Weekly Serial vs Project
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weekly Serial
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The Weekly Serial brings the golden age of Victorian fiction back to life — one chapter at a time. Each week, a new instalment of a classic novel lands in your hands, just as the original readers experienced it. No rushing ahead. No overwhelming walls of text. Just the story, unfolding at a pace that lets it breathe. We begin where it all began — with Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles, the case that defined detective fiction. From there, the journey continues through the sensation novels and mystery writing that shaped an entire literary tradition. Every season comes with a companion magazine, anchored to the world of 1851 — the year Charles Dickens launched Household Words, the Browning Letters were being written, and the modern newspaper was finding its voice. Each issue includes folklore from the archives, notices from the famous Agony Column of The Times, and writing from the editors and authors who shaped the age. This is Victorian fiction as it was meant to be read — slowly, curiously, with context that makes the stories come alive. What's included: - Weekly chapter instalments of classic Victorian novels - A companion magazine with period-authentic content from 1851 - The Agony Column — real notices from The Times that Holmes himself would have read - Folklore, correspondence, and writing from the Victorian world - A growing archive of serialised classics Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Project
This app provides the complete K.M. Ganguli translation of the Mahabharata, broken into 1,170 daily episodes for easy reading. It features character glossaries, saved passages, illustrations, and progress tracking to help users finish the epic.
- Complete K.M. Ganguli translation
- 1,170 daily reading episodes
- Character encyclopedia and glosses
- Save favorite passages
- 55 original illustrations
- Reading streaks and progress tracking
- iCloud sync across devices
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The Mahabharata is the longest epic ever composed and this app is built to help you actually finish it. The complete, unabridged K.M. Ganguli translation (1883–1896) — every one of the 18 parvas, about 2.5 million words divided into 1,170 daily episodes, each sized for a single sitting. Read like a series: every episode opens with a recap of where the story stands and ends with a glimpse of what comes next. READ • 1,170 episodes across all 18 parvas — the full epic, nothing cut • A serialized flow: recaps, cliffhangers, and one-more-episode pacing • Beautiful serif typography with adjustable size, light and dark • Inline glosses for archaic words, right where you need them UNDERSTAND • 251 characters, tappable right in the text — who they are, their factions, their relationships, every episode they appear in • A character encyclopedia searchable by name and alias COLLECT • Save the passages that strike you — long-press any line • A gallery of 55 original illustrations from across the epic KEEP GOING • Reading streaks and milestones across a 1,170-episode journey • Progress, streaks, quotes, and settings sync across your devices with iCloud • Pick up mid-sentence: your exact reading position is always restored No account. No ads. No subscriptions. Just the epic.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Project at none against Weekly Serial's 1. Weekly Serial's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Weekly Serial sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month. Project asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Weekly Serial | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | David Bockett | Krishna Dhanish Raya |
In-app purchases
Weekly Serial
- Monthly Subscription$7.991 Month
Project
No in-app purchases








