Digital Disc vs Bionic Tape

* * * JUST LIKE A REAL MUSIC STORE FROM THE 70s, 80s, AND 90s * * * Rediscover the magic of long-forgotten physical music, now seamlessly integrated with Apple Music. Digital Disc has access to over 18 million CDs, vinyls, and cassettes—almost everything that was ever published, including their cover art. You can not only flip through them like it's 1995, but also import them as playlists into Apple Music. While Apple Music has many individual albums and tracks, it does not have all the CD, vinyl, and cassette releases ever made. That CD collection you saw on TV and wanted as a kid? Yup, that's here. Digital Disc has them all, and it's the fastest and easiest way to convert these gems into perfectly ordered Apple Music playlists. # # # A RECORD STORE IN YOUR HANDS # # # + Over 18 million records across 700 genres, 260 countries, and over 100 years. + Flip through racks of records just like you did in your favorite music store. + Watch album cover fronts, backs, inlays, and extra content for millions of records. + Sort by latest trends, most collected, most rated, and most wanted. + Filter by era, genre, style, format, and even country, including some that don't even exist anymore. + No annoying recommendations, just hours of raw flipping through a gigantic music collection. Bring back the good vibes of the times when music was a real physical thing. # # # FEATURES # # # (1) MASSIVE DATABASE: Browse, filter, and explore the database of over 18 million releases to find virtually any record ever made. (2) INSTANT SCANNING: The high-speed barcode scanner recognizes millions of CDs, vinyls, and cassettes instantly and on the go. (3) SEAMLESS APPLE MUSIC INTEGRATION: Uses Apple's built-in Music App integration automatically. Say goodbye to manual playlist creation. (4) PRESERVE YOUR COLLECTION: Keep the high-fidelity sound and tangible art of a physical collection, but enjoy the convenience of streaming anywhere, anytime. Stop rebuilding your music library and start enjoying it. Lost some of your favorite records? No problem, they're still here. Download Digital Disc today and bring long-lost memories back into the streaming age! ! ! ! PLEASE NOTE ! ! ! This app requires an active Apple Music subscription to create playlists. Preview of music is confirmed to work without a Apple Music subscription. Digital Disc does not play or rip audio directly; it uses the Discogs database to identify, browse, and filter physical media to create corresponding playlists using the Apple Music catalog. # # # REQUIRED PERMISSIONS # # # The app does not collect ANY of your personal data or ANY usage data. It's privacy-first and out of the box. It only needs two permissions: (!) Internet access: Connects to the Internet to search music databases. (!) Apple Music access: Searches and matches Apple Music tracks for your album or compilation and creates a playlist when you request it. (!) Photo app access: Write-only access to store album art like covers in your Photos app. (+) No data from your Photos app will be read. (+) No data from your Music account will be read. (+) The permissions are solely for write-only access.

Unfold, pick a tape, fold, listen. Bionic Tape turns your iPhone into a cassette deck. Unfolded, your playlists and albums sit on the shelf as cassettes, each in its case with cover art. Tap, and the tape slides into the deck. Fold the phone, and the tape rolls on the cover screen: reels spin, the tape hisses, the keys click. WHAT'S INSIDE • Fold instead of tap: the hinge decides whether you pick tapes or listen. Folding starts playback. • Keys you can press: real 3D keys with travel, click and haptics. PLAY latches while the tape is running. • Volume you can feel: a knob with an LED ring, a thumb wheel or a touch pad, depending on device and skin. 16 detents, each one clicks. • SHUFFLE: a slide switch plays your tapes in random order. • OUT: send the music to smart speakers, Bluetooth speakers or headphones. • Window: look through the window at the cassette with its handwritten label and the current song. The tape pack shows how much of the tape is left. • Tent mode: stand your iPhone up as a tent and the cassette becomes the show, with your playlist's cover art as the label. Tap to play/pause, swipe for the next track. • Full screen: tap the cassette and only the tape remains. • Seven skins: Translucent in see-through turquoise, 1983 in the style of 80s office computers, Sport in bold 80s yellow, Classic retro blue, Bionic OS, Cyberpunk and HMZ.swiss. • TAPE FX: hiss and clicks can be switched off. MUSIC • Apple Music: your playlists and albums as cassettes. Requires an Apple Music subscription. • Your own music: MP3, FLAC, AAC, ALAC, WAV and AIFF from the Files app, every album a cassette. Plays offline and in the background, with lock screen controls. • Demo tapes: work right away, no account needed. • Spotify and more services follow as free updates. BUILT FOR THE IPHONE DUO Made for unfolding and folding. On iPhones without a hinge, a button switches between shelf and player. NO TRACKING No ads, no analytics, no account with us. Buy once, no subscription. A project from the HMZ workshop, Zurich. Feedback welcome: hmz.swiss/en/walkman