TINKLE DIGEST vs Gridchet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TINKLE DIGEST
Discover hilarious and thrilling stories featuring beloved Indian comic characters. Each issue offers engaging content for children, including new works by talented writers and artists, plus educational pages and fun facts. It's the perfect, portable reading companion.
- Funny and thrilling stories
- Recognizable Indian comic characters
- New work by Indian writers and artists
- Knowledge pages and facts
- Value education content
- Portable reading format
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Tinkle Digest is committed to bringing children the funniest and the most thrilling stories. Filled with the most recognizable Indian comic characters, from Suppandi to Shikari Shambu, from Kalia the Crow to the Defective Detectives, Tinkle Digest also features new work by some of India's most exciting writers and artists for children. And that's not all! Each issue comes with loads of knowledge pages, facts and value education. The perfect size to read anywhere, Tinkle Digest will never disappoint.
Gridchet
Discover and create crochet patterns with a daily updated library and an intuitive pattern editor. Offers step-by-step visual guides and progress tracking for both C2C and Row-by-Row methods. Organize your favorite designs and projects seamlessly.
- Daily updated crochet pattern library
- Pattern editor to design your own
- C2C and Row-by-Row instructions
- Visual step-by-step guides
- Progress tracking
- Organize favorite patterns and projects
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Turn photos and ideas into patterns you can actually make. Gridchet is a pattern maker and project companion for tapestry crochet, Filet Crochet and Cross-stitch. Create and edit patterns, follow every step and keep your progress organized in one place. CREATE YOUR OWN PATTERNS - Convert photos into editable color charts. - Draw Grid and Filet patterns cell by cell. - Paint, recolor and refine patterns at any time. - Turn existing Grid patterns into Filet Crochet charts. FOLLOW PATTERNS WITH CONFIDENCE - Choose Row-by-Row or Corner-to-Corner instructions. - Get technique-specific Filet Crochet instructions and foundation chains. - Mark Cross-stitches individually as you complete them. - Jump to any row or step, undo progress and use the built-in counter. - Return to each project exactly where you left off. FIND YOUR NEXT PROJECT Explore a visual gallery of patterns, organize your favorites into collections and discover practical guides for crochet and pattern planning. Premium members can search by title, dimensions and number of colors. Leave paper charts and scattered notes behind. With Gridchet, everything you need to create, follow and finish a pattern stays at your fingertips. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gridchet at 3.5 against TINKLE DIGEST's 2.3. Gridchet also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). TINKLE DIGEST's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. TINKLE DIGEST sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Gridchet sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Gridchet holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 60% and 60% positive.
TINKLE DIGEST ships an update every 6 months, Gridchet every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TINKLE DIGEST | Gridchet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 3.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Magzter Inc. | Diego Vaquero |
Customer experience
TINKLE DIGEST
Gridchet
In-app purchases
TINKLE DIGEST
- TINKLE DIGEST - November 2015$0.99
- TINKLE DIGEST - April 2012$0.99
- TINKLE DIGEST - March 2012$0.99
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- TINKLE DIGEST - April 2016$0.99
- TINKLE DIGEST July 2016$0.99
- TINKLE DIGEST September 2016$0.99
- TINKLE DIGEST November 2017$0.99
- May 2018$0.99
- July 2018$0.99
- Oct 2018$0.99
Gridchet
- Gridchet PRO$1.991 Month
- Gridchet PRO Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
Questions
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