Comparison

INTERNI vs ICON Mag

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

Head to head
About

INTERNI

Explore the latest in Italian and international design with this digital magazine. Each issue features interior architecture, new projects, and interviews with design professionals. Useful for designers, students, and producers.

Highlights
  • Italian and international design showcase
  • Interior architecture features
  • Interviews with design professionals
  • Reflects on design trends
  • Digital magazine format
  • Subscription options available
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INTERNI is the magazine that selects and presents the most significant production of Italian and international design, reflecting on trends and new projects. In each issue, about forty pages are dedicated to the latest interior architecture (houses, offices, showrooms), and an interview / meeting with a character who works in areas parallel to design. INTERNI is the magazine useful for those who design, study, produce. You can choose whether to purchase your single copy or activate one of these types of subscription: • 3 months for only € 14.99 • 1 year for only € 44.99 The subscription is automatically renewed, there are no free trial periods. • If you have an active subscription purchased on Abbonamenti website, you can read the digital version on this App! Log in (from Menu - Account - Login) and always carry your favorite magazine with you. • All subscriptions are charged to your iTunes account and will automatically renew upon expiration. You can deactivate your renewal via your iTunes profile, at least 24 hours in advance of the expiry of your active subscription. The subscription installments already paid can not be reimbursed. Privacy and T&C: http://bit.ly/PrivacyInterni

About

ICON Mag

Explore the world of architecture and design with this app. Access interviews with leading creatives, discover new buildings, and analyze cultural trends. Enjoy interactive features like embedded videos, zoomable images, and offline reading of back issues.

Highlights
  • Interactive magazine content
  • Embedded videos
  • Zoomable images
  • Offline reading of back issues
  • Active web and email links
  • Animated thumbnail view
Features
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Icon is one of the world’s leading architecture and design magazine. Every month we interview the most exciting architects and designers in the world, visit the best new buildings, analyse the most interesting new cultural movements and technologies, and review an eclectic range of exhibitions, books, products and films. Beautifully presented and accessible, rigorous and insightful, Icon shows you exactly what’s happening in architecture and design today, and what it means for the future. Now available as an interactive app delivering more content, exclusive videos, further imagery alongside its user friendly design and user ability. • Watch embedded videos inside the app. • Swipe vertically and horizontally to navigate . • Open and close picture captions. • Pan wide landscape images. • Animated thumbnail view to flick through the pages. • Zoomable images. • Jump directly to articles featured on the front cover. • Active links to web sites and email addresses. • Active contents page links direct to articles. • Sync back issues to your device for offline reading (requires wi-fi). For the best viewing experience and full functionality download the iPad version. ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest regular issue at the time of purchase. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. -If a subscription offers a free trial, at the end of the trial period, you will be charged the full price of the subscription. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription settings on your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions can be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx

Screenshots

INTERNI4 screens
ICON Mag1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: ICON Mag at free with in-app purchases against INTERNI's subscription. ICON Mag also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). INTERNI's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 49 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support 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. INTERNI sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per 3 months and ICON Mag sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ICON Mag holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: INTERNI has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

INTERNI ships an update every 5 months, ICON Mag every 49 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
INTERNI versus ICON Mag: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterINTERNIICON Mag
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (11 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 49 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A.Media 10

Customer experience

INTERNI

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

ICON Mag

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

13 purchases

INTERNI

Subscriptions3
  • Interni$14.993 Months
  • Interni$22.996 Months
  • Interni$44.991 Year
One-time10
  • Interni 2014 n 05$5.99
  • Interni 2016 / 05$5.99
  • Interni 2016 / 06$5.99
Show 7 more
  • Interni 2016 / 08$5.99
  • Interni 2016 / 12$5.99
  • Interni 2019 / 05$5.99
  • Interni 2020/05$5.99
  • Interni 00-05-30$5.99
  • Interni n.08 - 2025$5.99
  • Interni 00-05-31$5.99
10 purchases

ICON Mag

Subscriptions1
  • One Year Subscription1 Month trial$3.491 Year
One-time9
  • Oct 2016 (id:423412)$1.99
  • Dec 2016 (id:423414)$1.99
  • May 2017 (id:434800)$1.99
Show 6 more
  • August 2017 (id:434806)$1.99
  • Jun-18 (id:452124)$1.99
  • Icon Feb-19 (id:452108)$1.99
  • Oct-18 (id:452116)$1.99
  • Apr 2019 (id:459135)$1.99
  • Jul 2019 (id:459129)$1.99

Questions

Is INTERNI free?
INTERNI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ICON Mag free?
ICON Mag is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, INTERNI or ICON Mag?
ICON Mag is rated higher. INTERNI averages 4.5 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while ICON Mag averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do INTERNI or ICON Mag have ads?
ICON Mag shows ads; INTERNI does not.
Which is updated more often, INTERNI or ICON Mag?
INTERNI ships an update every 5 months, and ICON Mag every 49 months. Most recently, INTERNI was updated on September 30, 2026 and ICON Mag on October 5, 2026.

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