Comparison

LateTape vs Low Poly Synth

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

Head to head
About

LateTape

This app offers a lo-fi looping and scratching experience for quick sound capture and playful exploration. It provides instant audiovisual feedback, allowing users to record, loop, and manipulate sound with a tactile tape feel. Designed for intuitive use, it focuses on fun and creative sound manipulation without complex menus.

Highlights
  • One-touch capture: record, play, loop
  • Visual sound feedback (oscilloscope, color mapping)
  • Interactive tape scratching
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Menu-free, intuitive interface
  • AUv3 compatible
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Twist Time. See Sound. Feel the Tape. LateTape is a lo-fi looping and scratching toy for quick capture and playful sound exploration. Tap to record, watch your sound come alive, and scratch the tape with instant audiovisual feedback. Unlike a DAW or complex looper, LateTape gives you instant access to the tape feel - with speed and touchable sound right under your fingertips. Why you’ll like it: • One‑touch capture: record → play → loop • Load your own samples, and share your performances with friends! • See your sound: oscilloscope and frequency-to-color mapping put you in tune • Scratch the tape: animated tape path you can touch • Shift speed: slow it down, speed it up, bend time • Trim sample endpoints • Scratch-over-loop and one-shot modes • AUv3 Compatible! • Stay in flow: no menus, no fuss - just fun! Perfect for musicians, beatmakers, and anyone who loves tape loops, lo-fi textures, or just playing with sound. Now AUv3 Compatible!

About

Low Poly Synth

Generate unique, atmospheric melodic sounds with billions of presets. Explore new timbres through random generation or precise editing. Record and export your creations in various formats.

Highlights
  • Billions of unique timbres
  • Random sound generation
  • MIDI control
  • Real-time audio recording
  • WAV and SunVox export
  • Audio Unit Extension (AUv3)
Features
Currently charting
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Low Poly Synth is a generator of melodic atmospheric sounds with billions of unique timbres. The app is built on modified synthesis algorithms from Fractal Bits, Relic Waves, and Relic Flow, with the addition of pure tone generation code. The sound space is divided into 4294967296 presets, each corresponding to a set of 8 sample textures. The volume of an individual sample can be adjusted in the top panel or via MIDI (Settings -> MIDI Mapping). The bottom panel is a classic musical keyboard that sets the note for the sounds in the set. Each note triggers all 8 samples at once - together they form a complex harmonic pattern that almost never repeats over time due to the different lengths of the looped fragments. Features: * search for new sounds with three buttons: next random set, edit code, previous set; each set of 8 sounds corresponds to a code of 8 characters (you can save/copy/paste it as plain text); * three types of keyboards for live performing: on-screen, PC keyboard, MIDI input; for the on-screen keyboard, you can set the number of displayed octaves and scale; * 20+ parameters can be controlled via MIDI or directly through the app interface: Settings -> MIDI Mapping; * real-time audio recording to WAV (32-bit); * export to: WAV (one file or a set), SunVox (samples + effects in one file), text clipboard; * the LCK button freezes individual samples - they will not change during the search for new sets; * Audio Unit Extension (AUv3), Wi-Fi export/import. Double clicking on a parameter opens a window for setting the exact value. If you enable the Hold option, the notes will play endlessly, without reacting to key release (noteOff) events; turning the note on again works like turning it off; there are two ways to enable this option: 1) using the Hold parameter in the "MIDI Mapping" window; 2) by pressing the HOLD button, which appears in place of LCK while playing the musical keyboard: press HOLD, release the desired notes - then the released notes will continue to play.

Screenshots

LateTape4 screens
Low Poly Synth3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: LateTape at Free against Low Poly Synth's $1.99. LateTape also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Low Poly Synth's advantage is chart position (#97 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On ratings volume, 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

LateTape is free to download; Low Poly Synth costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LateTape holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of LateTape's written reviews are positive against 88% of Low Poly Synth's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
LateTape versus Low Poly Synth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLateTapeLow Poly Synth
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (19 ratings) — better4.8 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better87.5% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better18
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#97 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRadii ResearchAlexander Zolotov

Customer experience

LateTape

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Low Poly Synth

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

LateTape

No in-app purchases

None

Low Poly Synth

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LateTape free?
LateTape is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Low Poly Synth free?
Low Poly Synth costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LateTape or Low Poly Synth?
LateTape is rated higher. LateTape averages 5.0 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Low Poly Synth averages 4.8 from 18 ratings.
Do LateTape or Low Poly Synth have ads?
Neither LateTape nor Low Poly Synth shows ads.

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