Comparison

Creative Scrapbooker Magazine vs MakerLog

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

Head to head
About

Creative Scrapbooker Magazine

This app offers inspiration and techniques for paper crafting, including scrapbooking, card making, and mixed media. Each issue is designed to be a cherished resource, featuring contributions from talented writers and reader submissions worldwide.

Highlights
  • Scrapbooking projects
  • Card making ideas
  • Stamping techniques
  • Mixed media art
  • Inspirational content
  • Reader submissions
Features
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Creative Scrapbooker Magazine is an inspirational and technique-rich paper crafting magazine that features scrapbooking, card making, stamping and mixed media projects. With a gorgeous overall design, each quarterly issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine will be cherished as an inspirational resource for years. Every issue comes together with the help of a talented group of writers who embrace our reader’s submissions from around the world. ---------------------------------------------- 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

MakerLog

This app helps makers track their creative projects step by step. Log your progress with photos and notes, manage income and expenses, and gain insights into your project profitability. It supports a wide range of crafts and syncs across devices.

Highlights
  • Project journaling with photos
  • Income and cost tracking
  • Profitability insights
  • iCloud sync
  • Search functionality
  • Dark mode and VoiceOver support
Features
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-- Your craft, step by step -- Maker Log is a project journal for makers. Keep a journal for every project, collect photos of each stage, and see what every piece earns – from the first sketch to the final sale. -- Made for every maker -- Painting, pottery, woodworking, sewing, knitting, crochet or jewelry making: Maker Log fits around the way you work, so you spend less time on admin and more time on your craft. -- What Maker Log does -- • Journal: Write about each session, add photos, and look back on every step, day by day. • Projects: Give every piece its own page with a cover photo, a photo gallery, its dates and status, and a timeline of its entries, income and costs. • Income and costs: Log materials, commissions and sales against a project and see its profit at a glance. • Insights: See your profit for the year, income and costs month by month, and which projects earn the most. • Search: Find any project, journal entry or transaction by name or by the words in it. • iCloud sync: Your journal stays up to date on all your devices. • Made for iOS 26, with dark mode, large text and VoiceOver support. -- Free and Pro -- Maker Log is free for up to 2 projects and 5 journal entries. Maker Log Pro unlocks unlimited projects and journal entries, and Insights. Whether you work with wood, metal, glass, clay, leather, beads, fabric or yarn – carving, woodturning, blacksmithing, jewelry making, sewing, quilting, embroidery, weaving, felting, macramé, pottery, sculpture, scrapbooking, papercraft, calligraphy, printmaking, candle or soap making – Maker Log keeps every project in one place. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Creative Scrapbooker Magazine1 screens
MakerLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Creative Scrapbooker Magazine at 4.2 against MakerLog's 3.0. Creative Scrapbooker Magazine also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 57%) and ratings volume (13 vs 2). MakerLog's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 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. Creative Scrapbooker Magazine sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and MakerLog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Creative Scrapbooker Magazine holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Creative Scrapbooker Magazine has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine's written reviews are positive against 57% of MakerLog's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Creative Scrapbooker Magazine ships an update every 5 months, MakerLog monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Creative Scrapbooker Magazine versus MakerLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCreative Scrapbooker MagazineMakerLog
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (13 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMagazinecloner.com US LLCGruffydd Johnston

Customer experience

Creative Scrapbooker Magazine

All ratings13 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.8%

MakerLog

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Creative Scrapbooker Magazine

One-time10
  • fall 2011 issue$8.99
  • Winter 2011-2012$8.99
  • Canadian Scrapbooker Summer 2012$8.99
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  • Winter 2012-2013$8.99
  • 2014 fall$8.99
  • 2014 summer$8.99
  • summer 2011 issue$8.99
  • Canadian Scrapbooker Summer 2016$9.99
  • Canadian Scrapbooker Winter 2016$9.99
  • Canadian Scrapbooker 2 back issue bundle$15.99
2 purchases

MakerLog

Subscriptions2
  • Maker Log Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Maker Log Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Creative Scrapbooker Magazine free?
Creative Scrapbooker Magazine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MakerLog free?
MakerLog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Creative Scrapbooker Magazine or MakerLog?
Creative Scrapbooker Magazine is rated higher. Creative Scrapbooker Magazine averages 4.2 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while MakerLog averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Creative Scrapbooker Magazine or MakerLog have ads?
Neither Creative Scrapbooker Magazine nor MakerLog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Creative Scrapbooker Magazine or MakerLog?
Creative Scrapbooker Magazine ships an update every 5 months, and MakerLog monthly. Most recently, Creative Scrapbooker Magazine was updated on November 1, 2026 and MakerLog on November 4, 2026.

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