Horse.TV vs Sleuth Star
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Horse training collections
- World-renowned trainers
- Horse-related movies
- TV shows and original series
- Documentaries
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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
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Horse.TV | Sleuth Star |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (134 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 134 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CarsonJames.com LLC | Mathew Konopinski |
Customer experience
Horse.TV
Sleuth Star
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
Horse.TV
- Horse.TV Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Horse.TV Yearly7 Days trial$89.991 Year
Sleuth Star
No in-app purchases









