Kitten Tricks vs NativeScript Preview
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kitten Tricks
This free, open-source app provides customizable layouts and over 40 screens in dark and light themes to help developers build various applications quickly. It saves time and money by handling routine development tasks, powered by an international community.
- Customizable layouts
- Dark and light themes
- Over 40 screens
- Open-source code
- Community-powered updates
- Develop for various business goals
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Kitten Tricks is an app based on react-native and UI Kitten library. It’s completely free and Open Source. There are a huge variety of customizable layouts, use “as is” or add new blocks from the UI Kit. Over 40 screens in dark and light themes give you the possibility to create a bright and exclusive app while saving your time on compiling numerous details. Also, you can download the source code and use it for your own benefit. We have made all the routine work so you can to save time and money. The app is permanently updated and powered by a huge international community. Kitten Tricks helps you to develop an application for any business goals: e-commerce, social, fitness, etc. All you need in one place.
NativeScript Preview
Instantly preview your NativeScript projects directly on your mobile device. See your native UI elements, from buttons to complex 2D/3D canvas renderings, come to life as you develop.
- Live preview on device
- Native UI element rendering
- 2D canvas rendering
- 3D canvas rendering
- Cross-platform development tool
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Preview NativeScript projects on your device – from basic native user interface elements like buttons, switches and sliders, to 2d/3d canvas renderings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kitten Tricks at 68% against NativeScript Preview's 19%. Kitten Tricks also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 5) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). NativeScript Preview's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NativeScript Preview holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Kitten Tricks's written reviews are positive against 19% of NativeScript Preview's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Kitten Tricks ships an update every 4 months, NativeScript Preview every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kitten Tricks | NativeScript Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (16 ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.4% of reviews — better | 19.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 151 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akveo | nStudio LLC |
Customer experience
Kitten Tricks
NativeScript Preview
In-app purchases
Kitten Tricks
No in-app purchases
NativeScript Preview
No in-app purchases
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