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An AppFollow alternative for indie developers and small teams

AppFollow is a review management and ASO platform for support and app teams, with reply automation, an AI support agent, translation, keywords and charts. OneStar is built for one developer or a small team who wants to know what users complain about, love and ask for. It reads the reviews of any app or game, yours or a competitor's, and opens every number down to the reviews behind it. On Pro you can also reply to your own App Store and Google Play reviews from one inbox, get alerts in Slack and connect Claude, Codex or Cursor to your reports. Both start free; OneStar Pro is $19 a month, against $129 for AppFollow Essential billed annually.

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  • Free plan, no card
  • App Store, Google Play and Steam
  • Replies, Slack and AI assistants on Pro
The short answer

Which one fits

AppFollow covers more ground: reply automation, support integrations, translation and ASO, and its free plan already includes replies and ASO tools. For a team that needs those, it is the better buy. AppFollow facts below are as listed on appfollow.io/pricing, checked October 12, 2026.

Pick AppFollow if

  • You reply to reviews at volume and want an AI support agent or automated replies.
  • Reviews feed a support stack such as Zendesk or Discord.
  • You also need ASO tools: keywords and top chart rankings.
  • Your players also talk on Discord, Reddit or Trustpilot, or you ship on Microsoft, Xbox or Amazon.
  • Several people work the reviews, or reviews in many languages need translating.

Pick OneStar if

  • You want a full report for less than a team plan: Pro is $19 a month, and AppFollow Essential is $129 a month billed annually.
  • You work alone or in a small team and want the report and the reply inbox in one tool, priced for one person.
  • You want to answer your own App Store and Google Play reviews with what each reviewer complained about in view, and get the new ones in Slack.
  • You look at many different apps, a report at a time, rather than a fixed set of sources.
  • You want numbers you can open down to the review, with the answers the model was unsure of left in view.
  • You want Claude, Codex or Cursor to read your reports and start a run only after you approve its estimate in reviews, with limits you set for each connection.
Side by side

AppFollow and OneStar, row by row

Prices are in US dollars. Both have a free plan, both cover the App Store, Google Play and Steam, both read competitors and both reply to reviews. The differences are in price, automation, integrations and ASO.

AppFollow column as listed on appfollow.io/pricing, checked October 12, 2026, and its MCP as listed on AppFollow's MCP comparison, checked October 24, 2026. OneStar column from the pricing page today.
What mattersAppFollowOneStar
Paid plansEssential $129 a month billed annually ($179 month to month), Team $425 ($599), Enterprise at a custom price. VAT not includedPro at $19 a month or $190 a year, Max at $49 a month or $490 a year
Free planYesYes: 2 sources, entry level replies, ASO tools and up to 5 team members, plus a 10 day trial of paid featuresYesYes, no card: 3 report runs a month of up to 500 reviews each and 1,500 reviews a month in all
SourcesYesApp Store, Google Play, Steam, Discord, Reddit, Trustpilot and custom sources; Microsoft, Xbox and Amazon from Team. 5 sources on Essential, 10 on TeamPartlyApp Store, Google Play and Steam, plus reviews from a CSV file. Plans count reviews read, not sources
Reply to reviewsYesYes, from the free plan up; paid plans add an AI support agent and reply automationYesOn Pro and Max, for your own apps through App Store Connect and Play Console (in beta): one inbox, reviewers who say they are leaving first, saved replies matched to each review. No AI agent or automation
IntegrationsYesEmail integrations with Slack, Discord, Zendesk and more on every plan; native integrations and Salesforce on EnterprisePartlySlack on Pro and Max: alerts, new reviews at the stars you pick and connection problems. Email alerts, a weekly digest and CSV export. No Discord or Zendesk
TranslationsYesAutomated review translation from EssentialNoNo. Quotes stay in the language they were written in
ASOYesASO tools, keywords and top chart rankingsNoNo. OneStar covers reviews only
CompetitorsYesCompetitor trackingYesAny public app or game by name, and Compare for two to four side by side on Pro
AI assistants (MCP)YesAppFollow MCP for account owners and admins: reviews, replies, ratings, rankings, keywords and reports. Calls spend API credits, and API access is limited on the Free and ASO plansYesOn Pro and Max (in beta): Claude, Codex or Cursor reads your reports and searches their reviews, starts reports, refreshes, Asks, custom categories and lenses and tracks reports after you approve an estimate in reviews, saves comparisons, and keeps notes on a report. Reading costs no reviews
How OneStar works

What reviewers are telling you, then the reply

Jev, a model built for typed judgments, answers the same questions about each review in a sample: is there a complaint, which theme, is the reviewer leaving, are they asking for something. Code turns the answers into shares, trends and audience splits, so the same reviews always give the same numbers.

