Comparison

StarTone vs One Big Player

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

One Big Player

This app allows you to control your offline music library while driving or biking. It offers easy selection of artists, albums, and playlists, with a resume feature that picks up where you left off, including shuffle settings. It's designed for on-device music playback only.

Highlights
  • Offline music playback
  • Driving and biking control
  • Artist, Album, Playlist selection
  • Resume playback feature
  • Shuffle functionality
Features
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Control your music while driving or biking without your readers. Easily select Artists, Albums, and Playlists. You can figure out how to use it by playing with it for a minute or two. While not a CarPlay app, One Big Player is a good companion to CarPlay, keeping the tracks visible on your phone while the car's display shows a single song's details. A great feature is Resume. When you re-open the app it picks up where you left off when you press Resume. If you had pressed the Shuffle before you closed the app, when you press Resume it will present the Album or Playlist tracks, perform a shuffle, and start playing. One Big Player will only play offline (non-cloud based) music so be sure to download the songs you want and get them physically on your iPhone or iPad.

Screenshots

StarTone4 screens
One Big Player1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: One Big Player at Free against StarTone's $0.99. One Big Player also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (16.2 vs 18.0). StarTone's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (16 vs 4). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

One Big Player is free to download; StarTone costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

One Big Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StarTone ships an update every 5 weeks, One Big Player every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
StarTone versus One Big Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStarToneOne Big Player
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (16 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer乃波 黄Stewart French

Customer experience

StarTone

All ratings16 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

One Big Player

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

StarTone

No in-app purchases

None

One Big Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StarTone free?
StarTone costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is One Big Player free?
One Big Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, StarTone or One Big Player?
One Big Player is rated higher. StarTone averages 4.1 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while One Big Player averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do StarTone or One Big Player have ads?
Neither StarTone nor One Big Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StarTone or One Big Player?
StarTone ships an update every 5 weeks, and One Big Player every 3 months. Most recently, StarTone was updated on October 2, 2026 and One Big Player on September 28, 2026.

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