Reel: 4-Track Recorder
🇯🇵 JP LocalizedDescription
Most recording apps feel like software. Reel feels like hardware. Reel is the multitrack recorder in your pocket. Ready for any recording scenario - capturing ideas in the rehearsal room, recording a live performance, digitising your vinyl collection, tracking a session on the road, or catching the moment inspiration hits. Connect your interface, hit record, capture it before it's gone. The disc spins. The transport clicks. Rewind ramps up speed the way tape actually does. Every interaction is physical, immediate, satisfying. Designed so your hands know where everything is and your eyes can stay on your instrument. THE DISC. The large central reel is the heart of the app. Drag to scrub through your recording. Flick it and it spins with natural momentum. It stops where tape stops. It moves how tape moves. Nothing else on the App Store feels like this. THE TRANSPORT. Record, play, stop, rewind, fast forward. With the same tactile logic as a physical tape machine. Hold rewind and the speed ramps up. Release and it decelerates naturally. Every button does exactly what you expect, every time. PITCH AND SPEED. Slow a recording down to transcribe every note. Speed it up for quick review. The disc controls playback speed from 0.25x to 4x. Lock it in and it stays there across play and pause. Your recording, at whatever speed you need it. CUE POINTS. Drop a marker at any moment in a recording and jump back to it instantly. Perfect for flagging the take worth keeping, the section worth fixing, or the idea worth building on. FOUR TRACKS. REAL WORKFLOW. Reel works like tape, not a DAW. Record up to 4 tracks at once from a multi-output interface and capture your whole setup in a single take. Then work each track on its own. Punch in a fix on one, re-record another, overdub a new part on top, all without disturbing the rest or starting over. Set a loop point and record over a section until it's right. The built-in mic is there when you're empty-handed, with Studio Vocal Mode for noise reduction and echo cancellation that cleans up recordings in imperfect spaces. THE MIXER. Each track has independent volume and pan controls. Mute or solo any track while you work. Monitor your input in real time while recording so you always know what you're capturing. Save mixer states per project and export your recordings post mix. METRONOME AND COUNT-IN. Set your BPM, enable count-in and Reel gives you a 1-4 bar lead before recording starts. Stay in time from the first note on your recording. WORKS WITH YOUR GEAR. Connect any USB class-compliant audio interface or instrument directly to your iPhone and record. Plug in an OP-1 Field and capture all 8 channels across 4 stereo tracks simultaneously. Plug in a Focusrite, Zoom, or MOTU and record straight from your instruments, synths, or mics. No drivers, no setup, no laptop. Reel detects your device and records at its native quality, up to 96kHz and 32-bit. No interface? No problem. The built-in mic with Studio Vocal Mode handles voice, acoustic instruments, and room recordings with noise reduction and echo cancellation built in. YOUR FILES. NO LOCK-IN. FULL PRIVACY. Export WAV, AIFF, or M4A to your DAW, AirDrop, or cloud storage. Organize recordings with color-coded tags. Your sessions stay on your device or iCloud. No account required.
What's New
A reliability update, focused on Bluetooth and single channel audio interfaces. Bluetooth is rock solid now. AirPods and Bluetooth speakers play back cleanly. Recording starts instantly and connecting or disconnecting stays smooth. Recordings now stay at full 48 kHz quality even with AirPods connected, instead of the lower quality Bluetooth normally forces. A big upgrade. More USB mics and interfaces work as inputs too, including single channel mics. Run into anything or have feedback? Email support@reelaudio.app. We read every message.
Details
- Developer
- TUGKAN MUTLU
- Main Category
- Music
- Version
- 1.1.2
- Version Release
- 2026-06-22
- Initial Release
- 2026-05-05
- Size
- 11 MB
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Price
- USD 14.99
- Languages
- EN
- Bundle ID
- com.24bitstudio.Reel
- Version Rating
- ★ 4.85 (85)
- First Seen
- 2026-05-28
Metadata updated 2026-07-19
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User Reviews
This is a digital 4 track tape recorder on a phone. I never thought I’d see the day we I could see and use such a thing. It’s really amazing so far even in the first two firmwares. Running anything into it and recording and manipulating it is a joy and uncovers so much. I’d implore anyone who likes tape style workflows to pick this up. It reminds me of using actual tape machines, it’s intuitive, simple and really fun once you get the simple workflow down. I’ve been pairing an OP-XY with it and making really nice textures from engines, having an external USB-C mixer or interface makes this even more of a powerful piece of software. Loading samples into it is really cool too, again so much to discover once adjusting varispeed controls. This is a full complete DAW once you learn the magic of tape, and remember, there’s four tracks of it here!
I would love to be able to export in the pitch selected, or even be able to export loops as well. A visual cue for the metronome on the main page would be beautiful as well. Other than that it’s beautiful for sketching out songs.
It's great to see this app be so supporter by its creator. I submitted a bug report via email -easy button click straight to him- and he responded very quickly with suggestions and having addressed my feedback. Very helpful and looking forward to seeing where the app goes
Please fix the issue with crashing other than that it’s amazing
In the mixer interface in an iPhone 16 pro max the controls of T1 and T4 are partly outside the screen and cannot be accessed. Otherwise fun to use.
I mainly got this for the main tape wheel, but its extremely laggy and in accurate. this can especially be noticed at low speeds while trying to scrub through audio. scratching on the wheel is impossible
You can tell someone put lots of love and passion into this app. Works great and feels fun to use.
Fantastic app, works great with any inputs I've used, developer is very responsive to lil bugs. 9 stars.
I’ve never reviewed an app before, but this one deserves notice. Super functional, easy to use 4 track recorder that is easy on the eyes and pleasantly tactile. great design, in the spirit of Teenage Engineering. This will be an essential tool in my music making process — great for generating and saving ideas, with pro audio quality. A huge upgrade from Voice Memos, for this purpose.
Not too many apps really catch my attention these days. Most developers have already made all of the apps, plug-ins and program we need or could want. But every now and then a talent comes out of the woodwork that cannot be compared or denied. That is the case with Reels. I have not been so impressed with an app that is seemingly so simple and streamlined, but so incredibly deep, and the only thing that I could think of that is similar is AUM. The user interface is absolutely stunning, the experience is clean, and there is nothing else like it out there, especially if you are a teenage engineer user, which I exclusively am. Keep it up Tug
This is a real cool and promising app! The ability to multitrack record and layer those recordings all within a sleek UI and convenient labeling system is perfect to get you focused on what matters most: the music and the song. This app truly brings the simple tape recorder workflow into the mobile sphere. There is still room for improvement, but what’s nice is that this app is back by a developer who’s open to feedback and committed to making this the best app it can be. Easy buy for the price looking forward to seeing how it improves in the future.
Nice work. How about throwing in a MIDI mapping feature?
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