Magnetola - Vintage Cassette Player with Sound Softener Apple

Magnetola - Vintage Cassette Player with Sound Softener

Music

Features & Capabilities

MAGNETOLA is the first sensory-friendly music player that can play tracks either unaltered or, for more sensitive ears, slightly "softened". The player is stylized as a vintage compact cassette player.

The softener filter can smoothen the rough edges of individual instruments, such as the drums or electric guitars, as well as it can follow the overall dynamic of the song and suppress sudden "big" attacks (think the beginning of Pink Floyd's The Wall).

The player also features sliders for adjusting highs and lows (that's shelving filters in technical language). You can either boost or cut off high and low frequencies to your liking; we call these parameters "silk" and "wool" respectively.

Of course you can listen to your music in its original, unaltered form. When the app is started for the first time, all sliders are in their neutral positions that don't affect the audio in any way. You can always double tap on any slider to snap it to its default position.

Magnetola plays songs from your music library. Tap on the top part of the cassette to choose an album or a song to play. The playing, rewinding and skipping buttons are at the bottom, but you can also tap on the bottom half of the cassette to play and pause music. When sent to the background, the player continues playing music with minimal battery power consumption. Tap on the tape window to see the current song position or change it by moving the slider.

Tap on the VU meter screen (the thingie with a needle) to select Bluetooth/AirPlay speakers or headphones to stream music to.

Have fun with the Fast Forward/Rewind functions that work almost exactly like on the old good cassette players. Pressing both buttons simultaneously does something, too.

Currently available for the iPhone and iPad running iOS 8 or later, as well as for the Mac OS X 10.10 or later.

Thanks for considering Magnetola, and enjoy the music!

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
Hovik Melikyan
Rating:
4.10
(40)
Version:
1.0.8 Last updated: 2016-03-24
Version code:
841522105
Creation date:
2015-08-29
Compatible devices:
Size:
4.28MB
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-09
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Developed by:
Hovik Melikyan
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/magnetola-vintage-cassette-player-with-sound-softener/id1027234156

User Reviews

Users praise Magnetola for its convincing vintage cassette look, authentic tape-style sound, strong core functionality, and an ad-free, free experience. Recurring drawbacks are playback reliability for some libraries, a lack of updates for years, and limited customization options for cassette designs.
Pros
  • Realistic vintage cassette UI and look (design, animation, VU meter)
  • Tape-like sound filter that softens playback and reduces harshness
  • Reliable core functionality and good performance
  • Free to use, with no ads or in-app purchases
Cons
  • Playback sometimes fails to start or won’t play for some libraries (compatibility with larger libraries)
  • No updates for years, risking compatibility and missing features
  • Limited cassette design options and color variations
Recent reviews
This app is great. But it needs more tape style s to choose from, but great for me to listen to some 80s collections. I use as my default player
by Va*****, 2023-01-17

***edit DEC'22: the app doesn't work anymore! There haven't been any updates, so maybe it's just my music library is too big now? Currently on iOS 14.8.1 with over 11k songs in my offline music library***. This is EXACTLY what I was looking for! Filters music from your library to sound like your playing them off of a tape, but without the bulk :) Turn your music library into one large vaporwave / mallsoft playlist!!
by in*****, 2022-12-07

i love the look and feel of the app. Sure new features can be added but it will make it more complex. If you can somehow allow people to upload their personal libraries to some cloud and play:stream it using this app, you will get 10 stars. But for zero dollars and no idiotic ad pop ups. you cannot beat it. Fantastic
by Sh*****, 2022-11-27
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