Architectural Digest vs Undrift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Architectural Digest
Explore the world's most stunning homes and get insights into architecture and interior design. Discover top talent and exclusive content from the international authority on design.
- Exclusive access to beautiful homes
- Architecture and interior design insights
- Information on art, antiques, and travel
- AD100 list of top architects and designers
- Complimentary articles for non-subscribers
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Architectural Digest (AD), the international authority on design and architecture, offers exclusive access to the world’s most beautiful homes and the fascinating people who live in them. Bringing its audience a wealth of information on architecture and interior design, art and antiques, travel destinations, and extraordinary products, its AD100 list of top architects and designers is one of the industry’s most relied-upon indexes of talent. The Architectural Digest digital edition app is free to download. Subscribers receive unlimited access. Non-subscribers may access a selection of complimentary articles each month. AUTOMATIC-RENEWAL: Your payment method will be automatically charged at the frequency and price noted in the subscription offer you select, until you cancel. To cancel, you must update your App Store Subscriptions settings at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription term. No refunds once payment is made.
Undrift
This app helps you stay connected with friends and family by sending gentle reminders to reach out. Easily set custom frequencies for each contact and initiate calls with a single tap. Keep your relationships strong without any social feeds or complex features.
- Set contact-specific reminder frequencies
- Receive timely nudges to connect
- One-tap calling (phone or FaceTime)
- Customize reminder times
- View overdue and upcoming contacts
- Private and device-only data storage
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Life gets busy. Before you know it, weeks turn into months since you last called the people you care about most. Undrift is a simple, private reminder app that helps you stay connected. Choose the friends and family you want to keep in touch with. Set how often you'd like to reach out — every few days, weekly, biweekly, or monthly. Undrift will send you a gentle nudge when it's time to call. When a reminder comes in, just tap to call. That's it. No social feeds, no messaging, no complexity. Just a quiet reminder to pick up the phone. Key features: - Pick contacts from your phone and set a reminder frequency for each one - Get notified when it's time to reach out - One-tap calling — phone or FaceTime - Customize your preferred reminder time - See who's overdue and who's coming up at a glance - Everything stays on your device — no accounts, no servers, no tracking Undrift is completely private. Your contact data never leaves your phone. There are no ads, no analytics, and no sign-up required. Stop drifting apart from the people who matter. Let Undrift keep you close.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Undrift at none against Architectural Digest's 10. Undrift also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Architectural Digest's advantage is ratings volume (432 vs 1) and chart position (#151 vs unranked). 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
Both are free to download. Architectural Digest sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Undrift asks for nothing beyond the download.
Undrift holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Architectural Digest has 432 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Architectural Digest ships an update every 4 months, Undrift every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Architectural Digest | Undrift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (432 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 432 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #151 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. | Zach Johnson |
Customer experience
Architectural Digest
Undrift
Bugs and requests
Architectural Digest
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent crashes and stability issues
- Inability to download or access issues
- Subscription syncing problems across devices
Requested features
5 requests- Landscape mode for two-page spreads
- Improved navigation and content organization
- Seamless subscription management and linking
- Enhanced image viewing and zoom capabilities
- Accessibility features for visually impaired users
Undrift
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Architectural Digest
- One Month Subscription$3.991 Month
- Discounted Subscription Holiday 2015$14.991 Year
- One Year Subscription1 Month trial$29.991 Year
- December 2013$5.99
- April 2014$5.99
- June 2014$5.99
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- July 2014$5.99
- December 2014$5.99
- February 2015$5.99
- March 2016$5.99
Undrift
No in-app purchases
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