Comparison

New Humanist vs TeaTime

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

TeaTime

Access America's top tea magazine on your iPad. Explore inspirational tea party menus, recipes, table-setting ideas, travel destinations, and traditions. Discover tea pairings, expert advice, and fascinating articles on global tea experiences.

Highlights
  • Inspirational tea party menus
  • Recipes and table-setting ideas
  • Tea-focused destinations and events
  • Tea traditions and expert advice
  • Tea pairings and global tea experiences
  • Digital magazine on iPad
Features
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TeaTime is America's #1 magazine for tea enthusiasts- and now you can enjoy every single page on the iPad! The magazine shares inspirational tea-party menus, recipes, and table-setting ideas, tea focused destinations and events, tea traditions and much more. Every issue of TeaTime magazine includes tea pairings and expert advice, ideas for creating beautiful tablescapes, and fascinating articles on tea experiences across the world! Download our Free App to get started! The subscription will include the current issue if you do not already own it and subsequently published future issues. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. This subscription will automatically renew 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. The cost of the renewal will match the initial subscription price. 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 & Terms of Use: https://www.hoffmanmedia.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

New Humanist4 screens
TeaTime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TeaTime at 4.6 against New Humanist's 3.3. TeaTime also leads on ratings volume (107 vs 4). New Humanist's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 19%). 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. New Humanist sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 3 months and TeaTime sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TeaTime holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TeaTime has 107 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of New Humanist's written reviews are positive against 19% of TeaTime's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

New Humanist ships an update every 5 months, TeaTime every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
New Humanist versus TeaTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNew HumanistTeaTime
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (4 ratings)4.6 (107 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews — better19.1% of reviews
Number of ratings4107 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB22 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperThe Rationalist AssociationHoffman Media LLC

Customer experience

New Humanist

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

TeaTime

All ratings104 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral1.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive19.1%
Neutral2.1%
Negative78.7%

Bugs and requests

New Humanist

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

TeaTime

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • App crashes
  • Cannot open issues
  • Unable to restore purchases
  • Subscription issues not loading
  • Login failures
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  • Lost purchased content
  • App updates cause issues
  • Error messages
  • Purchases not syncing
  • Website crashing
  • Special editions not available
  • Login credentials invalid
  • User not found errors
  • Issues not loading past a certain percentage

Requested features

7 requests
  • Allow paper subscribers access to digital at no extra cost
  • Fix the app
  • Change app back to previous version
  • Fire person who updated app
  • Improve app functionality
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  • Restore lost issues
  • Make e-magazine available to paper subscribers

In-app purchases

2 purchases

New Humanist

Subscriptions2
  • New Humanist$5.993 Months
  • New Humanist$24.991 Year
10 purchases

TeaTime

Subscriptions5
  • 1 Month | TeaTime$1.991 Month
  • TeaTime$2.992 Months
  • 6 Months | TeaTime$10.996 Months
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  • 1 Year | TeaTime$17.991 Year
  • TeaTime$27.991 Year
One-time5
  • January/February 2014$3.99
  • March/April 2016$4.99
  • November-December 2016$4.99
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  • January-February 2017$4.99
  • TeaTime Favorites 2013$7.99

Questions

Is New Humanist free?
New Humanist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TeaTime free?
TeaTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, New Humanist or TeaTime?
TeaTime is rated higher. New Humanist averages 3.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while TeaTime averages 4.6 from 107 ratings.
Do New Humanist or TeaTime have ads?
Neither New Humanist nor TeaTime shows ads.
Which is updated more often, New Humanist or TeaTime?
New Humanist ships an update every 5 months, and TeaTime every 4 months. Most recently, New Humanist was updated on November 1, 2026 and TeaTime on November 6, 2026.

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