Comparison

Kitchen Garden Magazine vs MECC

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

Head to head
About

Kitchen Garden Magazine

This app offers expert advice and in-depth features for growing your own fruits and vegetables. Discover new varieties, reader garden tours, and money-saving offers for both novice and experienced gardeners.

Highlights
  • Expert growing advice
  • In-depth crop features
  • Reader garden tours
  • New varieties and products
  • Money-saving offers
  • Suitable for all skill levels
Features
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Kitchen Garden is Britain's best specialist magazine dedicated to those who love to grow their own fresh fruit and vegetables. Every month our expert team of writers - all of whom are highly experienced kitchen gardeners - bring you in-depth features on all aspects of growing your own produce whether on an allotment, a veg patch in the garden or even a patio or balcony. We have regular features for experienced growers and complete novices alike on all aspects of this wonderful hobby. As well as easy to follow features on growing delicious, nutritious crops you will have the chance to visit other readers' gardens and to learn their secrets of success, you'll learn about the latest new varieties and products and can take advantage of regular money-saving offers and giveaways in the magazine every month. ---------------------------------------------- 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

About

MECC

This app facilitates behavior change by leveraging daily interactions to promote healthier lifestyles. It offers accessible information and training on various health and wellbeing topics, empowering users to help others make positive choices.

Highlights
  • Facilitates behavior change
  • Promotes healthier lifestyles
  • Offers training and information
  • Covers various health topics
  • Supports independence programs
  • Aids in making positive choices
Features
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MECC is an approach to behaviour change that utilises the millions of day to day interactions that organisations and people have with other people to encourage changes in behaviour that have a positive effect on the health and wellbeing of individuals, communities and populations. The App is a tool to help you facilitate behaviour change. Within the county of Northamptonshire and through funding by Health Education East Midlands, a partnership between Northamptonshire Public Health, Northamptonshire CCGs and Zinc Digital Business Solutions Ltd has enabled the development of a digital Application for MECC. What the MECC app does This new easy access App provides you with all the relevant MECC training, and provides information on how to help people make healthier lifestyle choices. Accessible information including: - Stop Smoking - Alcohol Consumption - Physical Activity - Healthy Eating - Emotional Wellbeing - Supporting Independence Programme (SIP) - Falls - Sexual Health - National Screening Programme - NHS Health Check - Oral Health - Domestic Abuse - Adverse Childhood Experiences

Screenshots

Kitchen Garden Magazine4 screens
MECC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kitchen Garden Magazine at 44% against MECC's 0%. MECC's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, 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. Kitchen Garden Magazine sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month. MECC asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Kitchen Garden Magazine versus MECC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitchen Garden MagazineMECC
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 14 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB49 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMortons Media Group LtdZinc Digital

Customer experience

Kitchen Garden Magazine

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral22.2%
Negative33.3%

MECC

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Kitchen Garden Magazine

Subscriptions3
  • Kitchen Garden Magazine Auto-Renewable Subscriptions$4.491 Month
  • Kitchen Garden Magazine Auto-Renewable Subscriptions$19.996 Months
  • Kitchen Garden Magazine Auto-Renewable Subscriptions1 Month trial$37.991 Year
One-time7
  • May 2013 (id:738572)$4.99
  • April 2013 (id:737091)$4.99
  • March 2013 (id:739368)$4.99
Show 4 more
  • October 2014 (id:740559)$4.99
  • June 2016 (id:747401)$4.99
  • July 2016 (id:747403)$4.99
  • February 2017 (id:756096)$4.99
None

MECC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kitchen Garden Magazine free?
Kitchen Garden Magazine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MECC free?
MECC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kitchen Garden Magazine or MECC have ads?
Neither Kitchen Garden Magazine nor MECC shows ads.

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