Turns vs Bionic Tape
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Turns
This app automatically mixes songs from multiple playlists into a fair queue, ensuring everyone gets a turn to play their music. It's ideal for shared listening experiences like road trips, parties, or family time, allowing friends and family to contribute to the music selection without arguments.
- Automatic playlist mixing
- Fair song queue for shared listening
- Party Mode for collaborative song selection
- Connects with Apple Music
- Avoids duplicate songs
- Kids Mode for explicit content filtering
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Turns makes shared listening easy. Connect to Apple Music, pick your playlists, and Turns automatically mixes them into a fair queue. It’s perfect for kids and parents, road trips, chores, yard work, housework, workouts, and more. No more manually jumping back and forth between playlists. No more one person taking over the music. Turns keeps the flow moving so everyone gets a song. HOW IT WORKS • Connect to Apple Music and load your playlists • Choose 2 playlists to mix in the free version • Turns mixes songs from each playlist automatically • Avoid duplicate songs across playlists for a smoother flow • Use Recent Mixes to come back to mixes you created PARTY MODE Let everyone choose their own songs as you go. Share one device, or invite nearby friends to join from their own devices. Music plays from the host’s device, and Turns keeps everyone’s picks in rotation. • Join a nearby party with a code or QR scan • Search Apple Music or browse your library to add songs, albums, and playlists • Everyone gets a turn, with the host choosing how many songs each person plays per turn • Reorder or remove your picks while the music keeps going • See who picked each song and whose turn is coming next • Hosting requires Turns Pro; friends can join for free TURNS PRO • Unlock unlimited playlists and custom playlist weights (like “2 songs from one playlist, 1 from the next”) • Save and name your mixes to play them again later, with unlimited recent mixes • Arrange saved mixes in your preferred order and sync them across your devices with iCloud • Kids Mode automatically filters out songs marked explicit by Apple Music for listening with kids • Host Party Mode and revisit Party History to see the songs played and who picked them • Personalize the app’s accent color and Now Playing color style Turns Pro is a one-time purchase. Use Turns when you want to: • Mix playlists fairly, automatically • Share music without arguments • Keep kids and adults happy in the car • Let friends take turns choosing songs at a get-together • Keep the music going while you stay focused on chores, yard work, or other tasks • Discover music together with friends and family Whether you’re playing music at home or on the go, Turns helps you “pass the aux” without actually passing anything around. Everyone gets a song — and the queue stays balanced from start to finish. Available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. An Apple Music subscription is required for music playback.
Bionic Tape
This app transforms your iPhone into a retro cassette player. Experience your music library with interactive physical controls, customizable skins, and unique folding gestures for playback. Enjoy your music offline with support for various file formats and streaming services.
- Interactive cassette deck simulation
- Physical controls with haptics
- Customizable skins and visual themes
- Folding gestures for playback control
- Support for Apple Music, local files, Plex, and Spotify
- Offline playback for personal music library
- Tent mode for display
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Unfold, pick a tape, fold, listen. Bionic Tape turns your iPhone into a cassette deck. Unfolded, your playlists and albums sit on the shelf as cassettes, each in its case with cover art. Tap, and the tape slides into the deck. Fold the phone, and the tape rolls on the cover screen: reels spin, the tape hisses, the keys click. WHAT'S INSIDE • Fold instead of tap: the hinge decides whether you pick tapes or listen. Folding starts playback. • Keys you can press: real 3D keys with travel, click and haptics. PLAY latches while the tape is running. • Volume you can feel: a knob with an LED ring, a thumb wheel or a touch pad, depending on device and skin. 16 detents, each one clicks. • SHUFFLE: a slide switch plays your tapes in random order. • OUT: send the music to smart speakers, Bluetooth speakers or headphones. • Window: look through the window at the cassette with its handwritten label and the current song. The tape pack shows how much of the tape is left. • Tent mode: stand your iPhone up as a tent and the cassette becomes the show, with your playlist's cover art as the label. Tap to play/pause, swipe for the next track. • Full screen: tap the cassette and only the tape remains. • Seven skins: Translucent in see-through turquoise, 1983 in the style of 80s office computers, Sport in bold 80s yellow, Classic retro blue, Bionic OS, Cyberpunk and HMZ.swiss. • TAPE FX: hiss and clicks can be switched off. • Shelf: a tab per music source, RECENT for your latest tapes, search, and remove tapes you don't need. MUSIC • Apple Music: your playlists and albums as cassettes. Requires an Apple Music subscription. • Your own music: MP3, FLAC, AAC, ALAC, WAV and AIFF from the Files app, every album a cassette. Plays offline and in the background, with lock screen controls. • Plex: albums and playlists from your own Plex server, at home and on the go. • Demo tapes: work right away, no account needed. • Spotify: your playlists and albums as cassettes, played through the Spotify app (Premium required). You connect it with your own free Spotify developer app – Bionic Tape walks you through it. BUILT FOR THE IPHONE DUO Made for unfolding and folding. On iPhones without a hinge, a button switches between shelf and player. NO TRACKING No ads, no analytics, no account with us. Buy once, no subscription. A project from the HMZ workshop, Zurich. Feedback welcome: hmz.swiss/en/walkman
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Turns at 100% against Bionic Tape's 0%. Turns also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and rating (5.0 vs 2.0). Bionic Tape's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On 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
Turns is free to download; Bionic Tape costs $4.99 up front. Turns sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bionic Tape asks for nothing beyond the download.
Turns holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Turns's written reviews are positive against 0% of Bionic Tape's.
Turns ships an update weekly, Bionic Tape every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Turns | Bionic Tape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nuvo Software LLC | HMZ craftsmanship GmbH |
Customer experience
Turns
Bionic Tape
In-app purchases
Turns
- Turns Pro$6.99
Bionic Tape
No in-app purchases