When Jev is not confident, the review goes to an unsure row that the report shows, and every share opens the reviews it was counted from.

The reply inbox shows each review of your app with the theme, severity and leaving signal Jev found, sorted so the people about to go come first. Saved replies are offered where their stars and themes match, and you write or pick every reply that goes out.

On Pro and Max you can connect Claude, Codex or Cursor to your account. Your assistant reads the same reports and the reviews behind them, keeps notes on a report, and can start a report, a refresh, an Ask, a lens or a custom category your own model drafted, or track a report. Before anything starts, OneStar returns an estimate in reviews for you to approve, and Jev still judges each review.

OneStar does not write or automate replies, translate reviews or track keywords, has no Discord or Zendesk integration and gives one seat per plan. If those matter more than the report, AppFollow is the better tool.

FAQ

Questions, answered plainly

More on replying to reviews and Slack, or see the Appbot comparison.

Can OneStar reply to reviews like AppFollow?

Yes, for your own apps on Pro and Max. Connect App Store Connect or the Play Console (in beta) and reply from one inbox; each reply goes out through your own developer account. There is no AI support agent and no reply automation.

Does OneStar integrate with Slack?

Yes, on Pro and Max. A Slack channel can get alerts, new reviews at the star ratings you pick and store connection problems, for your own apps and for competitors you track. Discord and Zendesk are not supported.

Is OneStar cheaper than AppFollow?

OneStar Pro is $19 a month or $190 a year, and AppFollow lists Essential at $129 a month billed annually. Both have a free plan. AppFollow's plans count sources and include ASO tools; OneStar's count reviews read and tracked reports.

Can I use OneStar from Claude, Codex or Cursor?

Yes, on Pro and Max (in beta). Connect any MCP client to your account and it can read your reports, search the reviews behind them, keep notes on a report, save comparisons, and start reports, refreshes, Asks, custom categories and lenses or track a report after you approve an estimate in reviews. Reading costs no reviews; what it starts counts against the same monthly allowance as the app, under limits you set for each connection. AppFollow has an MCP server too, whose calls spend API credits, as checked October 24, 2026.

Does OneStar do ASO or keyword tracking?

No. OneStar covers reviews only: the report, comparisons, tracking with alerts, and replies for your own apps.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. A free account gets 3 report runs a month of up to 500 reviews each and 1,500 reviews a month in all, with no card. Public reports open without an account.

See the output

Read a OneStar report first

Public reports open without an account, so you can judge the output before you sign up.

Life360: Family Safety & GPSLife360 · App Store + Play
By OneStar

Life360 reviews: location accuracy, battery and the subscription

Natural mix · last year · 3,000 reviews · refreshed weeklyNatural mix · last year · 3,000 · weekly

Top praise: works reliably, then easy to use. Top complaint: crashes and bugs (28% of complaints, mentioned in 30%), then pricing and fees.

Crashes and bugs28%

Watch out for crashes and bugs: raised in 11% of written reviews, store score 4.8.

Rating, 30 days 4.13 −0.11Updated Oct 28
Ticketmaster－Buy, Sell TicketsTicketmaster L.L.C · App Store + Play
By OneStar

Ticketmaster after all-in pricing: do fans still complain about fees?

Natural mix · 2025-05-01 to 2026-10-14 · 2,900 reviewsNatural mix · 2025-05-01 to 2026-10-14 · 2,900

Top praise: easy to use and works reliably. Top complaint: crashes and bugs (35% of complaints, mentioned in 39%), then login and account.

Crashes and bugs35%

Watch out for crashes and bugs: raised in 35% of written reviews, store score 4.7.

Rating, 30 days 2.22 +0.17Updated Oct 14
ChatGPTOpenAI OpCo, LLC · App Store + Play
By OneStar

Did retiring GPT-4o cost ChatGPT its most loyal users?

Natural mix · 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-25 · 2,118 reviewsNatural mix · 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-25 · 2,118

Top praise: easy to use and works reliably. Top complaint: content quality (in 37% of complaints), then company, ethics and policy.

Content quality36%

Watch out for pricing and fees: raised in 3% of written reviews, store score 4.8.

Rating, 30 days 4.54 +0.25Updated Sep 25

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