Comparison

Mango 5Star vs API Zen

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

API Zen

Features
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API Zen brings the convenience of HTTP API endpoint testing on the go. With its intuitive request composer and detailed response information, it helps developers test endpoints with ease. Main features • Simple and intuitive request composer and viewer • Supports headers, request parameters, request body with JSON, XML, raw input, forms with file, image attachments, multipart and binary data • Organize endpoints into workspaces and projects • Enable iCloud syncing when creating a new workspace. If syncing is disabled workspace will be created on device only. • Seamless switching between local and iCloud workspaces • Option to add custom HTTP methods per project • Detailed response information which includes headers, cookies, metrics and connection information • View raw response with syntax highlighting • Preview HTML response output as web page • View all response history • SSL validation per request • Environment group with variables per workspace with option to select different environment per request • Supports dark mode • Import/Export workspace data API Zen is free for use. The app accepts optional donations which supports the development work.

Screenshots

Mango 5Star4 screens
API Zen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: API Zen at Free against Mango 5Star's $2.99. API Zen also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Mango 5Star's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#159 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads 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

API Zen is free to download; Mango 5Star costs $2.99 up front. API Zen sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Mango 5Star asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Mango 5Star versus API Zen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMango 5StarAPI Zen
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#159 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMango Umbrella LLCJaseem Valiya Valappil

In-app purchases

None

Mango 5Star

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

API Zen

One-time3
  • Thanks$3.99
  • Thank you$5.99
  • Thank you very much$7.99

Questions

Is Mango 5Star free?
Mango 5Star costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is API Zen free?
API Zen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mango 5Star or API Zen have ads?
Neither Mango 5Star nor API Zen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mango 5Star or API Zen?
Mango 5Star ships an update every 2 months, and API Zen every 2 months. Most recently, Mango 5Star was updated on October 7, 2026 and API Zen on October 2, 2026.

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