Tape Death vs NullPerator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Tape Death
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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 ā 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 ā 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 ā 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 ā 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 ā your settings stay. CHARACTER, NO NUMBERS Shape each tape by feel, not by figures. Every control is a drag between two words: ⢠WARMTH ā clean to melted tape saturation ⢠DUST ā quiet to snowy hiss and grit ⢠WOBBLE ā steady to seasick wow & flutter ⢠TONE ā dark to bright ⢠SPACE ā 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 ā 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.
NullPerator
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NullPerator brings the focused tracker workflow to iPhone and iPad. Compose patterns, arrange songs, record samples, and play them back through a compact interface designed around the NullPerator hardware. Use the on-screen controls or connect a compatible game controller. Route MIDI, keep projects in the Files app, and continue working without an account. Features: ⢠Tracker composition and playback ⢠Touch controls optimized for portrait and landscape layouts ⢠Compatible game controller input ⢠MIDI routing, including supported Bluetooth MIDI devices ⢠Sample recording through the current iOS audio input ⢠Local project and sample storage through the Files app ⢠iPhone and iPad support Your projects and settings stay on your device. NullPerator does not include advertising, analytics, or account tracking.
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Verdict
Tape Death and NullPerator are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters ā price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them ā neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Tape Death | NullPerator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | ā | Daily |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad ā better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Colton Harker | 203 Systems |
In-app purchases
Tape Death
No in-app purchases
NullPerator
No in-app purchases
Questions
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