Future Tape vs Filterjam
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.
Filterjam
This app offers a multiband resonant filter for creating unique audio effects. It divides input signals into four bands, allowing for various sonic manipulations from subtle enhancements to extreme sound mangling.
- Multiband resonant filtering
- 4-band signal division
- Sum or multiply band modes
- Versatile sound shaping
- Ringmod-like effects
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Filterjam is a multi-band resonant filter delivering weird ringmod-like filtered sounds. The input signal is divided into 4 bands that are then summed or multiplied together according to the selected mode. Filterjam can be very harsh or gentle, it can add brightness or depth to synth sounds, but it can also completely mangle acoustic sources.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Future Tape at every 5 days against Filterjam's every 22 months. Future Tape also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Filterjam's advantage is ratings volume (34 vs 8) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, 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
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 5.0 for Filterjam. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 34 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Future Tape's written reviews are positive against 83% of Filterjam's.
Future Tape ships an update every 5 days, Filterjam every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Future Tape | Filterjam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (34 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 34 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zora Labs, Inc. | AudioThing Ltd. |
Customer experience
Future Tape
Filterjam
In-app purchases
Future Tape
No in-app purchases
Filterjam
No in-app purchases
