Tapes vs Wisen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tapes
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YOUR MUSIC BELONGS TO YOU, NOT A SERVER. Tapes is the professional audio workspace built for the era of leaks and subscription fatigue. We believe you shouldn’t have to pay monthly rent just to organize your own files on your own device. Designed for producers, songwriters, hobbyists, and audio engineers, Tapes is a completely offline, privacy-first vault for your unreleased music. - No Uploads - No Buffering - No Cloud Storage Limits --- THE "LOCAL-FIRST" ADVANTAGE Most audio apps force you to upload gigabytes of data to their cloud, charging you for storage you already have on your phone. Tapes works differently. We unlock the power of your device’s local storage. - Zero Latency: Files open instantly. No "Downloading..." spinners. - Total Privacy: Your unreleased beats never leave your device. - Works Offline: Perfect for flights, subways, and studios with no reception. --- ON-DEVICE AI STEM SPLITTER Need to check a mix or write a verse over an instrumental? - Isolate Stems: Instantly separate Vocals, Drums, Bass, and Other instruments. - No Data Usage: Our AI runs on your phone’s Neural Engine, not a server. - Leak-Proof: Since you never upload the file, your stems remain 100% secure. --- PROFESSIONAL FILE MANAGEMENT Stop scrolling through a messy "Files" app or a chaotic Camera Roll. - Unlimited Tapes: Create as many project folders as you need. No arbitrary "5 project limit." - Format Freedom: Full support for WAV, MP3, AIFF, M4A, FLAC, and ZIP. - Drag & Drop: Import beats directly from iMessage, WhatsApp, or AirDrop. - Smart Search: Find any demo instantly by sound, melody, or key. --- BUILT FOR WORKFLOW - Visual Waveforms: See the music. Scrub with precision. - Loop Mode: Write verses on repeat without resetting the track. - Audio Denoiser: Clean up rough voice memos with one tap using local DSP. - Zip Export: Send a full project (beats + stems) to a collaborator in a single secure package. --- WHY WE BUILT TAPES The music industry runs on "Work in Progress," but the tools we use either feel like toys or charge us like enterprise software. Tapes is the middle ground: a utility knife for audio that respects your wallet and your data. Whether you have 10 demos or 10,000 archived sessions, Tapes handles it all without slowing down. Download Tapes today and own your workspace. --- Legal: Tapes processes audio locally. Performance depends on device capabilities. Always back up your data. Terms of Use: https://gettapes.netlify.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://gettapes.netlify.app/privacy
Wisen
This app intelligently analyzes your notes to surface forgotten ideas, patterns, and unresolved questions. It offers daily digests, AI-powered chat for querying your notes, and visual knowledge mapping. Learn and retain information effectively through spaced repetition.
- AI-powered idea surfacing
- Daily note digests
- AI chat for note queries
- Visual knowledge mapping
- Spaced repetition learning
- PDF, image, and voice import
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Most notes apps are just storage. You write something, it disappears into a list, and you never think about it again. Wisen works differently — it reads what you write and brings the right ideas back at the right moment. Echo finds threads across your notes and turns them into questions worth sitting with. Not generic prompts — specific questions built from what you actually wrote. Sometimes it connects two notes from different weeks and surfaces a pattern you hadn't noticed. Each session feels less like a review and more like continuing a conversation you forgot you started. Pulse delivers a daily brief built entirely from your recent notes. What you've been thinking about, what's still unresolved, what questions are worth returning to. It also drafts LinkedIn posts, emails, and more directly from your notes — your voice, your ideas, not a generic AI output. WisenChat lets you ask anything about your notes. What did you write about this topic last month? What's still unresolved? What decisions are you avoiding? It answers from your actual notes with citations — so you always know where the insight came from. Knowledge Map shows how your notes connect visually. Tap a link to open a cross-note Echo session between two related ideas. The map grows richer the more you write. Spaced repetition tracks which ideas you've genuinely learned and which ones need revisiting — at the block level, using a modified SM-2 algorithm. Mastered content is excluded automatically so you're never drilling what you already know. Everything is encrypted with AES-256-GCM before leaving your phone. AI features use OpenAI — only the content you actively engage with is ever processed, and none of your notes are used to train their models. Import PDFs, scan handwritten notes, drop in images and voice recordings. Works in 16 languages. No account required to start. The longer you use Wisen, the more useful it becomes. Your notes compound into real knowledge instead of disappearing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wisen at none against Tapes's 2. Wisen also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). Tapes's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Tapes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Wisen asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tapes ships an update every 2 months, Wisen every 6 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Tapes | Wisen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeffrey Asante | DARIA LENSKAJA |
In-app purchases
Tapes
- Tapes Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Tapes Pro Monthly7 Days trial$44.991 Year
Wisen
No in-app purchases









