TRUSTAR

Press kit

Everything you need to write about TruStar. Quote freely; images may be used for coverage of TruStar.

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TruStar is the music competition app where fans vote and the top 10 artists each month share a cash prize pool.

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TruStar is a music competition app for independent artists. Every month, artists enter a contest in their genre and post videos of their music; fans swipe through entries and vote, one vote per fan per video, counted on TruStar's servers. A live leaderboard and published elimination rounds narrow the field to a final ten, who share a prize pool that starts at a guaranteed minimum and grows with every entrant. There are no judges, no record labels and no gatekeepers: the audience decides. TruStar is available on the App Store and is based in the United States.

Key facts

FormatMonthly contests per genre: pop, rock, hip-hop/R&B, country
VotingFans swipe right to vote; one vote per fan per video, server-counted
PrizesTop 10 share the pool; $1,000 guaranteed minimum, grows with entries
Fair playElimination rounds published in advance; vote buying and bots disqualify
PlatformiPhone, free to download; contest entry is a one-time fee
CompanyTruStar LLC, United States

Quotable

"Every talent show has a panel of judges between the artist and the audience. We took the panel out. On TruStar the people who would actually buy your music decide, and the prize comes from the field itself."

Attribute to: the TruStar founding team. For a named quote or an interview, email press@trustarapp.com.

Logos

TruStar app icon

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Wordmark: set "TRUSTAR" in a heavy sans-serif, letter-spaced, in TruStar gold on black. Please do not recolor the icon or place it on a busy background.

Brand colors

Gold #FFC400
Black #000000
Surface #17171E
Live #22C55E

Screenshots and video

App screenshots, contest footage and winner clips are available on request, cleared for editorial use. Email press@trustarapp.com with your outlet and deadline.

Links

App Store · trustarapp.com · Instagram @trustar.app · press@trustarapp.com

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