Comparison

Surreal Machines Crack vs Tape Loop Machine

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

Head to head
About

Surreal Machines Crack

This audio plugin offers powerful transient shaping capabilities for drums and loops. It features a custom limiter, analog-modeled clipping, and a maximizer, allowing for parallel processing with a dry/wet mix control. Optimized for CPU efficiency, it can be loaded across multiple tracks.

Highlights
  • Transient shaping for drums and loops
  • Custom limiter for peak reduction
  • Soft analog-modeled clipping
  • Maximizer for transient materials
  • Dry/Wet mix for parallel processing
  • CPU efficient
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Crack is a workhorse of a plugin. It’s great on just one drum or for quickly adjusting a loop and is cheap on your CPU so you can load it up across all your tracks. Its other advantage is that it can be blended with the dry signal using the Dry/Wet knob, so you can dial in the amount of the effect. Crack features a custom limiter for peak reduction, soft analog-modeled clipping, and a maximizer specially tuned for use with transient materials. - Control of Attack and Sustain (Release section) - Post Soft Clipper, Limiter or Maximizer - Dry/Wet Mix for parallel processing ****** Crack is an Audio Unit V3 plugin; it benefits from an AUV3 host like Logic, GarageBand, Cubasis, AUM, etc.

About

Tape Loop Machine

Create warm, evolving ambient soundscapes with tape-style looping and sound-on-sound layering. This audio effect plugin offers long delay times and analog degradation simulations for experimental music creation. Explore presets or use it within your favorite AUv3-compatible host.

Highlights
  • Tape-style loop and delay
  • Sound-on-sound overdubbing
  • Long delay times
  • Analog degradation and tone coloring
  • Wow, flutter, and tape degradation simulation
  • Preset library
  • AUv3 plugin support
Features
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Tape Loop Machine is a free AUv3 audio effect built around tape-style looping, sound-on-sound layering, and long ambient delays. Use it inside any AUv3-compatible host to create warm repeats, evolving drones, layered guitar textures, synth soundscapes, and slow-moving experimental loops. Simple enough to pick up in minutes. Deep enough to get lost in. Features: - Tape-style loop and delay behavior - Sound-on-sound overdub layering - Long delay times for ambient and drone use - Analog degradation and tone coloring - Wow, flutter, and tape degradation simulation - Presets for quick sound exploration - AUv3 plugin support The standalone app is included for exploring presets and quickly auditioning sounds. For the full experience, load Tape Loop Machine BA2 as an AUv3 audio effect inside your favorite host, connect a guitar, synth, microphone, or any audio source, and start building evolving loops.

Screenshots

Surreal Machines Crack1 screens
Tape Loop Machine3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tape Loop Machine at none against Surreal Machines Crack's 3. Tape Loop Machine also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (18 vs 6). Surreal Machines Crack's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (15 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Surreal Machines Crack sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Tape Loop Machine asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Surreal Machines Crack holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 18 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Surreal Machines Crack ships an update every 13 months, Tape Loop Machine fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Surreal Machines Crack versus Tape Loop Machine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurreal Machines CrackTape Loop Machine
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.8 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings618 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSurreal MachinesBaturay Koc

Customer experience

Surreal Machines Crack

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tape Loop Machine

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Surreal Machines Crack

One-time3
  • Small Tip$2.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
None

Tape Loop Machine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Surreal Machines Crack free?
Surreal Machines Crack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tape Loop Machine free?
Tape Loop Machine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Surreal Machines Crack or Tape Loop Machine?
Surreal Machines Crack is rated higher. Surreal Machines Crack averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Tape Loop Machine averages 4.8 from 18 ratings.
Do Surreal Machines Crack or Tape Loop Machine have ads?
Neither Surreal Machines Crack nor Tape Loop Machine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Surreal Machines Crack or Tape Loop Machine?
Surreal Machines Crack ships an update every 13 months, and Tape Loop Machine fortnightly. Most recently, Surreal Machines Crack was updated on October 24, 2026 and Tape Loop Machine on October 24, 2026.

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