Comparison

SilentBonusTrackLite vs 懐メロ手帖

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

Head to head
About

SilentBonusTrackLite

Experience music albums with a realistic cassette tape player simulation. Enjoy features like dynamic reel rotation, tape wrapping animations, and song identification based on tape levels. This version offers random album selection and limited playback time.

Highlights
  • Realistic cassette tape simulation
  • Dynamic reel rotation based on tape amount
  • Tape wrapping animation
  • Song identification by tape level
  • Mechanical sound effects
  • Random album selection
Features
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This is a cassette player for albums. I have reproduced experiences of listening music with cassette tapes. For example, changing rotation speed of reels based on tape amount, animation of wrapping end of tape to reels, a sound of operation, song list like cassette index cards. 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 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. 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. How to use Set an album randomly and play it. About Lite Version Played songs are selected at random. If total time is over 30 minutes, app stops selecting. An album is selected randomly. Counter doesn't work. Auto reverse doesn't work. One player type. One tape type. 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. This app plays songs with using the iPod function on iOS. Another app using it as same may course problems. 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. Sound effects like tapes(hiss noise, warm high frequency) don't be installed.

About

懐メロ手帖

Features
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クイズで思い出して、もう一度聴く。 「懐メロ手帖」は、戦前の流行歌から昭和の歌謡曲、平成のJ-POPまで、懐かしい名曲にもう一度出会うためのアプリです。 【12のコース、約300問】 歌謡曲、演歌、フォーク・ニューミュージック、コーラス・ムード歌謡、グループ・サウンズ、アイドル・昭和後期、名曲を生んだ人たち、懐かしのヒット曲、平成J-POP、戦前・戦後の流行歌、テレビ主題歌、洋楽ポップス 迷ったら「おまかせ」。全コースから10問が出ます。 【答えたあとは、読んで楽しい解説】 正解だけでなく、ほかの選択肢が「何者か」も添えてあります。曲が生まれたいきさつや、その頃の世の中の空気を、物語のように読めます。 【曲は、その場で聴けます】 解説に出てきた曲は「聴く」ボタンで、アプリを離れずにそのまま流れます(Apple Music)。流している曲は、画面の下の帯からいつでも止められます。アルバムは曲目の一覧から、1曲目から全部でも、好きな曲からでも。気に入ったアルバムはお気に入りに登録して、「わたしの懐メロアルバム」で聴き返せます。 Amazon Music・Spotify をお使いの方は、設定で切り替えると、それぞれのアプリで曲を探して開きます。 【クイズのあとも、読んで聴ける】 ・豆知識:ジャンルごとに、曲と時代にまつわる約290の読みもの ・人物図鑑:歌手・作曲家・作詞家・グループ約160組の物語と、その人の曲 ・記録・年表:日本レコード大賞、最優秀新人賞、グラミー賞、ビルボード年間ヒット、アカデミー賞 音楽部門、映画音楽の巨匠、ジャズ・ディスク大賞 ・名曲の聴き比べ:作家が書いた曲を、元の歌手とカバーで聴き比べ 【こんな方に】 ・あの頃よく聴いた歌に、もう一度出会いたい方 ・親の世代が歌っていた曲を知りたい方 ・家族で昔の歌の話をしながら楽しみたい方 ・曲の生まれた背景や、作った人の話が好きな方 ・アプリの中で曲を流すには Apple Music の契約が必要です。配信されていない曲は「配信なし」と表示されます。配信の状況は変わることがあります。 ・広告が表示されます。アプリ内課金(買い切り)で広告を非表示にできます。

Screenshots

SilentBonusTrackLite2 screens
懐メロ手帖4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SilentBonusTrackLite at none against 懐メロ手帖's 1. SilentBonusTrackLite also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). 懐メロ手帖's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months). On price 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. 懐メロ手帖 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SilentBonusTrackLite asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SilentBonusTrackLite ships an update every 4 months, 懐メロ手帖 every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SilentBonusTrackLite versus 懐メロ手帖: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSilentBonusTrackLite懐メロ手帖
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMotonari HibiHidenori Tanaka

In-app purchases

None

SilentBonusTrackLite

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

懐メロ手帖

One-time1
  • 広告を非表示にする$1.99

Questions

Is SilentBonusTrackLite free?
SilentBonusTrackLite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 懐メロ手帖 free?
懐メロ手帖 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SilentBonusTrackLite or 懐メロ手帖 have ads?
懐メロ手帖 shows ads; SilentBonusTrackLite does not.
Which is updated more often, SilentBonusTrackLite or 懐メロ手帖?
SilentBonusTrackLite ships an update every 4 months, and 懐メロ手帖 every 4 days. Most recently, SilentBonusTrackLite was updated on November 1, 2026 and 懐メロ手帖 on November 11, 2026.

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