StarTone vs BNPlayer Light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StarTone
This music player allows you to rate songs with stars and love statuses directly from your device's library or audio files. It offers convenient rating options via widgets and Apple Watch, with iCloud sync for your ratings.
- Rate music with stars and love statuses
- iCloud sync for ratings across devices
- Rating support on Today Extension and Apple Watch
- Play and rate common audio formats including Flac and MIDI
- Embed lyrics and support for .lrc files
- Smart playlist creation
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StarTone is a music player which can play songs in your "Music" library and audio files stored in your device, including common format like mp3 and lossless format of Flac, also it support MIDI playback and support customize sound bank. StarTone was came out for rating music with stars and "love" statues. The rating bar stands out in the main page, so it just need one touch to make the rating, no need to open many submenus. In addition, StarTone provides Today Extension and Watch app, so you can also make music ratings on the Widget Screen and your Apple Watch. StarTone now also equips some handy features to make the music listening easy and happy. Please try to play with them. Features: 1. Quickly set star and love ratings for music on your local library, Apple Music or audio file. 2. Sync music ratings with other devices or iTunes via iCloud on the go. 3. With iCloud Sync enabled, love / dislike rating are available. 4. Support rating on today extension (widget). 5. Share music ratings with family and friends. 6. Support embed lyrics, .lrc lyrics file and online lyrics. 7. Support automatically play when launch the app. 8. Support star music rating on Apple Watch. 9. Play and rate audio files of general format and Flac lossless format. 10. Support MIDI playback. 11. Smart playlist for both Music Library and audio files. 12. Play audio files on Apple Watch. 13. Scheduled music playback.
BNPlayer Light
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A music player with binaural effect for iOS devices (iPhone or iPad). It can play WAV, MP3, Apple lossless, AIFF and AAC format. Sample rate has to be 44.1kHz. Important notice : BNplayer can not play music file on the cloud, for example music data in Apple Music Collection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: BNPlayer Light at Free against StarTone's $0.99. BNPlayer Light also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). StarTone's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 15 months). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
BNPlayer Light is free to download; StarTone costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
StarTone ships an update every 5 weeks, BNPlayer Light every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StarTone | BNPlayer Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (16 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 乃波 黄 | Haruo Sorimachi |
In-app purchases
StarTone
No in-app purchases
BNPlayer Light
No in-app purchases
Questions
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