Comparison

Horse.TV vs Sleuth Star

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

Head to head
About

Horse.TV

Access a vast library of horse-related movies, TV shows, and documentaries. Improve your horsemanship with training collections from world-renowned trainers, designed to help you fix problems and build a better relationship with your horse.

Highlights
  • Horse training collections
  • World-renowned trainers
  • Horse-related movies
  • TV shows and original series
  • Documentaries
Features
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The Horse.TV app features training collections from world-renowned horse trainers to help you fix problems, develop a better relationship with your horse, and boost your horsemanship. You'll also find a wide variety of horse related movies, TV shows, original series, and documentaries. To access all features and content you can subscribe to Horse.TV on a monthly or yearly basis with an auto-renewing subscription right inside the app.* Pricing can vary by region and will be confirmed before purchase in the app. In app subscriptions will automatically renew at the end of their cycle. * All payments will be paid through your iTunes Account and may be managed under Account Settings after the initial payment. Subscription payments will automatically renew unless deactivated at least 24-hours before the end of the current cycle. Your account will be charged for renewal at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current cycle. Any unused portion of your free trial will be forfeited upon payment. Cancellations are incurred by disabling auto-renewal. Terms of Service: https://horsetv.vhx.tv/tos Privacy Policy: https://horsetv.vhx.tv/privacy

About

Sleuth Star

Engage in a noir detective experience, meticulously searching crime scenes for clues. Analyze evidence with specialized tools and present your findings to a judge to unravel mysteries. Progress through a career ladder with unlockable items that alter gameplay.

Highlights
  • Crime scene investigation
  • Clue analysis with equipment
  • Present evidence to a judge
  • Six hand-crafted cases
  • Eight-rank career ladder
  • Unlockable items that change gameplay
Features
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Sleuth Star is a noir detective game where you work the case yourself. Step into a 1940s detective's office, search crime scenes for fingerprints and hidden notes, analyze every clue with your equipment, and present what you've found to the bench. Watch the judge react to each exhibit, then reveal what really happened. Six hand-crafted cases across four difficulty tiers, an eight-rank career ladder, seventeen unlockable items that actually change how you play. No ads, no microtransactions, no tracking. Plays fully offline on iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

Horse.TV4 screens
Sleuth Star4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sleuth Star at 100% against Horse.TV's 51%. Sleuth Star also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Horse.TV's advantage is ratings volume (134 vs 4). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Horse.TV sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Sleuth Star asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sleuth Star holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Horse.TV has 134 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Horse.TV's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sleuth Star's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Horse.TV ships an update every 5 months, Sleuth Star daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Horse.TV versus Sleuth Star: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHorse.TVSleuth Star
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (134 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings134 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarsonJames.com LLCMathew Konopinski

Customer experience

Horse.TV

All ratings132 ratings
Positive60.6%
Neutral5.3%
Negative34.1%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive50.6%
Neutral7.4%
Negative42.0%

Sleuth Star

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Horse.TV

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App doesn't recognize login credentials
  • Password reset emails not received
  • Video plays wrong episode (e.g., Season 4 Episode 1 instead of Season 1 Episode 1)
  • Audio continues playing after switching screens or closing app
  • Videos don't resume from pause point
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  • App crashes frequently
  • Casting to TV functionality broken
  • Minimize/maximize video causes display cutoff
  • App not accessible from same device subscription was created on
  • Subscription charged after cancellation attempt
  • Streaming errors ('Not available try again later')

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add more movies beyond documentaries
  • Expand content to include other riding disciplines (jumping, dressage, eventing, trail, driving)
  • Implement 'Continue Watching' section to resume videos
  • Add more barrel racing and diverse trainer content
  • Include closed captions and subtitles for accessibility
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  • Create playlist or auto-play feature for full series viewing
  • Add more recent and updated content regularly
  • Improve episode navigation with dedicated menu options
  • Add more Mustang-related content
  • Include additional horsemen/women trainers

Sleuth Star

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Horse.TV

Subscriptions2
  • Horse.TV Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Horse.TV Yearly7 Days trial$89.991 Year
None

Sleuth Star

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Horse.TV free?
Horse.TV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sleuth Star free?
Sleuth Star is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Horse.TV or Sleuth Star?
Sleuth Star is rated higher. Horse.TV averages 3.5 out of 5 from 134 ratings, while Sleuth Star averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Horse.TV or Sleuth Star have ads?
Neither Horse.TV nor Sleuth Star shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Horse.TV or Sleuth Star?
Horse.TV ships an update every 5 months, and Sleuth Star daily. Most recently, Horse.TV was updated on October 24, 2026 and Sleuth Star on October 14, 2026.

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