Awful vs India Forums
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!
India Forums
This app serves as a premier online community for discussing Indian television and Bollywood news, gossip, and events. It connects a large user base for entertainment-related conversations.
- Entertainment discussion forum
- Latest news and gossip
- Bollywood industry updates
- Television industry events
- Large registered member base
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With more than 900000 (May 2017) registered members, India Forums is the No.1 entertainment discussion forum. Covering the latest news, gossip and events of the television and Bollywood industry.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: India Forums at every 2 days against Awful's fortnightly. India Forums also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). Awful's advantage is ratings volume (237 vs 1). 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 — 4.9 for Awful against 5.0 for India Forums. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Awful has 237 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Awful's written reviews are positive against 100% of India Forums's.
Awful ships an update fortnightly, India Forums every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Awful | India Forums |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (237 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 237 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dale Stonall-Mellor | Cyberax Tech Private Limited |
Customer experience
Awful
India Forums
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
India Forums
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Awful
No in-app purchases
India Forums
No in-app purchases
