Ei Electronics AudioLINK US vs STAR Cordless Programmer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ei Electronics AudioLINK US
Access real-time data from alarms acoustically via your iPhone. Monitor battery status, alarm events, sensor status, and more. Generate comprehensive reports for properties and receive on-screen instructions for data extraction.
- Acoustic data extraction
- Real-time alarm status
- Battery and event monitoring
- Barcode serial number scanning
- Grouped property reports
- PDF/CSV report export
- On-screen download instructions
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Ei Electronics AudioLINK US, enables real-time data to be acoustically extracted via the Alarm’s sounder to a iphone. Details available include: • Battery status • Low battery events • Alarm sensor status • Alarm events (Fire/CO/Heat) • Background CO • Dust Compensation • Age (Power on duration) • Alarm head removals • Test button activations The number of occurrences and when the last event occurred can now all be accessed locally from the alarm without the presence of RF. Features include the ability to scan bar code serial numbers within the app, group reports for example by address to provide a comprehensive report on a properties alarms, email reports in both PDF or CSV format. Additional sections on the Alarm status screen feature the ability to input the Alarm location by free text and to also select the “Alarm Status” which is grouped into three categories “OK”, “Service” or “Replace”. There is a visual in-app on-screen instructions section on how to download the event data. Frequently asked questions are available within the app to aid in any queries on event meanings and guidance. Please note: AudioLINK is for professional use only. It works with all i-series products of Ei Electronics. Patent Application No. 11394025.8
STAR Cordless Programmer
This application allows users to program and test STAR-based products from Kingfisher Company, Inc. It provides pages for parameter management, diagnostic information with health checks, and device-specific parameter editing.
- Program STAR-based products
- Run tests on STAR products
- Upload/download parameters
- Diagnostic information
- Antenna/cable health check
- Edit device parameters
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The STAR Cordless Programming App is used to program and run tests on Kingfisher Company, Inc STAR based products. These products include, but are not limited to, ELT, STAR Interface, KFRTI-8S, IRAC-S, APT-S, EMB/CMB, and KF1/3S. The app consists of three main pages, a page to initiate uploading and downloading parameters from a STAR Transmitter product, a page for diagnostic information including the ability for an antenna/cable health check, and last a page for editing parameters specific to the device that is being programmed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Ei Electronics AudioLINK US at 10.0 against STAR Cordless Programmer's 15.6. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ei Electronics AudioLINK US against 5.0 for STAR Cordless Programmer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Ei Electronics AudioLINK US ships an update every 3 months, STAR Cordless Programmer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ei Electronics AudioLINK US | STAR Cordless Programmer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Ei Company | Kingfisher Company Inc. |
Customer experience
Ei Electronics AudioLINK US
STAR Cordless Programmer
In-app purchases
Ei Electronics AudioLINK US
No in-app purchases
STAR Cordless Programmer
No in-app purchases
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