LDK vs Novel Airline
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LDK
This digital magazine app delivers a consumer-focused lifestyle guide covering everything from household goods and daily necessities to electronics and cosmetics. It offers honest reviews and practical tips to help users make smarter purchasing decisions and enhance their daily lives.
- Consumer-focused product testing
- Honest reviews and tips
- Daily life improvement advice
- Shopping failure prevention
- Monthly digital magazine issues
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●月刊「LDK」の電子書籍アプリです。 雑貨から日用品、生活家電からコスメまで、女性の暮らしに関わる全てをテストします。消費者目線の本音が炸裂する新しいカタチの究極の生活情報誌「LDK」の電子版。毎日の暮らしがグ~ンと便利におトクになります。お買い物の失敗なんて、もうさせません!毎月28日、発売です。 ※デジタル版では、本誌誌面と一部異なる点がありますことをご了承ください。 ※発行予定および販売価格は変更になる場合があります。 ●出版物のタイトル: LDK ●発行間隔: 1ヶ月 ●定期購読の期間と料金 1ヶ月 690円 3ヶ月 2,070円 6ヶ月 4,140円 1年 8,280円 ※バックナンバーおよび別冊等単品販売の価格は上記と異なります。 ※上記の料金は2025年3月1日現在の価格です。ご購入の際はアプリ内の表示をご確認ください。 ●課金について 定期購読料金はApple IDに課金されます。お申し込み頂いた時点で課金されます。 ●定期購読の自動更新について 定期購読期間終了の24時間以上前までに自動更新を解除しない限り自動更新され、次回の定期購読料金が課金されます。 *自動更新の対象は、購入時に申し込みいただいた期間(例:6カ月)となり、バックナンバーは対象外です。 ●自動更新時の課金について 自動更新される際の課金については、定期購読期間終了日の24時間以内に行われます。 ●定期購読の確認について ※Apple 社の下記ページでも手順をご確認いただけます。 https://support.apple.com/ja-jp/HT202039 定期購読内容を表示、変更、または解約は、次の手順で行えます。 1)ご使用中の端末で、「設定」>「[ユーザ名]」>「サブスクリプション」の順に選択します。 2)管理する購読コンテンツをタップします。 6)別の購読オプションを選択するか、「サブスクリプションをキャンセルする」をタップして購読を解約します。解約する場合、直近の締め日に購読停止となります。 ●定期購読のキャンセルについて 直近の締め日になるまで、期間の変更や中途解約することはできません。 ●決済情報についてはアップル社にお問い合わせください。 ●コンテンツの内容、アプリについては 株式会社晋遊舎のホームページ http://www.shinyusha.co.jp/ からお問い合わせください。 ●プライバシーポリシーについては下記をご覧ください。 https://www.shinyusha.co.jp/privacypolicy/ ●利用規約について 初めてアプリを起動する際に表示される利用規約をご確認ください。 また下記サイトでもご覧いただけます。 【利用規約(Terms of Use)】 https://www.shinyusha.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/eula_shinyusha_20200520.pdf ●発行・発売元 株式会社 晋遊舎
Novel Airline
Create novels anytime, anywhere with this vertical writing editor optimized for smartphones. Features include custom dictionaries, quick symbol insertion, and privacy controls. Organize plots, characters, and locations to enhance your writing workflow.
- Vertical text preview
- Custom dictionary
- Plot and character management
- Cloud backup
- Pincode lock
- File import/export
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While commuting, taking a bath, or before going to bed... You can create novels anytime and anywhere you want. Novel Airline will guide you on a comfortable creative journey. You'll soon get the environment to immerse yourself in writing. This app is equipped with a custom dictionary to enhance your vocabularies, and quick insert to input frequently used symbols such as brackets, dashes, etc. There are also some features to protect your privacy, such as the pincode lock or sleep mode. You can also share data with other devices by using Cloud Backup. All features of Novel Airline are optimized for smartphones. [ Main Features ] - Vertical text preview (supported single or double columns) - Horizontal text preview - Rubies and dots - Multiple chapters - Illustration insertion - Background image setting - Book cover, title page and bibliographic information (colophon) setting - "Plot Board" that manages plots - "Cast room" that manages characters and items - "Locations" that manages views of the world - "Archives" that manages images - "My Dictionary" that manages vocabularies - Cloud Backup - Edit History - Logbook - File Import (Text) - File Export (Text/PDF) [ Writing Assistance ] - Characters count - Tabbed editor - Ruled lines - Irregular diacritical characters - Quick Insert to input frequently used symbols and texts - "Note" that can be used to make a draft - Find and Replace - Undo, Redo - Quick shape - Automatic indentation - Automatic save - Quick copy [ Privacy Protection ] - Pincode lock - Shoulder hack measures (prevention of peeping) - Sleep mode --- Subscription: "First Class" [ Benefits ] - Remove ads. - Cloud Backup. - Export as PDF. - Unlock higher-level features. [ Price ] - ¥180 / month - It will be charged via Apple ID. [ Cancellation ] - Please check out Settings App > Apple ID > Subscription. - If you want to stop the subscription, please cancel it at least 24 hours before the next expiration date. - Even after the subscription is canceled, you can get the benefits until the next expiration date. [ Notice ] - Please tap the 'Restore' button to restore your previous purchase. - We cannot accept the cancellation for the current month. [ Terms of Service ] https://terms.novel-airline.com/ [ Privacy Policy ] https://privacy.novel-airline.com/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Novel Airline at 83% against LDK's 25%. Novel Airline also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). LDK's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. LDK sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Novel Airline sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
LDK ships an update every 3 months, Novel Airline every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LDK | Novel Airline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 82.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shinyusha Co.,Ltd. | Hiroya Tanaka |
Customer experience
LDK
Novel Airline
In-app purchases
LDK
- LDK定期購読$4.991 Month
- LDK定期購読$29.996 Months
- LDK 2026年10.5月号$2.99
- 2026年11月号【電子書籍版限定特典付き】$3.99
- 2026年12月号【電子書籍版限定特典付き】$3.99
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- LDK 2014年7月号$4.99
- LDK 2015年12月号$4.99
- LDK 2016年4月号$4.99
- LDK 2016年5月号$4.99
- LDK 2018年10月号$5.99
Novel Airline
- First Class1 Month trial$1.491 Month









