Abode2 vs The Simple Things Magazine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Abode2
Explore global luxury real estate with expert insights and stunning visuals. Discover trending properties, interviews with design experts, and insider reviews of top destinations for lifestyle, investment, or retirement.
- Global luxury property listings
- Expert real estate advice
- Exclusive interviews
- Multimedia content (video, photos)
- Second-home destination reviews
- Investor case studies
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Abode2 is the UK'S No1 GLOBAL LUXURY PROPERTY MAGAZINE focusing exclusively on luxury real estate for lifestyle, investment, rental and retirement purposes. ALSO AVAILABLE BILINGUAL ENGLISH-CHINESE EDITION 《Abode2第二家》是英国第一本关于全球豪宅的地产杂志,中英双语版已上市。 A must-read for anyone serious about buying in the UK or overseas, Abode2 offers distilled advice from expert sources; acknowledged property specialists, investors and owners, all with a detailed knowledge of the destinations featured. View the latest multimedia content from exclusive video previews of the latest global luxury resorts to photo galleries. FEATURES - Trending – latest property news and views from around the globe - Exclusive interviews with the ultimate experts in real estate design and build from Kelly Hoppen, Phillipe Starck, India Hicks to Lewis Hamilton - Insider reviews on the top second-home hot spots - Taster tours of the latest luxury residential resorts - Find your dream home from 100s of destinations in the UK, Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific - Investor case studies – first hand accounts of buying abroad - The best is eye-candy property cover stories -------------------- This is a free app download. Free app downloads do not include a free issue unless otherwise stated. The current issue, back issues and future issues can be purchased within the app. Subscriptions are also available within the application. When a recurring subscription is purchased the latest issue will become available to download immediately. - 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 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. 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 click the settings cog, then click Settings then Refresh app data. If this also fails to work please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store. Help and frequently asked questions 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
The Simple Things Magazine
This magazine app offers inspiration for a well-lived life, focusing on mindful living, home, nature, and simple pleasures. Each issue provides seasonal content, recipes, projects, and creative ideas.
- Mindfulness and microadventures
- Home life and slow moments
- Seasonal content
- Recipes and weekend projects
- Poems, stories, and playlists
- Digital issue purchases
- Subscription options
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The Simple Things is a beautiful, useful, quirky and fun magazine about taking time to live well. We cover eating and growing, mindfulness and microadventures, forgotten wisdom, home life and slow moments. It's for people who love their lives but want to take the pressure off and remember what’s really important. We like tea & cake, learning stuff, being outside and the satisfaction of a job well done. Do you? Every month we publish 132 pages of seasonal loveliness, ideas and inspiration to dip into. Includes a poem, a story and a playlist, plus our ‘could-do’ list, recipes and weekend projects. ---------------------------------------------- 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
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Verdict
Abode2 and The Simple Things Magazine both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Abode2's written reviews are positive against 25% of The Simple Things Magazine's. Abode2 also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). The Simple Things Magazine's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (28 vs 2). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Abode2 sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 3 months and The Simple Things Magazine sells 47 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Abode2 against 4.9 for The Simple Things Magazine. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Simple Things Magazine has 28 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Abode2's written reviews are positive against 25% of The Simple Things Magazine's.
Abode2 ships an update every 12 months, The Simple Things Magazine every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Abode2 | The Simple Things Magazine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.9 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 18 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CONTRACT PUBLISHING UK (CPUK) LTD | Iceberg Press Limited |
Customer experience
Abode2
The Simple Things Magazine
In-app purchases
Abode2
- Abode2 Auto-Renewable Subscription$3.993 Months
- Abode2 Auto-Renewable Subscription$12.991 Year
- Special Digital... (id:458242)$0.99
- Volume 2 Issue 26 (id:422522)$1.99
- Volume 2 Issue 12 (id:382749)$3.99
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- Volume 2 Issue 11 (id:382335)$3.99
- Volume 2 Issue 10 (id:381889)$3.99
- Volume 2 Issue 6 (id:401763)$3.99
- Volume 2 Issue 4 (id:383637)$3.99
- Volume 2 Issue 2 (id:381226)$3.99
- Volume 2 Issue 1 (id:373448)$3.99
The Simple Things Magazine
- The Simple Things$14.993 Months
- The Simple Things$55.991 Year
- November 2015 (pp:756676)$6.99
- January 2017 (pp:756662)$6.99
- December 2016 (pp:756663)$6.99
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- November 2016 (pp:756664)$6.99
- September 2016 (pp:756666)$6.99
- April 2016 (pp:756671)$6.99
- March 2016 (pp:756672)$6.99
- February 2016 (pp:756673)$6.99
- May 2017 (pp:756658)$6.99
- December 2022 –... (pp:792269)$6.99
- February 2023 –... (pp:895688)$6.99
- January 2024 (id:708140)$6.99
- November 2023 (id:708142)$6.99
- December 2023 (id:708141)$6.99
- April 2024 (pp:1011730)$6.99
- January 2018 (pp:756650)$6.99
- Mar-26 (pp:1130605)$6.99
- January 2026 (pp:1109281)$6.99
- November 2014 (pp:756688)$6.99
- November 2020 ... (pp:756616)$6.99
- February 2022 –... (pp:792309)$6.99
- October 2023 (id:708143)$6.99
- July 2025 (pp:1109287)$6.99
- June 2025 (pp:1109288)$6.99
- May 2025 (pp:1109289)$6.99
- April 2025 (pp:1109290)$6.99
- April 2023 – 130 (pp:895680)$6.99
- March 2025 (pp:1109291)$6.99
- February 2024 ... (pp:1011738)$6.99
- February 2018 (pp:756649)$6.99
- February 2025 (pp:1109292)$6.99
- January 2025 (pp:1011694)$6.99
- December 2024 (pp:1011698)$6.99
- December 2020 –... (pp:756615)$6.99
- November 2024 (pp:1011702)$6.99
- November 2019 (pp:756628)$6.99
- October 2020 – 100 (pp:756617)$6.99
- September 2024 (pp:1011710)$6.99
- October 2024 (pp:1011706)$6.99
- September 2017 (pp:756654)$6.99
- September 2020 (pp:756618)$6.99
- August 2024 (pp:1011714)$6.99
- July 2019 (pp:756632)$6.99
- June 2018 (pp:756645)$6.99
- June 2024 (pp:1011722)$6.99
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