Fidgets vs Stingray WV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fidgets
Transform your smartwatch into an interactive fidget cube with six unique tactile experiences. Engage with a bouncing ball, haptic buttons, a spinning crown, a light switch, a joystick, and a calming breathing exercise. Unlock premium features for custom color themes.
- Interactive fidget cube on your watch
- Six tactile screens
- Tilt to bounce ball
- Haptic button press
- Spin Digital Crown
- Toggle light switch
- Drag joystick
- Square breathing exercise
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Turn your watch into a fidget cube with six interactive, tactile screens: - Tilt your watch to bounce a ball around your screen - Press and hold a haptic button - Spin the Digital Crown - Toggle the Light Switch - Drag the Joystick - Relax with Square Breathing Unlock Fidget Premium to choose a different color or special gradient theme, including Pride themes and elemental tones.
Stingray WV
This social media platform is exclusively for WVU students, featuring a unique weekly rotation of featured users called "Stingrays." Users can share various post types, including live snapshots and traditional media, and engage through direct messaging and profile customization.
- WVU student exclusive
- Weekly rotating featured users (Stingrays)
- Traditional posts (waves)
- Live snapshots (Sea Reals)
- Reposts (ReWaves)
- Direct messaging
- Profile customization
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What is StingrayWV? -A social media platform only available to WVU students. Why is it unique? -In StingrayWV, you do not follow people. Instead, each week everyone on the app follows a small randomly selected group of people, the Stingrays. Everytime a stingray makes a post, everyone on the app sees it. What type of posts? -Traditional waves, a post that can hold text, images or videos -Sea Reals, a live snapshot of a moment -ReWaves, reposts of something you like -Quote Waves, similar to a Rewave except with a comment attached. What can i do if i am not a Stingray? -make secret waves in The Bay -send direct messages -customize your profile Who's the GOAT? -Messi
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stingray WV at none against Fidgets's 1. Stingray WV also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Fidgets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Stingray WV asks for nothing beyond the download.
Stingray WV holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Fidgets's written reviews are positive against 100% of Stingray WV's.
Fidgets ships an update every 6 weeks, Stingray WV every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fidgets | Stingray WV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mark Schmidt | Matoi Technology LLC |
Customer experience
Fidgets
Stingray WV
In-app purchases
Fidgets
- Fidgets Premium$0.99
Stingray WV
No in-app purchases
