Awful vs Bomb Cyclone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Awful
This app provides a streamlined browsing experience for the Something Awful forums on iOS devices. It offers access to all forums, bookmarked threads, private messages, and includes features like image uploads and a smilie keyboard.
- Browse all forums and subforums
- Access bookmarked threads
- Built-in SALR functionality
- Smilie stickers and keyboard
- Upload images and pictures
- Manage private messages
- Favorite forums
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Browse the Something Awful forums nicely on your iPhone and iPad! • Every forum and subforum! • Quickly check your bookmarked threads! • Built-in SALR! • Smilie stickers and keyboard! • Upload images and pictures! • Private messages! • Favorite forums! • Rap sheets! • Excessive exclamation marks!
Bomb Cyclone
Stream Giant Bomb's extensive video library and live content on your mobile device. Receive notifications for new episodes and broadcasts, and enjoy features like offline viewing and seamless TV casting.
- Browse entire video catalogue
- Watch livestreams and archives
- Push notifications for new content
- Airplay and Chromecast support
- Save videos offline
- Personal watchlist
- Continue Watching widget
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Bomb Cyclone is an app for a website about video games. Watch Giant Bomb on the go. Get notifications for new episodes and livestreams. Watch on your TV using Airplay or Google Cast. Pick up where you left off with the Continue Watching widget, and stay up to date with the Live & Upcoming widget. FEATURES: - Browse Giant Bomb's entire video catalogue. - Access to premium videos and site archives for subscribers. - Get push notifications for new videos, livestreams, and show episodes. - Watch on your TV using Airplay or Google Cast. - Save videos offline to watch later. - Add videos to your personal watchlist. - Search for videos by name, show, date range, and more. - Use the Continue Watching widget to quickly resume a video. - Stay up to date with the Live & Upcoming widget.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Awful at every 8 days against Bomb Cyclone's every 5 weeks. Awful also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 — 4.9 for Awful against 4.9 for Bomb Cyclone. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 239 and 121 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Awful's written reviews are positive against 94% of Bomb Cyclone's.
Awful ships an update every 8 days, Bomb Cyclone every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Awful | Bomb Cyclone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (239 ratings) — better | 4.9 (121 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.6% of reviews | 94.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 239 — better | 121 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Dale Stonall-Mellor | Conor Mulligan |
Customer experience
Awful
Bomb Cyclone
User reviews
Awful
From 239 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 🔒 Secure browsing experience
- 💡 Customizable layout and settings
- 🎨 Visually appealing design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 📉 Declining performance over time
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🚫 Compatibility issues with newer devices
Bomb Cyclone
From 121 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Excellent user interface
- 🚀 Seamless video playback
- ❤️ Essential for premium users
- 👍 Great for Giant Bomb content
- ✨ Works perfectly for needs
Room to improve
- 🐛 Older videos inaccessible
- 🐛 Newer videos freeze
- 🐛 Broken links for videos
- 🐛 Crashes when casting to TV
- 🐛 Videos cut out after 8-9 mins
Bugs and requests
Awful
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when opening certain forums
- Inability to load images and media
- Freezing and lagging on older devices
- Sync issues between app and website
Requested features
4 requests- Add search functionality
- Implement dark mode option
- Improve thread navigation and bookmarking
- Integrate with other social platforms
Bomb Cyclone
Reported bugs
15 issues- Older videos inaccessible
- Newer videos freeze
- Broken links for videos
- Crashes when casting to TV
- Videos cut out after 8-9 mins
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- Newer episodes of Albummer not loading
- Stuttering or timing out
- Refuses to download
- Old UPF videos won't play
- Stuttery on 6th gen iPad
- Airplay and downloads don't work on XR
- Live streams stuttery
- Doesn't resume progress
- Starts video from the start
- App crashes after update (fixed)
Requested features
6 requests- Native Apple TV app
- Download sizes in downloaded shows list
- Share prompt for direct video file link (for Roku)
- Add comments
- Quality selection for live streams
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- Tip jar/donation feature
In-app purchases
Awful
No in-app purchases
Bomb Cyclone
No in-app purchases
