Mango 5Star vs LexShell
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.
LexShell
Connect to remote servers and Bonjour services with ease. This client remembers your frequently accessed servers, adapting to different locations for seamless access. It's designed for efficient and reliable SSH connections.
- SSH terminal client
- Remote server access
- Bonjour server support
- Location-aware server memory
- Connect from anywhere
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Sometimes you need to SSH into a server. This app helps you do exactly that. Remote servers, Bonjour servers — we welcome them all. We'll optionally remember the servers you frequently access from a given spot, too; so if you're always connecting to one network from the coffeeshop and another from home, we've got you covered. With built-in support for the keyboard keys that iOS forgot (Esc, Tab, and Control-combos), a slew of themes, and a ton of functionality included for free. Need Pro features like 1Password keys, SFTP support throughout iOS, and Snippets? Take a look at a Pro subscription. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: LexShell at Free against Mango 5Star's $2.99. LexShell also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Mango 5Star's advantage is chart position (#158 vs unranked) and ratings volume (14 vs 3). On ads, in-app purchases 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
LexShell is free to download; Mango 5Star costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LexShell holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 3 respectively.
Mango 5Star ships an update every 2 months, LexShell every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mango 5Star | LexShell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #158 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mango Umbrella LLC | Lex Friedman |
Customer experience
Mango 5Star
LexShell
In-app purchases
Mango 5Star
No in-app purchases
LexShell
No in-app purchases
