Comparison

Vinyls vs Tape2

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Vinyls

Experience your Apple Music library with a tactile, visual interface that mimics a physical vinyl record player. Enjoy the analog feel with real-time scrubbing, haptic feedback, and customizable album art displays. Rediscover your music with a nostalgic and interactive approach.

Highlights
  • Simulates vinyl record playback
  • Real-time scrubbing and haptic feedback
  • Full-size album art display
  • Customizable accent colors and app icons
  • Dark mode and vibrant background options
  • Cross-device compatibility (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
  • Home and lock screen widgets
Features
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Vinyls turns your Apple Music library into spinning vinyl records. Watch the tone arm drop onto the groove and follow the song as it plays. On iPhone and iPad, drag the disc to scrub through a track, just like spinning a real record. THE FEELING OF VINYL There's a reason vinyl never went away. The ritual of choosing a record. The artwork at full size. The moment the needle drops. Vinyls brings that ritual to your Apple Music library: the tone arm tracking across the record in real time, your album art pressed onto the disc, your cover displayed full-size in its sleeve. Not a tiny thumbnail. The complete cover, alive with color and detail. THE VINYL RECORD YOU CAN TOUCH Swipe up from the vinyl to browse your full library. Swipe down to dismiss. On iPhone and iPad, drag the disc to scrub through a playing track, and add a scratch sound with Vinyls Platinum. Your music, made physical. A LIVING RECORD Albums you haven't played in a month gather cobwebs on the sleeve, just like a forgotten record in a crate. Tap the sleeve, or shake your iPhone, to clear them and spin the record again. MAKE IT YOURS With Vinyls Platinum, your music can look like yours. Choose from 12 accent colors or pick a custom shade. On iPhone and iPad, pick from five alternative app icons. Set light or dark appearance, with an optional high contrast background. Turn on vibrant backgrounds and the colors from your album art wash behind the vinyl and into the player controls, and across the library on iPad and Mac. The player shifts with every record you play. Add vinyl crackle while your music plays, for the sound of a record on a real turntable. ON IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC iPhone: Full-screen player with gesture controls. iPad: Sidebar, library and player side by side when space allows. Mac: Native app with keyboard shortcuts for play, pause, skipping tracks and browsing your library. Widgets: Now Playing artwork on your Home Screen and Mac desktop. AirPlay: Pick any compatible speaker from the AirPlay menu. VINYLS PLATINUM Download free, connect Apple Music, and your library is ready to spin. Vinyls Platinum unlocks accent colors, appearance and background options, alternative app icons on iPhone and iPad, crackle and scratch sounds, and more ways to style the player. Available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Put the needle on the record. Requires an active Apple Music subscription for playback. Vinyls is built exclusively for the Apple Music ecosystem and does not support Spotify or other streaming services. Privacy Policy: https://pixelfolio.app/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://pixelfolio.app/terms.html

About

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.

Highlights
  • Cassette player emulator
  • Plays music from Apple Music app
  • Animated cassette display
  • Simple touch and swipe controls
  • Retro 80s aesthetic
Features
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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 !!!

Screenshots

Vinyls4 screens
Tape24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tape2 at 4.5 against Vinyls's 3.8. Tape2 also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (67% vs 50%). Vinyls's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Vinyls sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Tape2 sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tape2 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 121 and 52 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Vinyls's written reviews are positive against 67% of Tape2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vinyls ships an update every 9 days, Tape2 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Vinyls versus Tape2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVinylsTape2
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (121 ratings)4.5 (52 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings121 — better52
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size175 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPixelfolio Inc.Alexander Rutkowskij

Customer experience

Vinyls

All ratings120 ratings
Positive67.5%
Neutral9.2%
Negative23.3%
Written reviews112 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral14.3%
Negative35.7%

Tape2

All ratings51 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

Bugs and requests

Vinyls

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • App crashes when switching songs
  • Music playback stops after first song
  • Turntable gets stuck or misaligned
  • Tone arm positioning issues
  • App fails to open or opens to black screen
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  • Unresponsive interface on iPad
  • Crashes on shuffle feature
  • Apple Music connection fails
  • Crackle/pop audio only plays through device speaker, not AirPlay
  • Playback doesn't resume after switching apps
  • Crashes when viewing artists without albums
  • Wrong artwork displayed
  • Volume too low
  • Slow to load and reproduce music
  • App freezes on macOS
  • Crashes on landscape orientation
  • Purchase restoration not working
  • Identify Tune feature doesn't play found songs

Requested features

21 requests
  • Spotify integration
  • YouTube Music support
  • SoundCloud compatibility
  • Amazon Music support
  • Google Drive file access
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  • MP3 file import capability
  • YouTube playlist import
  • Last.fm scrobbling
  • Free trial period
  • Search functionality
  • Volume control for crackle/pop effects
  • Customizable vinyl appearance
  • Landscape mode support
  • Shuffle play functionality
  • Continuous playback
  • Lyrics display
  • Add to queue/up next feature
  • Full Mac support
  • Backwards compatibility for older iOS devices
  • External drive support for large libraries
  • Folder organization and management

Tape2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Vinyls

Subscriptions2
  • Vinyls Platinum (1 Month)$1.991 Month
  • Vinyls Platinum (1 Year)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Vinyls Platinum$19.99
18 purchases

Tape2

One-time18
  • Cassette 2Free
  • cassette 6$0.49
  • Cassette 18$0.49
Show 15 more
  • 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

Questions

Is Vinyls free?
Vinyls is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tape2 free?
Tape2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Vinyls or Tape2?
Tape2 is rated higher. Vinyls averages 3.8 out of 5 from 121 ratings, while Tape2 averages 4.5 from 52 ratings.
Do Vinyls or Tape2 have ads?
Neither Vinyls nor Tape2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vinyls or Tape2?
Vinyls ships an update every 9 days, and Tape2 every 3 months. Most recently, Vinyls was updated on October 29, 2026 and Tape2 on October 27, 2026.

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