StarTone vs ClassicalPlayer
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.
ClassicalPlayer
Organize and play your local music library by composer and piece. This app presents your music arranged by classical works, allowing you to select specific movements for playback. It offers alternative views by album, artist, songs, and playlists.
- Organize music by composer and piece
- Play movements in order
- View music by album, artist, songs, playlists
- Extracts piece and movement names from track names
- Works with device's music library
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Is music more to you than just "songz"? When picking something to listen to, are you as likely to think of a composer and piece as an album? Is "shuffle play" on a symphony more than a little silly? ClassicalPlayer may be for you! ClassicalPlayer works with your device's music library. By contrast, Apple Classical and Apple Music are streaming services. They stream music from Apple's servers to your device; ClassicalPlayer organizes the library on your device. ClassicalPlayer presents your iPhone's or iPad's music library to you arranged by composer and pieces. Choose, for instance "Beethoven," and from the list of pieces of his that you have, choose "Symphony no. 5", and see the 4 movements ready to play in order. Push the play button, and ClassicalPlayer plays the movements (in order) and then pauses. You can also view your music by album or artist, and as songs and playlists. How does ClassicalPlayer find pieces, e.g., symphonies, in an album? By comparing the names of successive tracks. This isn't foolproof, but it works surprisingly well. ClassicalPlayer extracts piece and movement names from track names and presents your music organized by pieces. More details: https://www.tyndalesoft.com/classicalplayer/index.html Privacy policy: https://www.tyndalesoft.com/classicalplayer/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ClassicalPlayer at 5.0 against StarTone's 4.1. ClassicalPlayer also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and chart position (#198 vs unranked). StarTone's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (16 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 ClassicalPlayer $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ClassicalPlayer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StarTone has 16 ratings behind it against 3, 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 100% of ClassicalPlayer's.
StarTone ships an update every 5 weeks, ClassicalPlayer every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StarTone | ClassicalPlayer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #198 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 乃波 黄 | Frederick Kuhl |
Customer experience
StarTone
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In-app purchases
StarTone
No in-app purchases
ClassicalPlayer
No in-app purchases
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