Comparison

Victoria vs Advance! LA

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

Head to head
About

Victoria

This app provides a digital escape for those seeking inspiration in decorating, entertaining, and cooking. Explore beautiful pages filled with recipes, travel stories, and essays from inspiring women. Enjoy a curated experience focused on femininity, passion, and an enterprising spirit.

Highlights
  • Decorating ideas
  • Entertaining tips
  • Recipes
  • Travel stories
  • Essays from inspiring women
  • Digital magazine format
Features
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In a frantic and hurried world, Victoria offers a respite from the chaos of everyday life. The pages are dedicated to living beautifully when entertaining, cooking, and decorating and even in artistic pursuits- and now you can enjoy every single page on the iPad! With a distinct personality all its own, Victoria personifies femininity, passion, and an enterprising spirit. Each issue features decorating and entertaining ideas, recipes, travel stories, essays from inspiring women, and much more. Download our Free App to get started! The subscription will include the current issue if you do not already own it and subsequently published future issues. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. This subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period, your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. The cost of the renewal will match the initial subscription price. Additional Subscription Information: • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. • No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Privacy Policy & Terms of Use: https://www.hoffmanmedia.com/privacy-policy/

About

Advance! LA

Access exclusive content from the Advanced Organization Los Angeles, including success stories and spiritual insights. This digital magazine is optimized for mobile devices and provides notifications for new issues and videos.

Highlights
  • Exclusive content from AOLA
  • Digital magazine optimized for mobile
  • Save favorite articles and videos
  • Exclusive video access
  • Notifications for new issues
  • Access with IAS membership number
Features
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A magazine for Scientologists from the Advanced Organization Los Angeles. The Advance! magazine app is accessible to anyone with an IAS membership number. It’s time to enter the gateway to spiritual freedom, where abilities are heightened and a world of wins awaits. From the City of Angels in the US, the exclusive services and the soaring success stories are at your fingertips with the Advance! magazine app. Tap into OT power with the Advance! magazine app The backdrop: famed Sunset Boulevard and the hills of Hollywood. The setting: a series of iconic blue buildings on L. Ron Hubbard Way. The story: ascending to new spiritual heights in the City of Angels. At AOLA, you are the star, shining as you soar to OT. Now you can tap into all the excitement, the news and the stories from AOLA with a digital edition of Advance! magazine. Download and read anytime, anywhere It’s Advance! magazine enhanced and optimized for viewing on your phone or tablet. Save your favorites Bookmark any article or video for easy viewing anytime you open the app. You are there The Advance! app is your backstage pass, granting you access with exclusive videos that let you take in the sights and share the adventure of those moving to the upper spans of the Bridge. Stay up-to-date As soon as a new issue or new video drops, you’ll be notified, so you’re always plugged into AOLA. AOLA at your fingertips Connect to AOLA anytime, from any device. L. Ron Hubbard Way is just a tap away with the Advance! magazine app. It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3 1. Download the app 2. Log on with your IAS membership number to gain access to content 3. Tap into OT power at AOLA Swipe to Advance! Get the Advance! magazine app today

Screenshots

Victoria4 screens
Advance! LA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Advance! LA at 100% against Victoria's 17%. Advance! LA also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Victoria's advantage is ratings volume (224 vs 42) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, 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. Victoria sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Advance! LA asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Advance! LA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Victoria has 224 ratings behind it against 42, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Victoria's written reviews are positive against 100% of Advance! LA's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Victoria ships an update every 4 months, Advance! LA every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Victoria versus Advance! LA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVictoriaAdvance! LA
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (224 ratings)5.0 (42 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings224 — better42
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB139 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHoffman Media LLCChurch of Scientology International

Customer experience

Victoria

All ratings219 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral0.5%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive16.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.1%

Advance! LA

All ratings41 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Victoria

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Magazines disappear after purchase
  • App crashes during reading
  • Subscription not recognized
  • Downloads fail
  • Unable to restore purchased issues
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  • Issues lost after app updates
  • App freezes
  • Login issues
  • Syncing problems
  • Text and images not displaying correctly
  • Interactive ads cause crashes

Requested features

7 requests
  • Restore old app functionality
  • Improve app stability
  • Fix subscription access
  • Provide better customer support
  • Clarify digital vs. hard copy purchases
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  • Allow access to older magazines
  • Fix download issues

Advance! LA

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Victoria

Subscriptions4
  • Victoria | 1 Month$1.991 Month
  • Victoria$2.992 Months
  • Victoria | 6 Months$10.996 Months
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  • Victoria | 12 Months$19.991 Year
One-time6
  • May/June 2013$3.99
  • March /April 2016$4.99
  • May/June 2016$4.99
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  • October 2016$4.99
  • November-December 2016$4.99
  • Best Of Britain 2013$7.99
None

Advance! LA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Victoria free?
Victoria is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Advance! LA free?
Advance! LA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Victoria or Advance! LA?
Advance! LA is rated higher. Victoria averages 4.6 out of 5 from 224 ratings, while Advance! LA averages 5.0 from 42 ratings.
Do Victoria or Advance! LA have ads?
Neither Victoria nor Advance! LA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Victoria or Advance! LA?
Victoria ships an update every 4 months, and Advance! LA every 2 months. Most recently, Victoria was updated on November 6, 2026 and Advance! LA on November 3, 2026.

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