Comparison

Writing Magazine vs Aha! Scrolls

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

Head to head
About

Writing Magazine

This app provides aspiring and established writers with practical advice, creative exercises, and opportunities to get published. It covers various genres and writing forms, offering a comprehensive resource for improving writing skills and participating in competitions.

Highlights
  • Practical advice from professional writers
  • Fun writing exercises
  • Worldwide publication opportunities
  • Monthly writing competitions
  • Covers fiction, poetry, and article writing
  • Enhanced for tablets with audio snippets
Features
Read full description

Have you got a book in you? Then try Writing Magazine, the biggest and bestselling monthly magazine for all writers. Writing Magazine offers encouragement, fun exercises, practical advice from professional writers, opportunities worldwide to get into print and a wide range of monthly writing competitions. Whether for pleasure or publication, whatever your style or genre, Writing Magazine has something to help you. Regular articles cover all aspects of fiction, poetry, article writing, and much more. Enhanced for tablets with audio book snippets and an easy-to-read mobile edition. ---------------------------------------------- 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 issue. -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

About

Aha! Scrolls

Features
Read full description

Aha! Scrolls help you learn languages naturally by turning everyday scrolling into meaningful discovery. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.chronoprana.com/aha-app-privacy-policy Subscription Information: 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

Screenshots

Writing Magazine4 screens
Aha! Scrolls4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aha! Scrolls at none against Writing Magazine's 13. Aha! Scrolls also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). Writing Magazine's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price and ads 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. Writing Magazine sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Aha! Scrolls asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Writing Magazine ships an update every 7 months, Aha! Scrolls every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Writing Magazine versus Aha! Scrolls: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWriting MagazineAha! Scrolls
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews52.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWarners Group Publications PLCSelma Celik

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Writing Magazine

Subscriptions8
  • Writing Magazine Auto-Renewable Subscription1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • Writing Auto Renewable Subscription1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • Writing - Auto Renewable Subscription1 Month trial$4.991 Month
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  • Writing 3M Auto-Renewable Sub$11.993 Months
  • Writing Magazine Auto-Renewable Subscription$21.996 Months
  • Writing - Auto Renewable Subscription$39.996 Months
  • Writing Magazine Auto-Renewable Subscription1 Month trial$40.991 Year
  • Writing - Auto Renewable Subscription1 Month trial$79.991 Year
One-time5
  • Learn from the ... (id:483626)$1.99
  • November 2013 (pp:18788)$5.99
  • Writing Magazin... (pp:122683)$5.99
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  • How to publish ... (pp:122685)$5.99
  • August 2024 (pp:1005207)$5.99
None

Aha! Scrolls

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Writing Magazine free?
Writing Magazine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aha! Scrolls free?
Aha! Scrolls is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Writing Magazine or Aha! Scrolls have ads?
Neither Writing Magazine nor Aha! Scrolls shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Writing Magazine or Aha! Scrolls?
Writing Magazine ships an update every 7 months, and Aha! Scrolls every 3 weeks. Most recently, Writing Magazine was updated on October 22, 2026 and Aha! Scrolls on October 25, 2026.

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