Mslexia vs Kalachuvadu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mslexia
This app offers a quarterly masterclass for women writers, featuring advice, inspiration, news, and creative works. It provides access to selected pages from the latest issue and a searchable archive of past content for subscribers.
- Creative advice and inspiration
- News, reviews, and interviews
- Poetry and prose selections
- Searchable archive of past issues
- Offline reading of synced back issues
- Interactive page navigation
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Mslexia tells you all you need to know about exploring your creativity and getting into print. No other magazine provides Mslexia's unique mix of debate and analysis, advice and inspiration; news, reviews, interviews; competitions, events, courses, grants. All served up with a challenging selection of new poetry and prose. Mslexia is read by top authors and absolute beginners. A quarterly masterclass in the business and psychology of writing, it's the essential magazine for women who write. 'diverse and brilliant' Fay Weldon 'intelligent and creative' Time Out ‘inspired, inspiring, invaluable’ Sarah Waters 'my favourite women's magazine' Wendy Cope 'the best I've read on the subject' Independent The iPad/iPhone edition brings you selected pages from the latest issue as soon as it is available. You can subscribe within the application for full access, which brings you every page of the issue and a searchable archive back to Autumn 2007. 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: £1.99 per month £19.99 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
Kalachuvadu
Access an international monthly journal focused on politics and culture, published since 1988. Enjoy reading content on your mobile devices, with various subscription options available.
- Monthly journal access
- Politics and culture content
- Published since 1988
- Multiple subscription plans
- Available on iOS devices
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Kalachuvadu is an international monthly journal for politics and culture. Published since 1988, it was founded by the noted Tamil writer Sundara Ramaswamy (1931-2005). Kalachuvadu was published first as a quarterly then a bi-monthly and has been a monthly since 2004. Please visit http://www.magzter.com/ns/privacy-policy.html for our Privacy Policy and http://www.magzter.com/ns/terms_condition.html for our Terms & Conditions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Kalachuvadu at free with in-app purchases against Mslexia's subscription. Kalachuvadu also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). Mslexia's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 11 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Mslexia sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month and Kalachuvadu sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mslexia ships an update every 4 months, Kalachuvadu every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mslexia | Kalachuvadu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mslexia Publications Ltd | Magzter Inc. |
Customer experience
Mslexia
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In-app purchases
Mslexia
- Monthly Subscription$2.491 Month
- Annual Subscription$23.491 Year
Kalachuvadu
- Kalachuvadu 30$0.991 Year
- Kalachuvadu$2.996 Months
- Kalachuvadu$4.991 Year
- Kalachuvadu April 2022$0.99
- Kalachuvadu June 2022$0.99
- Kalachuvadu May 2022$0.99
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- Kalachuvadu August 2022$0.99
- Kalachuvadu September 2022$0.99
- Kalachuvadu July 2022$0.99
- Kalachuvadu$0.99
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