Comparison

The New Criterion vs Tentacle Pulp

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

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About

The New Criterion

This monthly review offers incisive criticism on culture and the arts. It features a wide range of established and emerging critics, engaging with the best of thought and discourse.

Highlights
  • Monthly review of culture and arts
  • Incisive criticism
  • Features established and emerging critics
  • Engages with intellectual discourse
  • Free sample issue available
Features
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The leading review of the arts and intellectual life. Download for a FREE sample issue. The New Criterion is a monthly review of culture and the arts edited by Roger Kimball. Founded in 1982 by the art critic Hilton Kramer and the pianist and music critic Samuel Lipman, The New Criterion began as an experiment in critical audacity, a publication devoted to engaging, in Matthew Arnold's famous phrase, with "the best that has been thought and said." Harry Mount in the Daily Telegraph of London has called The New Criterion "America's leading review of the arts and intellectual life" Julian Symons, in the Times Literary Supplement, writes that "As a critical periodical, The New Criterion is probably more consistently worth reading than any other magazine in English." Published monthly from September through June, The New Criterion brings together a wide range of young and established critics whose common aim is to bring you the most incisive criticism being written today. The New Criterion Pricing: Single Issues - $4.99 12 Month Subscription - $48 Please note: App subscriptions do not include access to subscription-only content on newcriterion.com The New Criterion Pricing: • Subscription 1 Month - USD 3.99* • Subscription 1 Year - USD 29.99* * For non-US app stores, the equivalent currency charges will apply. Please note: App subscriptions do not include access to subscription-only content on our website. Additional Subscription Information: • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. • No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Privacy Policy - https://bit.ly/2J5Ujfh Terms of Use - https://bit.ly/2J1YZqL • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.

About

Tentacle Pulp

Discover a curated collection of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror short stories in Spanish. Enhance your language skills while enjoying exclusive digital and unpublished tales from talented authors. The app offers customizable reading settings and progress saving.

Highlights
  • Sci-fi, fantasy, and horror short stories
  • Spanish language practice
  • Exclusive and unpublished digital stories
  • Content and news index
  • Customizable user settings
  • Progress saving and orientable reading
  • Categorized selection
Features
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Tentacle Pulp, short stories in the digital age. Your app of sci-fi, fantasy and horror stories in Spanish. Practice your spanish language by reading fantastic short stories of fantasy, sci-fi and terror. Hundreds of entertainment pages on your device. Annual subscription and periodic novelties. New stories in each content update. App contents reviewed and approved by editorial team. A permanent selection of stories chosen with care to read the best. Exclusive digital stories and unpublished stories. Meet great authors through their short stories. Some of its features are: - Contents and news index. - Customization of user settings. - Orientable reading and saving your progress. - Selection by categories or authors and more. - Order the stories according to your available time for readings. - Illustrated covers. ABOUT FULL ACCESS TO STORIES With our annual In-App subscription you will have full access to all stories. Prices: Annual subscription: 1 year = € 9.99 The Tentacle Pulp subscription gives you access to all the app's stories for a fixed annual fee. This amount will be charged automatically through your iTunes account. Your subscription will be renewed automatically every year, unless the “Automatic Renewal” feature is deactivated in your iTunes account preferences, at most 24 hours before the end of the subscription period. General terms and conditions: https://www.tentaclepulp.com/tp_legal.php Privacy Policy: https://www.tentaclepulp.com/tp_legal.php

Screenshots

The New Criterion4 screens
Tentacle Pulp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: The New Criterion at 364 against Tentacle Pulp's 1. Tentacle Pulp's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. The New Criterion sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Tentacle Pulp sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $8.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tentacle Pulp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The New Criterion has 364 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The New Criterion ships an update every 3 months, Tentacle Pulp every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
The New Criterion versus Tentacle Pulp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe New CriterionTentacle Pulp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (364 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings364 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB398 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFoundation for Cultural Review, Inc.Francisco Javier Gimenez Carrero

Customer experience

The New Criterion

All ratings361 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral1.7%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative50.0%

Tentacle Pulp

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

The New Criterion

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Subscription not started
  • Login information incorrect
  • Unable to download owned issues prior to 2019
  • App lags on iPhone

Requested features

6 requests
  • Alter font size
  • Dark mode
  • Integration with Apple News
  • Save spot in issue
  • Contents page
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  • Better preview of magazine content

Tentacle Pulp

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

The New Criterion

Subscriptions2
  • The New Criterion$3.991 Month
  • The New Criterion$29.991 Year
One-time8
  • The New Criterion June 11$4.99
  • The New Criterion Sept 11$4.99
  • The New Criterion Jan 12$5.99
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  • June 2012$5.99
  • June 2016$5.99
  • September 2016$5.99
  • October 2016$5.99
  • New Criterion Feed 76$5.99
1 purchases

Tentacle Pulp

Subscriptions1
  • Annual subscription$8.991 Year

Questions

Is The New Criterion free?
The New Criterion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tentacle Pulp free?
Tentacle Pulp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The New Criterion or Tentacle Pulp?
Tentacle Pulp is rated higher. The New Criterion averages 4.7 out of 5 from 364 ratings, while Tentacle Pulp averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do The New Criterion or Tentacle Pulp have ads?
Neither The New Criterion nor Tentacle Pulp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The New Criterion or Tentacle Pulp?
The New Criterion ships an update every 3 months, and Tentacle Pulp every 2 months. Most recently, The New Criterion was updated on November 6, 2026 and Tentacle Pulp on November 3, 2026.

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