Comparison

Tape Eater Video Effects vs Even Longer Remote

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

Head to head
About

Tape Eater Video Effects

Transform your videos with intentional glitch and broken-tape effects. Easily warp footage from your camera or gallery to achieve a damaged VHS or corrupted file aesthetic. Save your creations as silent clips or still images directly on your device.

Highlights
  • Apply glitch and broken-tape video effects
  • Warp video from camera or gallery
  • Push, smear, and scramble picture
  • Save silent clips or stills
  • Deep live controls and presets
  • Includes Silt mode thermal/smear effect
Features
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Tape Eater turns ordinary videos into glitchy, broken-tape looks — on purpose. This is a video effects app, not a music player: it warps video. What it does • Open your camera or a video from Photos • Push, smear, and scramble the picture until it looks like damaged VHS or a crashing file • Save a silent clip or a still — everything stays on your device Why it’s different • Built for melting video as the main toy, not a tiny filter buried in an editor • Deep live controls if you want to dig in — or tap presets and go • Includes Silt mode: a second thermal / smear look in the same app • No account. No cloud. No ads. You don’t need to know video jargon. Open a clip, mess it up, save it.

About

Even Longer Remote

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Even Longer Remote turns an iPhone, iPad or Mac into the viewfinder and control surface of an Even Longer long-exposure camera running on another device. It needs an Even Longer camera to connect to: Even Longer with remote control switched on (a PRO feature there). WHAT YOU GET • The camera's live viewfinder, with its grid, histogram and celestial overlay • Full manual control — ISO, shutter, EV, focus, white balance, lens, and aperture on the iPhone 18 Pro • Accumulation mode, sequence target, file format and every camera setting, exactly as the camera offers them • Live capture progress, pause, resume, stop and save • Finished files delivered to the controller as they are saved — RAW, ProRAW, TIFF, HEIC or JPEG, whatever the camera wrote PAIRING Local network only. The camera announces itself, both screens show a short code, you confirm it by eye — and that camera is remembered. TLS-secured, no cloud, no account, no sign-in. In the field, the camera phone's personal hotspot is all the network you need. ONE CONTROLLER FOR ANY EVEN LONGER CAMERA The controller offers exactly what the camera it is driving can honour, and nothing it cannot. That camera can be any iPhone or iPad running Even Longer. THE TWO APPS • Even Longer Remote — this app: the controller. It does not capture on its own. • Even Longer — the paid camera app for iPhone and iPad. Remote control is part of its optional PRO in-app upgrade, alongside RAW, Apple ProRAW and TIFF output, ShadowIQ, the celestial overlay, scheduled capture, the intervalometer, interim saves and anamorphic desqueeze. No account, no ads, no data collection. English and German. Built in SwiftUI for iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Screenshots

Tape Eater Video Effects4 screens
Even Longer Remote3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tape Eater Video Effects at Free against Even Longer Remote's $4.99. Tape Eater Video Effects also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Even Longer Remote's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks) and chart position (#188 vs unranked). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Tape Eater Video Effects is free to download; Even Longer Remote costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tape Eater Video Effects ships an update every 4 weeks, Even Longer Remote weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tape Eater Video Effects versus Even Longer Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTape Eater Video EffectsEven Longer Remote
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank—#188 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developertodd cunninghamMario Tomiak

In-app purchases

None

Tape Eater Video Effects

No in-app purchases

None

Even Longer Remote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tape Eater Video Effects free?
Tape Eater Video Effects is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Even Longer Remote free?
Even Longer Remote costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tape Eater Video Effects or Even Longer Remote have ads?
Neither Tape Eater Video Effects nor Even Longer Remote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tape Eater Video Effects or Even Longer Remote?
Tape Eater Video Effects ships an update every 4 weeks, and Even Longer Remote weekly. Most recently, Tape Eater Video Effects was updated on October 24, 2026 and Even Longer Remote on October 31, 2026.

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