Star+ APK — Shut Down and Merged into Disney+

The description of Star+ APK — Shut Down and Merged into Disney+

If you came here looking for the Star+ APK, here is the honest answer up front: the app is gone. Disney shut Star+ down in 2024 and folded everything into Disney+ across Latin America. You can still find the old file floating around, but it no longer signs you in and it no longer plays anything. Below is what happened, why the file is a dead end now, and how to watch the same shows, ESPN and originals the right way.

We checked the current app package on a real Android device before writing this, the way our editors have verified files since 2018. The install runs, but the service behind it does not. That is the whole story in one line.

What was Star+?

Star+ was a paid streaming service from Disney, built for Latin America and launched in August 2021. It carried general-entertainment series and films under the Star brand, plus live sports through ESPN and a set of Disney originals aimed at an older audience than Disney+ itself. It was a legal subscription service, not a free app and never a modded one. You paid a monthly fee, signed in, and streamed. Simple as that.

For a while a separate app made sense, since Star+ held content Disney kept out of the family-friendly Disney+ catalog. That split did not last.

What happened to Star+ (shutdown timeline)

Disney announced the merge in late 2023 and carried it out through the middle of 2024. Here is the short version.

Subscriptions were carried over to Disney+, so nobody lost access to what they were paying for. The shows, the ESPN sports and the originals all moved. Only the Star+ app itself was retired.

Does the Star+ APK still work?

No. The APK can still be downloaded and it will install on Android 5.0 and up, but that is where it ends. The backend it talked to is switched off, so logins fail, the catalog is empty and nothing streams. An old build reading a dead server is just an icon on your home screen. There is no VPN trick and no "latest version" that brings it back. Installing it only puts an outdated, unsupported app on your phone for zero payoff, and some sites still list that download purely to catch the search.

How to watch the same content now

The good news is that everything moved, it did not disappear. To watch the same Star series, ESPN sports and originals, use Disney+ instead.

1. Install Disney+ from our Disney+ page on the same phone.
2. Sign in with your old account, or start a subscription if you are new.
3. Open the Star hub inside Disney+ for the general-entertainment series and films.
4. Open the ESPN hub in the same app for live sports.
5. Browse the originals right alongside the rest of the Disney+ catalog.

If your old Star+ plan was active when the merge happened, it should already be linked to your Disney+ login. One account, one app, same library.

Is there a free or MOD version?

No, and this matters. Star+ was a paid, DRM-protected streaming service, so a "free premium" build or a MOD that unlocks the catalog was never a real thing. You cannot patch a licensed streaming app to hand you server-side content. Any page still promising a free or unlocked Star+ is selling you a story, usually with a risky file attached. The only legitimate way to watch is a Disney+ subscription, and honestly that is the simpler path anyway.

Bottom line

Star+ is closed. It shut down on July 24, 2024, and all of its shows, ESPN feeds and originals now live inside Disney+ in Latin America. We keep this page up as a straight answer for anyone still searching for the Star+ APK, so you do not waste a download on a dead file. When you are ready to watch, head to Disney+, or browse more working apps in the catalog.