Comparison

ClayCraft vs Frankie Magazine

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ClayCraft

Discover inspiring and challenging pottery projects with this magazine. Each issue offers practical guides, features on artists, and expert advice for all skill levels. Explore the relaxing and therapeutic aspects of working with clay.

Highlights
  • Pottery project guides
  • Features on potters
  • Expert advice
  • Inspirational content
  • Digital magazine format
  • Pocketmags account integration
Features
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ClayCraft is a brand new magazine for this growing hobby with each issue including fun, inspirational and challenging pottery projects for you to try at home. Our editor, Rachel Graham, writes… Whether you are a student, a hobby potter, or have an established studio, we want you to enjoy reading about this wonderful stuff called clay! What is it about it that’s so appealing? Everyone I meet tells me that they find handling clay relaxing and, in lots of cases, therapeutic. Maybe it speaks to an ancient part of our psyche; man has been digging up mud, making it into vessels and putting it into a fire for thousands of years. And now we have refined this to the point where it’s both part of our everyday lives, and an inspiring artistic medium. Whatever your level of involvement, whatever you take from it, it’s going to be a positive experience, and ClayCraft will add to that, with practical hands-on guides, in-depth features on established, and emerging, potters, and plenty of good advice from our experts. Happy potting! ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest regular issue at the time of purchase. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. -If a subscription offers a free trial, at the end of the trial period, you will be charged the full price of the subscription. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription settings on your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions can be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx

About

Frankie Magazine

This app offers a bi-monthly magazine focusing on design, art, fashion, travel, and real-life stories with a smart, funny, and friendly tone. Access back issues and future issues through in-app purchases or auto-renewing subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Bi-monthly magazine content
  • Covers design, art, fashion, travel, music, craft
  • Real-life stories
  • Access back issues
  • Purchase future issues
  • Auto-renewing subscriptions
Features
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Frankie magazine is a national bi-monthly based in Australia, aimed at women (and men) looking for a magazine that’s as smart, funny, sarcastic, friendly, cute, rude, arty, curious and caring as they are. We cover design, art, photography, fashion, travel, music, craft, interiors and real-life stories – we aim to surprise and delight readers with every turn of our beautifully matte pages, and have a good old laugh while doing so. *Back issues and future issues are available for purchase within the App. Future issues are also available through the following auto-renewing subscription(s): ---SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE--- • Buy a single issue of Frankie Magazine for AUD 8.99 • 1 year subscription for AUD 39.99, automatically renewed until cancelled. Issues are published monthly. ---SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL AUTO-RENEW--- The subscription will include the current issue if you do not already own it and subsequently published future issues. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. This Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period, your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. The cost of the renewal will match the initial subscription price. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. You may turn off auto-renewing subscriptions by going to your user’s Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during your active subscription period. You may turn off auto-renewing subscriptions by going to your user’s Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during your active subscription period. Privacy Policy: http://www.nextmedia.com.au/next-media-privacy-statement.html Terms of Use: http://www.nextmedia.com.au/next-media-terms-and-conditions.html

Screenshots

ClayCraft1 screens
Frankie Magazine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ClayCraft at 4.5 against Frankie Magazine's 3.0. ClayCraft also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.2 vs 13.0). Frankie Magazine's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 12 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ClayCraft sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Frankie Magazine sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per 6 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ClayCraft holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ClayCraft has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of ClayCraft's written reviews are positive against 100% of Frankie Magazine's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ClayCraft ships an update every 12 months, Frankie Magazine every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ClayCraft versus Frankie Magazine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClayCraftFrankie Magazine
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (14 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.2 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKelsey Publishing Groupnextmedia Pty Ltd

Customer experience

ClayCraft

All ratings14 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

Frankie Magazine

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

ClayCraft

Subscriptions2
  • ClayCraft$4.991 Month
  • ClayCraft1 Month trial$49.991 Year
One-time8
  • Issue 11 (pp:459608)$5.99
  • Issue 9 (pp:459610)$5.99
  • Issue 8 (pp:459611)$5.99
Show 5 more
  • Issue 5 (pp:459614)$5.99
  • Issue 2 (pp:459617)$5.99
  • Issue 1 (pp:459618)$5.99
  • Issue 41 (pp:631143)$5.99
  • Issue 15 (pp:459604)$5.99
10 purchases

Frankie Magazine

Subscriptions2
  • 6 Months$12.996 Months
  • Frankie Magazine$29.991 Year
One-time8
  • March - April 2019$4.99
  • January February 2021$4.99
  • November December 2020$4.99
Show 5 more
  • September October 2020$4.99
  • July August 2020$4.99
  • May June 2020$4.99
  • March April 2020$4.99
  • Issue 114 - Jul/Aug 2023$4.99

Questions

Is ClayCraft free?
ClayCraft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Frankie Magazine free?
Frankie Magazine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ClayCraft or Frankie Magazine?
ClayCraft is rated higher. ClayCraft averages 4.5 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Frankie Magazine averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ClayCraft or Frankie Magazine have ads?
Neither ClayCraft nor Frankie Magazine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ClayCraft or Frankie Magazine?
ClayCraft ships an update every 12 months, and Frankie Magazine every 6 months. Most recently, ClayCraft was updated on November 6, 2026 and Frankie Magazine on November 2, 2026.

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