Comparison

The Tablet vs Click and Read

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

Head to head
About

The Tablet

This weekly Catholic journal offers in-depth coverage of religion, politics, arts, and current affairs with global contributors. Access selected pages from the latest issue or subscribe for full access to every page and a searchable archive dating back to 2011.

Highlights
  • International religious and political coverage
  • In-depth articles and balanced reporting
  • Global contributor network
  • Searchable archive of past issues
  • Offline reading of synced issues
  • Interactive page navigation and zoom
Features
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Unique in its international coverage of religion, current affairs, politics, social issues and the arts, The Tablet is a weekly Catholic journal which has been reporting on events of significance for over 170 years. Every week The Tablet provides in-depth and balanced coverage on a wide range of subjects and its contribution to topical issues is strengthened by its contributors: each issue contains the work of writers drawn from all over the world, whose names are familiar in their particular field of experience. The Church in the World section reports on events within the Church internationally, covering Europe, Rome, Asia, the Pacific, Africa and the Americas. The Home News section reports on news within UK churches, both Catholic and other Christian. In addition the latest church documents are analysed and discussed The Notebook section gives a light-hearted round-up of recent events, often with a humorous tone and the Letters section offers lively and intelligent debate from readers worldwide. No mention of The Tablet would be complete without reference to the widely respected Books section. Its detailed reviews are comprehensive, across a wide variety of subjects from philosophy to film appreciation and Christian apologetics to crime fiction. And the Arts section includes reviews of galleries and exhibitions, theatre, cinema, television, radio, music and opera. 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 26 November 2011. 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. Subscriptions are available within the app at the following prices: £8.49 per month £80.99 per year 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: https://exacteditions.com/about/privacy and our terms of service here: https://exacteditions.com/about/tos

About

Click and Read

Features
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Developed by the CNRS to facilitate access to documents, the extension scans the web page you visit for document identifiers (DOI, PMID, PII) and adds a link if the resource is available.

Screenshots

The Tablet4 screens
Click and Read1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Click and Read at none against The Tablet's 2. Click and Read also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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 Tablet sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.49 per month. Click and Read asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Tablet ships an update every 4 months, Click and Read every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
The Tablet versus Click and Read: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe TabletClick and Read
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews53.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Tablet Publishing Company LimitedINIST CNRS

In-app purchases

2 purchases

The Tablet

Subscriptions2
  • The Tablet$9.491 Month
  • The Tablet$99.991 Year
None

Click and Read

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Tablet free?
The Tablet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Click and Read free?
Click and Read is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do The Tablet or Click and Read have ads?
Neither The Tablet nor Click and Read shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Tablet or Click and Read?
The Tablet ships an update every 4 months, and Click and Read every 3 weeks. Most recently, The Tablet was updated on October 26, 2026 and Click and Read on October 25, 2026.

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