Import from any app
Already made it somewhere? Paste a Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube link and your songs appear, ready to reorder. No retyping.
Then they can open it in whatever app they use, not just the one you built it in.
Mail-order mixtapes for the modern age
Make someone a mixtape. We'll mail it.
Pick the songs, write a note, choose a cassette color. We mail them a real cassette with a tap-to-play tag on the tape. They hold their phone to it and your whole mixtape opens as a playlist in their music app, in your order. Just like the old days.
Free to share online · Mailed cassette $19 + $5 shipping + sales tax where it applies
How it works
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Make it
Search for songs, write a little note, pick a cassette color. We build the playlists for you. Takes about five minutes, and costs nothing.
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We mail a real cassette
We stick a tap-to-play tag right on a cassette tape, tuck in a J-card with your tracklist and note, and send it to their mailbox. Real mail. With a stamp.
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They tap & listen
One tap opens your note. They pick Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube Music, and the whole mixtape is already there as a playlist, in your order. (Apple Music asks them to sign in once to save it.)
Bring your playlist. Tap to play.
Tap a tag, it opens in their app
Every tap shows your note. After they pick their app, one tap under the note plays the mixtape there.
Plays in whatever app they love
You don't need to pick a streaming service, and neither do they. We build your mixtape as a playlist in each of the big three, so it opens in whatever app they love.
- Spotify
- Apple Music
- YouTube Music
One tape, one price
$19 per tape + $5 shipping + tax
- A real cassette with a tap-to-play NFC tag on the tape
- A printed J-card with your tracklist, your note and a QR code backup
- Mailed with USPS tracking to anyone in the US
- Change songs or the note until we start making your tape
- The online version stays up, free
Who's it for?
Song ideas, note starters and order-by dates for every occasion. Or read how to make a mixtape someone will keep.
Questions, answered
Does the person I'm sending it to need an app?
Nope. Any phone with NFC (most phones from the last few years) just taps the tape: they hold the phone to the tag on the cassette. Everything else can point the camera at the QR code on the J-card, the printed paper insert in the case. They land on a web page, so there is nothing to install and nothing to sign up for. To hear the full songs they use the music app they already have.
Which music services does it work with?
Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music. We turn your mixtape into a real playlist in their app, in your order. They pick their app, and if that playlist isn't built yet it's ready in a few seconds. Spotify and YouTube Music open straight to it. Apple Music asks them to sign in once with their Apple ID to save it to their library, which needs an Apple Music subscription. Every song also gets a 30-second preview right on the page.
Can I use a playlist I already made?
Yes. At the top of the builder, paste a Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube link (a playlist, an album or a single song) and we fill in the songs for you, up to 30. Spotify keeps most playlists private from apps like ours, so for those we show you a two-step trick: select all the songs in Spotify on a computer, copy, and paste them in. Then reorder, remove or add anything you like.
What happens when someone taps the tag more than once?
Every tap shows your note and the cassette. After they pick their app (and tick “Always open mixtapes in this app”), later taps put a big play button for that app right under the note: Spotify and YouTube Music open the playlist, and Apple Music plays right in the page. They can switch apps any time.
Do I need a Spotify or Apple Music account to make one?
No. You never log in to a streaming service. Search for songs or type them in, and we build the playlists for you.
Can I edit it after I send it?
Yes, until we start making your tape. Your private edit link lets you change the songs, the note and the cassette color. Once we start making it, the mixtape locks so the printed J-card matches what plays. A free online mixtape can be edited any time. Keep that link safe: it's the only way back in.
How long does the mail take?
We put your tape together and drop it in the mail within a couple of days, then it takes about 3–7 business days to arrive in the US.
What if I just want to share it online?
That's free. Every mixtape gets its own link and QR code you can text, post or print yourself.