Comparison

Beautiful Design Made Simple vs Poolside

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

Head to head
About

Beautiful Design Made Simple

Discover design inspiration and home décor ideas to create and maintain a beautiful living space. This publication offers tips and information to enrich your home's evolving design.

Highlights
  • Design inspiration
  • Home décor ideas
  • Tips for home maintenance
  • Interior design guidance
  • Lifestyle enrichment
Features
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Brought to you by Carpet One Floor & Home This quarterly publication provides design inspiration, home décor ideas and tips on creating and maintaining a beautiful home. Beautiful Design Made Simple is your go-to resource for inspiration and information to enrich the ever evolving design of your home.

About

Poolside

Features
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Poolside is Australia’s premier pool publication. Full-colour, large format magazines, they reach prospective pool buyers and existing pool owners right across the country. Each issue of Poolside contains informative features on design issues, maintenance questions, new materials and stylish poolside accessories. Also, more than 100 individual designs are featured in each issue. Poolside’s photographers are the best in the business, providing stunning images that captivate readers. Each issue of Poolside contains informative features on design issues, maintenance questions, new materials and stylish poolside accessories. Also, more than 100 individual designs are featured in each issue. ---------------------------------------------- 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

Screenshots

Beautiful Design Made Simple4 screens
Poolside1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beautiful Design Made Simple at none against Poolside's 10. Beautiful Design Made Simple also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.2). On price, update cadence 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. Poolside sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 6 months. Beautiful Design Made Simple asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beautiful Design Made Simple ships an update every 30 months, Poolside every 28 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Beautiful Design Made Simple versus Poolside: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeautiful Design Made SimplePoolside
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 30 monthsEvery 28 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better11.2
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCCA Global Partners, Inc.Universal Magazines Pty Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Beautiful Design Made Simple

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Poolside

Subscriptions3
  • Poolside Auto-Renewable Subscription$2.996 Months
  • Poolside Auto-Renewable Subscription$3.991 Year
  • Poolside Auto-Renewable Subscription1 Month trial$5.991 Year
One-time7
  • Nov Issue#46 Y/Bk 15$2.99
  • Poolside Bundle$2.99
  • ISSUE 56 Poolside$2.99
Show 4 more
  • February Issue#41 2013$3.99
  • April Issue#43 2014$3.99
  • October Issue#42 Y-BOOK 2013$3.99
  • May Issue#45 2015$4.99

Questions

Is Beautiful Design Made Simple free?
Beautiful Design Made Simple is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Poolside free?
Poolside is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Beautiful Design Made Simple or Poolside have ads?
Poolside shows ads; Beautiful Design Made Simple does not.
Which is updated more often, Beautiful Design Made Simple or Poolside?
Beautiful Design Made Simple ships an update every 30 months, and Poolside every 28 months. Most recently, Beautiful Design Made Simple was updated on September 23, 2026 and Poolside on October 3, 2026.

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