RETRO FORTH vs Store Redirect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Concatenative programming language
- Code editor with Markdown subset
- Literate programming style
- Interactive listener interface
- Gopher server data fetching
- File manager
- Documentation browser
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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.
Store Redirect
This app allows developers to view their applications across various countries and regions. It provides access to ranks, reviews, featured apps, and stories, aiding in app localization efforts.
- View apps in multiple countries/regions
- Query app ranks
- Access app reviews
- Check featured apps
- View app stories
- Aid app localization
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Store Redirect helps developers to view their apps in multiple countries and regions. Developers can easily query ranks, reviews, featured app, stories and more. By checking the apps in each countries and regions, developers can better localize apps.
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Verdict
RETRO FORTH and Store Redirect both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 81% of Store Redirect's written reviews are positive against 33% of RETRO FORTH's. Store Redirect also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (196 vs 5). RETRO FORTH's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
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 Store Redirect. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Store Redirect has 196 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 81% of Store Redirect's.
RETRO FORTH ships an update monthly, Store Redirect every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RETRO FORTH | Store Redirect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) — better | 4.3 (196 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 81.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 196 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #60 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Charles Childers | 翔 何 |
Customer experience
RETRO FORTH
Store Redirect
Bugs and requests
RETRO FORTH
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Store Redirect
Reported bugs
4 issues- App becomes non-functional after changing country/region
- Cannot download applications in alternate regions
- App fails to open or launch properly
- Screen sharing feature not working as expected
Requested features
3 requests- In-app uninstall option
- Access to additional app stores
- Improved region switching stability
In-app purchases
RETRO FORTH
No in-app purchases
Store Redirect
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is RETRO FORTH free?
Is Store Redirect free?
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Do RETRO FORTH or Store Redirect have ads?
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