Comparison

Metasonic Player vs REWIND Cassette

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

Head to head
About

Metasonic Player

This audio player allows you to enjoy local music files and your Apple Music library. It displays comprehensive metadata for each track and offers robust queue management with precise playback controls. Supports a wide range of audio formats.

Highlights
  • Full metadata display
  • Apple Music library integration
  • Direct file opening
  • Customizable queues
  • Precise playback controls
  • Supports FLAC, WAV, MP3, M4A, AAC, AIFF
Features
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Metasonic Player is a focused audio player for local music files and your Apple Music library. See full metadata while you listen, including artist, album, composer, genre, year, track number, comments, file type, and more. Open audio directly from Files, or browse your Library by playlists, artists, albums, songs, genres, and composers. Build queues by selecting tracks in the order you want. Add tracks one by one, use Select All, shuffle the queue, and skip forward or back with precise playback controls. Supports most audio formats including FLAC, WAV, MP3, M4A, AAC, AIFF, and more. Free. No ads. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases.

About

REWIND Cassette

Experience your music library with the nostalgic feel of a cassette tape. This app offers realistic tape deck simulations, including VU meters and classic machine recreations, along with tools to enhance your audio and create custom mixtapes. Enjoy background playback and lock-screen controls without ads or data collection.

Highlights
  • Realistic tape deck playback
  • Four classic cassette machine emulations
  • Full tape tone studio with EQ and saturation
  • Create custom mixtapes
  • Background and lock-screen playback
  • No ads or data collection
Features
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REWIND is a retro cassette player that puts the streaming era back into the warmth of a tape deck. - Tape deck playback: skeuomorphic transport, VU meters, and deck textures for your own music library. - Four classic machines: pixel-faithful recreations of a 3-head studio deck, a dot-matrix-meter deck, a SUPER BASS portable, and a pocket auto-reverse player. - Sound studio: EQ and a full tape tone chain — warmth, hiss, wow & flutter, saturation. - Mixtapes: arrange your songs onto Side A and Side B of a C-90, complete with a mood curve and J-card. - Background and lock-screen playback with full Now Playing integration. Your music never leaves your phone. No account, no ads, no data collection. REWIND Pro (one-time purchase) unlocks all 4 decks, the sound studio, all transport FX, and unlimited mixtapes. The pocket deck and playback of your own files are free forever.

Screenshots

Metasonic Player3 screens
REWIND Cassette4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Metasonic Player at 5.0 against REWIND Cassette's 1.0. Metasonic Player also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. REWIND Cassette sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Metasonic Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Metasonic Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Metasonic Player versus REWIND Cassette: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMetasonic PlayerREWIND Cassette
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew Lennigmaoyuan wen

In-app purchases

None

Metasonic Player

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

REWIND Cassette

One-time1
  • REWIND Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Metasonic Player free?
Metasonic Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is REWIND Cassette free?
REWIND Cassette is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Metasonic Player or REWIND Cassette?
Metasonic Player is rated higher. Metasonic Player averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while REWIND Cassette averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Metasonic Player or REWIND Cassette have ads?
Neither Metasonic Player nor REWIND Cassette shows ads.

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