Comparison

Mango 5Star vs Java Recipes Pro

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

Head to head
About

Mango 5Star

This home screen widget app is designed for Apple developers and podcasters. It highlights only positive 5-star reviews for your app or podcast, helping to boost your mood and focus on positive feedback.

Highlights
  • Displays only 5-star reviews
  • Home screen widget
  • Focuses on positive feedback
  • Boosts mood for developers
  • Supports Apple platforms
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Apple developers and podcasters: have you ever let one negative review ruin your day? Chances are, you have other more important positive 5-star reviews. But we are humans. We are too vulnerable to the negative feedbacks. And we don’t take enough advantage of the positive ones. Mango 5Star is a home screen widget app built for you. It displays *only* 5-star reviews of your app or podcast on Apple platforms. Let those 5-star reviews boost your mood every time you look at your home screen.

About

Java Recipes Pro

This app provides a curated collection of standard Java and SQL code examples for developers. It's designed to help with exams, interviews, and daily coding tasks by offering ready-to-use, proven code snippets. Access all examples offline on iOS and macOS devices.

Highlights
  • Directory of Java and SQL operations
  • Selected code examples from books and online resources
  • Useful for exams and interviews
  • Quick search by code or topic
  • Offline access to all examples
  • Cross-platform support (iOS, macOS)
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A reference of everyday Java, from strings and collections to threading and design patterns. Every example comes with an explanation, and most of them run. • 22 sections: simple types, arrays and collections, classes, interfaces and generics, functions and lambdas, files, serialization, exceptions, regular expressions, threading, databases, patterns. • Run in the app: the example really executes and the output appears under the code. Needs an internet connection; the daily limit is 30 launches. • What changed in new versions: 8 sections from Java 9 to 21, with "before" and "after" code side by side. • Keyword and function reference: 160 articles - browse the list or search by word. • SQL alongside: over 200 queries against a live practice database - JOIN, GROUP BY, subqueries, data types. Queries have their own daily count. • Edit examples and add your own - they stay in the app and are always at hand. • Search runs over the code itself, not just the titles: remember a fragment and you will find the example. • Everything except running works offline: examples, search, favourites. • Comfortable to read: light and dark themes, your own font and size, line numbers, and long lines wrap instead of running off the screen. Examples are drawn from professional sources and verified by running them. Made by a developer for developers. In development since 2015.

Screenshots

Mango 5Star4 screens
Java Recipes Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Java Recipes Pro at 5.0 against Mango 5Star's 4.7. Mango 5Star's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (14 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Mango 5Star costs $2.99 and Java Recipes Pro $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Java Recipes Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mango 5Star has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mango 5Star ships an update every 2 months, Java Recipes Pro every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Mango 5Star versus Java Recipes Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMango 5StarJava Recipes Pro
Price$2.99$2.99
Rating4.7 (14 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#155 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMango Umbrella LLCFedor Obraztsov

Customer experience

Mango 5Star

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%

Java Recipes Pro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mango 5Star

No in-app purchases

None

Java Recipes Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mango 5Star free?
Mango 5Star costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Java Recipes Pro free?
Java Recipes Pro costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mango 5Star or Java Recipes Pro?
Java Recipes Pro is rated higher. Mango 5Star averages 4.7 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Java Recipes Pro averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mango 5Star or Java Recipes Pro have ads?
Neither Mango 5Star nor Java Recipes Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mango 5Star or Java Recipes Pro?
Mango 5Star ships an update every 2 months, and Java Recipes Pro every 8 months. Most recently, Mango 5Star was updated on September 19, 2026 and Java Recipes Pro on September 17, 2026.

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