Star Stable vs Sherlock Bones
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Star Stable
Raise a foal from birth to a fully grown horse. Customize your stable with new decorations, grow treats, and dress up your horses. Experience adventures with your horse in a vast online world.
- Raise foals into adult horses
- Customize stable and paddock
- Grow treats for horses
- Dress up horses
- Care for up to 21 horses
- Exclusive coat colors
- Adventures in Star Stable Online
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Welcome to the world of Star Stable Horses! Care for your very own adorable foal and watch as they grow into beautiful horses you can ride, train, and take on amazing adventures within the land of Jorvik! It's time to take your stable to the next level, with the Stable Styling Update! We've got brand-new decorations to customize your paddock and inside your barn. Make your stable truly YOU! • Complete fun daily tasks to keep your foal healthy and happy! • Watch your newborn foal grow up to become a beautiful horse! • Dress up horses with bows in the Beauty Salon! • Grow treats to feed your horses and foals in your own Garden! • Keep up to 21 horses in your very own horse stable! • Watch your horses play together in the paddock! • Choose your ideal horse breed & variation! • App Only Exclusive Coat Colors! • New horses and game content added frequently! But once your foal is all grown up the fun’s just getting started, as it can join you on amazing adventures in Star Stable Online, the worlds biggest online horse game and available on desktop and mobile!* For all the latest Star Stable news, visit us at: www.starstable.com/ssh Instagram.com/StarStableOnline Facebook.com/StarStable Twitter.com/StarStable *A Star Stable Online account and Star Coins are necessary for transferring.
Sherlock Bones
Explore the world of barn owls and their diets by dissecting owl pellets and reassembling bones. Solve food chain mysteries and learn about animal anatomy in this engaging educational game.
- Owl pellet dissection
- Bone reassembly challenge
- Food chain mystery solving
- Learn animal anatomy
- Investigate barn owl diets
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What animal could those bones belong to? With your help, Sherlock Bones and Sir Whetson answer that question and more by assembling the remains to solve a food chain mystery. Investigate a world of science about the diet and habits of barn owls and the anatomy of their prey. The game includes an owl pellet dissection and bone reassembly challenge sure to please child and parent or teacher alike. Age range: Elementary, of course!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sherlock Bones at 100% against Star Stable's 63%. Sherlock Bones also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). Star Stable's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (12K vs 14). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Star Stable sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Sherlock Bones asks for nothing beyond the download.
Star Stable holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Star Stable has 12K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Star Stable's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sherlock Bones's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Star Stable ships an update every 2 weeks, Sherlock Bones every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Star Stable | Sherlock Bones |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (12K ratings) — better | 4.0 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 247 MB | 254 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Star Stable Entertainment AB | Owl Brand Supply Company |
Customer experience
Star Stable
Sherlock Bones
Bugs and requests
Star Stable
Reported bugs
3 issues- Horses disappearing from stables
- Incorrect horse breeds/colors being displayed
- Quests and training not registering properly
Requested features
4 requests- More horse breeds and coat color options
- Ability to ride and compete with horses in-app
- Reduced cost or free transfers to SSO
- Shorter rest times between training sessions
Sherlock Bones
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Star Stable
- Stable Stall 1$0.99
- Stable Stall 3$0.99
- Stable Interiors Package$2.99
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- Star Coins S$2.99
- Horse Stall Package$2.99
- Star Coins M$5.99
- The Big Package$5.99
- Unlocks Stable Section 1$5.99
- Star Coins L$16.99
- Star Coins XL$29.99
Sherlock Bones
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Star Stable free?
Is Sherlock Bones free?
Which has better reviews, Star Stable or Sherlock Bones?
Do Star Stable or Sherlock Bones have ads?
Which is updated more often, Star Stable or Sherlock Bones?
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