StarTone vs Multimix Radio
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.
Multimix Radio
Create personalized music playlists by blending your favorite genres from Apple Music. Discover new songs and curated stations based on your tastes. Enjoy endless mixes designed to match your vibe, all for free.
- Personalized genre blending
- Curated genre stations
- New song discovery
- Seamless Apple Music integration
- Simple and powerful interface
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Your taste was never one genre. Your music app shouldn’t act like it is. Multimix turns Apple Music into a live genre mixer built around you. Combine curated stations with your own playlists, albums, and artists. Give every source its own weight. Press play and hear something no single station could create on its own. Country with hip-hop. Rock with dance. Pop with alternative. A touch of soul, a lot of bass, or all of it at once. There are no wrong combinations. Just your mix. BUILD A SOUND THAT IS ACTUALLY YOURS • Start with 61 curated stations spanning the genres you love • Add playlists, albums, and artists from your Apple Music library • Control exactly how much of every source makes the mix • Name, save, and share mixes built around your taste TUNE IT WHILE IT PLAYS • Push any genre up, down, or out without stopping the music • Undo live adjustments or reset to your saved blend • Save named variations for every version of the mood • Keep listening when a source is temporarily unavailable without changing the mix you saved DISCOVERY WITH A MEMORY • See what played, where it came from, and which mix surfaced it • Search your listening history by song, artist, station, or mix • Favorite the songs and stations you want to keep close • Block a song or ask for less of an artist without quietly changing your genre balance Multimix isn’t another playlist generator. It’s your own radio dial, rebuilt for a taste too big for one genre. The rules are yours. Mix accordingly. Multimix is free to use. An active Apple Music subscription and Apple Music access are required for playback.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Multimix Radio at Free against StarTone's $0.99. Multimix Radio also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). StarTone's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months). On ratings volume, 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
Multimix Radio is free to download; StarTone costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Multimix Radio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of StarTone's written reviews are positive against 100% of Multimix Radio's.
StarTone ships an update every 5 weeks, Multimix Radio every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StarTone | Multimix Radio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 乃波 黄 | Pimwick, LLC |
Customer experience
StarTone
Multimix Radio
In-app purchases
StarTone
No in-app purchases
Multimix Radio
No in-app purchases
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