Mango 5Star vs Simple cURL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
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.
- Run complex cURL commands
- Support for custom headers
- Detailed response display
- Copy response parts (JSON, headers, body)
- Dark mode
- Optimized for iOS integration
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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
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mango 5Star | Simple cURL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (14 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #158 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mango Umbrella LLC | Rodrigo Velazquez Tapia |
Customer experience
Mango 5Star
Simple cURL
In-app purchases
Mango 5Star
No in-app purchases
Simple cURL
No in-app purchases
Questions
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