Reel

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.

No.1 Paid Music App in 19 countries. Top 10 in 54 territories.

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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
Press record. The pocket multitrack you always have with you.

Press record

The pocket multitrack you always have with you

Out now

Early launch price until July 6th, 2026. One-time purchase.

Download Reel on the App Store

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