“when so much ads then Id rather unstall to much anoung with ads keep stop me from singing”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 1,912 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.3 ★4,052,310 ratings
500M+Downloads
9+Age rating
395 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Bring out the singer in you on StarMaker——A popular karaoke & social singing app with 50M＋users globally! Whether you are a passionate singing enthusiast or a seasoned professional, StarMaker allows you to refine the voice and showcase your music talents. You can sing on your own, duet with friends, or sing alongside recordings of popular artists. Record your voice, create your MVs, and enhance your voice with professional audio editors.
Sing Karaoke Songs No matter you like pop or hip-hop, R&B or folk, jazz or blues, just pick your favorite songs from millions of songs, sing along with the high-quality backing music and rolling lyrics, and edit your recordings with voice effects and video filters. You can also duet with top artists and go Live to broadcast your music concerts and win likes and fans like a superstar!…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 9.41.3 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 9.41.3, updated 2026-09-30.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 9.20.2 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 9.20.2, updated 2026-09-24.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Says how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
From the package we downloaded and read — version 9.20.2, scanned 2026-10-04.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
6 or more requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
3–9 found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
The catch list 1
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Multiple ad networks bundled
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
What we saw: Bundles 7 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, Google Mobile Ads (AdMob / Ad Manager), InMobi and 3 more
Context 2
Measured and published because a reader would want to know — deliberately not a charge. The measurement alone does not show a harm.
Asks for more sensitive permissions than similar apps
The package requests substantially more of the device's sensitive permissions than the typical app in its category. This is a measurement, not an accusation: a permission is granted because a feature needs it, and a wide request list is a reason to look rather than a finding on its own.
What we saw: Requests 9 sensitive permissions (ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION, ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION, CAMERA, READ_CALENDAR, READ_CONTACTS, READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, READ_MEDIA_IMAGES, RECORD_AUDIO, SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW); the median for 74 scanned apps in Music & A…
Cheapest and priciest options are far apart
The disclosed in-app purchases span an unusually wide price range. Published as context: the cheapest and priciest items may be different kinds of product entirely, so the spread alone deducts nothing.
What we saw: In-app purchases run from USD 0.99 to USD 49.99 — a 50x spread across 10 items
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 2
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 10 distinct reviewers (0.7% of 1376 reviews scanned)
In the app's own text: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Progress itself is for sale: "BUY HEARTS"
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“lotta ads — there is a lot of ads”
“The app works but the ads are horrible — Every time I open the app I get like 5 pop ups of random stuff I don’t care about. There’s also an ad after every song which is understandable but I don’t appreciate that I can’t just exit out…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 9.41.3.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown10
Lowest$0.99
Highest$49.99
Full Access To Sing ALL SONGS + NO ADS$6.99
Full Access To Sing ALL SONGS + NO ADS$16.99
60 Coins$0.99
1200 Coins$19.99
420 Coins$6.99
Show 5 more purchases
600 Coins$9.99
3000 Coins$49.99
EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO ALL SONGS + EARLY ACCESS TO NEW RELEASES$1.99
EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO ALL SONGS + EARLY ACCESS TO NEW RELEASES$16.99
Amateur - 150$1.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.