Cassettes
A Cassette-Style Music Player
Free · Designed for iPad
Retro Rewind: Play your music on a virtual cassette player! Spin reels, watch tapes flip, & groove to VU meters. Nostalgia meets your digital library. #RetroMusic"
Cassette Player is a retro-inspired music player app that transforms your digital music library into a nostalgic cassette tape experience. It features a visually rich interface that mimics vintage cassette players with realistic tape animations, spinning reels, and VU meters. Users can browse their albums, "insert" them into the virtual cassette player, and enjoy a tactile playback experience complete with flip animations and dynamic visual feedback.
Key Features:
Retro Cassette Player UI
Woodgrain player body with metallic controls
Realistic cassette tape with flip animation
Spinning reels that rotate during playback
Moving tape strip visible through the "window"
Dynamic Visual Effects
VU meters that pulse to simulated audio levels
Album art-based color theming (dominant color extraction)
3D perspective effects and flip animations
Plastic texture effects and realistic lighting
Music Library Integration
Browse albums from your device's media library
Album grid with artwork and selection highlighting
Authorization handling for media access
Interactive Controls
Play/Pause, Stop, Record, Eject buttons
Rewind/Fast Forward controls
Volume and repeat toggles
Tactile button press animations
Technical Highlights
CoreImage-based dominant color extraction
Physics-based animations (tape movement, reel rotation)
Haptic feedback on album selection
MediaPlayer framework integration
Summary:
Cassette Player reimagines digital music playback through a vintage cassette player metaphor. It combines nostalgic aesthetics with modern iOS frameworks to create an immersive experience where albums become "cassettes" that flip, spin, and play with satisfying physicality. The app transforms your music library into a tactile retro experience complete with visualizers, dynamic colors, and realistic player mechanics.
Perfect for music lovers who appreciate retro design and want to experience their digital collection through a tangible, playful interface.
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Insert albums as virtual cassettes! Spin reels, flip tapes & jam with pulsating VU meters. A nostalgic player for your digital music.
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Information
- Provider
- Elliot Williams
- Size
- 4 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2025 Elliot Williams