you are comparing a finished project , with a alpha project.
Personally i dont give a damn about the design , as long as it gives me my 1% a day....You can even put there mother teresa or Sasha Grey if you want...or both of them ....i dont care at all.....What i need is a working and sustainable platform.
However the dev told us , it was just a sample of an ongoing project ,so design will be better and more clean