Gardens Illustrated Magazine
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How much does Gardens Illustrated Magazine cost?
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5 subscriptions from $5.49
In the United States, Gardens Illustrated Magazine has 5 subscriptions priced $5.49 – 49.99.
| Subscription | Period | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1-Month Subscription | Monthly | $5.49 |
| 6-Month Subscription | 6 months | $24.99 |
| Discounted Annual Subscription | Annual | $41.99 |
| 12-Month Subscription Bundle | Annual | $43.99 |
| 12-Month Subscription | Annual | $49.99 |
5 one-time purchases from $4.99
In the United States, Gardens Illustrated Magazine has 5 one-time purchases priced $4.99 – 59.99.
| Product | Price |
|---|---|
| April 2013 | $4.99 |
| August 2014 | $4.99 |
| February 2013 | $4.99 |
| June 2013 | $4.99 |
| Complete Your Collection | $59.99 |
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10+ alternatives to Gardens Illustrated Magazine
| Gardens Illustrated Magazine |   House & Garden |   Fine Gardening Magazine |   Real Simple Magazine |   The English Home Magazine |   The English Garden Magazine |   Amateur Gardening Magazine |   Flower Mag |   Mother Earth Gardener Magazine |   Flourish Garden | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rating / 5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 2.9 |
| Reviews | 384 | 3.2K | 480 | 459 | 235 | 161 | 46 | 33 | 25 | 12 |
| Released | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | 2011 | 2015 | 2015 | 2012 | 2017 | 2017 | 2023 |
| Monthly price | $5.49 | $4.99 | — | $4.99 | $3.99 | $3.99 | — | — | — | — |
| 6-month price | $24.99 | — | — | — | $23.99 | $23.99 | — | — | — | — |
| Annual price | $43.99 | $39.99 | $29.99 | $29.99 | $44.99 | $44.99 | — | — | — | — |
| One-time price | $4.99 | $3.99 | $6.99 | $4.99 | $4.99 | $4.99 | — | — | — | — |
The going rate for each plan in United States, in its own currency, shaded from the cheapest price on the row to the dearest. Plans fewer than four in ten of the priced apps sell are left out.
Gardens Illustrated Magazine reviews
4.6 out of 5, based on 384 reviews.
What people like
- Photos are beautiful and inspiring.
- Articles are helpful and well written.
- Easy to read on an iPad.
- Links work well inside the magazine.
What they complain about
- Support never actually helps.
- Keeps crashing when you open it.
- Loses your saved bookmarks and files.
- Ads interrupt you constantly.
Quality gone digital
I subscribe to Gardens Illustrated because I wanted to avoid paper storage I can look at the magazine on my phone and iPad And it’s the same glossy mag With beautiful inspirational articles, news and pictures
Nuisance
I probably won’t bother to renew do the the annoying fact that you have to sign in everytime you open the app.
Complete your collection
I’m invited to complete my collection for a fee but as I took the same offer some years ago to fill some gaps in my subscriptions, AppStore/GI tell me I’ve already purchased it, but this is a new request! Apple Support have been unable to resolve issue and so here I am asking the developers... please. Cheers
Newest update issues!
Latest update has bugs. Crashes every time I tap on subscription heading (come on, I want to renew my subscription!)The horizontal viewing is gone and the issue download time is so slow! While I love GI magazine, I am not happy with the latest app update. Please fix!
Gardens Illustrated
The articles are great. Trying to read them on my iPhone 6Plus isn’t. I’d like to see a version I can read on a Microsoft Surface Pro.
Great
I got all the past issues and I love being able to read them from my iPad and I like the paper edition too bit it’s nice to take the iPad with me when I travel and read every time I can.
Incredibly disappointed in the way it looks
This app makes a beautiful magazine look like a website or blog and it’s very disappointing. I tried a sample on the kindle app on my iPad and it looked great, like turning the pages of the mag, and I could still zoom in etc. So I downloaded the official Gardens Illustrated app and purchased a subscription through it, thinking it would be the same and it’s definitely not. Text is typeset separately to the images and you have to scroll down like a blog. I’m over looking at blogs, I wanted a magazine but without the storage issues, as I’d like to keep it for reference. Am I getting a setting or preference wrong or the app? I’d really like it to look like the sample I saw.
