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RE-1 Tape Machine

Kai Aras · Music · United States store
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Revenue a month, worldwide EST
$433
Likely $144 to $1.3K
New ratings
Tracking
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Rating
4.7 of 5
132 ratings in this store
Countries it ranks in
0
was 0 on Oct 17, 2026

Revenue

Estimated from the grossing charts of Oct 24, 2026 in the 53 countries we track, and ratings growth on the App Store.

EST. REVENUE / YEAR · WORLDWIDE
$5.2K
2.5 new ratings a month on average since launch
EST. LIFETIME DOWNLOADS
4.6K to 13.2K
Estimated from ratings count
WHERE ITS USERS ARE · SHARE OF RATINGS
  • United States 132 ratings53%
  • United Kingdom 43 ratings17%
  • Germany 26 ratings10%
  • Canada 10 ratings4%
  • France 10 ratings4%
  • Australia 8 ratings3%
  • Spain 4 ratings2%
  • Italy 4 ratings2%
HOW SURE ARE WE
Not in any grossing chart, so this comes from ratings growth (2.5 new ratings a month on average since launch): revenue grows with new ratings, more slowly for apps that collect ratings fast. Tested on 418 apps with verified revenue: typically off by about 2 times, and big earners tend to come out low. Countries we don't track (and Google Play in China, which doesn't exist) aren't included, and neither are ads or web payments. Gross revenue before store fees.
RATINGS
132
AVG RATING
4.69
PRICE
$4.99
AGE
8.2y
LAST UPDATE
118d ago
VERSION
1.2.0
SIZE
107 MB
AGE RATING
4+

Last 30 days

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DAYS IN A GROSSING CHART
0 / 30
COUNTRIES NOW
0 (was 0)
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Best rank Sep 25, 2026: not ranked. Now: not ranked. Days at zero are days outside every grossing chart.

Money and momentum

Measured from the store, not estimated.

WHAT IT CHARGES
No in-app purchases
Earns from its upfront price, ads or payments outside the store.
REVIEW MOMENTUM
0.0 reviews / week
  • Recent reviews average4.1 stars
  • Recent 1 and 2 star share6%
From the latest 16 written reviews, covering 2954 days.
RELEASE CADENCE
0 updates in 90 days
  • Typical gap between releases115 days
From the last 11 versions listed on the App Store.
RATING BREAKDOWN
132 ratings
5★86%
4★5%
3★5%
2★4%
1★2%

What users want

From the latest 16 reviews on the United States App Store, Sep 22, 2018 to May 25, 2024: 6% are 1 or 2 stars. Open a theme to read what people wrote.

WHAT THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT · SHARE OF BAD REVIEWS

Only 1 of the latest 16 reviews are 1 or 2 stars, too few to find patterns. Users are mostly happy.

WHAT THEY ASK FOR

No feature requests in the latest reviews.

WORDS THAT KEEP COMING UP IN BAD REVIEWS

Nothing stands out.

WHAT THEY LOVE · SHARE OF GOOD REVIEWS
Looks great18%

2 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.

★★★★★ Great for sound design and experimentation.
★★★★★ The UI does seem to overload the CPU though and I also get crackling when opening and tweaking the UI (iPad Pro 9.7”) even with barely 50% DSP utilization prior.
Fun, addictive18%

2 of the 4 and 5 star reviews.

★★★★★ This app is crazy fun and great for live performance.
★★★★★ Now enjoying the capability and sound possibilities

Found by matching words and phrases in the reviews, not read by a person. A review can count toward more than one theme.

What users say

Latest reviews, United States App Store.

★★★★★May 25, 2024
Contacted dev twice

I’ve been beta testing apps for over 13 years so I always contact the developer before I leave a poor review. I’ve contacted them twice and I didn’t even get a quote. We will get back with you email” or “we are busy working on the problem”email. I received nothing. I’m using a few different iPads and yes, the app actually shows the entire app on the iPad, but you can’t use it as a standalone whatsoever. They were supposed to address this in the last update, but it wasn’t. Then, I contacted them because when I use it on my 13 pro max, you can’t see the entire screen. You can’t scroll to the left or the right it’s just cut off. The wave files do not work in standalone app. The wave files that they have and the wave files that you import do not work. again, this was supposed to be addressed in the last update which I contacted them twice in a month and heard nothing. This actually was one of my favorite tape delay apps, but it’s gone into my ‘unsuable’ folder on both my iPhone and my five iPads. If the developer ever gets back with me, then I will most certainly change my review. I’m just a little disgusted at the moment.

★★★★★Jan 14, 2024
Awsome

Super echo unit. Very responsive developper. Has now even included the ability to choose input and output in stand alone mode.

★★★★★Feb 17, 2023
Great App but BEWARE APPLE UPDATES!

