Rap Maker vs Gold Star Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rap Maker
Create rap songs by choosing instrumentals, recording vocals, and applying studio-quality effects like autotune and reverb. Mix your tracks and share your music with the world.
- Large catalog of high-quality type beats
- Record vocals with live FX
- Autotune and reverb effects
- Full track mixing capabilities
- Royalty-free beats
- Share to social media
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Choose your instrumental among our large high quality type beats catalog, and record your verse! Mix your voice and add effects such as autotune or reverb, and share your new banger with your friends! CHOOSE YOUR INSTRUMENTAL IN A HIGH QUALITY TYPE BEATS CATALOG: • We're offering dope type beats made with high quality samples & instruments, created by the best beatmakers & sound designers in the rap game! • From Atlanta's trap to the West Coast gangsta rap, through cloud, pop and mumble rap, you'll find instrumentales for every taste in Rap Maker. We're regularly adding new type beats to keep our catalog in the trends! • Moreover, as our beats are royalty free, you own your tracks. Create without limits, record and share as many tracks as you want, and become a real rapper! ADD POWERFUL LIVE FX: • Do you think your voice doesn't sound good enough? You're not alone, this is why Rapmaker lets you use many real-time effects to enhance your voice : autotune, reverb, compression and many more! • Rap Maker automatically determines the tone of the beat to align your voice with it. You have an instant render of your performance so that you can easily topline on your favorite type beat. You can also adjust every effet to get the perfect tweak! Here is the list of available effects: - Autotune - Vocoder - Compressor - EQ - Reverb - Chorus - Phaser - Distortion - Delay You can also write your text directly in the app. MIX YOUR TRACK: • Rap Maker is more than just recording, it also allows you to mix your whole track thanks to our included mixtable. You can tweak every volume or effect to your make your track sound as you want. • The voice recording adjusts itself automatically to the volume of the track to get the best mix possible with any type beat. You can also change it manually to fit your needs. Saturation is not a problem anymore when recording your voice thanks to our app algorithm that instantly deletes any saturated sound. SHARE YOUR HIT: • Once your voice is recorded and mixed on our royalty-free beats, you can share them wherever you like: YouTube, Soundcloud, Instagram, Facebook... Share your track with your friends, who knows it might get viral! PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION PLANS: The app offers Monthly and Yearly subscription plans that give you access to all sound packs. Subscription with a free trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription unless auto-renewal is turned off. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost for the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a premium subscription during the free trial period. Please go to our website for more information: Terms of use: http://www.mixvibes.com/terms Privacy policy: http://www.mixvibes.com/privacy Follow us for the latest product news and updates: www.facebook.com/mixvibes www.youtube.com/user/mixvibes https://www.instagram.com/mixvibes/
Gold Star Studio
This app provides a suite of eight unique music production and performance tools, all built from scratch. It includes features for key finding, tuning, tempo tapping, metronome, theremin, piano, drum machine, and auto-tune. Additionally, it offers three arcade-style games inspired by the studio's history.
- Key finder for songs
- Multi-instrument tuner
- Tempo tap and metronome
- Theremin with camera control
- Virtual piano and organ
- 808 drum machine
- Auto-tune vocal effects
- Studio-themed arcade games
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Gold Star Studio is the room in your pocket, from SugarHill Recording Studios - Houston's oldest studio, recording since 1941, where Gold Star was the name on the door. Eight tools, every one built from scratch at the studio. Nothing is sampled: every sound the app makes, it makes itself. KEY FINDER - play a song at the phone and it tells you the key, spelled the way a chart spells it. TUNER - chromatic, or set to guitar, bass, ukulele or violin with their tunings. Lock a string, hold it to hear the note, set the reference pitch, or match the tuning of a recording. TEMPO TAP - tap along and read the tempo. METRONOME - a woodblock click with the meters you need, tap tempo, a screen flash and a vibrate that you can feel, and it keeps time with the screen locked. THEREMIN - play it with the light on the front camera: a hand over the lens bends the note. Filter, echo, tremolo, crush and vibrato on the pad. PIANO - a piano, a Rhodes, an electric piano and an organ, with sustain and chords. DRUM MACHINE - an 808 kit with grooves and fills. AUTO-TUNE - sing into it and it pulls you to the key, hard or natural, with a harmony and a room. Find the key of the track first. And the SUGARHILL ARCADE, three machines of the studio's own: REELZ, the pinball - five light shows, a golden ticket, Reel G on the head calling the shots, and a gold star ball; STAR SHOOTER, where the studio's gear comes at you in waves; and GOLD STAR GP, a hover racer with eight machines, four tracks, upgrades, rivals, hidden paths and a live synth soundtrack - steer with a tap, swipe up for nitro, and hit it on the beat. Wear an Apple Watch and it becomes the remote: start the metronome from your wrist and feel the beat there, tap a tempo, see the note the theremin is playing, read the pinball score, and nudge the table. Gold Star Studio listens through the microphone only while a tool that needs it is open, and uses the camera only as a light meter for the theremin. Nothing is recorded and nothing leaves the phone. SugarHill Recording Studios - 5626 Brock St, Houston, TX 77023 - 713-926-4431 - ricky@sugarhillstudios.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gold Star Studio at none against Rap Maker's 3. Gold Star Studio also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Rap Maker's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Rap Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per 7 days. Gold Star Studio asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gold Star Studio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rap Maker has 1.1K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Rap Maker | Gold Star Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MIXVIBES | RYAN WAYNE DONOWHO |
Bugs and requests
Rap Maker
Reported bugs
4 issues- Songs getting locked after free trial
- Inability to save or clear recordings
- Freezing during final song processing
- Microphone not working properly
Requested features
5 requests- Add more beat genres and styles
- Improve audio sync and latency
- Allow importing custom beats
- Provide better tutorial/instructions
- Offer one-time purchase option
Gold Star Studio
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rap Maker
- Full Access to All Packs$4.497 Days
- Premium - Monthly$4.991 Month
- Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
Gold Star Studio
No in-app purchases









