TINKLE DIGEST vs Tintello
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.
Tintello
Engage in a calm daily practice focused on colors and their origins. Explore over 700 colors with fascinating stories and discover curated palettes. This app offers a mindful experience without timers or pressure, perfect for a few minutes of focused attention.
- Daily color practice
- Color origin stories
- Themed color palettes
- Mindful attention exercises
- No timers or scores
- Vocabulary building
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Tintello is a calm daily practice built around color and curiosity. You look at a color name, choose from four swatches, and find out where that color came from and why it matters. No timers. No scores. No streak pressure. Just a few minutes of focused attention and a growing vocabulary for something most people never slow down to notice. --- WHY IT SETTLES YOU DOWN Behavioral researchers have long observed that brief, absorbing tasks, ones that occupy attention at a level matched to skill, without time pressure or competition, shift the mind toward a calmer state. Mindfulness research supports the same mechanism: slow, deliberate attention to sensory detail quiets the kind of mental chatter that drives daily stress. Tintello is designed around that. The pace is yours. The stakes are low. The engagement is real. --- 700+ COLORS WITH REAL STORIES Every color in Tintello comes from somewhere. Cobalt is named after a goblin that German miners blamed for poisoning their ore. Vermilion fueled the Renaissance. Saffron costs more per gram than gold. After each answer, you get the lore: a short fact drawn from art history, etymology, natural science, or cultural context. Three to five facts per color. The kind of things that make you look at the world differently afterward. --- 200+ PALETTES. EACH ONE A WORLD. Every color belongs to a themed palette built around a place, a season, a cuisine, a mood, or an architectural tradition. Venice. High Desert. Raku Ceramics. Parisian Cafes. Coastal Japan. The Dead Sea at Dusk. Browse 200+ palettes organized by theme and mood. Pick what calls to you. Take your time. --- A SMALL RITUAL THAT EARNS ITS PLACE A new palette waits each morning. Ten colors, a few minutes, no pressure. The kind of thing you can fold into a morning routine, a lunch break, or the quiet before sleep, and actually look forward to. --- Download Tintello. Find out how many colors you already know, and how many have been waiting for you to notice them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tintello at 5.0 against TINKLE DIGEST's 2.3. Tintello also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10). TINKLE DIGEST's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price 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. Tintello asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tintello holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | TINKLE DIGEST | Tintello |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Magzter Inc. | Paul Gedeon |
Customer experience
TINKLE DIGEST
Tintello
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
Tintello
No in-app purchases









