Comparison

docrafts Creativity Magazine vs Nandan

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

Head to head
About

docrafts Creativity Magazine

This app offers a digital version of a popular UK craft magazine, featuring inspiration, techniques, and step-by-step guides for various crafting activities. It provides access to current and back issues, exclusive content, and subscription options for continuous access to new content.

Highlights
  • Crafting inspiration and techniques
  • Step-by-step project guides
  • Card making, scrapbooking, jewelry making, baking
  • Exclusive competitions and giveaways
  • Latest product information
  • Reader galleries
  • Subscription options
Features
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docrafts® Creativity is the UK’s biggest and best selling craft magazine. Each issue is bursting with crafting inspiration, techniques and top tips on a wide range of crafting activities. Whether it’s card making, scrapbooking, jewellery making or baking Creativity has it covered. Whatever your level of crafting experience Creativity has the project that’s right for you with handy step by step guides for the perfect make. Each issue also offers exclusive competitions, giveaways, information on the latest hot products, reader galleries and much more. ----------- Paid for app downloads include one issue of the user’s choice. Free app downloads come with no free issue unless otherwise stated. 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 next released issue. Available subscriptions are: 6 months: £10.99/ US$15.99 (3 issues) 12 months: £19.99/ US$28.99 (6 issues) -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 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. Bundles of single issues can be also be bought within the application. To use purchased credits, simply click on the issue price and select ‘use credit’. This allows you to purchase back issues at reduced prices. 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 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

Nandan

Features
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Nandan, HT Media’s monthly Children Magazine is more than 47 years old brand. The magazine was started in November 1964 in the memory of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, with its first issue being dedicated to the late Prime Minister. Over the years it has developed a strong bond with its readers and is extremely popular among children and their families in India and abroad. Taking an edge over other children magazines, Nandan provides a mix of traditional and modern stories, poems, interactive columns, interesting facts and many educative columns, leading to wholesome development of our children. It keeps our children abreast with our cultural ethos, exposes them to latest happenings in and around world and engages them into numerous fun activities, shaping their mind and behavior in a positive way. Magazine Subscriptions are available for purchase inside this app. Three months subscription - $2.99 (automatically renewed until canceled) Six months subscription - $5.99 (automatically renewed until canceled) One year subscription - $11.99 (automatically renewed until canceled) Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your iTunes account will automatically be charged at the same price for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period unless you change your subscription preferences in your account settings. You can manage your subscriptions through your account settings after purchase on your device. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Please visit http://www.magzter.com/ns/privacy-policy.html for our Privacy Policy and http://www.magzter.com/ns/terms_condition.html for our Terms & Conditions

Screenshots

docrafts Creativity Magazine4 screens
Nandan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: docrafts Creativity Magazine at every 6 months against Nandan's every 12 months. Nandan's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 10.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. docrafts Creativity Magazine sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per 6 months and Nandan sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

docrafts Creativity Magazine ships an update every 6 months, Nandan every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
docrafts Creativity Magazine versus Nandan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterdocrafts Creativity MagazineNandan
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJellyfish Connect LimitedMagzter Inc.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

docrafts Creativity Magazine

Subscriptions2
  • docrafts Creativity Auto Renewable Subscription$14.996 Months
  • docrafts Creativity Auto Renewable Subscription$26.991 Year
One-time8
  • Lets bake$0.99
  • Creativity 35 - Sept-Oct 2012$3.99
  • Creativity 36 - Nov - Dec 2012$3.99
Show 5 more
  • Creativity 37 - Jan- Feb 2013$3.99
  • March-April 2013$3.99
  • May-June 2013$3.99
  • January-February 2014$3.99
  • November 2016$3.99
10 purchases

Nandan

Subscriptions1
  • Nandan 30$3.991 Year
One-time9
  • Jul 2019$0.99
  • September 2020$0.99
  • November 2020$0.99
Show 6 more
  • December 2020$0.99
  • January 2021$0.99
  • February 2021$0.99
  • March 2021$0.99
  • April 2021$0.99
  • May 2021$0.99

Questions

Is docrafts Creativity Magazine free?
docrafts Creativity Magazine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nandan free?
Nandan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do docrafts Creativity Magazine or Nandan have ads?
Neither docrafts Creativity Magazine nor Nandan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, docrafts Creativity Magazine or Nandan?
docrafts Creativity Magazine ships an update every 6 months, and Nandan every 12 months. Most recently, docrafts Creativity Magazine was updated on October 23, 2026 and Nandan on October 24, 2026.

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