Comparison

HAUNTED MAGAZINE vs Alienese

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

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About

HAUNTED MAGAZINE

Explore the paranormal and horror world with this digital magazine. It features in-depth articles on scary, dark, and supernatural topics, including interviews with indie creators and real-life ghost stories. Discover unique content from a passionate team dedicated to the best in paranormal and horror.

Highlights
  • Paranormal and horror content
  • Features on scary, sexy, dark, and spiritual sides
  • Spotlights indie producers, directors, and actors
  • Investigates dark paranormal cases
  • Follows young ghosthunters
  • Digital magazine format
  • User registration for purchase protection
Features
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HAUNTED Digital Magazine is the world’s only magazine that takes a fun & entertaining look at the world of all things Paranormal & Horror. With informative and entertaining features from the scary side, the sexy side, the dark side, the entertainment side, the demonic side, the ghostly side, the spiritual side and any other sides that the paranormal and horror sector decides to show from time to time. We are your one stop paranormal and horror pic’n’mix. Written and designed by two cheeky but loveable guys and supported by a band of merry men and women (feature writers, photographers, models and contributors). We spotlight up and coming indie producers, directs and actors allowing them to promote their projects. We follow the dark paranormal cases that they don’t show on the TV and we follow Carla, aged 14, who is one of the youngest EVER ghosthunters. We are passionate about bringing you the best ever paranormal and horror content. Come and join our journey.. We like to think that we have a marriage made in heaven relationship with our readers, even though it is written and designed in Hell (well just north of Nottingham, UK) 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

About

Alienese

Translate text into the alien alphabet from a popular sci-fi show. Create and share your messages as high-resolution images. Connect with fellow fans using this unique communication tool.

Highlights
  • Text translation to Alienese
  • Alien alphabet overview
  • Alienese keyboard
  • Save messages as high-resolution images
  • Share messages with others
  • Communicate with fans
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Alienese is an app for fans of the classic tv-series Futurama! The app is for those that want to play around with the alien alphabet used throughout the show. Save your Alienese messages as high-resolution images and share them with the world! Communicate with other fans of the show in Alienese! The sky is the limit! And if you'd like more features..? You can bite my shiny metal... Just kidding! Just contact me in any of the available ways in the app. A feature request in Alienese? That would be a first! Have fun with the app! Alienese main features: - Translates any text from roman letters to Alienese. - An alphabet overview and Alienese keyboard for deciphering messages in Alienese. - Save or share your Alienese messages with the world as high-resolution images directly from the app.

Screenshots

HAUNTED MAGAZINE4 screens
Alienese4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Alienese at 4.8 against HAUNTED MAGAZINE's 4.2. Alienese also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). HAUNTED MAGAZINE's advantage is iOS requirement (11.2 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. HAUNTED MAGAZINE sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 2 months. Alienese asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Alienese holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of HAUNTED MAGAZINE's written reviews are positive against 100% of Alienese's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
HAUNTED MAGAZINE versus Alienese: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHAUNTED MAGAZINEAlienese
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (6 ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 15 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.2 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB2 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJellyfish Connect LimitedPatrik Ell

Customer experience

HAUNTED MAGAZINE

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative18.2%

Alienese

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

HAUNTED MAGAZINE

Subscriptions3
  • Haunted Magazine$2.992 Months
  • Haunted Magazine$6.996 Months
  • Haunted Magazine2 Months trial$12.991 Year
One-time7
  • Haunted Digital... (id:371614)$0.99
  • Issue 2 (id:407014)$0.99
  • The Halloween S... (id:407018)$0.99
Show 4 more
  • Issue 5: with M... (id:369247)$0.99
  • Issue 6: With M... (id:369671)$0.99
  • Issue 13 with Z... (id:399673)$0.99
  • Haunted Magazin... (id:481708)$0.99
None

Alienese

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HAUNTED MAGAZINE free?
HAUNTED MAGAZINE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Alienese free?
Alienese is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HAUNTED MAGAZINE or Alienese?
Alienese is rated higher. HAUNTED MAGAZINE averages 4.2 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Alienese averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do HAUNTED MAGAZINE or Alienese have ads?
Neither HAUNTED MAGAZINE nor Alienese shows ads.

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