Great magazine
Have been a subscriber for several years great to be able to store favourite magazine and access whenever I want. Had initial hiccups but think this was due to Apple upgrade but not had any other problems with accessing magazine
Too much advertising for subscription
For a subscription magazine there is far too much advertising, you have to search through the adverts to find any articles. This is just the publisher grabbing money at the expense of the magazine content. Either make it a free magazine or reduce advertising by 2/3.
Good content, unreliable app
This is a great magazine. Fantastic photos and informative content. But the app itself is unreliable. It loses your subscription, and find it hard to log in. Which in my case meant having to terminate my subscription at the end of the year and subscribe again.
Good app so far
Good app so far, only used it about a week, bought the back issues which is handy. It is a bit small viewing on an iPhone , using with an iPad would be easier.
The new Format is horrible
No idea why the changed the format. It ruins the whole experience of reading a magazine.
Saving trees
Just like the paper magazine, adverts and all. Great articles and fab pictures. Good and useable design ideas as well. Only annoying thing is constant requests to purchase back issues. Haven't found a way to stop them...yet.
All my saved folders and bookmarks wiped
Have spent months saving articles about gardens or designers or plant ideas for my garden into different folders in the bookmark feature which were wiped out completely after a recent app upgrade. Apparently this is normal (according to support). So have gone from thinking this is an amazing app because of the bookmark and folder feature to deciding its a rubbish app because over a years worth of cataloging and saving articles has been wasted. Better go back to paper copies. Oh wait but that's a backward step.....
Great magazine. Hopeless app.
Constantly crashing.
Excellent photography
A great resource for people who love plants and gardens. Inspirational photography and knowledgeable writing.
Worst app on my iPad
This app is by far the worst app on my iPad. It frequently refuses to allow access to my downloaded magazine editions. This necessitates restoring purchases and losing bookmarks. No joke when I purchased all the digital back issues.
Mr
Great app.
I like the magazine but not the purchase system
I purchased a single magazine to see what it was like and ended up receiving a continuous subscription for which I have been continuously charged as far as I can see. I contacted the App creators by email and by phone to correct this problem but no one contacted me back. I believe I am still being charged for an unending subscription which I'm not using and have been unable to cancel it. To the creators, if you get this message, please contact me back to correct this problem. Thank you for your help.
Super read
super app that is easy to navigate with wonderful articles to hand in an instant
Mis pricing
Bought the complete 90 edition collection for something like £44 from a pop up message. Day after I noticed complete back edition for £35 ! Having been a subscriber since day 1 feel completely let down by a magazine I thought was above these sort of dealings!
Interactive attraction
I use this on iPhone6 and read through the editions as they are released with ease. The links built in to the magazine are great and everything's stored handily in my pocket and not under my bed (or in the garage with 90's editions) :)
Great magazine, BUT.....
Even though I subscribe to the very expensive print edition of this magazine, if I want a digital copy, I must pay extra.....a lot extra....for each digital copy. I know of no other magazine which charges for both. It is ridiculous. Too bad, because it is an excellent magazine. Just needs to join the 21st century!
Beautiful
It is such a joy to read about beautiful gardens
Special Jan 19 edition download failure
I’d give it zero if I could as no Special weekend download poss, despite updating App today and IPad Air 2 on latest Version 12.1 software. Could swear I purchased all editions from Nov 17 onwards last week, but no longer visible on App. Need to check credit card......
Too slow and crashes often, but...
The app is slow and crashes or freezes often. When it does work, though, I enjoy the ability to zoom to look at specific plants and I love the hot-links to other sites and within the magazine itself. The photo quality is good, so fix the bugs and you've got a great product.
Pretty
Photos fabulous, copy more or less vapid.
Quality
Lovely photographs and well designed mag. Offers useful tips and advice.
All bought Gardens Illustrated Gone!
I had about 4 years of Gardens Illustrated on my iPad. Now none. “Support” group have not gotten back to me.
Great magazine...online version locks up
This is a great magazine, but the online version is the only online magazine for me that does not load well. The app hangs up, locks up, and is frustrating to the point I do not read the magazine. Great when it works..
Easy to navigate
Good quality and easy to move around. Just wish there was some sort of indexing to search back issues.
