Comparison

StarOrder vs Refined GitHub

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

StarOrder

Organize your GitHub starred repositories with intuitive tagging and search. Easily find specific projects and designate favorites. Enjoy a clean, native interface with seamless multi-device syncing.

Highlights
  • Flexible tagging for repositories
  • Search thousands of starred repos
  • Designate 'Star of All Stars'
  • Simple and elegant native UI
  • Multi-device CloudKit syncing
  • Secure with minimal OAuth permissions
Features
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Star Order is a professional tool for managing GitHub Stars. With easy and flexible tagging, it allows you to search through thousands of Star repositories and still be able to select the one you need with ease and grace. In addition, you can select your favorite Star repository and make it a "Star of All Stars"! - Simple and Elegant Star Order is a pure native application developed with SwiftUI, and the UI has been carefully designed to make you feel more comfortable using it. - Multi-device syncing Star Order uses Apple's official CloudKit data syncing solution to ensure your data is quickly synced on iPhone / iPad / Mac. - Secure and Pure Star Order does not collect any user data and applies minimum GitHub Oauth permissions to ensure your private data is safe.

About

Refined GitHub

Enhance your GitHub experience with this Safari extension. It streamlines the interface and introduces over 200 features, including improved link detection, visible whitespace, and one-click tools for common tasks. Gain deeper insights into code, pull requests, and repository history.

Highlights
  • Linkifies issue/PR references and URLs
  • Makes whitespace characters visible
  • Reduces tab size to 4 spaces
  • One-click merge conflict fixers
  • Reaction avatars for comments
  • View source of Markdown files
  • Build/CI status icon next to repo name
Features
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Refined GitHub is a Safari extension that simplifies the GitHub.com interface and adds useful features. ■ Highlights - Linkifies issue/PR references and URLs in code. - Makes whitespace characters visible. - Reduces tabs’ size to 4 spaces instead of 8. - Adds one-click merge conflict fixers. - Adds reaction avatars showing who reacted to a comment. - Adds a button to revert all the changes to a file in a PR. - Adds a build/CI status icon next to the repo’s name. - Adds a button to view the source of Markdown files. - Shows PRs that touch the current file. - Highlights the most useful comment in conversations. - Shows the first Git tag a merged PR was included in. - Adds a link to an automatic changelog for each tag/release. - Adds possible related pages and alternatives on 404 pages. - Displays the age of the repository in the sidebar. And so much more! 200+ features. See the developer website for a full list of features. The GITHUB and REFINED GITHUB trademarks are owned by GitHub, Inc. and used under license.

Screenshots

StarOrder4 screens
Refined GitHub2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Refined GitHub at Free against StarOrder's $3.99. Refined GitHub also leads on ratings volume (88 vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). StarOrder's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (86% vs 73%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Refined GitHub is free to download; StarOrder costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

StarOrder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Refined GitHub has 88 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of StarOrder's written reviews are positive against 73% of Refined GitHub's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StarOrder ships an update every 2 months, Refined GitHub every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
StarOrder versus Refined GitHub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStarOrderRefined GitHub
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.6 (88 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better72.7% of reviews
Number of ratings288 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer俊 吕Sindre Sorhus

Customer experience

StarOrder

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

Refined GitHub

All ratings88 ratings
Positive89.8%
Neutral5.7%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative18.2%

In-app purchases

None

StarOrder

No in-app purchases

None

Refined GitHub

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StarOrder free?
StarOrder costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Refined GitHub free?
Refined GitHub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, StarOrder or Refined GitHub?
StarOrder is rated higher. StarOrder averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Refined GitHub averages 4.6 from 88 ratings.
Do StarOrder or Refined GitHub have ads?
Neither StarOrder nor Refined GitHub shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StarOrder or Refined GitHub?
StarOrder ships an update every 2 months, and Refined GitHub every 6 weeks. Most recently, StarOrder was updated on September 18, 2026 and Refined GitHub on September 28, 2026.

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