Awful vs POAPin
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!
POAPin
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POAPin helps you organize your POAP collection. - Charts - - There are two types of charts, which are presented by growth and by month, it can be toggled by tapping. - View options - - Round and square shapes. - - Grid, List and Timeline layouts. - - Time sorts. - Tags - - Long press any POAP on the home page to enter editing mode, then start adding tags to them. - Filters - - Filter by title, description, country, and tags. - Offline Browsing
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: POAPin at 10.0 against Awful's 15.0. On price, update cadence, 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.
Awful ships an update every 2 weeks, POAPin fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and February 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Awful | POAPin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (237 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 86.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 237 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dale Stonall-Mellor | Glory Lab, Inc. |
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
POAPin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Awful
No in-app purchases
POAPin
No in-app purchases
