DJ Kuki vs STAR DEEJAY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DJ Kuki
Enjoy hour-long mixes featuring popular artists like Kanye West, Justin Bieber, and Drake. This app is perfect for various settings, from workouts to parties. Explore a curated collection of music blended by an experienced DJ.
- Hour-long music mixes
- Features popular artists
- DJ blends and cuts
- Suitable for gym, car, club
- Veteran DJ experience
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There's no algorithm here. No curated playlist, no autoplay queue, no shuffle. Just a DJ, two turntables, a record button, and over two decades of knowing exactly how a set should feel from the first track to the last. DJ Kuki has been doing this since 1999 — hauling crates of vinyl from club to club, building residencies in Chicago and San Francisco, spinning at Virgin Hotels, Hakkasan, and Mandalay Bay, and sharing stages with Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, T.I., Lil Jon, David Guetta, DJ Jazzy Jeff, and Whoo Kid. Regular guest on BBC Radio. Veteran of Miami Hip-Hop Weekend. Every mix on this app was recorded live. Hit record, play the set, upload. What you're hearing is exactly what went down — the energy, the transitions, the moments where one record bleeds into the next and the floor shifts. No edits, no fixes. Just the set. One mix might weave through Jorge Ben, Serge Gainsbourg, Gino Soccio, and France Gall. Another puts The Beatles against Nas, Fleetwood Mac against Jay-Z, Radiohead against Kanye, and it all makes sense. Then there's a deep run through Chicago house, or a straight hip-hop set, or something that doesn't fit a genre at all. The range is wide and it's all intentional. Over 120 mixes available. More added regularly so join thousands of monthly listeners already in the mix. Come through.
STAR DEEJAY
Mix music on your iPad using over 200 integrated audio loops or your own library. Features animated turntables, tempo control, EQs, and a variety of effects. Learn DJ basics and connect with compatible hardware.
- Over 200 integrated audio loops
- Mix with iPad audio library
- Animated 2-turntable interface
- Tempo control and EQs
- Multiple audio effects
- Pad FX for intuitive effect control
- BPM engine for easy mixing
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Get the party started with STAR DEEJAY from iDance for iOs. Start mixing music on your iPad with more than 200 audio loops integrated to choose among direct-access category from all around the world: Pop/Rock, Soul/RnB, Dance, Hip Hop, Blues, Latin, and World music, or Mix with your iPad audio library songs. Audio Loops are split in 2 main family: Backing Tracks (songs with Chord progression) or Rhythms (only Drums parts). The colorful, animated 2-turntables with level control & meters, the play buttons, the tempo sliders and the automatic crossfader, make it easy to get creative with tracks. So easy to adjust your tempo, and tweak the 2x 3 bands EQs. This makes it easy to learn the basics of DJ-ing before transitioning to using hardware. Spice your mix, in adding SAMPLES from your iPad library, Or add some effects: Reverb, Delay, Disto, Phaser, Chorus, Flanger, Envelope Filter, Pitch Shifter, Warp Filter. Use the Pad FX = X/Y pad to control intuitively the effects by tracing your finger on the x and y axes. No need headphones to listen to your next track, the integrated BPM engine tells you the BPM of your existing track for Easy and Perfect mix. Take your performances to the next level by connecting STAR DEEJAY with the related iDance compatible DJ gear. iDance STAR DEEJAY, Stop Dreaming, Start Mixing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: DJ Kuki at 31 against STAR DEEJAY's 1. STAR DEEJAY's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 26.1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
STAR DEEJAY holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DJ Kuki has 31 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
DJ Kuki ships an update every 2 months, STAR DEEJAY every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DJ Kuki | STAR DEEJAY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (31 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DJ Kuki | iDance |
Customer experience
DJ Kuki
STAR DEEJAY
In-app purchases
DJ Kuki
No in-app purchases
STAR DEEJAY
No in-app purchases
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