MusicBin vs MixTape

MusicBin is a beautifully designed player for the audio files you already own. Import your music, organize it into playlists, and enjoy a premium listening experience with powerful playback tools. Everything stays on your device. YOUR MUSIC, YOUR WAY • Import audio from the Files app, iCloud Drive, or any app that can share a file • Supports MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, AIFF and FLAC • Keep files inside the app or point MusicBin at a folder of your choice, such as iCloud Drive • Automatic metadata and artwork extraction SMART ORGANIZATION • Unlimited playlists with drag-to-reorder • Instant library search • Up Next queue so you always know what plays after this • Playback resumes exactly where you left off POWERFUL PLAYBACK • Waveform editor: trim intros and outros and export the clip • Bookmarks (cue points) inside long tracks • Per-track and global playback speed from 0.5x to 2x • Gapless playback with adjustable crossfade • Equalizer presets • Single, playlist, continuous and shuffle modes • Background playback with lock screen, Control Center and AirPlay support TIMERS THAT WORK FOR YOU • Sleep timer with presets, gentle fade-out, or "end of current track" • Start timer: schedule a track to begin playing at a chosen time, backed by a real alarm • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island shows the countdown • Home Screen widgets for Now Playing and the sleep timer • Siri and Shortcuts support BEAUTIFUL BY DEFAULT • Six color themes: Ocean, Sunset, Forest, Lavender, Midnight and Rose Gold • System, light or dark appearance • Haptic feedback and smooth animations throughout • Designed for iPhone and iPad PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no subscriptions • No analytics or tracking • Your files never leave your device unless you choose to store them in your own iCloud Drive

Play your own local music through a retro deck. MixTape is a local-first music player that dresses your files in three coined retro visual skins: a Cassette Deck with spinning reels, a Compact Disc with a chrome spinning disc, and a Pocket Player with an LCD strip. Pick your era, drop in your MP3s and FLACs, and listen the way music used to feel. Everything happens on your device — no streaming, no accounts, no telemetry, no ads. WHAT'S INSIDE • Local file import — Bring in MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, FLAC, AIF, AIFF from the Files app. Files stay on your device. MixTape reads metadata (title, artist, album, artwork) from your files and organizes them into a library you own. • Three coined retro skins — Not replicas of any specific vintage device. Cassette Deck (yellow tape body, six-spoke reels that actually rotate at 60fps), Compact Disc (chrome silver disc that spins with playback), and Pocket Player (an LCD strip that scrolls). Skin selection lives in Settings. • Synchronized lyrics (LRC) — Drop a matching .lrc file next to your track and MixTape scrolls the lyrics in time with playback. Line-level timestamped format; simple, offline, no lyrics service required. • Playlists — Group your tracks into local playlists via SwiftData. No cloud sync, no sharing pipeline; your library is yours. • Search, sort, filter — Sort by Recent / Artist / Album. Search by title, artist, or album. Instant, offline. • AVPlayer under the hood — Rock-solid iOS audio pipeline for MP3/FLAC/WAV/AAC/AIFF. Standard iOS lock-screen and Control Center integration. WHAT MIXTAPE IS NOT • Not a streaming service. There is no catalog to browse. Bring your own files. • Not a music discovery or recommendation app. • Not a social or sharing app. • No advertising. No subscription. No account. PRIVACY FIRST There is no backend server, no analytics SDK, no attribution SDK, no cloud sync. Your library, your playback history, and your listening preferences never leave your device. Purchase history is tracked by Apple (as with any IAP) for entitlement — MixTape itself has no server. Nutrition label: Purchases used only for App Functionality, linked to you per Apple's standard IAP model. Nothing else collected. PAY ONCE, PLAY FOREVER Free tier gives you the Cassette Deck skin and a 20-song local library. A single Lifetime purchase of $3.99 unlocks all three retro skins (Cassette Deck + Compact Disc + Pocket Player) and removes the library cap so you can bring in your full collection. No subscription. No ads. One-time. Built for the nights you actually want to listen.