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| iStar with a scratchy disc | kJams with the same disc |
| Feature | iStar 1.5.3 | kJams Lite |
| Price | $50 | $40 |
| Minimum System | 10.4 | 10.3 |
| Play LRC files | ✓ | |
| Keep music folder organized | ✓ | |
| browse and use iTunes library | ✓ | |
| Smart Playlists | ✓ | |
| Super Slick web site with flash graphics | ✓ | |
| Play AIFF, KAR, MP3 + CDG files | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rip CDG tracks or discs (MP3+CDG) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Playlists | ✓ | ✓ |
| Size the Lyrics screen to different 3 preset sizes | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import existing songs one at a time | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit song meta info (within database) | ✓ | ✓ |
| freedb "get" (load info from freedb) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Play TunePrompter files | ✓ | |
| Play any QuickTime file type | ✓ | |
| Option for Burning new mix CD+G discs | ✓ | |
| Change pitch and tempo independently on all audio types | ✓ | |
| Glitch Free Graphics (see graphics above) | ✓ | |
| Suppress vocals from one channel | ✓ | |
| Play direct from disc | ✓ | |
| Encode (rip) to AAC, WAV, AIFF, AppleLossless, OggVorbis | ✓ | |
| Export QuickTime, Export for Video iPod | ✓ | |
| Edit Unicode Metadata Tags (ID3, Vorbis, QuickTime, Xattr) | ✓ | |
| Make the Lyrics show in a separate window | ✓ | |
| Set the Lyrics screen to arbitrary size, or full screen | ✓ | |
| Remote Control (via AppleRemote, or BlueTooth) | ✓ | |
| Rip CDG & Encode tracks or discs in the background | ✓ | |
| Import folders of songs, thousands at a time, easily | ✓ | |
| Import and play zipped files directly | ✓ | |
| While ripping, automatically Zip the resulting files | ✓ | |
| full freedb support, including local database and submit | ✓ | |
| Target Mode for easy playlist creation | ✓ | |
| Preset Playlists | ✓ | |
| Pause between tracks | ✓ | |
| Plug in a microphone to sing along | ✓ | |
| Export XML | ✓ | |
| Export actual song files | ✓ | |
| Switchable Albums | ✓ | |
| Copy and Paste to print song books | ✓ | |
| deep web site with lots and lots of info | ✓ | |
| weekly updates and bug fixes | ✓ | |
| almost all code changes are documented publicly, as they happen | ✓ | |
| author actually answers all questions posted to forums | ✓ | |
| insanely dedicated, nearly instantaneous email tech support | ✓ | |
| Call the author's cell phone for tech support | ✓ |
Did I miss anything? Did I get anything wrong? If I screwed up something (entirely possible), please let me know so I can correct it, I do NOT want anything misrepresented.