Comparison

Mango 5Star vs Simple cURL

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

Simple cURL

This app allows developers and backend professionals to test, debug, and analyze API requests directly from their mobile devices. It provides detailed response displays and features like custom headers and dark mode for an optimized developer experience.

Highlights
  • Run complex cURL commands
  • Support for custom headers
  • Detailed response display
  • Copy response parts (JSON, headers, body)
  • Dark mode
  • Optimized for iOS integration
Features
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Simple cURL is the essential tool for iOS developers and backend professionals who need to test, debug, and analyze API requests directly from their mobile device. With an intuitive interface and powerful features, it turns your iPhone or iPad into a portable API client. Key Features: Run complex cURL commands with support for custom headers Detailed response display including status code, headers, and body in readable format. Smart context menu to quickly copy specific parts of the response (full JSON, headers, or body) with a long tap on the response box. Dark mode and developer-optimized typography for extended reading. Who is this app for: iOS developers who need to test APIs in development environments (UAT, QA, Production). Backend engineers who want to verify endpoints from anywhere. Programming students learning about HTTP/REST protocols. DevOps professionals performing quick service monitoring. Why choose Simple cURL: Technical accuracy: Analyze every detail of the response, including hidden headers and status codes. Optimized for iOS: Seamless integration with clipboard, contextual keyboard, and Siri shortcuts. Guaranteed privacy: Zero tracking, your API data never leaves your device to be stored anywhere. Just copy a cURL from Charles proxy and paste into Simple cURL and see the responses

Screenshots

Mango 5Star4 screens
Simple cURL4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mango 5Star at 94% against Simple cURL's 0%. Mango 5Star also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (14 vs 1). Simple cURL's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On update cadence, 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 Simple cURL $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mango 5Star holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. 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. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Mango 5Star's written reviews are positive against 0% of Simple cURL's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Mango 5Star versus Simple cURL: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMango 5StarSimple cURL
Price$2.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.7 (14 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#158 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMango Umbrella LLCRodrigo Velazquez Tapia

Customer experience

Mango 5Star

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

Simple cURL

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mango 5Star

No in-app purchases

None

Simple cURL

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mango 5Star free?
Mango 5Star costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple cURL free?
Simple cURL costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mango 5Star or Simple cURL?
Mango 5Star is rated higher. Mango 5Star averages 4.7 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Simple cURL averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mango 5Star or Simple cURL have ads?
Neither Mango 5Star nor Simple cURL shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mango 5Star or Simple cURL?
Mango 5Star ships an update every 2 months, and Simple cURL every 2 months. Most recently, Mango 5Star was updated on October 26, 2026 and Simple cURL on October 25, 2026.

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