Topouzi
Broken features, billing errors, and support that won’t resolve anything
I wanted to like BeatStars, but my experience has been a constant battle. I’m writing this because I’ve exhausted normal support channels and need someone to actually pay attention. Cons: 1. Support is awful. The one live agent I reached was mediocre and couldn’t resolve most of my issues. Email replies take months, if they come at all. 2. Monthly messaging limit makes no sense. I subscribed to Growth specifically because it was marketed as “unlimited private DMs,” but the messaging limit never went away. 3. Billing is a mess. They charged my card with a different billing address than the one I entered at signup. I couldn’t edit the invoice afterward, and they don’t send receipts. 4. 2FA won’t enable. I’ve tried multiple times and it simply doesn’t work. 5. Lyrics pad intermittently fails to save. I’ve lost changes and had to start over more than once. 6. Rhyme search is extremely laggy. It’s painfully slow to use and, on desktop, it's not working at all. 7. Ads are too annoying. 8. You cannot truly use your own contacts. 9. They require a W-9 even if you don’t live in the US. That makes no sense for non-US users. 10. iOS widgets do not work at all. I have screenshots and records for all of this. I’m not trying to be unfair; I just want these issues fixed. If BeatStars reaches out and actually resolves them, I’ll happily update this review. Until then, 2 stars. Edit: After reading their reply, I need to make some important clarifications: 1. They did reply to my ticket #605599 (at last) giving the same "trial vs paid plan" explanation. However, upon subscribing, there was no mention of exactly which benefits will remain locked, just a vague "some benefits may be unavailable on trial period". 2. Exactly my point about the W-9 but I was still prompted to fill one and when I did ask for help from your team and when they finally replied (about 10-14 days later), they just said that this shouldn't be happening and they implied that I'm the one probably doing something wrong. 3. While I understand the invoices cannot be edited due to legal compliance, you still haven't justified why I was charged in a different billing address. 4. Nice dodge
Response from BeatStarsOct 15, 2026
Hi Topouzi, Thank you for your review. We appreciate all community feedback, but we would like to provide important context regarding your account status and our platform features. First, regarding your support interactions, our team has been actively communicating with you regarding your inquiries under ticket #605599. There have been no tickets left pending for months. To clarify the specific points raised in your review: 1. Trial Benefits and Messaging: We apologize if the messaging regarding trial limitations was unclear. That feedback is valuable, and we are sharing it directly with our Product team for review. If any features or policies on the platform are unclear, our Support team is always available to help clarify specific questions. If you are ever unsatisfied with an answer, you can always request to escalate the ticket to a team lead. 2. Tax Forms (W-9): Please refer to the ticket case and share more information regarding your specific interaction with the W-9 prompt. Form requirements are generated automatically based on the details submitted to our systems, including your address, country of residence, and profile configuration. If you can provide the exact details in your support thread, our team can review why that form was triggered. 3. Billing Addresses: Billing addresses are set up directly by the user, either passed through your payment method configuration or entered manually during checkout. We cannot control what information is submitted during that process; however, the system generates the invoice in the standard format using the exact details provided at that time. 4. Studio Tools and Diagnostics: We want all features to work reliably. When technical issues arise with client-side tools like 2FA, the lyrics pad, or iOS widgets, our technical team requires your specific device, operating system, and browser diagnostics to reproduce and address them with engineering. Our team will be waiting for your cooperation to assist you further, so please feel free to continue the conversation directly in ticket #605599 so we can look into your account details.



