Tape Death vs BeepBento
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tape Death
This app is a unique four-tape looping instrument that degrades over time, creating evolving, decaying sounds. Record audio, manipulate tape characteristics like warmth and wobble, and share your sonic creations.
- Four decaying tape loops
- Record from microphone
- Overdubbing
- Forward, reverse, and ping-pong playback
- Adjustable tape wear
- Character-based sound shaping
- Global reverb and echo effects
- Export audio and save sessions
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Tape Death is a four-tape looping instrument that falls apart while you play it. Record a loop onto a cassette and it plays forever — but it never holds still. Every second it runs, the tape wears: the highs fray, dropouts bloom, the pitch begins to sag. Nothing you make will ever sound new again. That's the point. This isn't a clean, non-destructive studio — it's a machine for sounds that rot beautifully. Four tapes, each aging on its own. Layer them, warp them, drown them in space, and bottle the decaying mix to share. FOUR TAPES • Record straight from your mic — a voice, an instrument, the whole room. • Overdub to build layers onto a single loop. • Play each tape forward, in reverse, or ping-ponging back and forth. • Every tape keeps its own character and its own state of decay. DECAY IS THE INSTRUMENT • Tapes wear permanently as they play — the heart of the whole app. • Dial each tape from "eternal" to "dying," or age them all together. • Begin the disintegration again whenever you like — your settings stay. CHARACTER, NO NUMBERS Shape each tape by feel, not by figures. Every control is a drag between two words: • WARMTH — clean to melted tape saturation • DUST — quiet to snowy hiss and grit • WOBBLE — steady to seasick wow & flutter • TONE — dark to bright • SPACE — each tape's own echo and reverb (spring, hall, cathedral, shimmer, void; standard, ping-pong, and granular delays) THE ROOM A shared space every tape plays into — one reverb, one echo, one bus compressor to glue the whole mix, and a global decay to age everything at once. BOTTLE IT Capture the living, decaying mix to an audio file and share it anywhere. Save whole setups as sessions and return to them. Tape Death records everything on device. No account, no sign-in, nothing collected, and it works fully offline. It keeps playing in the background, too. Make something. Let it die.
BeepBento
Create music with a collection of sound effects, a beat maker, and six AUv3 plugins. Explore diverse sounds, sketch rhythms, and add texture to your projects. Features include a sequencer, real-time audio shaping, and various synthesizers and effects.
- 100 diverse sound effects
- 16-step beat sequencer
- Real-time audio shaping
- Six AUv3 plugins (FX, Synth, Drum Machine, etc.)
- Import and export audio
- Light, dark, and system themes
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Turn every beep, pop, and click into the start of something musical. BeepBento is a pocket-sized box of sound. It brings together 100 sound effects, a hands-on beat workshop, a flexible audio studio, and six AUv3 plug-ins—so you can find a sound, sketch a rhythm, or add texture and movement to a host project without slowing down. 100 SOUNDS • Explore arcade, sci-fi, toy, nature, foley, and interface sounds • Search, browse by category, save favorites, or let Random surprise you • Play 80 characterful synthesized sounds and 20 public-domain recordings BEAT WORKSHOP & STUDIO • Tap out ideas on a 4-track, 16-step sequencer • Choose or randomize track sounds, then adjust tempo and swing • Import audio and shape color, space, echo, texture, pitch, and speed in real time • Tap the magic wand for musical settings, then export as WAV • Save exports to the shared audio library for the app and Sampler AUv3 SIX AUv3 PLUG-INS • FX: three drive modes, noise, jitter, bit crushing, ducked delay, and 16-step sequencing • Motion FX: host-synced motion, envelope/MIDI response, auto-pan, chorus, and dynamic delay • Synth: 12 voices, anti-aliased saw/square, PWM, resonant filter, filter LFO, key tracking, and glide • Drum Machine: 8 synthesized parts, per-part mixing, room, humanize, and a 4-lane sequencer • Sampler: play 100 sounds or shared samples with regions, reverse playback, and looping • MIDI Lab: transpose, scales, chords, velocity humanize, probability, random octaves, and routing Made for playful creation with light, dark, and system themes, 10 languages, haptics, and responsive iPhone and iPad layouts. No account and no ads; imported audio is processed on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tape Death at Free against BeepBento's $3.99. Tape Death also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On ratings volume, 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
Tape Death is free to download; BeepBento costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tape Death holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.
| Parameter | Tape Death | BeepBento |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | — | Daily |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Colton Harker | 宁 徐 |
In-app purchases
Tape Death
No in-app purchases
BeepBento
No in-app purchases








