Mobydeck Car Audio Player vs StarTone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mobydeck Car Audio Player
This music player is designed for car stereos, offering intuitive gesture controls for playback and playlist navigation. Customize the app's appearance with different color schemes and enjoy a landscape-oriented interface. An optional add-on is available to remove advertisements.
- Gesture controls for playback
- Playlist and album navigation via gestures
- Landscape orientation support
- Customizable color schemes
- Ad removal add-on available
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Music Player for Car Stereo. Feature * Control with Gestures. * Support Landscape Orientation. * Can change color scheme. Gesture: * Tap : Play/Pause * Single Finger Swipe: Next Song, Previous Song * Two Finger Swipe: Next Playlist, Previous Playlist (Also Album) When you like this app. Please purchase “Ad remove” Add-on. If you have a question, please send message to support@tambo.jp.
StarTone
This music player allows you to rate songs with stars and love statuses directly from your device's library or audio files. It offers convenient rating options via widgets and Apple Watch, with iCloud sync for your ratings.
- Rate music with stars and love statuses
- iCloud sync for ratings across devices
- Rating support on Today Extension and Apple Watch
- Play and rate common audio formats including Flac and MIDI
- Embed lyrics and support for .lrc files
- Smart playlist creation
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StarTone is a music player which can play songs in your "Music" library and audio files stored in your device, including common format like mp3 and lossless format of Flac, also it support MIDI playback and support customize sound bank. StarTone was came out for rating music with stars and "love" statues. The rating bar stands out in the main page, so it just need one touch to make the rating, no need to open many submenus. In addition, StarTone provides Today Extension and Watch app, so you can also make music ratings on the Widget Screen and your Apple Watch. StarTone now also equips some handy features to make the music listening easy and happy. Please try to play with them. Features: 1. Quickly set star and love ratings for music on your local library, Apple Music or audio file. 2. Sync music ratings with other devices or iTunes via iCloud on the go. 3. With iCloud Sync enabled, love / dislike rating are available. 4. Support rating on today extension (widget). 5. Share music ratings with family and friends. 6. Support embed lyrics, .lrc lyrics file and online lyrics. 7. Support automatically play when launch the app. 8. Support star music rating on Apple Watch. 9. Play and rate audio files of general format and Flac lossless format. 10. Support MIDI playback. 11. Smart playlist for both Music Library and audio files. 12. Play audio files on Apple Watch. 13. Scheduled music playback.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mobydeck Car Audio Player at Free against StarTone's $0.99. Mobydeck Car Audio Player also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). StarTone's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment 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
Mobydeck Car Audio Player is free to download; StarTone costs $0.99 up front. Mobydeck Car Audio Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. StarTone asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mobydeck Car Audio Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StarTone has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Mobydeck Car Audio Player's written reviews are positive against 67% of StarTone's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mobydeck Car Audio Player ships an update every 22 months, StarTone every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mobydeck Car Audio Player | StarTone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.1 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Toshihiko Tambo | 乃波 黄 |
Customer experience
Mobydeck Car Audio Player
StarTone
In-app purchases
Mobydeck Car Audio Player
- Remove Ad$0.99
StarTone
No in-app purchases
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