Side A: Cassette Player

Requires an Apple Music subscription. See your music as a spinning cassette, design custom tapes, make & share mixtapes, and record songs off the "radio."

Side A plays your music as cassettes.

See what's playing right now on a beautifully detailed cassette tape: spinning reels, worn labels, and a cassette player frame around it, powered by your Apple Music. But Side A isn't just a pretty player. It's a full tape deck.

DESIGN YOUR OWN TAPES Pick a shell, write on the label in retro fonts, choose your ink color, and drop a photo behind the jewel case. Every tape is yours.

MAKE MIXTAPES Build a mixtape from your Apple Music, name it, add handwritten liner notes, and give it a cover. Just like the old days.

SEND A TAPE TO A FRIEND Text someone a mixtape. If they have Side A it opens right up and plays; if they don't, they get a gorgeous web page with the tracklist and your liner notes. "I made you a tape".

SHARE THE SONG YOU'RE ON One tap turns your now-playing song into a clean, tappable card you can send anywhere.

RECORD OFF THE RADIO Tape songs as they play: grab the last few tracks and turn them into a mixtape, just like catching a song off the radio.

A note from us:

We're a small team of Gen X kids who grew up on cassette tapes and Walkmans. Instead of lugging an actual tape deck to the gym, we wanted to glance at our phones and see our music spinning on cassettes again. Side A is our love letter to that era.

It's a passion project, and we hope you enjoy it. If you have feedback, issues, or ideas, we'd genuinely love to hear them.

Rewind your music.

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Side A requires an Apple Music subscription to play songs. Your tapes, mixtapes, and recordings are stored on your device — content is only uploaded when you choose to share it.