Tape Loop Machine vs Aureline
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Aureline
This app is an 8-voice polyphonic synthesizer that combines the feel of classic analog synths with the unique character of waveform memory sound sources. It offers a wide range of sound creation capabilities, from warm pads and powerful basses to digital game sounds and sound effects.
- 8-voice polyphony
- Dual oscillator configuration
- Analog modeling and waveform memory
- WAVE EDIT for drawing waveforms
- POLY MOD
- Filter/Amp Envelope
- LFO, Arpeggiator, Chord, Hold
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Aurelineは、クラシックなアナログシンセの操作感と波形メモリ音源の個性を組み合わせた、8ボイス・ポリフォニックシンセサイザーです。 2基のオシレーター、フィルター、エンベロープ、LFO、POLY MOD、アルペジエーターを備え、温かいパッドや力強いベースから、デジタルなゲームサウンド、効果音まで幅広く作れます。 主な機能 ・8ボイス・ポリフォニー ・2オシレーター構成 ・アナログモデリング波形と波形メモリ ・波形を指で描けるWAVE EDIT ・POLY MOD ・フィルター／アンプ・エンベロープ ・LFO、アルペジエーター、コード、ホールド ・50音色ライブラリ ・音色ファイルとライブラリの保存／読み込み ・外部MIDI入力 ・AUv3 Instrument対応 スタンドアロンアプリとして本体の鍵盤から演奏できるほか、GarageBandなどの対応ホストではAUv3 Instrumentとして使用できます。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Aureline at daily against Tape Loop Machine's fortnightly. Tape Loop Machine's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Tape Loop Machine against 4.7 for Aureline. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 7 respectively.
Tape Loop Machine ships an update fortnightly, Aureline daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tape Loop Machine | Aureline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (18 ratings) — better | 4.7 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Baturay Koc | Hideki Konishi |
In-app purchases
Tape Loop Machine
No in-app purchases
Aureline
No in-app purchases
