CAPA vs Novel Airline
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CAPA
Access the latest information on digital SLR cameras, interchangeable lenses, and accessories. This digital magazine offers extensive examples, easy-to-understand hardware articles, shooting techniques, and professional photographer showcases. Enjoy photo contests and read saved issues even after your subscription ends.
- Latest camera and lens news
- Extensive photo examples
- Hardware reviews
- Shooting technique guides
- Professional photographer showcases
- Photo contests
- Offline reading of saved issues
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=雑誌「CAPA」について= デジタル一眼カメラや交換レンズ、周辺機材の最新情報が満載。豊富な作例とわかりやすいハード記事で、多くの一眼カメラファンの支持を集める。撮影テクニック記事やプロ写真家の作品紹介、充実したフォトコンテスト記事も人気。毎月20日発売(※発売日がずれる場合もあります)。 =Newsstandにおける「CAPA」について= Newsstandで購読できる「CAPA」は電子雑誌です。電子雑誌には紙版に掲載されているコンテンツであっても一部含まれていないものもあります。 =ライセンスの購入について= 本アプリケーションは無料でダウンロードすることができますが、すべてのコンテンツを閲覧するためには有料でコンテンツ閲覧ライセンスを購入していただきます。 ライセンス期間中は、期間の変更やキャンセルをすることができませんのでご了承ください。 =購入した雑誌の講読について= このアプリケーションは、定期購読期間中に発売された雑誌を保存しておくことができますので、新号が発売されたり、定期購読期間が終了した後でも保存してある雑誌を読むことができます。 =自動ダウンロード機能について= ライセンス期間中に、自動ダウンロードをオンに設定すると、新しいコンテンツが更新されると、自動的に端末にダウンロードされます。この機能はWi-Fi接続されている場合のみ有効となります。 ◆利用規約とプライバシーポリシー https://www.corp-gakken.co.jp/privacypolicy/
Novel Airline
Create novels anytime, anywhere with this writing app. It offers tools for organizing plots, characters, and locations, along with features to enhance vocabulary and protect privacy. Export your work in various formats.
- Vertical and horizontal text preview
- Plot, character, and location management
- Custom dictionary
- Cloud backup
- Pincode lock
- File import and export (Text/PDF)
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While commuting, taking a bath, or before going to bed... You can create novels anytime and anywhere you want. Novel Airline will guide you on a comfortable creative journey. You'll soon get the environment to immerse yourself in writing. This app is equipped with a custom dictionary to enhance your vocabularies, and quick insert to input frequently used symbols such as brackets, dashes, etc. There are also some features to protect your privacy, such as the pincode lock or sleep mode. You can also share data with other devices by using Cloud Backup. All features of Novel Airline are optimized for smartphones. [ Main Features ] - Vertical text preview (supported single or double columns) - Horizontal text preview - Rubies and dots - Multiple chapters - Illustration insertion - Background image setting - Book cover, title page and bibliographic information (colophon) setting - "Plot Board" that manages plots - "Cast room" that manages characters and items - "Locations" that manages views of the world - "Archives" that manages images - "My Dictionary" that manages vocabularies - Cloud Backup - Edit History - Logbook - File Import (Text) - File Export (Text/PDF) [ Writing Assistance ] - Characters count - Tabbed editor - Ruled lines - Irregular diacritical characters - Quick Insert to input frequently used symbols and texts - "Note" that can be used to make a draft - Find and Replace - Undo, Redo - Quick shape - Automatic indentation - Automatic save - Quick copy [ Privacy Protection ] - Pincode lock - Shoulder hack measures (prevention of peeping) - Sleep mode --- Subscription: "First Class" [ Benefits ] - Remove ads. - Cloud Backup. - Export as PDF. - Unlock higher-level features. [ Price ] - ¥180 / month - It will be charged via Apple ID. [ Cancellation ] - Please check out Settings App > Apple ID > Subscription. - If you want to stop the subscription, please cancel it at least 24 hours before the next expiration date. - Even after the subscription is canceled, you can get the benefits until the next expiration date. [ Notice ] - Please tap the 'Restore' button to restore your previous purchase. - We cannot accept the cancellation for the current month. [ Terms of Service ] https://terms.novel-airline.com/ [ Privacy Policy ] https://privacy.novel-airline.com/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Novel Airline at 83% against CAPA's 30%. Novel Airline also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). CAPA's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. CAPA sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 3 months and Novel Airline sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CAPA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Novel Airline has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 30% of CAPA's written reviews are positive against 83% of Novel Airline's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CAPA ships an update every 6 weeks, Novel Airline every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CAPA | Novel Airline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.0% of reviews | 82.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gakken CO.,LTD | Hiroya Tanaka |
Customer experience
CAPA
Novel Airline
In-app purchases
CAPA
- CAPA$9.993 Months
- CAPA1 Month trial$14.996 Months
Novel Airline
- First Class1 Month trial$1.491 Month









