Comparison

SilentBonusTrack vs ClassicalPlayer

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

Head to head
About

SilentBonusTrack

Relive the nostalgic experience of listening to music on cassette tapes. This app simulates the physical characteristics of tape players, including reel movement, tape wrapping, and operational sounds. Organize your music library with cassette-style index cards and enjoy a unique way to play your albums.

Highlights
  • Cassette tape reel animation
  • Tape wrapping and end animation
  • Player with counter and auto-reverse
  • Cassette index card song list
  • Album title lettering
  • Random album selection
Features
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This is a cassette player for albums. I have reproduced experiences of listening music with a cassette tape. For example, changing rotation speed of reels based on tape amount, animation of wrapping end of the tape to reels, the player with counter and auto reversing, a sound of operation, song list like cassette index cards, lettering album title. Would you listen to albums like you did in old days? What you can do You can strain to hear before the first song starts. On skip operation, The tape may run over the position you want to set at. You can skip efficiently with referring the counter. If difference occur in counter, you have to back to top of side A and push the reset button.(*) While you see the song list, you can realize which order the current song is on its side, and connections to a previous or next song. You can switch a song experimentally by pressing the button to play the other side. If you cannot get a current song name, you can infer which song is playing from the amount of tape on each reel. You can look at the tape that seems to be about to end but doesn’t readily end. The sound of changing side makes you feel renewing and expectations of a new side. You have to push the start button again if auto reverse doesn’t work as the setting. With albums released in CD, you can bother which boundary separates it into A and B. You can verify changing speed of rotation while fwd or rev processes. You can be deep in lingering of the album with reels rounding after the last song played. The mechanical sound at end of tape makes you feel a sense of achievement and a little missing. (*)The ways that avoid time and trouble are included. How to use Select an album and play it. Features An album is divided into two sides automatically. If a result of auto dividing is not desirable, songs can be transferred by an operation. Auto reverse(none, A to B only, both ways). Index cards represent song information as cassette tapes do. You can now use handwritten fonts for the characters of index cards. Selecting an album at random If you do with “random” button. Index card colors are sourced from album artworks. Album title lettering which is like a printing sheet. Caution This app imports music included in the device as an album. Cloud sources don’t be selected. The button drawn right direction on the player is assigned playing side A. Left direction is side B. Auto dividing executes as even as possible. A result of dividing may differ from actual dividing of an album. You can’t change song order. This app plays songs with using the iPod function on iOS. Another app using it as same may courses problems. Playing time is one minute longer than displayed time.(In case of 46minutes tape, each side has 23+1=24minutes) Lengths of tapes are about 10 kinds as actual. Albums having over 120 minutes songs are added a few blank minutes. After you change song division, the length of tape change to fit time. This app uses year data set in a song. If a set year is newer and an actual year is older, it is treated as a new one. When an album you played once is selected, it is set the previous position. But you can’t know which side played last time. Sound effects like tapes(hiss noise, warm high frequency) don't be installed. About playing in background You can listen to music behind another app by two ways. 1: Close this app by pushing the home button(as you usually do) - it plays songs in the current side only. 2: Before you close this app, change to BGM mode - it plays blank time after the last song, plays machine sound at end of side, obeys setting of auto-reverse. To change to BGM mode, you tap the button(drawn browser and musical notes) in the bottom while playing a song. In case setting of auto-reverse is endless, it plays whole songs a few times. While you listen to an album with a tape, blank time is part of it. This is the concept. This app divides the album into side A and B and adds blank time on each end.

About

ClassicalPlayer

Organize and play your local music library by composer and piece. This app presents your music arranged by classical works, allowing you to select specific movements for playback. It offers alternative views by album, artist, songs, and playlists.

Highlights
  • Organize music by composer and piece
  • Play movements in order
  • View music by album, artist, songs, playlists
  • Extracts piece and movement names from track names
  • Works with device's music library
Features
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Is music more to you than just "songz"? When picking something to listen to, are you as likely to think of a composer and piece as an album? Is "shuffle play" on a symphony more than a little silly? ClassicalPlayer may be for you! ClassicalPlayer works with your device's music library. By contrast, Apple Classical and Apple Music are streaming services. They stream music from Apple's servers to your device; ClassicalPlayer organizes the library on your device. ClassicalPlayer presents your iPhone's or iPad's music library to you arranged by composer and pieces. Choose, for instance "Beethoven," and from the list of pieces of his that you have, choose "Symphony no. 5", and see the 4 movements ready to play in order. Push the play button, and ClassicalPlayer plays the movements (in order) and then pauses. You can also view your music by album or artist, and as songs and playlists. How does ClassicalPlayer find pieces, e.g., symphonies, in an album? By comparing the names of successive tracks. This isn't foolproof, but it works surprisingly well. ClassicalPlayer extracts piece and movement names from track names and presents your music organized by pieces. More details: https://www.tyndalesoft.com/classicalplayer/index.html Privacy policy: https://www.tyndalesoft.com/classicalplayer/privacy.html

Screenshots

SilentBonusTrack4 screens
ClassicalPlayer4 screens

Verdict

The call

SilentBonusTrack and ClassicalPlayer both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of ClassicalPlayer's written reviews are positive against 0% of SilentBonusTrack's. ClassicalPlayer also leads on price ($0.99 vs $2.99). SilentBonusTrack's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.6). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

SilentBonusTrack costs $2.99 and ClassicalPlayer $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SilentBonusTrack against 5.0 for ClassicalPlayer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of SilentBonusTrack's written reviews are positive against 100% of ClassicalPlayer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SilentBonusTrack ships an update every 6 weeks, ClassicalPlayer every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SilentBonusTrack versus ClassicalPlayer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSilentBonusTrackClassicalPlayer
Price$2.99$0.99 — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMotonari HibiFrederick Kuhl

Customer experience

SilentBonusTrack

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

ClassicalPlayer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SilentBonusTrack

No in-app purchases

None

ClassicalPlayer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SilentBonusTrack free?
SilentBonusTrack costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ClassicalPlayer free?
ClassicalPlayer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SilentBonusTrack or ClassicalPlayer?
SilentBonusTrack and ClassicalPlayer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do SilentBonusTrack or ClassicalPlayer have ads?
Neither SilentBonusTrack nor ClassicalPlayer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SilentBonusTrack or ClassicalPlayer?
SilentBonusTrack ships an update every 6 weeks, and ClassicalPlayer every 9 months. Most recently, SilentBonusTrack was updated on October 5, 2026 and ClassicalPlayer on October 3, 2026.

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