Star Debug vs Debugging Assistant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Star Debug
Manage your Starlink devices with this alternative tool. It allows you to decode debug data, initiate basic dish and router operations, view telemetry, and create shareable debug data files. The app also checks your internet connection.
- Decode DebugData JSON
- Initiate dish operations (Reboot, Stow, Unstow)
- Initiate router operations (Reboot, WiFi setup)
- View online telemetry and statuses
- Create and share DebugData JSON
- Check internet connection
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Star Debug is an alternative tool to manage your Starlink devices. Currently, it supports: - Decode and view DebugData json copied (or saved to file) from the official Starlink app or web panel. - Initiate basic operations with the dish: Reboot/Stow/Unstow/GPSon/off and with the router: reboot and basic wifi setup (if applicable). - View telemetry available in DebugData, but updated from Starlink online: statuses, alerts, basic stats, current configurations, etc. - Create and share DebugData-compatible json data. - Check the internet connection in place within the app. This application was created as part of the volunteer initiative "Narodnyi Starlink" for the needs of people who care about the availability of communications even in the places where the russian aggressor tries to turn cities into ashes.
Debugging Assistant
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Sensor Debug Assistant is capable of connecting to vibration and temperature sensors via Bluetooth and collecting critical data from the sampling devices.
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Verdict
Star Debug and Debugging Assistant are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Star Debug ships an update every 2 months, Debugging Assistant every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 8, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Star Debug | Debugging Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ihor Lytvynenko | Anhui Ronds Science & Technology Incorporated Company |
In-app purchases
Star Debug
No in-app purchases
Debugging Assistant
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do Star Debug or Debugging Assistant have ads?
Which is updated more often, Star Debug or Debugging Assistant?
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