Carve Magazine vs ProPuck Wizard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Carve Magazine
Access Britain's leading surf magazine with stunning photography and witty articles. Enjoy full digital issues, exclusive video clips, and a vast archive of past editions. Stay updated on world surfing and European surf photojournalism.
- Full digital magazine issues
- Exclusive video clips
- World-class photography
- Witty articles
- Easy navigation
- Access to back issues
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CARVE is Britain's biggest, boldest and best selling surfing magazine. The app gives you access to the full version of the mag plus video clips relevant to the features (which are admittedly hard to fit in the paper version!) It's the usual mix of world class photography and witty articles all stuck together with easy to navigate design. So if you want the best content the UK and Ireland have to offer by Europe's leading surf photojournalists, as well as the hand-picked cream of what's going on in world surfing, check it out! -------------------- 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 issue. Available subscriptions are: 12 months: £23.99 [8 issues] -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 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. Bundles of single issues can be also be bought within the application. To use purchased credits, simply click on the issue price and select ‘use credit’. This allows you to purchase back issues at reduced prices. 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 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
ProPuck Wizard
This app offers in-depth analysis of professional hockey team performance with advanced statistics and trend tracking. It provides a comprehensive schedule, detailed game data, and predictive tools for standings and playoff outcomes.
- Comprehensive pro hockey schedule
- Advanced team performance statistics
- Standings and playoff predictions
- Schedule and travel analysis
- Rest and home/away record analysis
- Goal scoring and special teams analysis
- Interactive performance trend graphs
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Maximize your enjoyment and knowledge of pro hockey with ProPuck Wizard, the premiere mobile app for analyzing and understanding team performance trends. Through its advanced statistics and innovative data presentation techniques, ProPuck Wizard quickly provides you with the hockey data you need, when you need it, where you need it. ProPuck Wizard provides the most comprehensive pro hockey schedule available in any mobile app: • Full schedule for all teams with schedule updater • Arena and network television information for each game • Save individual games or entire team schedules to your calendar • Tailor schedule display for your favorite teams • Display game times in your time zone and language ProPuck Wizard provides the most comprehensive set of pro hockey statistics and analytical tools available anywhere: • Statistics for regular season and playoffs • Track team performance and standings by Points, Points Percentage and Momentum • Track standings changes for last day and week • Final points and playoff entry prediction using multiple estimators • Schedule analysis with comparison against other teams • Travel analysis (distance, time zones, back-to-back games) with comparison against other teams • Rest analysis by team, division, conference and league • Home/away/aggregate record analysis by team, division, conference and league • Per-period goal scoring analysis by team, division, conference and league • Goal type analysis (even strength, power-play, short-handed) by team, division, conference and league • Expected goal analysis by team, division, conference and league • Special teams analysis by team, division, conference and league • Detailed, time-based special teams and penalty analysis by team, division, conference and league • Advanced shooting stats: SAT (Corsi) and USAT (Fenwick) for different scoring situations by team, division, conference and league • Shooting analysis (shots, shooting, save percentages, PDO) by team, division, conference and league • Goal scoring histograms by team, division, conference and league • Head-to-Head performance analysis vs. teams, conferences and league • Goal scoring histograms by team, division, conference and league • Draft lottery probabilities and simulator • Interactive standings history, scoring, scoring frequency, shooting history, xGoals history, SAT history and attendance graphs for each team • Playoff match-up analysis • Complete game match-up analysis (past and future) • Interactive performance trend graphs for each team • Quick team navigation to access your favorite team's data • Complete home/away/aggregate game results in easy-to-use, customizable, color-coded format • Regulation, overtime, shootout wins and losses identified in game results • Statistical summaries for each team • Daily statistical updates for entire 2025-2026 regular season and playoffs • Complete Help and User Guide Go deep with ProPuck Wizard!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ProPuck Wizard at 100% against Carve Magazine's 33%. ProPuck Wizard also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Carve Magazine's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence and device support 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. Carve Magazine sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $15.49 per year. ProPuck Wizard asks for nothing beyond the download.
ProPuck Wizard holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Carve Magazine's written reviews are positive against 100% of ProPuck Wizard's.
Carve Magazine ships an update every 4 months, ProPuck Wizard every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Carve Magazine | ProPuck Wizard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jellyfish Connect Limited | ProtiTech Mobility |
Customer experience
Carve Magazine
ProPuck Wizard
In-app purchases
Carve Magazine
- Carve Surfing Magazine$15.491 Year
- Issue 120 (id:363351)$3.99
- Issue 129 (id:403841)$3.99
- Issue 130 (id:403839)$3.99
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- Issue 131 (id:363388)$3.99
- Issue 136 (id:363939)$3.99
- Issue 149 (id:364031)$3.99
- Issue 143 (id:363350)$3.99
- Issue 139 (id:364517)$3.99
- 6 Issues$12.99
ProPuck Wizard
No in-app purchases
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