# RETRO FORTH vs Userscripts

RETRO FORTH and Userscripts both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 78% of Userscripts's written reviews are positive against 33% of RETRO FORTH's. Userscripts also leads on ratings volume (181 vs 5) and chart position (#21 vs unranked). RETRO FORTH's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for RETRO FORTH against 4.3 for Userscripts. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Userscripts has 181 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of RETRO FORTH's written reviews are positive against 78% of Userscripts's.

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | RETRO FORTH | Userscripts |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | **[4.4 (5 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/retro-forth/id1170943580/reviews)** | [4.3 (181 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/userscripts/id1463298887/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | 5 | **181** |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | **78.1% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | **#21** |
| Size | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Requires iOS | **12.4** | 15.0 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | **iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac** |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Charles Childers](https://appshunter.io/developer/900749636) | [Justin Wasack](https://appshunter.io/developer/1463298886) |

## What reviewers say

### RETRO FORTH

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/retro-forth/id1170943580)

A compact and adaptable concatenative programming language designed for ease of learning and customization. It features a code editor, interactive listener, and support for Gopher servers, allowing for flexible development.

**Highlights:** Concatenative programming language, Code editor with Markdown subset, Literate programming style, Interactive listener interface, Gopher server data fetching, File manager, Documentation browser

**Features:** macOS Compatibility, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none


### Userscripts

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/userscripts/id1463298887)

**Currently charting:** #21 Top Free · Developer Tools (US App Store)

This open-source Safari extension allows you to run custom JavaScript and CSS code on any website. Enhance your browsing experience with personalized styling, automatic redirects, and ad-blocking.

**Highlights:** Run custom JavaScript, Inject custom CSS, Automatic page redirection, Website page manipulation, Custom ad-blocking, Open source, No user tracking

**Features:** Safari Extension, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Works well to inject CSS on iPad in Safari
- 👍 Best thing since sliced bread
- 💡 Allows you to do thousands of things that were previously desktop only
- 🔒 Very stable and works flawlessly with Safari
- 👍 Excellent Safari extension

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Satisfactory to an extent, stops working sometimes
- 🐛 Broke until reinstall
- 🐛 Slowed my Safari down to a crawl
- 🐛 Unpredictable when it applies scripts, but still useful
- 🐛 It's been way too unpredictable for a while now

**Reported bugs**

- Failed to load user data
- Saying there's an error when trying to download something
- Won't work, keeps saying there's an issue and retry
- Disappeared from Safari preferences and won't return after troubleshooting

**Requested features**

- Add support for Safari Tech Preview
- Allow editing of userscripts from the browser extension popup
- Allow creation of a new script from the Safari Extension for the current site
- Allow specifying the order in which scripts should be loaded
- Add support for running scripts in normal mode, private mode or both


## Frequently asked questions

### Is RETRO FORTH free?

RETRO FORTH is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Is Userscripts free?

Userscripts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, RETRO FORTH or Userscripts?

RETRO FORTH is rated higher. RETRO FORTH averages 4.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Userscripts averages 4.3 from 181 ratings.

### Do RETRO FORTH or Userscripts have ads?

Neither RETRO FORTH nor Userscripts shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, RETRO FORTH or Userscripts?

RETRO FORTH ships an update monthly, and Userscripts monthly. Most recently, RETRO FORTH was updated on September 6, 2026 and Userscripts on September 28, 2026.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*