongoing thoughts thus making the mind more receptive. Bell ringing during prayer is said to help in controlling the ever wandering mind and focusing on the deity.
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 review sentiment: Tape2 at 67% against Temple Bell's 0%. Tape2 also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (4.5 vs 1.0). Temple Bell's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 15.5). On ads 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
Tape2 is free to download; Temple Bell costs $1.99 up front. Tape2 sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Temple Bell asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tape2 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tape2 has 52 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Temple Bell's written reviews are positive against 67% of Tape2's.
Temple Bell ships an update every 58 months, Tape2 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Temple Bell | Tape2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.5 (52 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 52 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 58 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Suresh Verma | Alexander Rutkowskij |
Customer experience
Temple Bell
Tape2
In-app purchases
Temple Bell
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