Doesn't load
Bought two issues, both load as blank even after trying to access them repeatedly. No one gets back to you from their app support.
Great magazine
Great magazine for anyone who loves English gardening. Ook erg mooi in de app, genieten dus.
Good app
It seems to work as expected. No problems encountered so far.
It doesn't work on my iPad
The customer service has been working for a while to fix this problem and I am looking forward to get the issues already purchased.
Superb magazine
The best of gardening magazines with superb photography.
A dreamy magazine for the avid gardener.
Whether you are a planning your new garden, looking for inspiration or just sitting on the sofa dreamy of 'maybe one day' - you cannot help but be captured by this magazine. I subscribe on my iPad and every edition is beautifully photographed with thoughtful content and layouts. The written articles are helpful, thought provoking and well written. My personal opinion - you can't go wrong with this subscription. KDay.
Scam
Updated my app as requested- it just deleted my entire back catalogue! I recycled the hard copy magazines thinking I had them on my iPad- big mistake. Phoned GI and they said there was nothing they could do- I was going to subscribe for another year but this has put me right off - it has money making scam all over it.
Needs an update
This was working fine under IOS7, but won't now open under IOS8. Needs a fix!
Gardens Illustrated Magazine price by country
A one-time purchase costs $4.76 in Taiwan and $9.55 in Colombia — 2× more for the same thing. Below is the going rate for each plan in every country that sells it — the middle price of what the app charges there, in the country's own currency with the dollar equivalent beneath it.
| Country | Monthly | 3 months | 6 months | Annual | One-time |
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| Afghanistan | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Albania | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Algeria | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Angola | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Anguilla | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Antigua And Barbuda | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Argentina | $5.49 | $12.99 | — | $43.99 | $4.99 |
| Armenia | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Australia | A$7.49$5.39 | — | — | A$61.99$44.60 | A$7.99$5.75 |
| Austria | €4.99$5.80 | — | — | €48.99$56.97 | €5.99$6.97 |
| Azerbaijan | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Bahamas | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Bahrain | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Barbados | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Belarus | — | — | — | $49.99 | $6.99 |
| Belgium | €4.99$5.80 | — | — | €41.99$48.83 | €5.99$6.97 |
| Belize | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Benin | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Bermuda | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Bhutan | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Bolivia | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | — | — | — | — | €6.99$8.13 |
| Botswana | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Brazil | R$17.90$3.49 | — | — | R$137.90$26.88 | R$39.90$7.78 |
| British Virgin Islands | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Brunei Darussalam | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Bulgaria | — | — | — | €47.99$55.80 | €6.99$8.13 |
| Burkina Faso | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Cambodia | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Cameroon | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Canada | CA$6.99$5.07 | — | — | CA$64.99$47.09 | CA$6.99$5.07 |
| Cape Verde | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Cayman Islands | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Chad | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Chile | CLP 3,200$3.43 | — | — | CLP 28,500$30.53 | CLP 5,990$6.42 |
| Colombia | — | — | — | COP 139,900$44.66 | COP 29,900$9.55 |
| Congo | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Costa Rica | — | — | — | $49.99 | $5.99 |
| Cote Divoire | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Croatia | €5.31$6.17 | — | — | €50.43$58.64 | €5.99$6.97 |
| Cyprus | — | — | — | €48.99$56.97 | €6.99$8.13 |
| Czech Republic | CZK 129.00$6.20 | — | — | CZK 1,190.00$57.18 | CZK 129.00$6.20 |
| Denmark | DKK 39.00$6.07 | — | — | DKK 349.00$54.28 | DKK 39.00$6.07 |
| Dominica | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Dominican Republic | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Ecuador | — | — | — | $49.99 | $5.99 |
