Tape vs Audio Tape
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tape
Relive the 80s with a virtual cassette player that emulates the feel of old-school music playback. Enjoy your iPhone music library with animated cassettes and intuitive touch controls. Choose from a variety of cassette designs for a nostalgic experience.
- Cassette player emulator
- Plays music from Apple Music App
- Animated cassette display
- Large selection of cassette designs
- Intuitive touch controls (play, pause, swipe)
- Pinch to zoom for original cassette size
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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. There is a large selection of cassettes which you can choose from. 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. - you can zoom in to original cassette size (pinch to zoom). 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 !!!
Audio Tape
Experience a nostalgic 80's cassette player with realistic tape rotation and customizable looks. Load your favorite playlists and control playback with intuitive buttons, VU meters, and an LCD time counter.
- Realistic tape rotation
- 20 customizable tape looks
- Playlist loading
- Full playback controls
- VU meters
- Shuffle and repeat functions
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A vintage 80's cassette player. Features: - beautiful and realistic tape rotation; - choose the audio tape look from 20 available; - load your favorite playlist; - play, pause, fast forward and rewind buttons; - load the next/prev track; - left/right audio VU meters; - shuffle/repeat functions; - green lcd time counter; - volume slider.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tape at 82% against Audio Tape's 13%. Tape also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.2) and ratings volume (259 vs 5). Audio Tape's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). 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
Tape costs $1.99 and Audio Tape $0.99 up front. Tape sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Audio Tape asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tape holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tape has 259 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Tape's written reviews are positive against 13% of Audio Tape's.
Tape ships an update every 7 months, Audio Tape every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tape | Audio Tape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (259 ratings) — better | 2.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better | 13.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 259 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 234 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Rutkowskij | Giuseppe Cigala |
Customer experience
Tape
Audio Tape
Bugs and requests
Tape
Reported bugs
8 issues- App crashes when using menus
- Freezes on iPhone iOS 14.4.2 and later
- Swipe-to-close doesn't stop playback
- Playhead and capstan roller animation reversed
- App closes unexpectedly for no reason
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- Doesn't recognize hand gestures or song selections
- Won't play selected songs
- Incompatibility with newer iOS updates
Requested features
13 requests- Save and switch between custom mixed tapes
- Playlist duration limits based on cassette type
- Clicking sounds for play/stop button presses
- Support for local MP3 and M4A files
- Screen sleep toggle while music plays
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- Additional cassette designs (especially Memorex and movie-themed)
- Spotify integration
- iPad version with larger interface
- Tape malfunction/degradation simulation
- Record function for music production
- Remove 'tap to load' text overlay
- More realistic button control styling
- Classic 80s Memorex shell design
Audio Tape
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tape
- New Cassette Pack$0.99
- Cassette collection 2$1.99
Audio Tape
No in-app purchases
