Comparison

Audio Tape vs SilentBonusTrackLite

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Realistic tape rotation
  • 20 customizable tape looks
  • Playlist loading
  • Full playback controls
  • VU meters
  • Shuffle and repeat functions
Features
Currently charting
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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.

About

SilentBonusTrackLite

Experience music albums with a realistic cassette tape player simulation. Enjoy features like dynamic reel rotation, tape wrapping animations, and song identification based on tape levels. This version offers random album selection and limited playback time.

Highlights
  • Realistic cassette tape simulation
  • Dynamic reel rotation based on tape amount
  • Tape wrapping animation
  • Song identification by tape level
  • Mechanical sound effects
  • Random album selection
Features
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This is a cassette player for albums. I have reproduced experiences of listening music with cassette tapes. For example, changing rotation speed of reels based on tape amount, animation of wrapping end of tape to reels, a sound of operation, song list like cassette index cards. Would you listen to albums like you did in old days? What you can do You can strain to hear before the first song starts. On skip operation, The tape may run over the position you want to set at. You can switch a song experimentally by pressing the button to play the other side. If you cannot get a current song name, you can infer which song is playing from the amount of tape on each reel. You can look at the tape that seems to be about to end but doesn’t readily end. You can verify changing speed of rotation while fwd or rev processes. You can be deep in lingering of the album with reels rounding after the last song played. The mechanical sound at end of tape makes you feel a sense of achievement and a little missing. How to use Set an album randomly and play it. About Lite Version Played songs are selected at random. If total time is over 30 minutes, app stops selecting. An album is selected randomly. Counter doesn't work. Auto reverse doesn't work. One player type. One tape type. Caution This app imports music included in the device as an album. Cloud sources don’t be selected. The button drawn right direction on the player is assigned playing side A. Left direction is side B. This app plays songs with using the iPod function on iOS. Another app using it as same may course problems. This app uses year data set in a song. If a set year is newer and an actual year is older, it is treated as a new one. Sound effects like tapes(hiss noise, warm high frequency) don't be installed.

Screenshots

Audio Tape4 screens
SilentBonusTrackLite2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SilentBonusTrackLite at Free against Audio Tape's $0.99. SilentBonusTrackLite also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.2). Audio Tape's advantage is review sentiment (13% vs 0%) and chart position (#91 vs unranked). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

SilentBonusTrackLite is free to download; Audio Tape costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SilentBonusTrackLite holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of Audio Tape's written reviews are positive against 0% of SilentBonusTrackLite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Audio Tape ships an update every 3 months, SilentBonusTrackLite every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Audio Tape versus SilentBonusTrackLite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudio TapeSilentBonusTrackLite
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.2 (5 ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews13.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#91 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size234 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGiuseppe CigalaMotonari Hibi

Customer experience

Audio Tape

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive13.3%
Neutral26.7%
Negative60.0%

SilentBonusTrackLite

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Audio Tape

No in-app purchases

None

SilentBonusTrackLite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Audio Tape free?
Audio Tape costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SilentBonusTrackLite free?
SilentBonusTrackLite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Audio Tape or SilentBonusTrackLite?
SilentBonusTrackLite is rated higher. Audio Tape averages 2.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while SilentBonusTrackLite averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Audio Tape or SilentBonusTrackLite have ads?
Neither Audio Tape nor SilentBonusTrackLite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Audio Tape or SilentBonusTrackLite?
Audio Tape ships an update every 3 months, and SilentBonusTrackLite every 4 months. Most recently, Audio Tape was updated on November 1, 2026 and SilentBonusTrackLite on November 1, 2026.

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