Comparison

Selah Pads vs Tape Loop Machine

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

Head to head
About

Selah Pads

Create warm, cinematic textures and evolving soundscapes with this ambient pad instrument. Easily build beautiful pad layers for music production, worship, or sound design. Features include a playable note grid, sound shaping filters, and preset saving.

Highlights
  • Playable 12-note pad grid
  • Layer multiple soundscapes
  • Dual filters for tone shaping
  • Movement controls for modulation
  • Save and browse presets
  • MIDI support
  • Standalone and AUv3 instrument
Features
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Selah Pads is an expressive ambient pad instrument for creating warm, cinematic textures, soft drones, and evolving soundscapes. Designed for musicians, producers, worship teams, composers, and sound designers, Selah Pads makes it easy to build beautiful pad layers without interrupting your creative flow. Play rich atmospheric pads from a simple note grid, shape the sound with layers and filters, add movement with modulation, and save your favorite combinations as presets. Features: - Playable 12-note pad grid - Built-in Default Pack included - Layer multiple soundscapes - Shape tones with dual filters - Add motion with movement controls - Reverb, stereo width, pad transition, and metronome settings - Save and browse presets - MIDI support - Works as a standalone app and AUv3 instrument Selah Pads is built for fast, musical inspiration: open the app, choose a preset, press a note, and start creating.

About

Tape Loop Machine

Create warm, evolving ambient soundscapes with tape-style looping and sound-on-sound layering. This audio effect plugin offers long delay times and analog degradation simulations for experimental music creation. Explore presets or use it within your favorite AUv3-compatible host.

Highlights
  • Tape-style loop and delay
  • Sound-on-sound overdubbing
  • Long delay times
  • Analog degradation and tone coloring
  • Wow, flutter, and tape degradation simulation
  • Preset library
  • AUv3 plugin support
Features
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Tape Loop Machine is a free AUv3 audio effect built around tape-style looping, sound-on-sound layering, and long ambient delays. Use it inside any AUv3-compatible host to create warm repeats, evolving drones, layered guitar textures, synth soundscapes, and slow-moving experimental loops. Simple enough to pick up in minutes. Deep enough to get lost in. Features: - Tape-style loop and delay behavior - Sound-on-sound overdub layering - Long delay times for ambient and drone use - Analog degradation and tone coloring - Wow, flutter, and tape degradation simulation - Presets for quick sound exploration - AUv3 plugin support The standalone app is included for exploring presets and quickly auditioning sounds. For the full experience, load Tape Loop Machine BA2 as an AUv3 audio effect inside your favorite host, connect a guitar, synth, microphone, or any audio source, and start building evolving loops.

Screenshots

Selah Pads4 screens
Tape Loop Machine3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tape Loop Machine at none against Selah Pads's 4. Tape Loop Machine also leads on ratings volume (18 vs 2). Selah Pads's advantage is update cadence (daily vs fortnightly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, 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. Selah Pads sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Tape Loop Machine asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Selah Pads holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tape Loop Machine has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Selah Pads ships an update daily, Tape Loop Machine fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Selah Pads versus Tape Loop Machine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSelah PadsTape Loop Machine
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.8 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings218 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin D'ursoBaturay Koc

Customer experience

Selah Pads

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tape Loop Machine

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Selah Pads

One-time4
  • Strings Pack$4.99
  • Voices Pack$4.99
  • Waves Pack$4.99
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  • Selah Bundle$9.99
None

Tape Loop Machine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Selah Pads free?
Selah Pads is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tape Loop Machine free?
Tape Loop Machine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Selah Pads or Tape Loop Machine?
Selah Pads is rated higher. Selah Pads averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Tape Loop Machine averages 4.8 from 18 ratings.
Do Selah Pads or Tape Loop Machine have ads?
Neither Selah Pads nor Tape Loop Machine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Selah Pads or Tape Loop Machine?
Selah Pads ships an update daily, and Tape Loop Machine fortnightly. Most recently, Selah Pads was updated on October 6, 2026 and Tape Loop Machine on October 24, 2026.

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