Comparison

Tapee vs Foma

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

Head to head
About

Tapee

Record and organize your audio into personalized "tapes" with customizable covers. Revisit memories through sound, import local audio or Apple Music tracks, and even map your recordings to locations. All recordings are stored locally for your privacy.

Highlights
  • Record and save audio locally
  • Organize recordings into customizable tapes
  • Import local audio files
  • Add music from Apple Music
  • Map recordings to locations
  • Export audio recordings
Features
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有些日常,值得被听见两次。 Tapee 是一间属于你的声音收藏室。记录一段声音,让它成为一盘可以拿起、播放和整理的磁带。 • 录下当下:录音保存在设备内,名称可以随时修改。 • 收藏成磁带:选择磁带与盒子的外观,整理你的收藏柜。 • 重听记忆:轻点磁带播放,暂停或调整进度,切换不同播放器外观。 • 导入喜欢的声音:点顶部「+」导入本地音频,或连接 Apple Music,从最近听过的歌曲中添加音乐磁带。 • 声音地图:选择保存录音地点,在地图上重新找到当时。 • 自己保管:本地录音可导出为音频,音乐磁带可分享歌曲链接。删除的磁带可恢复,也可彻底删除。 录音和本地声音管理无需注册 Tapee 账号。定位是可选的,拒绝定位不影响录音。Apple Music 功能需要音乐访问授权和有效的 Apple Music 订阅,歌曲可用性取决于所在地区的曲库。 请保持应用在前台录音和播放:锁屏、离开应用或音频中断会结束并尝试保存录音,播放也会暂停。录音和音乐磁带引用保存在本机。换机或卸载前请导出重要录音。导出和重新导入音频只保留声音,不还原原磁带外观、日期与地点。

About

Foma

Features
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Foma is a touch-first graphic design and typography editor for iPhone and iPad. Create posters, social graphics, typographic compositions, and precise visual layouts in a workspace designed for direct manipulation. DESIGN WITH PRECISION • Add and edit text, photos, rectangles, circles, polygons, stars, grids, and lines. • Import custom fonts and fine-tune weight, size, tracking, line spacing, paragraph spacing, alignment, and decoration. • Control fill, stroke, opacity, blend modes, position, size, rotation, and shape-specific settings. • Build linear, radial, and freeform multi-point gradients; add blur, shadow, vintage, mosaic, and outline effects. WORK NATURALLY • Move, scale, rotate, duplicate, align, distribute, and group elements directly on the canvas. • Use snapping, marquee selection, precision rulers, crop controls, cutout edges, and opacity masks. • Save elements or groups to Hub, organize them, and reuse them across local projects. • Learn gestures and workflows with interactive onboarding and the visual Foma Guidebook. CREATE FOR SCREEN OR PRINT • Start from presets or set custom dimensions in pixels, millimeters, inches, or points. • Configure DPI, bleed, background color, transparency, and grids. • Import Illustrator, PDF, or Foma project files. • Export a full canvas or selection as PNG, JPEG, or PDF; selected layers can also be exported as a combined transparent PNG or separate PNG files. Foma adapts to iPhone. Your projects, imported images, and fonts are processed locally. No account is required. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tapee4 screens
Foma4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tapee at every 3 days against Foma's every 10 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tapee ships an update every 3 days, Foma every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Tapee versus Foma: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTapeeFoma
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size653 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer相如 蒋莉 陈

In-app purchases

None

Tapee

No in-app purchases

None

Foma

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tapee free?
Tapee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Foma free?
Foma is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tapee or Foma have ads?
Neither Tapee nor Foma shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tapee or Foma?
Tapee ships an update every 3 days, and Foma every 10 days. Most recently, Tapee was updated on October 31, 2026 and Foma on November 10, 2026.

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