# Agora: The Worldwide Awards — Show your talent, win money

> Global platform for talent awards, recognition, and prizes. (iPhone/iPad app by Agora APP SL.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/agora-the-worldwide-awards/id1050488345 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Agora APP SL](https://appshunter.io/developer/1050488344)
- Category: Photo & Video, Entertainment
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.64/5 from 8,113 App Store ratings · 53 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 70 MB
- Languages: English, Spanish
- Released: 2016-06-15
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/agora-the-worldwide-awards/id1050488345/reviews.md

## What is Agora?

Agora is “The Worldwide Awards.” A tool to give visibility to the best worldwide creations, ideas, and actions. Everyone, everywhere, can participate for free in The Worldwide Awards and win recognition and prizes for their unique talent.

Agora is a system to create a better world with the most inspiring human activity. Because everyone is different, but together we win. 

The Agora Awards are The Worldwide Awards. Awards to give recognition, grants, and prizes to the best-talented people around the planet. Each award has two winners.

· Jury’s Prize: A professional jury invited specially to be the jury of a specific award.
· People’s Prize: People worldwide vote in a fair and secure system, and the most voted creation will win the People’s Prize.

The Agora Awards are free for everyone to participate through our app or website. You can participate with your creations, ideas, or actions, and win worldwide recognition and opportunities because of your unique talent. Also, you can vote and empower talented people around the globe!


Awards about photography, videos, artificial intelligence AI, art, illustration, fine arts, shortfilms, documentary, journalism, animation, motion pictures, climate change, activism, ideas, poetry, and all kind of talent. 


Earn worldwide recognition with your photos, videos, music, art and creativity on Agora: The Worldwide Awards. Win prizes, recognition and opportunities with Agora and your talent.
 
Love 
Giving hearts is the best way to help the creations participating in an Award to become finalists.  
In fact, a percentage of the selection of finalist works has to do with the number of hearts that each work receives. Support the best creations with your love 


Gratitude   
Thanking is wise. You can thank all those people who help you with their hearts in your creations. The number of thank you's given will accumulate in your profile as a representation of the help you are giving to the Agora community. By the way, thank you very much!  

For more information, read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
https://agoraawards.com/privacy-policy
https://agoraawards.com/terms-and-conditions

## Key features

- Submit creations for worldwide awards
- Win recognition and prizes
- Vote for submissions
- Participate in diverse award categories
- Showcase photography, video, art, and ideas
- Free participation for all users

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3 Months subscription | $22.99 | per 3 months |
| 1 Month subscription | $9.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Starter Pack | $0.99 | one-time |
| Amateur Pack | $1.99 | one-time |
| Professional Pack | $2.99 | one-time |
| #CasualCreator Pack | $0.99 | one-time |
| #InspiredCreator Pack | $4.99 | one-time |
| #ProlificCreator Pack | $9.99 | one-time |
| #HighProlificCreator Pack | $19.99 | one-time |
| #SuperbCreator Pack | $49.99 | one-time |
| #ISupportAgora Pack | $99.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Agora?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 💡 Great platform for photographers to showcase their work
- 👍 Easy to use and navigate
- 🚀 Allows for international networking and exposure

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔍 Lack of curation leading to irrelevant/low-quality submissions
- 💰 Monetization issues (e.g. pay-to-win, lack of payment options)
- 🤖 Concerns about AI-generated art being included in competitions

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Inability to log in or stay logged in
- Issues with uploading and displaying photos
- Malfunctioning features (e.g. voting, location tagging)

**Most requested features**

- Improved photo upload and submission process
- Better curation and moderation of content
- More payment options for selling artwork
- Separate competitions for human-created and AI-generated art

## Recent user reviews (10 of 53)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/agora-the-worldwide-awards/id1050488345/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Ushering in the era of Ai trash.

*2024-01-17*

This app used to be a beautiful community of amazing artists and staff, even the core team was involved in sharing their art. Then they started hosting ai competitions. Now it is no longer an honest or artist-minded platform, otherwise they would protect their artists from this talentless leeching atrocity against artists.  Stable diffusion images aren’t art, they’re stolen amalgamations of the styles and artwork that millions of artists have done so far, used against their will to create text-to-image crap. It takes no skill to create except typing a word prompt. It’s the antithesis of art. And now they have people submitting ai photos in photography competitions. They sure do hard work curating and barring me from sharing my real art because of nudity, yet widely celebrate nudity on the app. I was even told my work couldn’t be posted because of frontal nudity several times when the photo of the year winner was a fully exposed frontal nude. The team continuously stands by decisions and opinions that are completely hypocritical. But they’re fine hosting text-to-image algorithmic nonsense and having it compete against real art. It’s over… have fun competing against robots.

