Side A vs Vinyl Layer

Side A plays your music as cassettes. **Requires an Apple Music subscription.** See what's playing right now on a beautifully detailed cassette tape: spinning reels, worn labels, and a cassette player frame around it, powered by your Apple Music. But Side A isn't just a pretty player. It's a full tape deck. DESIGN YOUR OWN TAPES Pick a shell, write on the label in retro fonts, choose your ink color, and drop a photo behind the jewel case. Every tape is yours. MAKE MIXTAPES Build a mixtape from your Apple Music, name it, add handwritten liner notes, and give it a cover. Just like the old days. SEND A TAPE TO A FRIEND Text someone a mixtape. If they have Side A it opens right up and plays; if they don't, they get a gorgeous web page with the tracklist and your liner notes. "I made you a tape". SHARE THE SONG YOU'RE ON One tap turns your now-playing song into a clean, tappable card you can send anywhere. RECORD OFF THE RADIO Tape songs as they play: grab the last few tracks and turn them into a mixtape, just like catching a song off the radio. A note from us: We're a small team of Gen X kids who grew up on cassette tapes and Walkmans. Instead of lugging an actual tape deck to the gym, we wanted to glance at our phones and see our music spinning on cassettes again. Side A is our love letter to that era. It's a passion project, and we hope you enjoy it. If you have feedback, issues, or ideas, we'd genuinely love to hear them. Rewind your music. — Your tapes, mixtapes, and recordings are stored on your device — content is only uploaded when you choose to share it.

Vinyl Layer: Record Ambience adds a warm vinyl sound layer over the music you already play. Put on your favorite album, playlist, or late-night mix, then open Vinyl Layer and add the cozy texture of a record spinning nearby. It is simple, charming, and made for people who love the little imperfections that make music feel alive. Choose from four record-inspired moods: - Warm Lo-Fi: Soft haze and gentle wobble for mellow listening. - Clean LP: A subtle layer of warmth for crisp, polished tracks. - Dusty Thrift-Store: Found-bin crackle, age, and character. - Old Jazz: Smoky, low-lit record ambience for slower nights. Vinyl Layer is designed to mix with other audio apps, so you can play your music elsewhere and layer in just the right amount of record texture. Adjust the crackle level, shape the sound with texture controls, and set a sleep timer when the night starts getting soft around the edges. Features: - Four vinyl-inspired sound layers - Crackle control - Texture controls for dust, rumble, warp, and stereo feel - Timer - Background audio support - Simple, beautiful iPhone-first design - No account required - No ads - No tracking - CarPlay support for vinyl record sounds on the road For record lovers, playlist obsessives, lo-fi people, jazz-at-midnight people, and anyone who thinks music sounds better with a little dust on the needle.