Texas Monthly vs AA Grapevine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Texas Monthly
This app chronicles life in contemporary Texas, reporting on vital issues and covering music, arts, travel, restaurants, and cultural events. It provides insightful and respected recommendations for exploring the Texas scene.
- Politics and environment reporting
- Industry and education coverage
- Music and arts features
- Travel and restaurant recommendations
- Museum and cultural event guides
- Insightful Texas scene coverage
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Texas Monthly Magazine has chronicled life in contemporary Texas since 1973, reporting on vital issues such as politics, the environment, industry, and education. It continues to be the indispensable authority on the Texas scene, covering music, the arts, travel, restaurants, museums, and cultural events with its insightful and respected recommendations. http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula
AA Grapevine
Access the international journal of Alcoholics Anonymous, featuring articles, a podcast, and a daily quote. Enhance your sobriety journey with a calculator, events calendar, and exclusive spiritual maintenance tools. Share your experiences and connect with a supportive community.
- Monthly magazine access
- Article archives
- Podcast player
- Daily quote
- Sobriety calculator
- AA events calendar
- Spiritual maintenance checklist
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The Grapevine app is all things Grapevine right on your smartphone. The monthly magazine, the articles archives, the podcast, the daily quote, an enhanced sobriety calculator, and the AA events calendar. App-exclusive features include a spiritual maintenance checklist and the ability to share articles, and your own experience, strength, and hope with other Grapevine app users. The app allows for more content each month too. Service-oriented members will find easy ways to be a part of the AA Grapevine Community in our Get Involved section. You’ll be able to read Grapevine anonymously wherever you go. You can also listen to each month’s articles on a playlist, and listen to the podcast playlist right on the app. Terms of Use / End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Texas Monthly at 4.7 against AA Grapevine's 4.1. Texas Monthly also leads on ratings volume (2.1K vs 84). AA Grapevine's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (31% vs 16%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and chart position 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. Texas Monthly sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and AA Grapevine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Texas Monthly holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Texas Monthly has 2.1K ratings behind it against 84, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 16% of Texas Monthly's written reviews are positive against 31% of AA Grapevine's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Texas Monthly ships an update every 2 months, AA Grapevine every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Texas Monthly | AA Grapevine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.1K ratings) — better | 4.1 (84 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.4% of reviews | 31.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K — better | 84 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #145 | #57 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | +12 | 12+ |
| Developer | Texas Monthly Magazine | AA Grapevine, Inc. |
Customer experience
Texas Monthly
AA Grapevine
Bugs and requests
Texas Monthly
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login screen keeps reappearing
- Subscription not recognized
- Unable to access content
Requested features
3 requests- Download issues for offline access
- Retain login credentials
- Improve app stability and usability
AA Grapevine
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Texas Monthly
- Texas Monthly$1.991 Month
- Texas Monthly$19.991 Year
- Texas Monthly April 2013$4.99
- Texas Monthly May 2013$4.99
- Texas Monthly June 2013$4.99
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- Texas Monthly November 2013$4.99
- Texas Monthly June 2014$4.99
- Texas Monthly May 2015$4.99
- Texas Monthly February 2016$4.99
- October 2016$4.99
AA Grapevine
- Grapevine Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Grapevine Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
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