Comparison

Vamp 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

Vamp Player

Features
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It just does what it says, classic retro style music player: Fast, distraction-free, simple and neat without any ads, promotions or bloated artwork. Aim is to have a fully featured, premium music player without any logins, subscriptions, ads or in-app purchases ever. For the LoFi, tape saturated and cozy feel. Play all your music collection already available with you. No need for any internet, login/account, just pure music!!

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

Vamp Player3 screens
REWIND Cassette4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vamp Player at none against REWIND Cassette's 1. Vamp Player also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. REWIND Cassette sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Vamp Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Vamp Player versus REWIND Cassette: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVamp PlayerREWIND Cassette
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMASTHISK SOFTWARE LABS PRIVATE LIMITEDmaoyuan wen

In-app purchases

None

Vamp Player

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

REWIND Cassette

One-time1
  • REWIND Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Vamp Player free?
Vamp 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.
Do Vamp Player or REWIND Cassette have ads?
Neither Vamp Player nor REWIND Cassette shows ads.

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