Discourse Hub vs HaiCrowd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Discourse Hub
Connect with online communities and manage discussions from anywhere. This app allows you to join multiple communities, discover new ones, and stay updated with instant notifications. Engage in conversations, ask questions, and share insights effortlessly.
- Access multiple communities
- Discover new communities
- Receive notifications
- Post and reply instantly
- Seamless community switching
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The official mobile app for Discourse, the leading open-source platform for building and managing online communities. With Discourse, people around the world connect, share knowledge, and engage in meaningful conversations. Discourse makes it easy to stay connected wherever you go. FEATURES: ALL YOUR COMMUNITIES IN ONE APP Add multiple Discourse communities and switch between them seamlessly, so you’re always in the loop. DISCOVER NEW COMMUNITIES Use the Discover feature to find and join new communities that match your interests. STAY UPDATED ON THE GO Receive notifications for new messages, replies, and updates, so you never miss anything important. INSTANT POSTING AND REPLYING Join conversations, ask questions, and share insights effortlessly. Discourse keeps you connected to the discussions that matter most to you.
HaiCrowd
This application simplifies data collection by automatically configuring media settings based on project requirements. It allows users to focus on gathering high-quality data efficiently, even in remote areas without internet access. Admins can manage projects and assign tasks through a central dashboard.
- Automatic media property configuration
- Offline data collection
- Semi-automatic consent form generation
- Semi-automatic metadata generation
- Multi-party and multi-channel audio recording
- Live audit reports
- Scripted audio recording
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HaiCrowd is an AI Data Collection app and helps in streamlining data collection workflow. Based on the project configuration,HaiCrowd app automatically configures the media properties (such as image/video resolution, Audio sampling rate, etc.), thus taking away the technical complexities from users collecting data. This enables users collecting data to focus on collecting quality data faster. Projects are created and assigned to relevant users by admins from the HaiCrowd dashboard. Some of the cool features of HaiCrowd app are, 1. Offline mode (work from any remote area without internet connection) 2. Semi-automatic consent form generation 3. Semi-automatic metadata generation 4. Multi Party audio conferencing & recording 5. Multi-Channel audio recording 6. Live audit report 7. Scripted audio recording
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Discourse Hub at 3.9 against HaiCrowd's 1.0. Discourse Hub also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 1). HaiCrowd's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Discourse Hub holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Discourse Hub has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Discourse Hub ships an update every 3 weeks, HaiCrowd every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Discourse Hub | HaiCrowd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (10 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Discourse | HaiData |
Customer experience
Discourse Hub
HaiCrowd
Bugs and requests
Discourse Hub
Reported bugs
15 issues- Notifications won't clear (red badge persists)
- App freezes on launch requiring force quit
- White page flash when returning to feed in dark mode
- Post editing interface misaligned on iOS 26.1
- Links open in Safari instead of in-app
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- Login redirects to website instead of app
- App crashes on iPad with iOS 17.7.10
- Blank/white screen on app launch
- Keyboard input stops working when switching apps
- Attachment viewing requires app restart
- Private message and flagged post notifications stuck
- App hangs on login
- Thread loading extremely slow with tracking protection enabled
- Editing post jumps to wrong thread position
- App loses place when backgrounded
Requested features
14 requests- Native app instead of web view wrapper
- Font size customization
- Tab support for multiple threads
- iCloud sync across devices
- Forum naming/customization
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- Forum list sorting options
- Dark mode toggle reflecting OS settings
- Split view support on iPad
- Dual account support per forum
- In-app support/feedback submission
- Search functionality
- Persistent scroll bar option
- Back button in standard iOS UI position
- Camera access support
HaiCrowd
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Discourse Hub
No in-app purchases
HaiCrowd
No in-app purchases
