Comparison

Timecode List (+Calc) vs Tape

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

Head to head
About

Timecode List (+Calc)

Create and export timecode lists in PDF, EDL, or text formats. Includes a timecode calculator for duration based on in/out points and frame rate. Attach photos and notes to each timecode entry.

Highlights
  • Create timecode lists
  • Export in PDF, EDL, text
  • Timecode calculator
  • Calculate duration
  • Attach photos to timecodes
  • Add notes to timecodes
  • Rate timecode entries
Features
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Fantastic tool for video professionals!!!!! You can make Timecode List and export in PDF, EDL or text formats! You can open the PDF generated in another app also! It is included a timecode calculator also! Create a project, insert timecodes. You can grab the local time or type a new timecode. If you put the in point and the out point, the app calculates the duration based in choosed frame rate. Attach a photo to each timecode and rate it! If it’s an excellent shot, give 5-star. It it’s a bad, 1-star… Type notes with each timecode.

About

Tape

Record videos with authentic retro camcorder looks and sounds from different eras. Manage your recordings on a virtual shelf and customize date stamps. Offers a one-time purchase for full access to all features.

Highlights
  • Authentic retro video filters
  • Era-specific sound effects
  • On-the-fly recording effects
  • Virtual tape shelf management
  • Customizable date stamps
  • One-time purchase
Features
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A camcorder that records onto tape. Pick an era and shoot. The look goes onto the recording as it happens — the softness, the colour smearing sideways, the torn band where the head switches — so what comes out of Tape is what a camcorder of that decade would have handed you. Nothing is added afterwards, because on tape nothing was added afterwards. SEVEN LOOKS, EACH WITH ITS OWN SOUND VHS 80s — vintage home video, worn and fringed. VHS 90s — the classic camcorder half of us were filmed on. Hi8 90s — sharper and cooler, still unmistakably tape. MiniDV 2000s — the first format that held the picture steady. Cinema — grain, halation and gate weave. Neon Night — the city after dark, all bloom. No filter — straight off the lens. IT ROLLS LIKE TAPE Press record and everything you shoot lands on the same tape, take after take, until you eject it. Ejecting closes the tape and saves it to Photos in one piece — one file, in order, the way a cassette played back. A SHELF, NOT A CAMERA ROLL Keep several tapes loaded at once, each in its own format. Name a tape before you shoot it. Slide the camera aside to reach the shelf, load a different one, or throw one away. THE DATE IN THE CORNER The date stamp is on out of the box, in the right corner, burned into the picture the way a camcorder's own character generator burned it in: coarse lettering, hard black outline, bleeding sideways. Move it to the left corner, or switch it off. Everything else on screen — timecode, tape name, the REC lamp — stays on screen and never reaches the recording. DETAILS 4:3, 30 fps, 1440 x 1080. The volume buttons work the transport, like the stock camera does. Front and back lenses. On the front one the screen itself becomes the fill light. Hold to zoom. Turn the phone and the readouts turn with it, while the controls stay where your hands left them. ONE PAYMENT, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION VHS 90s and the unfiltered picture are free, with no limit on how long you shoot, and your first three tapes save to Photos free. Tape Pro unlocks the other five looks and saves without limit, for a single payment — nothing to renew, nothing to cancel. Every format added later is part of the same purchase, and it is shared with your family. NO ACCOUNT, NOTHING UPLOADED No sign-up, no ads, no feed. What you shoot stays on your phone until you send it somewhere yourself.

Screenshots

Timecode List (+Calc)4 screens
Tape4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tape at 5.0 against Timecode List (+Calc)'s 1.0. Tape also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 21 months). Timecode List (+Calc)'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume and ads 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

Both are free to download. Tape sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Timecode List (+Calc) asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tape holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timecode List (+Calc) ships an update every 21 months, Tape every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 3 level
Timecode List (+Calc) versus Tape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimecode List (+Calc)Tape
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 21 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS6.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developereduardo halfenKonstantin Shmykov

Customer experience

Timecode List (+Calc)

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Tape

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Timecode List (+Calc)

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tape

One-time1
  • Lifetime PRO$9.99

Questions

Is Timecode List (+Calc) free?
Timecode List (+Calc) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tape free?
Tape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Timecode List (+Calc) or Tape?
Tape is rated higher. Timecode List (+Calc) averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Tape averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Timecode List (+Calc) or Tape have ads?
Neither Timecode List (+Calc) nor Tape shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timecode List (+Calc) or Tape?
Timecode List (+Calc) ships an update every 21 months, and Tape every 3 days. Most recently, Timecode List (+Calc) was updated on October 16, 2026 and Tape on October 1, 2026.

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