New Humanist vs SUFI JOURNAL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
New Humanist
This app offers a quarterly journal of ideas, science, and culture from a skeptical perspective. It provides witty, incisive commentary and argument, featuring contemporary writing from notable contributors. Access selected pages or subscribe for full access to every issue and a searchable archive.
- Witty and incisive commentary
- Quarterly journal of ideas
- Features contemporary writing
- Searchable archive of issues
- Offline reading of back issues
- Zoom and page navigation
- Link to external websites
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At a time of rising religious extremism and irrational nonsense New Humanist magazine provides the antidote: witty, incisive and original comment and argument from a sceptical perspective. Relaunched as a quarterly journal of ideas, science and culture in 2013, New Humanist is elegant, independent-minded and provocative. Drawing on a freethinking tradition stretching back more than 120 years but dedicated to the best contemporary writing, New Humanist is a lively and compelling guide to contemporary thought and culture, and an essential voice of reason. Contributors include Suzanne Moore, Philip Pullman, Will Self, Natalie Haynes, Jonathan Rée, Claire Tomalin, Stewart Lee, Stephen Fry, Ricky Gervais, Stephanie Merritt, Martin Rowson, Brenda Maddox, Robin Ince, AL Kennedy, Stuart Hall, Francis Wheen, Laurie Taylor and Christopher Hitchens. New Humanist is published by the Rationalist Association, a 125-year-old charity devoted to reason, science and secularism. To visit our website go here: http://rationalist.org.uk/ The iPad/iPhone edition brings you selected pages from the latest issue as soon as it is published. You can subscribe within the application for full access, which brings you every page of the issue and a searchable archive back to 1884. Issues are not sold individually - for the duration of your subscription you have access to every issue in this archive. During your subscription you can sync back issues to your device. These will remain in place if your subscription expires, unless your device removes them (for example when running low on disk space). Re-downloading issues requires a current subscription. • Swipe or tap the page edges to flip to next/previous page. • Use the animated thumbnail view to flick through the pages. • Pinch or double-tap pages to zoom. • Switch between single or double-page view. • Search the current issue or the archive. • Tap any page links to web sites, email addresses, phone numbers or maps. • Tap contents-page links to jump to a particular article. • Sync back issues to your device for offline reading (requires wi-fi). • Network connection required otherwise. We recommend first running the app within a wi-fi area so it can sync the latest issue to your device - after that you can use it anywhere. Subscribers will receive new issues automatically via Newsstand. Subscriptions are available within the app at the following prices: £3.99 Quarterly £12.99 Annually In addition, please note the following standard features of auto-renewable subscriptions: • Your payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscriptions will renew automatically 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. • You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Apple Account Settings after purchase. • No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. You can find our privacy policy here: exacteditions.com/about/privacy and our terms of service here: exacteditions.com/about/tos
SUFI JOURNAL
Explore mystical thought and spiritual practice through articles, interviews, poetry, music, and video. This non-profit publication offers an immersive, multi-medium experience for those seeking meaning and connection.
- Immersive multi-medium content
- Articles, interviews, poetry
- Music, podcasts, and videos
- Spiritual and interfaith perspectives
- Art and narrative contributions
- Focus on Unity and Love
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SUFI explores diverse aspects of mysticism, spiritual thought and practice through articles, interviews, poetry, narratives, art, reviews and much more. Sufism is a spiritual path of mystical experience and expression, grounded in the experience of Unity, Love and loving kindness. For over 30 years in print form, the SUFI Journal shared Sufi and interfaith perspectives about mystical life and the language of the heart, featuring contributions from artists, scholars and activists from around the world. SUFI is now transformed to be so much more than a print or ordinary online magazine, offering an expansive and lush experience. SUFI content is an immersive, multi-medium encounter of spiritual expression. Content includes an ongoing series of art, thoughtful essays and poetry, organized around relevant themes. Even more, subscribers can click to savor music, listen to interviews and podcasts, and watch videos. During this unsettled time in society, SUFI speaks to those who are yearning to explore spiritual traditions and connect to heartful sources of meaning and experience. Did you know that SUFI is a non-profit? SUFI is published by Khaniqahi Nimatullahi and is produced by a dedicated team of volunteers. For more information on SUFI please visit www.sufijournal.org SUFI JOURNAL offers the following auto-renewable subscriptions: - Annual Subscription ($19.99) Payment will be charged to your 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 you and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your user's Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription to SUFI JOURNAL. For more information please see our privacy policy at https://www.sufijournal.org/privacy/ and our terms of use at https://www.sufijournal.org/terms-and-conditions-2020/.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SUFI JOURNAL at 100% against New Humanist's 33%. SUFI JOURNAL also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (39 vs 4). New Humanist's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 26 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
Both are free to download. New Humanist sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 3 months and SUFI JOURNAL sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SUFI JOURNAL holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SUFI JOURNAL has 39 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of New Humanist's written reviews are positive against 100% of SUFI JOURNAL's.
New Humanist ships an update every 5 months, SUFI JOURNAL every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | New Humanist | SUFI JOURNAL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (4 ratings) | 4.9 (39 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 39 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 26 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Rationalist Association | khaniqahi Nimatullahi |
Customer experience
New Humanist
SUFI JOURNAL
In-app purchases
New Humanist
- New Humanist$5.993 Months
- New Humanist$24.991 Year
SUFI JOURNAL
- SUFI - Mobile Subscription$19.991 Year
- SUFI Journal Issue 99$9.99
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