| Egypt | — | — | — | EGP 999.99$19.64 | EGP 299.99$5.89 |
| El Salvador | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Estonia | — | — | — | €44.99$52.31 | €5.99$6.97 |
| Fiji | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Finland | €4.99$5.80 | — | €24.99$29.06 | €41.99$48.83 | €5.99$6.97 |
| France | €4.99$5.80 | €12.99$15.10 | €24.99$29.06 | €41.99$48.83 | €5.99$6.97 |
| Gabon | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Gambia | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Georgia | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Germany | €4.99$5.80 | — | — | €48.99$56.97 | €5.99$6.97 |
| Ghana | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Greece | €4.99$5.80 | — | €24.99$29.06 | €48.99$56.97 | €5.99$6.97 |
| Grenada | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Guatemala | $5.49 | — | — | $49.99 | $5.99 |
| Guinea-bissau | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Guyana | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Honduras | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Hong Kong | HK$43.00$5.48 | — | — | HK$348.00$44.39 | HK$38.00$4.85 |
| Hungary | HUF 1,690$5.41 | HUF 3,590$11.49 | — | HUF 16,290$52.16 | HUF 1,990$6.37 |
| Iceland | $6.81 | — | — | $61.99 | $6.99 |
| India | ₹399.00$4.22 | ₹789.00$8.35 | — | ₹3,399.00$35.95 | ₹499.00$5.28 |
| Indonesia | IDR 75,000$4.25 | — | — | IDR 689,000$39.03 | IDR 99,000$5.61 |
| Iraq | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Ireland | €4.99$5.80 | €12.99$15.10 | — | €41.99$48.83 | €5.99$6.97 |
| Israel | — | — | — | — | ₪19.90$6.61 |
| Italy | €4.99$5.80 | — | — | €44.99$52.31 | €5.99$6.97 |
| Jamaica | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Japan | ¥550$3.56 | ¥1,600$10.36 | — | ¥5,000$32.38 | ¥800$5.18 |
| Jordan | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Kazakhstan | — | — | — | KZT 14,990.00$33.00 | KZT 3,490.00$7.68 |
| Kenya | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
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| Kuwait | $5.49 | — | — | — | $5.99 |
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| Lao Peoples Democratic Republic | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Latvia | €4.99$5.80 | — | — | €48.99$56.97 | €5.99$6.97 |
| Lebanon | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Liberia | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Libya | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Lithuania | €4.99$5.80 | — | — | €48.99$56.97 | €6.99$8.13 |
| Luxembourg | — | €12.99$15.10 | — | €48.99$56.97 | €6.99$8.13 |
| Macao | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Macedonia | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Madagascar | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Malawi | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Malaysia | — | — | — | MYR 194.90$48.12 | MYR 29.90$7.38 |
| Maldives | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Mali | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Malta | — | — | — | — | €6.99$8.13 |
| Mauritania | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Mauritius | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Mexico | MX$95.00$5.61 | — | — | MX$809.00$47.78 | MX$129.00$7.62 |
| Micronesia | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Moldova | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Mongolia | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Montenegro | — | — | — | — | €5.99$6.97 |
| Montserrat | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Morocco | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Mozambique | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Myanmar | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Namibia | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Nauru | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Nepal | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Netherlands | €4.99$5.80 | — | — | €44.99$52.31 | €5.99$6.97 |
| New Zealand | NZ$8.49$4.99 | NZ$18.99$11.17 | — | NZ$70.99$41.76 | NZ$9.99$5.88 |
| Nicaragua | — | — | — | $49.99 | $5.99 |
| Niger | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Nigeria | — | — | — | — | NGN 9,900.00$7.49 |
| Norway | NOK 49.00$5.29 | — | — | NOK 445.00$48.00 | NOK 59.00$6.36 |
| Oman | — | — | $24.99 | — | $5.99 |
| Pakistan | — | — | — | — | PKR 1,700$6.12 |
| Palau | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Panama | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Papua New Guinea | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Paraguay | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Peru | — | — | — | — | PEN 24.90$7.41 |
