Audio Tape vs Tape2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
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 Audio Tape's 13%. Tape2 also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.5 vs 2.2). Audio Tape's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5). On update cadence, 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; Audio Tape costs $0.99 up front. Tape2 sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Audio Tape asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tape2 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tape2 has 52 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Audio Tape's written reviews are positive against 67% of Tape2's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Audio Tape | Tape2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.2 (5 ratings) | 4.5 (52 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.3% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 52 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 234 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Giuseppe Cigala | Alexander Rutkowskij |
Customer experience
Audio Tape
Tape2
In-app purchases
Audio Tape
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
