Comparison

MEN's EX vs Kono@

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

Head to head
About

MEN's EX

A comprehensive men's lifestyle magazine focusing on sophisticated fashion for middle-aged individuals. It covers cars, watches, interiors, travel, and dining, offering tips to cultivate an "intellectually attractive" persona.

Highlights
  • Sophisticated men's fashion
  • Lifestyle coverage (cars, watches, travel)
  • Tips for an attractive persona
  • Digital magazine format
  • Subscription options
Features
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大人のおしゃれは“品と格”。 ミドルエイジのシックで上質なファッションを中心に、クルマ・時計・インテリア・旅・食など、こだわりのライフスタイルを全方位で追及する男性総合誌。 「知的ないい男」を演出するテクニックが満載です。 ※デジタル版には付録や記事が一部収録されない場合があります。あらかじめご了承ください。 ■サブスクリプションの自動更新と課金について  購読は「サブスクリプション(自動継続更新)」となります。サブスクリプション期間が終了する24時間以内に購読が更新され、お客様のAppleIDに課金されます。 ■サブスクリプションの設定の確認と自動更新の停止について  サブスクリプション期間終了の24時間以上前に、お客様のアカウント設定画面から、更新を停止していただくことで、自動更新を停止することができます。  自動更新の設定は、「設定」→「Apple ID」→「サブスクリプション」から行うことができます。 ■サブスクリプション期間途中のキャンセルについて  サブスクリプション期間中は、期間の変更や途中キャンセルをすることができません。 ■利用規約およびプライバシーポリシー https://www.magastore.jp/inapp/newsstand/privacypolicy/mensex

About

Kono@

This app provides a digital magazine platform for businesses to enhance customer service. Customers can access a wide variety of international magazines without registration, using convenient login methods like GPS or Wi-Fi. It offers a personalized search experience and saves businesses space and costs associated with physical magazines.

Highlights
  • Access to 180+ best-selling magazines
  • No registration required for customers
  • Login via GPS, Wi-Fi, or digital membership
  • Personalized keyword search for articles
  • Cross-device friendly reading experience
  • Saves space and costs for businesses
Features
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Kono@ is one of Kono's business solutions. We help our partners enhance their costumer service experience by providing a high quality E-Magazine platform. Customers can easily get access to the latest magazines from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Europe, and the United States, no registration required. By simply providing connection via GPS, Wifi or digital membership, you can increase your service value, and deliver an exceptional experience to your customers. Kono is a technology startup which focuses on the solution for digital reading and publishing for the magazine industry, founded by Stanford alumni in 2011. We believe reading is our passion but user experience is our religion. We pride ourselves in the culture of “always be learning”. Leveraging cutting edge technologies in AI and machine learning, we’ve built innovative solutions that solve practical problems faced by the publishing industry. 【Product Feature】 ● Plenty of Magazines 180+ best selling magazines from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Europe, and America, including business, travel, food, fashion, etc. Kono@ has a wide range of magazine categories, such as language learning, science, and technology, to meet the needs of different customers. ● Dedicated brand page Each branded store has its own login page in Kono@, creating brand uniqueness and making customers enjoy unique and thoughtful service to increase customer brand preference. ● Multiple and convenient ways to use Customers do not need to register but login with GPS, WiFi, or corporate online membership to obtain Kono@ reading rights. Besides, Kono@ can also be concatenated in the enterprise's own app via API. ● Save space and costs No need for any in-store space, keep past issues, and automatically update the latest magazines, eliminating the need to subscribe and organize magazines. This helps stores make the most efficient use of space, and saves magazine maintenance costs. ● Personalized keyword search Kono@ breaks down magazines into single articles for cross-magazine keyword searches through exclusive technology. Users can search for cross-magazine articles or magazine publications by typing in keywords of interest, providing a great reading experience, and increasing brand affection. ● Cross-device friendly reading experience Kono@ has the most user-friendly digital reading operation flow and interface for mobile phones and tablets, smooth and barrier-free reading to meet different user's needs. 【Our partners】 1. Beauty Park - Hair salon 2. Hi-Life Cstore - Convenience store 3. ChooArt Villa - Lodging 4. Fika Fika - Cafe 5. MIST - Bookstore 【Popular Magazine List】 Kono Magazine has over 300+ magazine titles from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Europe and America.The following titles are the list of the most popular magazines. (1) Taiwan Magazine 今周刊、ELLE 她、Cheers快樂工作人、商業周刊精選、PRIME AV 新視聽、音響論壇、GQ、理財周刊、小日子享生活誌、鏡週刊-娛樂、康健雜誌精選、Choc恰女生、財訊雙週刊、經理人月刊、VOGUE、men's uno男人誌、美麗佳人、Money 錢、君子、經理人特刊、時報周刊-娛樂版、數位時代、英語島雜誌、Bella儂儂、鏡週刊-時事、How It Works 知識大圖解國際中文版、常春藤解析英語雜誌、Harper's Bazaar、行遍天下旅遊月刊、DECO居家、一手車訊、周刊王、ABC互動英語、聯合文學、秋刀魚 (2) Hong Kong Magazine 發燒音響、經濟一週、eKids STEM、GAME STATION、Japan Walker@HK、iPhone 密技王、IT PRO 應用投資月刊、men's uno HK、MRRM、MR STYLE、NM+ New Monday、東方新地、PCM電腦廣場、iPhone, iPad 玩樂誌、Sunday Kiss、More、UNA、新假期、字花 (3) Japanese Magazine 25ans、Begin、GetNavi、dancyu、ELLE JAPON エル ジャポン、デジモノステーション、mer、2nd、ELLE DECOR、Lightning、MEN'S EX、flick!、Mac Fan、ランドネ、婦人画報、PREPPY、趣味の文具箱、Modern Living モダンリビング、アニメディア、Harper's Bazaar ハーパーズ バザー (4) European and American AllRecipes、FOOD & WINE、GOURMET、InStyle、Parents、People、PLAZA DECO、PLAZA INTERIÖR、REALSIMPLE、SHAPE、TRAVEL+LEISURE (5) Korean Magazine Arena Homme+、Golf Herald、Leaderpia、Living Sense、Woman Sense If you want to deepen your customer experience, please feel free to contact us at support@thekono.com.

Screenshots

MEN's EX1 screens
Kono@4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kono@ at none against MEN's EX's 1. Kono@ also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months). On price, ads, 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. MEN's EX sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $39.99 per year. Kono@ asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MEN's EX ships an update every 12 months, Kono@ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MEN's EX versus Kono@: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMEN's EXKono@
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better10.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB183 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDENTSU INC.Kono Digital Inc.

Customer experience

MEN's EX

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Kono@

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MEN's EX

Subscriptions1
  • MEN's EX$39.991 Year
None

Kono@

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MEN's EX free?
MEN's EX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kono@ free?
Kono@ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MEN's EX or Kono@ have ads?
Neither MEN's EX nor Kono@ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MEN's EX or Kono@?
MEN's EX ships an update every 12 months, and Kono@ every 2 months. Most recently, MEN's EX was updated on September 22, 2026 and Kono@ on September 18, 2026.

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