# Awful - SA Forums browser — user reviews > 107 indexed App Store user reviews of Awful by Dale Stonall-Mellor, rated 4.90/5 from 233 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/awful-sa-forums-browser/id567936609/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/awful-sa-forums-browser/id567936609.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 225 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 3 ## What do users think of Awful? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and efficient - 👍 User-friendly interface - 🔒 Secure browsing experience - 💡 Customizable layout and settings - 🎨 Visually appealing design **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 📉 Declining performance over time - 🔋 High battery consumption - 🚫 Compatibility issues with newer devices **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when opening certain forums - Inability to load images and media - Freezing and lagging on older devices - Sync issues between app and website **Most requested features** - Add search functionality - Implement dark mode option - Improve thread navigation and bookmarking - Integrate with other social platforms ## Newest reviews (19 of 107) ### 5/5 — Miraculous *2024-08-29* This is the only app on my phone that still works when I’m entirely out of cell data 👍 ### 5/5 — What can I say, I use this app a lot *2024-01-20* Five stars, credit where it’s due, I’ve been a long time goon. ### 5/5 — The perfect way to read the forums *2023-12-13, version 6.5* The SA forums are one of the few remaining areas of the internet that haven’t been corrupted by endless greed, need for infinite growth, algorithm-driven content feeds, optimisations for engagement, impressions and advertiser-friendly content censorship. You can still just view everything arranged chronologically and no awful Reddit-style upvoting to drive lowest common denominator trash. The Awful app is incredibly polished and makes navigating and customising the layout a breeze. If the devs decided they needed to move to a monthly subscription model to continue development, I would gladly pay them $5 a month for the value they add. ### 5/5 — I am protected. *2023-07-05, version 6.3* Thank you for keeping the dream alive! ### 5/5 — Easy to use, looks and works great *2022-02-04* It’s awful. ### 5/5 — Best way to view SA on iOS *2021-08-22* Worked great for years, keep up the good work ### 5/5 — What is the internet *2021-08-19, version 5.8* But a miserable pile of tubes ### 5/5 — The better way to browse a dead comedy forum *2021-04-26* Been a part of A since longer i want to remember. This app makes browsing the forums a delight. Its fast and very customizable, and it doesn’t require that pesky GDN bot to auth... 10 stars if i could give it more I would... ### 5/5 — This is an app *2020-12-31, version 5.4* And it reads forums. You should read the forums. The forums are love. The forums are life. ### 5/5 — Thanks for fixing it *2020-08-29, version 4.9* Thanks for fixing and maintaining the app ### 5/5 — Won’t open anymore *2020-08-14* Opens to an empty screen with nothing as of this morning. :( ### 5/5 — Great app *2020-08-13* This is a really good app. Just recently the app all of a sudden seems to just hang when refreshing the threads. Either just hangs with the smiley at the top refreshing or is just a blank white screen with the blue header. Tried updating and reinstalling but no success, also tried using either cellular or wifi in case it was my internet. Able to access the forums through a browser. iPhone 11 on iOS 13.6. ### 5/5 — App Broken? *2020-08-13* Love this app but it now crashes anytime I try to load the forums. Not sure if it’s my side or the app. Reinstalled app to no avail. Hope this isn’t due to everything going on right now. ### 5/5 — Something is awful dot com *2020-07-26, version 4.5* Goons Stairs House 5 golden manbabies ### 5/5 — Top quality *2020-06-04, version 4.3* Better than using the web version by far. ### 5/5 — Amazing app *2020-05-18, version 4.3* The level of love that goes into this project is incredible ### 5/5 — Goonsquad runs with Awful App *2019-10-20, version 3.63* Because Lowtax loves this app, too. Easily 5 of 7, will install again. ### 5/5 — Awful App for an Awful Forum *2019-09-23, version 3.62* The best way to browse the worst place on the Internet. Awful App has helped the Internet make me dumber. ### 5/5 — Solid app 🍔👍 *2019-09-16* Been using SA for years, and the app since the beginning. Solid app, ui, works great. Love the new skin updates too, keen them coming. One weird issue I always have is refreshing the bookmarks (or any forum). Whenever I’m scrolling it seems to randomly refresh the list again causing threads to rearrange themselves. Makes looking for a particular post difficult. Whomever decided to make the “hamburger” menu button an actual hamburger is genius. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Bug *2026-04-06, version 7.9* "Copy image" doesn't copy the image ### 1/5 — Good app usually *2018-09-21, version 3.39* Crashes constantly constantly with latest update ### 1/5 — Even more regular failures to upload images to imgur *2017-12-21, version 3.32* Can't upload photos at all anymore. App going backwards in functionality :( ### 1/5 — Oops you broke it *2016-07-02, version 3.15* Viewing the bookmarks in landscape view on iPhone 6 doesn't work in this version. Fix it dummies. ### 1/5 — Newest version keeps crashing *2016-06-06, version 3.13* Fix my free app that I didn't even work to create (please) ### 1/5 — Crashes to home screen *2016-04-08, version 3.12* When I try to open a subforum after this most recent update the app thinks for a minute and then crashes. Can't really view much of anything. Happens about four out of five attempts. ### 1/5 — Broken *2016-02-12* The app immediately closes down, denying the forums my terrible, terrible posts. ### 1/5 — Yhhfkjhhgdss *2014-07-25, version 2.0.11* im gay ### 1/5 — Crashes, unusable *2013-05-09, version 1.11.2* Crashes on loading any thread. Broken ### 1/5 — Problem on iPod touch *2013-04-21, version 1.11* Does not work on my iPod touch. Opens to the blue header and grey background then crashes. Worked wonderfully before the update. I'm using iOS 6.1.3 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Perfect for kids all ages *2025-07-03* What an amazing time to be alive, a world wide web community that brings people together from all over the world’s parents basements. ### 5/5 — Abysmal *2025-06-23* Slightly better than using the mobile browser, but only slightly. ### 5/5 — yup *2025-02-26, version 7.7* there are posts and i can read them ### 5/5 — BEST GOONING APP EVER! ❤️ *2025-01-02, version 7.5* The current best way to goon on your phone. Zero regrets. ### 5/5 — Too many skeletons *2024-12-17* The app is good, but when I see the skeletons they scare me Please remake without skeletons Thank you ### 5/5 — Tax deez *2024-11-06, version 7.5* Hopefully with less crypto miner now ### 5/5 — Finally lived down to the name… *2024-11-02, version 7.5* …and then they patched it out. ### 5/5 — A good app *2024-11-02* Not having access to this app for a few days really helped underscore just how good of an app it is once I redownloaded it ### 5/5 — Great App *2024-10-31, version 7.5* I have wasted incomprehensible amounts of time on this app. ### 5/5 — I feel bad for Lowtax *2024-09-17* Even if he did beat his wife. He might still be alive. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-05.*