Comparison

RETRO FORTH vs Ads Report for Admob

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

RETRO FORTH

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
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RETRO FORTH is a concatenative programming language with roots in Forth. Designed to be compact, learnable, and easy to adapt to specific needs, it has been developed and refined through continual use by a small community over more than a decade. Forth is a stack based programming language created in the late 1960's by Chuck Moore. Over the intervening decades it has evolved through use, with many dialects along the way. The Retro dialect was created in the late 1990's, and has been continually developed and supported for over 15 years. It is a structured, imperative stack-based language with modern facilities including quotations and reflection. It features: - latest version of the RETRO language - a code editor using Markdown subset - literate programming style - code is extracted from fenced blocks in Markdown source allowing easy mixing of code and commentary - allows use of unicode & emoji in source & commentary - interactive listener interface for quick interactions - simple console output and text input - editor provides quick access to numbers and symbols - support for fetching textual data from Gopher servers - file manager - documentation browser It also includes documentation and several optional examples.

About

Ads Report for Admob

This tool provides developers and publishers with a clear overview of their AdMob earnings. It offers simple reports and charts for analyzing daily and monthly revenue, utilizing official API data.

Highlights
  • AdMob Reports API integration
  • Revenue charts
  • Daily revenue tracking
  • Monthly revenue tracking
  • Raw data reports
Features
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This app is tool is intended for developers or publishers. You can see your net earnings from your apps. You can do simple analysis of the data and see it as simple reports and charts. Features - Supported data sources from AdMob Reports API - Revenue Charts - Daily revenue - Month revenue - Raw data report IMPORTANT: This is NOT official app for viewing AdMob. But it uses official API for both income sources. Please compare data in this app with your data and report any problem you see.

Screenshots

RETRO FORTH4 screens
Ads Report for Admob4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RETRO FORTH at none against Ads Report for Admob's 1. RETRO FORTH also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.4 vs 4.0). Ads Report for Admob's advantage is ratings volume (76 vs 5). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Ads Report for Admob sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RETRO FORTH asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RETRO FORTH holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ads Report for Admob has 76 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of RETRO FORTH's written reviews are positive against 14% of Ads Report for Admob's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RETRO FORTH ships an update monthly, Ads Report for Admob every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
RETRO FORTH versus Ads Report for Admob: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRETRO FORTHAds Report for Admob
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (5 ratings) — better4.0 (76 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews — better13.8% of reviews
Number of ratings576 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.4 — better16
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCharles ChildersAn Banh

Customer experience

RETRO FORTH

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral66.7%
Negative0.0%

Ads Report for Admob

All ratings76 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral1.3%
Negative23.7%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive13.8%
Neutral6.9%
Negative79.3%

In-app purchases

None

RETRO FORTH

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Ads Report for Admob

One-time1
  • Pro Version$2.99

Questions

Is RETRO FORTH free?
RETRO FORTH is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ads Report for Admob free?
Ads Report for Admob is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RETRO FORTH or Ads Report for Admob?
RETRO FORTH is rated higher. RETRO FORTH averages 4.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Ads Report for Admob averages 4.0 from 76 ratings.
Do RETRO FORTH or Ads Report for Admob have ads?
Ads Report for Admob shows ads; RETRO FORTH does not.
Which is updated more often, RETRO FORTH or Ads Report for Admob?
RETRO FORTH ships an update monthly, and Ads Report for Admob every 3 weeks. Most recently, RETRO FORTH was updated on October 16, 2026 and Ads Report for Admob on October 16, 2026.

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