Comparison

Mango 5Star vs Xreviews

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

Xreviews

Manage and respond to your Apple App Store reviews directly from your iPhone or iPad. This native app allows you to search, sort, and filter reviews, and even view them offline after initial import. Designed for developers by developers, it offers widgets for at-a-glance review monitoring.

Highlights
  • View and manage app reviews
  • Respond to reviews directly
  • Search, sort, and filter reviews
  • Offline review access
  • Home screen widgets
  • Support for multiple accounts
Features
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Xreviews is a native iPhone and iPad app that allows you to view and manage reviews for your Apple App Store apps. Just sign in with your App Store Connect API keys, and we'll import customer reviews for all of your apps. You can search, sort, and filter reviews by keyword, date, rating, and more. Xreviews also lets you respond to App Store reviews directly from the app. You can even filter out reviews that you already responded to from your feed. Xreviews is a modern, native iOS app designed for indie developers by indie developers with details that make it a joy to use. For example, our widgets allow you to see the latest app reviews right from your Home Screen. For our power users, Xreviews supports multiple App Store accounts. Have too many apps? You can hide apps for which you don't need to see reviews. And once the initial import completes, you can view all customer reviews offline. Xreviews is the best app review manager for iOS and iPadOS.

Screenshots

Mango 5Star4 screens
Xreviews4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Xreviews at Free against Mango 5Star's $2.99. Xreviews also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Mango 5Star's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#153 vs unranked). On review sentiment, 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

Xreviews is free to download; Mango 5Star costs $2.99 up front. Xreviews sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mango 5Star asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Xreviews 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Mango 5Star's written reviews are positive against 100% of Xreviews's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mango 5Star ships an update every 2 months, Xreviews every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Mango 5Star versus Xreviews: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMango 5StarXreviews
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (14 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#153 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMango Umbrella LLCFurnace Creek Software LLC

Customer experience

Mango 5Star

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

Xreviews

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mango 5Star

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Xreviews

One-time1
  • Pro: One Time Purchase$4.99

Questions

Is Mango 5Star free?
Mango 5Star costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Xreviews free?
Xreviews is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mango 5Star or Xreviews?
Xreviews is rated higher. Mango 5Star averages 4.7 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Xreviews averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Mango 5Star or Xreviews have ads?
Neither Mango 5Star nor Xreviews shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mango 5Star or Xreviews?
Mango 5Star ships an update every 2 months, and Xreviews every 3 weeks. Most recently, Mango 5Star was updated on October 29, 2026 and Xreviews on October 24, 2026.

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