This app is crazy fun and great for live performance. After updating my iPad to iOS 16.3, the app no longer works. Thanks again Apple, you really want to kill 3rd party content don’t you? It would be different if APPLE came out with an amazing echo app like RE-1, but the best they can come up with is the absolute WORST ever DAW, aka Grabage Band. Luckily, I still have an OLD iPad that can run this very cool app.

★★★★★Jan 17, 2023
Great effect, but UI is too heavy

I got iPad Pro (2018 10.5 model), and when loading (opening the UI instance) the plugin is giving too many cracking noises to be able to adjust the parameters. If you close the UI (having plugin still active) the cracklings go away. But, this makes the plugin unusable. This happens under very minimal load, so I think the UI might have a bug of some sort. Tried it in Beatmaker 3, Cubasis, ApeMatrix, NanoStudio and AUM. If it worked - clear 5 star effect. As a possible fix, maybe remove that tape animation thingy or toggle it on/off in settings? If you make a “compact” (as in not full screen) version with just the knobs, I’m pretty sure that would fix this problem. Because the RE-1 itself running in background (without the active window) doesn’t eat up more CPU than other comparable plugins. That said, for those considering buying this plugin, if you’re someone who doesn’t mind freezing tracks or uses a handful of plugins/fx, this app is very good in terms of actual fx and sound quality. One of the best tape delays I’ve tried, in fact. The 3-star is for people like myself who like to use several plugins in their projects, and for that it’s very heavy so I stopped using it.

★★★★★Aug 6, 2022
Not sure it’s all that.

I’m experiencing some crackling and pops whenever I’m trying to adjust the knobs. Also, the knobs seem to have some sort of delay in their response which I don’t dig. Some of the interface buttons are way too small and hard to press even when the window is maximized in AUM. Weird scaling when iPad is held vertically. Sonically, I don’t like any of the stereo effects in it, they still sound pretty narrow to me. The sound tends to be quite “dry” in its character, I’d say it is 180 from what the real tape introduces. Overall quite disappointed by this purchase.

★★★★★Apr 25, 2022
Da Best

Prolly won’t care to look any further after this is in your pocket. Hope u get it on sale. Thanks to all involved. Great for sprouting and implementing ideas 🤙

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App Store ads

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Growth research

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Meta Ad Library ↗Active Facebook and Instagram adsTikTok Creative Center ↗Top performing TikTok adsTikTok creators ↗Organic videos mentioning the appInstagram ↗Reels and posts under its hashtagYouTube ↗Reviews, tutorials and ShortsDeveloper site ↗Landing page and pricing

ASO keywords

Most repeated terms in the listing. Highlighted ones also appear in the title.

tape19virtual tape6loop6echo5sample5time5tape echo5tape loop5virtual4stereo4loops4authentic tape3sample loop3sample player3individually controllable3controllable read3read heads3delay time3wow flutter3tape hiss3hiss saturation3tape reverse3time stretching3tempo sync3

What's new in 1.2.0

- Fixed an issue where loading multiple instances in Cubasis would cause some instances to stop running

Released Aug 23, 2018. Current version shipped Jun 28, 2026.

Store description

RE-1 - Tape Echo RE-1 is a full featured virtual Tape Machine capable of delivering authentic tape based echo and chorus effects but it doesn't stop there. With it's interactive tape player, sample, loop and overdub features it's possible to use it like a virtual tape recorder, sample player, looper or simply as a master effect. Overview: - Virtual Tape deck including 3 individually controllable read heads, variable delay time and feedback - Interactive user interface and realtime visualisation of various parameters related to the tape simulation - Dedicated controls for Wow, Flutter, Color, Tape Hiss & saturation amount - Tape Loop mode with overdub, tape reverse and time-stretching - Sample/Loop library loads wave files onto the virtual tape loop - Transport and Tempo Sync - Stereo Spread & Stereo Panner - Input processing: Highpass filter - Output processing: 2 band eq Tape Echo: - Authentic tape echo emulation - Multi-tap delay with 3 individually controllable read heads - Color Control adjusts the echo's tone from dark to bright - Delay Time: 5ms - 1000ms (or 1/32th to 1/1) - Wow & Flutter - Tape Hiss and Saturation - Stereo spread - Stereo panner Looper / Sample Player: - Uses the tape like a traditional looper with unlimited overdubs - Configurable Loop length with 1 - 8 bars and tempo sync and tape reverse - Tape transport can be linked to the host's transport controls - Time stretching keeps loops in sync - Samples/loops can be loaded onto the tape directly - Samples can be created from the tape loop and stored in the sample library at any time - Factory content includes a variety of loops grouped by style - Samples/loops can be imported from and exported to other apps Connectivity: - Standalone - AUv3 - InterApp-Audio - Audiobus - Ableton Link - MIDI (Tempo, CC, Program Change) - Requirements: - iOS 11+

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