Comparison

MicroTape vs Kasetofon

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

Head to head
About

MicroTape

Features
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MicroTape is an audio recorder and tape editor for iPhone. Use it to record voice notes, field audio, music, samples, and other sounds. Press Record to start a new tape. MicroTape saves each tape automatically. You do not have to create a project or enter a file name. RECORD AUDIO • Select AAC, Apple Lossless, or WAV format. • Select a sample rate of 44.1, 48, or 96 kHz. • Record mono or stereo audio. • Set the input gain before you record. • Level meters show the input and playback levels. • MicroTape adds the date and time to each new tape. EDIT AND PLAY TAPES • Use the waveform to select a position or audio range. • Trim the start and end of a tape. • Loop a complete tape or a selected range. • Add a crossfade to the loop point. • Use varispeed to play audio in reverse, at low speed, or at double speed. • Add a fade-in or fade-out. • Normalize the audio and set the output gain. • Adjust the low, middle, and high frequencies with the equalizer. • Add tape drive, wow, and flutter effects. ORGANIZE YOUR TAPES • Rename each tape in the tape library. • Save a location with a tape when you enable this option. • MicroTape can identify sounds and speech topics on your device. • Use sound tags to filter the tape library. • Each rendered tape keeps a link to its source tape. EXPORT AUDIO • Share the original audio file without changes. • Export edits and tape effects as a new audio file. • Select AAC for a small file. • Select WAV for a full-quality file. • Select the sample rate and channel format for each export. Use MicroTape as a voice recorder, field recorder, music recorder, sample recorder, or audio looper. MicroTape is for musicians, sound designers, journalists, podcasters, and other users who record audio. Recording, playback, library controls, input controls, and original-file sharing do not require a subscription. Some edit, loop, effect, and export features require a MicroTape Premium subscription. Terms of Use: https://wavefoldlabs.com/products/micro-tape/terms Privacy Policy: https://wavefoldlabs.com/products/micro-tape/privacy

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Kasetofon

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Kasetofon is a cassette recorder, not a list of voice memos. Load a blank tape, press REC, and watch the reels turn and the needle swing. Takes are written straight to 16-bit WAV — mono or stereo, at 44.1, 22 or 8 kHz — and they stay on your device, visible in the Files app. RECORDING • Keep recording with the screen locked. A Live Activity holds the spinning reels, the running time and a STOP key on the Lock Screen. • Tapes stretch as you talk. Run past the end of a side and the tape extends, up to four hours. • A take interrupted by a call or an alarm pauses and picks up again where it left off. • If the app is ever killed mid-recording, the take is recovered the next time you open it. • A five-band graphic EQ on playback — FLAT, VOICE, MUSIC and TAPE presets, or draw your own curve. Monitor-only, with an IN/OUT bypass key: the take on the tape stays clean. • Deck sounds — motor and tape hiss under playback, and if you want, printed into the WAV itself. THE DECK • Six cabinet finishes, from graphite through walnut to 70s beige. • A compact cassette, or an open-reel mechanism with tape threaded across the guides. • A mechanical rev counter, or a real-time counter. • An analogue VU meter with a needle you can colour. TAPE TO TAPE • A dubbing deck — load a take on deck A, a blank on deck B, and print through FERRIC, CHROME or METAL stock, with drive, bump, flutter, hiss and motor on knobs. Prints count their generations, like real copies do. • A splice editor — razor a take into pieces, keep the ones you want, and they render as a new tape. • VID OUT — film the deck playing your take, cassette or open reels, and share it as an MP4 sized for stories or feeds. • KASETOFON DECK — the whole tape circuit as an AUv3 plugin: run any track in GarageBand, AUM or any Audio Unit host through the deck. THE SHELF • Every take on a shelf you can search by name and filter by category or date. • Name your tapes in your choice of handwriting. • Share any take as a WAV, or film it as an MP4 — and import your own WAV files straight onto the shelf. • Optional iCloud Drive storage. Recording and playback are free, forever, with no time limit, no watermark and no account. The Studio Pack is a single purchase that unlocks the dubbing deck, splice editing, VID OUT, the Kasetofon Deck AUv3, the cabinet finishes, the open-reel mechanism, needle colours and label fonts, tape categories, the real-time counter and iCloud storage. The graphic EQ, deck sounds and WAV import are free for everyone.

Screenshots

MicroTape4 screens
Kasetofon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Kasetofon at 17.0 against MicroTape's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. MicroTape sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Kasetofon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
MicroTape versus Kasetofon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMicroTapeKasetofon
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWavefold Labs LLCIdeja 3000 doo Uzice

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MicroTape

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
1 purchases

Kasetofon

One-time1
  • Studio Pack$3.99

Questions

Is MicroTape free?
MicroTape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kasetofon free?
Kasetofon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MicroTape or Kasetofon have ads?
Neither MicroTape nor Kasetofon shows ads.

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