Comparison

King Children vs refurbmonitor

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

Head to head
About

King Children

This platform rethinks product design and production with a zero-waste supply chain. It offers custom-made eyewear designed to enhance your life while protecting the environment.

Highlights
  • Custom product design
  • Zero-waste supply chain
  • Performance-enhancing eyewear
  • Individually created products
  • Environmentally conscious production
Features
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King Children is a technology platform which was created to rethink how we design, develop and produce the products we buy. It was built from the ground up with the vision of a zero-waste supply chain, with beautiful products that are created for each individual customer. We create performance-enhancing eyewear that improves your life without harming the environment.

About

refurbmonitor

This app monitors Apple's refurbished store across multiple countries, notifying you instantly when desired products become available. It offers free basic alerts and an optional premium subscription for advanced features like cross-country notifications and home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Real-time refurbished product catalog monitoring
  • Instant availability alerts
  • Cross-country and multi-device alerts (premium)
  • Deal Radar for target price and configuration (premium)
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets (premium)
  • Daily email digest of new arrivals
Features
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Apple's refurbished Macs, iPads and iPhones often sell out within minutes of going online. refurbmonitor checks Apple's Refurbished Store in 25+ countries all day long and notifies you as soon as a product that matches your alert is back. A beautiful native app built with Liquid Glass, optimized for iPhone Duo, iPhone and iPad, in light and dark mode. Free: - The live refurb catalog of your country, with prices, discounts and how long each product stayed in stock - The week's fastest sell-outs on the Home tab, so you know how quickly to act - Alerts by model and category in one store: unlimited by email, push on 2 alerts - A daily email digest of new arrivals - Products you can find from Spotlight and Siri With refurbmonitor+: - Push on all your alerts - Notifications that get through Do Not Disturb - Deal Radar: a target price and an exact configuration (chip, RAM, storage) - Alerts across several countries and device types - Live widgets on the Home Screen and Lock Screen - 7 days free to try No ads and no tracking. I built refurbmonitor because I was tired of refreshing the refurb page by hand. Now the app does it for me. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

King Children3 screens
refurbmonitor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: King Children at 4.2 against refurbmonitor's 3.7. King Children also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ratings volume (47 vs 3). refurbmonitor's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). On price 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

Both are free to download. refurbmonitor sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. King Children asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

King Children holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: King Children has 47 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of King Children's written reviews are positive against 67% of refurbmonitor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

King Children ships an update every 4 weeks, refurbmonitor weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
King Children versus refurbmonitor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKing Childrenrefurbmonitor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (47 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews81.5% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings47 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKing ChildrenJerome Neuveglise

Customer experience

King Children

All ratings47 ratings
Positive78.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative21.3%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive81.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.5%

refurbmonitor

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

King Children

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

refurbmonitor

Subscriptions2
  • refurbmonitor+ monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • refurbmonitor+ (1 year)7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time3
  • Tip (Coffee)$1.99
  • Tip (Croissant)$4.99
  • Tip (Burger)$9.99

Questions

Is King Children free?
King Children is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is refurbmonitor free?
refurbmonitor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, King Children or refurbmonitor?
King Children is rated higher. King Children averages 4.2 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while refurbmonitor averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do King Children or refurbmonitor have ads?
King Children shows ads; refurbmonitor does not.
Which is updated more often, King Children or refurbmonitor?
King Children ships an update every 4 weeks, and refurbmonitor weekly. Most recently, King Children was updated on November 2, 2026 and refurbmonitor on November 15, 2026.

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