StarTone vs iDigMusic
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.
iDigMusic
Easily add your physical music collection to your digital library. Scan barcodes on vinyl or CD covers to identify albums and automatically add them to your Apple Music library. Features include a flashlight for scanning and iCloud sync for multiple devices.
- Scan album barcodes
- Add to Apple Music library
- Flashlight for scanning
- Autoplay on Apple Music
- Scan history
- Dark Mode support
- iCloud sync
- Export data to CSV
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Adding albums to your Apple Music library has never been easier: Simply scan the barcode on the back side of a CD case or vinyl cover and you're done! Easy huh?! Features: • Scan barcodes to identify the album • Automatically add scanned items to your library* • Torch light for scanning in darker situations • Autoplay on Apple Music* • History of scanned items • Full Dark Mode support • Full iCloud support: Sync between your devices and backup in your iCloud • Export your data to csv * Apple Music subscription required
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: StarTone at 4.0 against iDigMusic's 2.0. StarTone also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 40%) and ratings volume (17 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
StarTone costs $0.99 and iDigMusic $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
StarTone holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StarTone has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of StarTone's written reviews are positive against 40% of iDigMusic's.
StarTone ships an update every 5 weeks, iDigMusic every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StarTone | iDigMusic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (17 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 乃波 黄 | Julian Anthes |
Customer experience
StarTone
iDigMusic
In-app purchases
StarTone
No in-app purchases
iDigMusic
No in-app purchases
