SongStarter vs Udio

In short

• Both: Makes music
• Only Udio states: Mobile app

SongStarter

SongStarter generates customizable musical ideas by genre, mood, tempo, and key, then lets you save or edit them in BandLab Studio.

Plans

Free

Free

• SongStarter (basic AI idea generator) free to use
• 15 Tokens/month for SongStarter 2.0 and other generative AI tools
• Royalty-free outputs

Prices checked 2026-09-26 by web search.

Capabilities

• Makes music — “This AI-powered idea generator acts as your starting point to create new music – all in one easy-to-use interface.” source

Udio

Udio generates songs from text prompts, supports lyric and music editing, and lets users share creations on the web and iOS.

Plans

Free

Free

• 10 credits per day and 100 credits per month (no rollovers)
• Generate up to 4 songs at the same time
• Limit of 3 full length (2:10s) song generations per day

Standard

• $10
• $8 /month
• $96 billed annually

• 2400 credits per month (monthly credit limit, no rollovers)
• Make 2-minute song generations without the limit of 3 per day
• Generate up to 6 songs at the same time
• Unlock Voice Control, edit your music and lyrics, generate songs from uploaded audio files, use existing songs as a style reference, upload

Pro

• $30
• $24 /month
• $288 billed annually

• 6000 credits per month (monthly credit limit, no rollovers)
• Generate up to 10 songs at the same time
• ALL features from other plans

Prices checked 2026-09-25 by web search.

Capabilities

• Makes music — “The prompt box to create music.” source
• Mobile app — “Create and enjoy listening to Udio music on the go with the official Udio iOS app ; it's now available to all!” source

Latest updates

• 2025-09-11 Voices launched [Sept 11, 2025 - Early access for all subscribers ]

  Voices launched.

• 2025-06-26 Sessions launched [June 26, 2025 - Early access for all subscribers ]

  Sessions launched.

• 2025-05-21 iOS App released in the Apple App Store [May 21, 2025]

  iOS App released in the Apple App Store.