The Atlantic Magazine vs Snopes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Atlantic Magazine
Access in-depth reporting on politics, tech, and culture. Enjoy curated daily selections, narrated articles, and offline reading. Includes a daily crossword puzzle and accessibility features.
- Daily curated story selections
- Narrated articles and podcasts
- Offline reading capability
- Daily crossword puzzle
- Dark Mode reading
- VoiceOver and large text support
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Open the app, see where The Atlantic takes you. Every day, you’ll find new reporting, bold ideas, and writing to get lost in. Plus games, audio, and more. Unlock unlimited access to all of The Atlantic’s journalism with a subscription. HOME: Discover your next unexpected read. Our editors recommend articles on politics, the economy, technology, health, relationships, and more. LATEST: Find our most recent coverage across all topics including global affairs, business, books, fiction, science, and family. AUDIO: Listen to narrated articles and podcasts like Radio Atlantic, Galaxy Brain, and The Permanent Questions With David Brooks—directly in the app. GAMES: Take a smart break with daily word games like the crossword, Bracket City, and Rabbithole, and explore an archive with hundreds of past puzzles. DISCUSSIONS: Join our subscriber community in the comments. Encounter a new perspective, or share your own. OFFLINE READING: Enjoy all of your saved stories and every article in the Home feed once they’ve loaded in the app. PUSH NOTIFICATIONS: Don’t miss our picks for what to read, from breaking stories to ones that make you think, “I had no idea I was interested in that.” CUSTOMIZATION: Make the app your own with dark mode, adjustable text size, VoiceOver, and more accessibility features. Terms and conditions: https://www.theatlantic.com/terms-and-conditions/ If you have any questions, please contact The Atlantic's Customer Care team at support@theatlantic.com or (855) 940-0585.
Snopes
Verify the truthfulness of information with this app. Search extensive archives, read the latest fact checks, and play games to test your ability to spot misinformation. Save articles and customize your reading experience.
- Search archives
- FactBot for topic inquiries
- Read latest fact checks
- Save articles to reading list
- Fact-checking games
- NightVision mode
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After more than 30 years of fact checking misinformation, Snopes finally has an app. When you aren't sure if something is true or false, launch our app and Snopes it. - Search our massive archives or use FactBot to ask about a topic - Read latest fact checks and investigations - Save articles in your reading list - Solve the new Snopes' Crossword puzzle - Try your hand at our true/false game to see if you can spot misinformation - Option to show fact check ratings next to articles when browsing - Use NightVision to make it easier on your eyes (option to automatically enable at night) Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Snopes at free with in-app purchases against The Atlantic Magazine's subscription. Snopes also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (72% vs 57%). The Atlantic Magazine's advantage is ratings volume (141K vs 864) and chart position (#15 vs #45). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. The Atlantic Magazine sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Snopes sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for The Atlantic Magazine against 4.8 for Snopes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Atlantic Magazine has 141K ratings behind it against 864, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of The Atlantic Magazine's written reviews are positive against 72% of Snopes's.
The Atlantic Magazine ships an update weekly, Snopes every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Atlantic Magazine | Snopes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (141K ratings) — better | 4.8 (864 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.6% of reviews | 72.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 141K — better | 864 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #15 — better | #45 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC | Snopes, Inc. |
Customer experience
The Atlantic Magazine
Snopes
Bugs and requests
The Atlantic Magazine
Reported bugs
5 issues- Repeated sign-in issues
- Inability to access saved articles
- Blank screens and loading problems
- Incompatibility with certain devices
- Unreliable issue downloading
Requested features
5 requests- Add comprehensive search function
- Improve sync between app and website
- Provide better reading progress tracking
- Allow sharing of articles within the app
- Introduce customizable content feeds
Snopes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Atlantic Magazine
- The Atlantic Magazine14 Days trial$8.991 Month
- The Atlantic Magazine14 Days trial$89.991 Year
- December 2010 Issue$4.99
- January 2011 Issue$4.99
- The Atlantic March 2011$4.99
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- The Atlantic April 2011$4.99
- The Atlantic May 2011$4.99
- The Atlantic June 20111$4.99
- The Atlantic July/August 2011$4.99
- The Atlantic Civil War Memorial Issue$8.99
Snopes
- Monthly Ad-Free Subscription$4.991 Month
- Monthly Ad-Free Subscription$9.991 Month
- Monthly Ad-Free Subscription$11.991 Month
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- Monthly Ad-Free Subscription$14.991 Month
- Monthly Ad-Free Subscription$24.991 Month
- Yearly Ad-Free Subscription$49.991 Year
- Yearly Ad-Free Subscription$59.991 Year
- Yearly Ad-Free Subscription$79.991 Year
- Yearly Ad-Free Subscription$99.991 Year
- Yearly Ad-Free Subscription$199.991 Year
