I do follow JOHN enthusiastically! The main comparison I'd make is that, AWAM has "big" updates in terms of render count and (apparently) script pages but you're only getting a tiny amount of progression and I think that is by far the biggest the source of complaint, while JOHN is another one of those games where the updates are sparse and each update doesn't move the story and character arcs forward substantially (more than AWAM, but not much more).
JOHN moved things much faster in terms of H content, but that was a choice of the developer - Jessica is younger and not married and starting out in her career. Sophia is about 15 years older, has a husband and kids, they are at different points in their lives, different careers - a journalist needs connections to get the story, a teacher really doesn't have that need to expand their contact list to advance. So different in those ways, which aren't minor.
Overall, both good games, both slow release schedules.