Starmirror vs RhythmReel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Starmirror
Explore your city and capture photographs to contribute to a public domain cultural record. Discover unexplored areas and document hidden gems, turning every outing into an adventure.
- City exploration gameplay
- Photo capture and contribution
- Public domain cultural record
- Discover unexplored areas
- Document hidden corners
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Starmirror is a city exploration game that invites you to capture and contribute photographs to the public domain. Every photo you take adds to a growing cultural record that belongs to everyone. As you explore, you can see which places have already been documented and which remain unexplored. This turns each walk into an adventure, guiding you to hidden corners and overlooked details of your area. Your perspective matters. Starmirror sees through us!
RhythmReel
This app synchronizes your videos and Live Photos with music, making them react dynamically to the beat. You can use existing clips or record new ones, and import audio files or let the microphone capture sound. It offers creative overlays and multi-clip functionality for engaging video creation.
- Real-time audio-reactive video playback
- Works with any video or Live Photo
- Record new clips
- Microphone input or import audio
- Live waveform visualizer
- Text overlay reacting to audio
- Multi-clip playlist mode
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RhythmReel is an iPhone app that makes your videos and Live Photos move to music. When the beat drops, your video jumps forward. When it quiets, it eases back. Pick any clip from your camera roll or record a short video in the app. Play music out loud through your speakers and the microphone picks it up automatically. Or import an audio file directly. Short clips work especially well. Live Photos are perfect. Free to download. A one-time purchase removes the watermark and unlocks high-resolution export. FEATURES • Real-time audio-reactive video playback • Works with any video or Live Photo from your camera roll • Record a new clip from the front or rear camera • Microphone input or import audio files • Live waveform visualizer overlay • Text overlay that reacts to the audio • Multi-clip playlist mode • Export as .mp4, share anywhere Made by Evan Roth, a Berlin-based artist whose work is in the permanent collection of MoMA.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Starmirror at none against RhythmReel's 1. Starmirror also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). RhythmReel's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, rating and ads 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. RhythmReel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Starmirror asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Starmirror against 5.0 for RhythmReel. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively.
Starmirror ships an update every 2 days, RhythmReel every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Starmirror | RhythmReel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Counterpoint Studio OÜ | Evan Andrew Roth |
Customer experience
Starmirror
RhythmReel
In-app purchases
Starmirror
No in-app purchases
RhythmReel
- Remove Watermark & High-Res Export$2.99