| Philippines | ₱269.00$4.29 | — | — | ₱2,590.00$41.31 | ₱399.00$6.36 |
| Poland | PLN 21.99$5.93 | — | — | PLN 199.99$53.91 | PLN 24.99$6.74 |
| Portugal | €4.99$5.80 | — | €24.99$29.06 | €48.99$56.97 | €5.99$6.97 |
| Qatar | — | — | — | — | QAR 19.99$5.49 |
| Romania | RON 23.99$5.31 | — | — | RON 204.99$45.35 | RON 29.99$6.63 |
| Russia | — | — | — | — | RUB 499.00$5.79 |
| Rwanda | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Sao Tome & Principe | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAR 20.99$5.60 | — | — | — | SAR 24.99$6.66 |
| Senegal | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Serbia | — | — | — | — | €6.99$8.13 |
| Seychelles | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Sierra Leone | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Singapore | SGD 6.98$5.50 | — | — | — | SGD 6.98$5.50 |
| Slovakia | €4.99$5.80 | — | €24.99$29.06 | €41.99$48.83 | €5.99$6.97 |
| Slovenia | €4.99$5.80 | — | — | €48.99$56.97 | €5.99$6.97 |
| Solomon Islands | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| South Africa | ZAR 69.99$4.38 | — | — | ZAR 679.99$42.53 | ZAR 99.99$6.25 |
| South Korea | ₩6,500$4.83 | — | — | ₩61,000$45.34 | ₩7,700$5.72 |
| Spain | €4.99$5.80 | €12.99$15.10 | — | €44.99$52.31 | €5.99$6.97 |
| Sri Lanka | — | — | — | $49.99 | $5.99 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| St. Lucia | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| St. Vincent & The Grenadines | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Suriname | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Swaziland | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Sweden | SEK 55.00$5.73 | SEK 139.00$14.48 | — | SEK 429.00$44.69 | SEK 69.00$7.19 |
| Switzerland | CHF 5.50$6.80 | — | — | CHF 47.00$58.10 | CHF 4.00$4.94 |
| Taiwan | — | — | — | NT$1,530.00$48.51 | NT$150.00$4.76 |
| Tajikistan | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Tanzania | — | — | — | — | TZS 17,900.00$6.77 |
| Thailand | THB 169.00$5.14 | — | — | THB 1,550.00$47.14 | THB 199.00$6.05 |
| Tonga | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Tunisia | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Turkey | — | — | TRY 64.99$1.34 | TRY 234.99$4.85 | TRY 299.99$6.19 |
| Turkmenistan | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Turks and Caicos | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Uganda | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Ukraine | $5.49 | — | — | $49.99 | $5.99 |
| United Arab Emirates | — | — | — | AED 194.99$53.13 | AED 22.99$6.26 |
| United Kingdom | £4.99$6.60 | — | £20.99$27.76 | £39.99$52.90 | £4.99$6.60 |
| United States | $5.49 | — | $24.99 | $43.99 | $4.99 |
| Uruguay | — | — | — | $49.99 | $5.99 |
| Uzbekistan | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Vanuatu | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Venezuela | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Vietnam | — | — | — | ₫1,149,000$44.24 | ₫199,000$7.66 |
| Yemen | — | — | — | — | $5.99 |
| Zambia | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
| Zimbabwe | — | — | — | — | $6.99 |
Gardens Illustrated Magazine FAQ
- Is Gardens Illustrated Magazine free?
- Yes. The app and its basic features are free, in all 174 countries it sells in. Premium features are paid: they start from $5.49 (US), across 5 subscriptions and 5 one-time purchases.
- How much does Gardens Illustrated Magazine cost per month?
- 1-Month Subscription is $5.49 (US). The annual plan works out cheaper per month: $41.99 – 49.99 a year.
- Does Gardens Illustrated Magazine have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- Where is Gardens Illustrated Magazine cheapest?
- A one-time purchase costs NT$150.00 (≈$4.76) in Taiwan and COP 29,900 (≈$9.55) in Colombia, its cheapest and dearest countries.
- What are the best alternatives to Gardens Illustrated Magazine?
- House & Garden (4.6 from 3,177 reviews, premium from $3.99), Fine Gardening Magazine (4.5 from 480 reviews, premium from $3.99) and Real Simple Magazine (4.5 from 459 reviews, premium from $4.99).
Gardens Illustrated Magazine download
Last updated 6 months ago.
Gardens Illustrated Magazine sells in 174 countries. It was released 14 years and 5 months ago, on 13 Apr 2012. It holds a 4.6 rating from 384 reviews.
Supports 2 languages: English, German.
How much does Gardens Illustrated Magazine make?
Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.
Revenue by plan
- One-time 33%
- Annual 30%
- Monthly 29%
- 6 months 8%
- 3 months 1%
Revenue by country
- United States 29%
- United Kingdom 21%
- Australia 5%
- Germany 4%