5 StarMaker Alternatives — AI Singing Apps Compared

StarMaker built a huge following by combining two things: a polished karaoke experience and a strong social layer with duets, family rooms, and group challenges. For people who want to sing with friends or perform for an audience, it's been a go-to for years.

But not everyone wants the live karaoke experience. A growing number of people are looking for apps that can take their voice and use it to make something that sounds finished — without needing to actually perform the song in real time. That's a different category, and StarMaker doesn't really play in it.

If you're shopping around, here are five alternatives worth considering.

1. VibeSing — Best for AI Cover Songs

VibeSing is the most different app on this list. Where StarMaker is about singing live into a backing track, VibeSing is about cloning your voice and using it to generate covers of trending songs. You record 30 seconds, wait about two minutes for training, and then you can produce clips that sound like you singing real songs.

The song library is tied to actual trending charts in 10 global markets — so the songs available are the songs people are actually listening to right now. Each clip gets a dedicated share page, and Band Mode lets groups record their voices and generate collaborative covers.

What it does: Clones your voice, generates AI covers of trending songs, supports group covers Best for: People who want a finished, shareable result that sounds like them without needing to actually sing Price: Free tier (10 songs, 1 voice clone); paid plans for more

2. Smule

Smule is the original social karaoke app and still the biggest in the West. The model is similar to StarMaker — pick a song, sing, post — but the user base skews older and more international. Smule has a deeper catalog of Western pop and a more polished recording interface.

Smule has been adding AI features gradually, but at its core it's still a live singing app.

What it does: Social karaoke with duets, group performances, and a large Western pop catalog Best for: People who want to sing live and post to a Western-focused community Price: Free with VIP subscription

3. Voloco

Voloco started as an auto-tune and vocal effects tool and has expanded into AI voice processing. It's a different kind of app — you bring your own audio (recorded elsewhere or directly in-app) and Voloco processes it. The pitch correction is excellent, and the AI features are growing.

It's not really a karaoke app, so it doesn't compete directly with StarMaker's social features. But for people who care more about how their voice sounds than about performing live, it's a useful tool.

What it does: Vocal effects, pitch correction, AI voice processing Best for: Creators and musicians who want to polish their own vocal recordings Price: Free tier with limited effects; subscription for full features

4. Sing! Karaoke

Sing! Karaoke is another social karaoke app with a similar feature set to StarMaker and Smule — sing songs, post to a feed, duet with friends. The community is smaller than the two big names, but the app is well-designed and the catalog is decent.

It's a reasonable choice if you want the karaoke experience but want to try something a little different from the leaders.

What it does: Social karaoke with duets and a TikTok-style feed Best for: Users looking for a Smule/StarMaker alternative with a smaller, more curated community Price: Free with VIP subscription

5. Yokee

Yokee is one of the original karaoke apps and still functional, though it doesn't have the social momentum of Smule or StarMaker. The interface is simple, the song library is broad, and it works well even on older devices.

It's a good fallback option if the bigger apps feel like too much.

What it does: Free karaoke with a broad catalog Best for: Casual users who want to sing without a lot of community pressure Price: Free with ads; subscription removes ads

The Bottom Line

If you want the social karaoke experience with a different community, Smule is the obvious pick. Sing! Karaoke and Yokee are reasonable alternatives for casual singers.

If you want something more like a finished product — your voice on a real song, ready to share — VibeSing is the only one on this list that does it. It's not a karaoke app. It's a voice cloning app that happens to use your voice to sing real songs. For a lot of people looking at StarMaker alternatives, that's the actual gap they're trying to fill.