Award Expert vs It's Starting!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Award Expert
This app allows users to predict the winners of major movie awards like the Oscars and Golden Globes. Users can track friends, create watchlists, and analyze award races with community rankings and charts. Compete with others on leaderboards and track your prediction history.
- Predict Academy Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTA
- Follow friends and track updates
- Add films to watchlist
- Analyze award races with charts
- Compete on leaderboards
- Track prediction history
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The largest social awards predictions platform in the world • Predict Academy Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTA, and more • Follow friends, track their prediction updates • Join the conversation with active social feed • Analyze the race with aggregate community rankings and detailed charts • Compete in leaderboards, compare your performance to your friends • Automatically track your updates history Auto-renewing subscriptions available: - Award Expert Plus - monthly 5.99/mo USD (1-week free) - yearly 49.99/yr USD (1-week free) By using this app, you agree to the standard Apple Terms of Service (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/view/oscarexpert-predictawards/privacy
It's Starting!
This app helps you know the actual movie start times at theaters, factoring in preshows and trailers. It also provides ratings for auditoriums based on user feedback regarding screen quality, sound, and seating.
- Real preshow time estimates
- Auditorium ratings for quality and comfort
- User-contributed data for accuracy
- Apple Wallet integration for ticket sharing
- Arrival reminders
- Post-credit scene information
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Never miss the opening scene. Never settle for a bad screen. It’s Starting! is the crowdsourced movie theater intelligence platform that reveals what theaters and ticketing apps won’t: actual trailer runtimes, real feature start times, and room-by-room presentation quality, logged directly by moviegoers in the seats. Tired of sitting through 25 minutes of commercials? Want to know if an auditorium has dim projection, blown speakers, or a broken recliner before you buy a ticket? It’s Starting! takes the guesswork out of movie night. What You Get With It’s Starting! Real Feature Start Times (Plan Your Arrival) • Showtime isn’t when the movie starts. See typical trailer runways for your local multiplex so you never rush or sit through endless ads. • Live preshow countdowns give you a clear estimate of when the feature will hit the screen based on real community logs. • Know when special events, fan screenings, or indie films have shortened trailer packages. Room-by-Room Auditorium Intel • Don't rely on a single 3-star rating for an entire multiplex. Evaluate each auditorium individually before you book your seats. • Check verified presentation quality: picture brightness, sound balance, room temperature, and cleanliness. • Uncover granular seat-level warnings: spot tight legroom, sightline barriers, worn armrests, or broken recliners. • View technical hardware specs: track laser projection, 70mm and 15-perf film capability, 1.43:1 IMAX aspect ratios, and Dolby Atmos audio setups. Start a Screening Report in Seconds • Tap once when the studio logo hits to log the actual start time and help the next moviegoer. • Enjoy the movie with zero distractions: we calculate when the credits roll and prompt you to audit the screen and sound after the show. • Join a passionate community where over 75% of movie check-ins include a verified room audit. Seamless Ticket Import & Sharing • Share your ticket directly from Apple Wallet or scan a ticket image to auto-fill your movie, auditorium, showtime, and format. • Receive arrival alerts, lock-screen countdown timers, and post-movie reminders. • Check post-credit scene details before getting out of your seat. Real Accessibility & Facility Updates • See firsthand reports on wheelchair spaces, companion seating, assistive listening, and step-free access. • Stay ahead of out-of-order elevators or auditorium maintenance issues before you leave home. A Shared Record for Cinema Lovers It’s Starting! is built by moviegoers, for moviegoers. Whether you are a casual viewer planning concessions or a film purist seeking out the best laser projection in town, every log makes the theater experience better for the next person in line. Download It’s Starting! and know before you sit.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Award Expert at 4.8 against It's Starting!'s 4.0. Award Expert also leads on ratings volume (251 vs 4). It's Starting!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and device support 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. Award Expert sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. It's Starting! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Award Expert holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Award Expert has 251 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of Award Expert's written reviews are positive against 100% of It's Starting!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Award Expert ships an update every 6 days, It's Starting! weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Award Expert | It's Starting! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (251 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 251 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Justin Jaeger | Michael Kazanjian |
Customer experience
Award Expert
It's Starting!
Bugs and requests
Award Expert
Reported bugs
7 issues- App crashes
- No live updates
- Cannot access account (Twitter login removed)
- App closes almost at random on iPad
- Predictions not saving
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- Ineligible films in selections
- App crashes within seconds of opening
Requested features
11 requests- Add music award shows
- Add casting section
- Add stunts/choreography section
- Create a 'personal awards pick' list separate from official predictions
- Add a 'next' button to move to the next category
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- Ability to make predictions for next year's films
- Improve elimination of ineligible films
- Add a search function for movies
- Add TV award predictions
- Notification system for new followers
- Add 'Peaches' from the Mario movie to Original Song
It's Starting!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Award Expert
- Award Expert Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Award Expert Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Award Expert Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
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- Award Expert Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Award Expert Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Award Expert Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
It's Starting!
No in-app purchases