### 1/5 — Slow App and Website

*2023-12-13*

I tried over 5 times to create a account, when I finally got in all of the changes I made to my account (links, social medias) weren’t able to update. I was left with a blank page that I couldn’t customize. I also noticed the ability to “boost” posts, I haven’t looked into it but this seems kinda like pay to win, which isn’t fair because not every artist has the same budget.

### 4/5 — Artistically

*2023-08-01*

Agora is a great platform that allows artists from around the globe, like myself, to showcase their skills and create a positive impact on society. I love the fact that I get to see unique artworks and connect with artists from different countries, which fuels my creative inspiration and expands my artistic horizons.

### 2/5 — Could be much better

*2022-04-05, version 2.16.0*

The new crop is horrid. Missing out on the full frames of so many beautiful works of art. Not a single one of my photos fits this crop as I intend for them to. Not to exclude any artists that may be videographers, but the videography aspect of the app has taken away from the photography side, which is what the app was originally based off. I feel this is really unfortunate. The app is a constant work in progress. There were several occasions where the app simply wouldn’t allow me to log in, or post. Two crucial things. I think more thought could be put into the entirety of the app. As far as the art and artists I love to see your work and creativity. Remember that originality and authenticity are what make a work your own.

### 1/5 — Currently unusable

*2021-11-25, version 2.13.1*

It asks me to read and accept the terms and conditions before allowing me to do anything. This would not be an issue if the app were capable of loading said terms, but it's not. I just get endless circles. Also, the "app support" link took me to another site completely.

### 4/5 — Not able to vote on IPadOS 15

*2021-09-29, version 2.13.1*

Crashes on vote button press. Also, freezes at the launch screen when opened first time on iPadOS 15. Force kill the app and open again works fine.

### 1/5 — I’m just going to delete it

*2021-06-27, version 2.13.1*

I can’t give any stars because I just get an error. 
I can’t contact them. When I hit Contact us it opens a blank page with no option to do anything. 
There is no Instagram page after they tell you to follow them on Instagram. 
If I download an app and right away there are problems, I’m going to dump it. There are others. Apparently the app creator doesn’t care about it. Either that or they have no idea what they’re doing.

### 1/5 — Can’t even go back to my profile!

*2021-05-30, version 2.13.1*

I just re downloaded this app after not having it for a while. I can log in fine, but it tells me to accept the new terms and conditions and it just loads forever. So basically the app is useless until this bug is fixed which I doubt will be any time soon. I also remember the worst photos I’ve seen get so many likes even though they’re either poor quality or a photo of a leaf or something stupid like that.

### 1/5 — Wrong location

*2021-05-28, version 2.13.1*

Every time I attempt to put where I live. Where the photos were taken. It will add a different town    When I type my city in. Suggestions come up correct. But I select the one I want.  Different city pops in the slot.

### 1/5 — No customer support

*2021-04-22, version 2.13.1*

I have requested a password reset several times but when I am sent the link it doesn’t work.  I then contact support and they don’t answer or they write some confusing message that makes no sense. I have been unable to access the app for about a week now. Poor customer service

## Frequently asked questions about Agora

### What is Agora: The Worldwide Awards?

Agora is a platform that hosts worldwide awards for creations, ideas, and actions. It aims to give visibility to talented individuals globally, allowing them to participate for free, win recognition, and earn prizes. Users can also vote for their favorite submissions.

### How can I participate in the awards?

You can participate by submitting your creations, ideas, or actions through the app or website. The platform features awards across various categories such as photography, video, AI, art, journalism, and activism. Participation is free for everyone.

### Are there any costs associated with using Agora?

Participation in The Worldwide Awards on Agora is free for everyone. While the core functionality of submitting and voting is free, the app does have in-app purchases, which may offer additional features or support for creators.

### What types of talents are recognized?

Agora recognizes a wide range of talents including photography, videos, artificial intelligence (AI), art, illustration, fine arts, short films, documentaries, journalism, animation, motion pictures, climate change activism, ideas, and poetry. Essentially, any kind of talent is welcome.

### How are winners selected?

Each award has two winners: the Jury's Prize, selected by a professional jury, and the People's Prize, determined by worldwide votes. A percentage of finalist selections also considers the number of 'hearts' a creation receives, which users can give to support submissions.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.5.8 — 2024-01-23

Improved user experience and stability updates.

### 3.5.7 — 2023-12-08

Improved user experience and stability updates.

### 3.5.6 — 2023-11-09

Improved user experience and stability updates.

### 3.5.5 — 2023-10-27

Minor bug fixes and performance enhancements.

### 3.5.4 — 2023-10-15

Improved user experience and stability updates.

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