Future Tape vs Lux Aeterna
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Future Tape
Explore and play music from various platforms like Catalog, Sound, Nina, and Zora. Discover trending tracks, browse charts, and search for specific releases within a unified player.
- Play tracks from multiple platforms
- Explore trending charts
- Search all releases
- Unified music player
- Discover latest tracks
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Future Tape is an experimental player for tracks on the Catalog, Sound, Nina and Zora platforms. Listen to the latest tracks, explore charts, and search through all the releases.
Lux Aeterna
Embark on an infinite musical adventure where sound and visuals intertwine. Each session offers a unique exploration of an evolving soundscape, allowing you to discover its hidden depths at your own pace.
- Endless musical journey
- Evolving sound and visuals
- Unique paths each time
- Background music playback
- Interactive exploration
- Best with headphones
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Lux Aeterna is a musical journey through a world assembled from Arca’s music—an ever-evolving interplay between sound and visuals. Each time you open the experience, you will enter new and unique paths. Let the music evolve infinitely in the background, or explore this living work of art at your own pace to discover its musical secrets. Lux Aeterna is best experienced with headphones.
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Verdict
Future Tape and Lux Aeterna both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Future Tape's written reviews are positive against 90% of Lux Aeterna's. Lux Aeterna's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 8). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Future Tape against 4.9 for Lux Aeterna. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 28 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Future Tape's written reviews are positive against 90% of Lux Aeterna's.
Future Tape ships an update every 5 days, Lux Aeterna every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Future Tape | Lux Aeterna |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | 4.9 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 90.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 282 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zora Labs, Inc. | Bronzeformat Limited |
Customer experience
Future Tape
Lux Aeterna
In-app purchases
Future Tape
No in-app purchases
Lux Aeterna
No in-app purchases
