Record like it's 1984
Share like it's today

A portable 4-track recorder for iPhone.
Use the built-in mic or connect class-compliant audio devices to record anywhere.

Overdub, loop, pitch and shape ideas with a hardware-inspired workflow.

Download Reel on the App Store

$9.99 / £9.99 / €9.99
iPhone. iOS 18 required.

Record like it's 1984Share like it's today

A portable 4-track recorder for iPhone.
Use the built-in mic or connect class-compliant audio devices to record anywhere.

Overdub, loop, pitch and shape ideas
with a hardware-inspired workflow.

Download Reel on the App Store

$9.99 / £9.99 / €9.99
iPhone. iOS 18 required.

Record like it's 1984
Share like it's today

A portable 4-track recorder for iPhone. Use the built-in mic or connect class-compliant audio devices to record anywhere.

Overdub, loop, pitch and shape ideas with a hardware-inspired workflow.

Download Reel on the App Store

$9.99 / £9.99 / €9.99
iPhone. iOS 18 required.

Featured and discussed

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Community discussion

See it in action

A quick walkthrough of how Reel works.

Reel iPhone app with tape-style transport, jog wheel, and 4-track display

It doesn't feel like an app

Designed around your hands,
not a screen.

Reel recording in progress on iPhone with timer and project name display

Capture it before it's gone

Voice memo for musicians.
Built for the moment.

Close-up of Reel's tape-style jog wheel for tactile audio scrubbing

Scrub like a real tape machine

Hardware-inspired jog wheel.
Spin to scrub, flick to play.

iPhone running Reel connected to a Teenage Engineering OP-1 Field via USB-C

Connect your gear, hit record

Any USB class-compliant
interface or instrument.

Reel's pro audio interface routing screen with channel-to-track assignments

Pro audio routing, out of the box

Connect. Auto-route. Record.

Reel's mixer, metronome, and library views shown together

Everything you need

Mixer. Metronome. Library.

Specs

Audio

4-track recording
32-bit float
Up to 96 kHz
WAV, AIFF, M4A

Compatibility

iPhone
iOS 18+
USB class-compliant interfaces
USB class-compliant instruments

Workflow

Multitrack recording
Overdub
Punch in
Loop recording
Voice isolation
Variable pitch
Jog wheel scrub
Mixer
Metronome
Cue points
Library
Share & cloud storage

Coming next

MIDI
Timeline
Mixer redesign

Founders. Thank you for showing up first.

Founder Program closed.

Reel is still here. Launch price still $9.99. One-time purchase, no subscription.

Download Reel on the App Store

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