Reviews of gforth - GNU Forth for Android

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List of user reviews and ratings for gforth - GNU Forth for Android

Total ratings

3.38

Rating count: 268

Recent rating average: 3.40

5 ★ 38% 11

4 ★ 14% 4

3 ★ 17% 5

2 ★ 7% 2

1 ★ 24% 7

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Review summary

Users value having a capable GNU Forth implementation on Android, and some say it works well once configured. The most repeated concerns are confusing storage and file access, startup or compatibility problems, and awkward editing or keyboard input. Several reviewers also want clearer guidance on setup and usage.

Pros

Brings the GNU Forth language to Android, which reviewers appreciate having on a phone or tablet.
Several reviewers report that it works well on their devices, particularly after updates or setup adjustments.
Reviewers describe it as a capable, useful implementation of Forth.

Cons

Storage permissions and file access are confusing: reviewers struggled to find the app’s folder, access files, or use files from other locations.
Multiple reviewers report startup failures, crashes, or blank screens, sometimes tied to a particular Android version or device.
Editing and input can be difficult, including keyboard compatibility, pasting text, and using the editor.
Reviewers say the app needs clearer instructions for setup, file handling, and using its features.

User Reviews 29

not compiler I know android indifferent too compile ,many weathers too cross!

good app, but on Samsung S10+ the text goes over the curved screen, making texts unreadable. deselecting screen causes keyboard to bug text is scrollable in a weird way

amazing

app install 4 icons not 3. Initially all labeled gforth fast. after running and exiting the app a few times via the 'bye' word some of the apps started to change names to the other packages mentioned. gforth fast still appeared multiple times. left a not great review. got hostile response from dev after which all the apps only opened the octopus app regardless of label which opens to password protected screen. uninstalled and reinstalled. 4 apps all called gforth fast. none of them work at all

Great to have gforth on my pixel but does ask for odd permissions, music & audio, and photos & videos ... Won't start without them ... Anybody know why or is it a packaging error ?

Can you please give us some more information. I want to know how to use the minos2 gui library (a simple example will do), and how to edit files or load a file from my phone? Thanks :)

Nice implementation. However, it seems that all output is buffered and nothing will be displayed until execution is finished. Have attempted to flush the output during execution and nothing works. When the main word finally returns, all of the output is immediately displayed. So, everything is stored until execution is finished and then everything (up to thousands of lines) gets displayed as one huge chunk.

I really enjoy stack languages! We are fortunate to have open source full ANS Forth GForth! 1. The phone is Android 11, why there is no GForth folder anywhere on sdcard, or anywhere i can put files into? After installing i gave storage permission, and Gforth said successfully created the gforth folder, but i see no such folder! 2. Please consider porting GForth 0.7.9 for Termux, the current version there is still 0.7.3 which is rather buggy. GForth works so well on Termux than in a separate app!

Developer replies on critical comments, that's helpful! So I found out what went wrong and give it 5 stars now. Nevertheless, you must tame your keyboard app of choice to behave in a way which Gforth can handle. All these automatic things are prone to erratical behavior, esp. automatic punctuation and cousins. Programming on the phone is simply cumbersome. But maybe you have a nice Forth application which you may transfer to the phone and use it. This should work fine.

This app will provide hours of frustration, when you try to make it work on your tablet. Without any instructions about adapting it to android silly file permissions, it is useless. File managers have no access to folder where the app can store files and read the files

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