DWP Housing vs Startle Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DWP Housing
Manage your tenant account and track payments effortlessly. Discover the latest available properties from DWP Housing directly within the app.
- Payment tracking
- Account history access
- Property listings
- Tenant management
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The DWP Housing app is designed to help tenants quickly and easily keep up to date with their payments and account history. You can also access the latest available properties from DWP Housing.
Startle Studio
Manage music, audio messages, and digital screen content for your business locations. Optimize tech performance and energy efficiency with smart monitoring and tips.
- Control playlists
- Manage audio messages
- Digital screen content
- Multi-location management
- Tech performance monitoring
- Energy efficiency tips
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Startle Studio puts your music and tech at your fingertips, making it easier than ever to create an atmosphere that’s totally in sync with your customers. From one single platform, control your playlists, audio messages, digital screen content and more, knowing you have full control, whether you’ve got 1 location or 1,000. With our brand spanking new feature Tune-Up™, we’ll help you make the most of your Startle products by monitoring and scoring your tech’s performance. Hardware using power during down-time? We’ll sort that. Due a playlist refresh? You’ll get a heads up. Christmas music scheduled in May? Well, we’d hope not, but we’ll be checking on the off-chance something looks fishy. And with newly added tips and tricks to make your experience more energy efficient, you’ll not only be doing your bit to help the planet but will be saving your business money, money, money (as our Swedish friends ABBA would say) along the way. Download the Startle Studio app now to get building your pitch perfect experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Startle Studio at 50% against DWP Housing's 0%. DWP Housing's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DWP Housing ships an update every 6 weeks, Startle Studio every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on August 12, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DWP Housing | Startle Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bespoke 4 Business Marketing Ltd | Startle |
Customer experience
DWP Housing
Startle Studio
In-app purchases
DWP Housing
No in-app purchases
Startle Studio
No in-app purchases
