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DISCOVERYour photography magazine, as an app
Photography magazine app: your gear reviews and tutorials, reserved for your subscribers
Readers browse your camera and lens reviews, follow your shooting and editing tutorials, and subscribe in the app to read every review through to the verdict.
A photography magazine, in print or online, publishing in its own iPhone and Android app, made with no code: camera and lens reviews, video and written tutorials, a push with each release, and the subscription sold in the app, monthly or yearly.
Free 30-day trial - No credit card required
The gear reviews
Every camera or lens review, read through to the verdict by your subscribers
Publish your reviews as articles: the introduction, the handling notes and one first shot show for everyone; the measurements, the full-size sample images with their settings (focal length, aperture, shutter speed, ISO) and the verdict sit in the reserved paragraphs. Sorted into sections, cameras, lenses, lighting, accessories, they help a reader decide before buying.
The tutorials
Shooting and editing, on video and step by step
Film the lighting of a flash portrait, the settings for a long exposure or a full edit, then publish the video in the app; the article that goes with it lists the steps and the settings. Videos and articles lock the same way. Bandwidth is not billed: a tutorial that gets watched a lot costs you nothing extra.
What stays open, what is reserved
One possible setup: you decide, item by item, what you lock.
| Non-subscriber, in the app | Subscriber, in the app | Subscriber, on the web version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| News and gear announcements | in full | in full | in full |
| A camera or lens review | the introduction and one image | through to the verdict | through to the verdict, once signed in |
| A locked video tutorial | no | yes | yes, once signed in |
| Taking out the subscription | in one tap, with the store account | already done | no, the web version points to the app |
The day the embargo lifts
The review online on the hour, the push right after
A manufacturer unveils its new camera on Tuesday at 3 p.m.? Write the review days before and set it to go out the minute the embargo lifts; the automatic push tells your readers as soon as it goes live. A manual push can also target subscribers only, or the readers still on the free side, to show them the offer.
AI for the newsroom and for readers
Three uses, and what they cost.
To calculate
A depth of field calculator
Picture a section where readers enter their focal length, aperture, focus distance and sensor size, and read the zone of sharpness: the AI Extension Builder needs a single sentence to add it to the app.
Free
To advise
“Which lens for portraits on APS-C?”
The Chatbot draws on your reviews and written tutorials, with a link to the source article; readers without a subscription get answers limited to the free articles.
$35/month
To schedule
The embargo, handed to your assistant
Ask your assistant, Claude or ChatGPT, to “publish the review on Tuesday at 3 p.m. and draft the notification”: connected to the app through the MCP server, it schedules the release, writes the push and shows you everything before acting.
Included
What your readers also find
Search across every review
Type the name of a camera or a lens and find every article that mentions it.
Bookmarks
Keep a tutorial at hand to read it again out in the field.
Several bylines
Each reviewer signs their articles, name at the top.
Themed features
Night photography, used gear, editing skies: one section per feature.
Pages search engines can find
Each preview has its own page on the web version, which search engines can index.
The print magazine
It keeps its issue on the newsstand and sells its full reviews and tutorials in the app; print subscribers get complimentary access from the back office.
The fine art photographer
To show your own series rather than review gear, the page for fine art photographers will suit you better.
Fine art photographer appThe photo club
To bring members together around outings and contests, with nothing sold in the app, choose the photo club app.
Photo club appPioneers of no-code
15 years of experience building native apps for businesses and content publishers. And the numbers to prove it.
25 000+
Daily downloads for apps built with GoodBarber*
30 000+
Clients have brought their app projects to life with GoodBarber
2011
The year GoodBarber was born: no-code, before anyone else
* Source: internal download tracking, App Store and Google Play, April 2026.
Pricing for a photography magazine app
The iPhone and Android version starts at Premium; to sell the subscription, you bolt Memberships onto it, or move to Pro, which contains it. For storage, Premium gives your images and videos 10 GB, Pro 50 GB; bandwidth, on the other hand, is not billed.
| Premium · native app and web version | $55 /month, billed yearly |
| Memberships, an option on Premium | $49 /month |
| Pro · subscriptions already built in | $105 /month, billed yearly |
Apple and Google keep their share of subscriptions sold, usually 15%; GoodBarber's share is zero. Each store also bills its own developer account.
Extension Store
For a photography magazine: Memberships (a Premium option, built into Pro), articles, videos, push, the internal ad server, MCP, the Chatbot and the AI Extension Builder.
What GoodBarber customers say
Reviews from customers, across all sectors.
GoodBarber is a powerful app builder.
GoodBarber is a powerful app builder. If you want to build your app using a pre-built template, GoodBarber is ideal for you. At Global Academy, we almost completed the 5th year using their easy-to-use pre-built platforms to build premium Apps for our customers. Also, Goodbarber's customer support is excellent. Highly recommended.
Great support and always very helpful answers.
Great support and always very helpful answers. Nothing is too trivial for the team to answer.
Responsive support and usually quick.
Responsive support and usually quick. Software is by far the best in the market, with tremendous capabilities for configurations.
Photography magazine app: your questions
Can I offer both a monthly and a yearly subscription?
Yes, either one or both, with a price for each store and an optional free trial. There is a single access level: every subscriber opens the same content.
How much content must be reserved before launching the subscription?
At least ten items, reviews, tutorials or videos. The lock takes effect when the stores have approved the app or its update.
Do my print subscribers get their access in the app?
Not automatically: the app only recognizes subscriptions bought in its iOS and Android versions. You can, however, give them access by hand from the back office, for as long as needed.
Can a gear brand sponsor the app?
Yes: a banner sold directly to a manufacturer or a retailer runs through the internal ad server, with its own run dates. Google's ad networks can fill the other slots.
Do tutorial videos push up the bill?
No: there are no bandwidth charges, whether a video is watched ten times or ten thousand; only the files count toward storage. A section fed by YouTube, on the other hand, stays open to everyone.
Which plan should a photography magazine choose?
Premium topped up with Memberships, or Pro straight away. The Standard plan, limited to the web, cannot sell subscriptions.
Your photography magazine as a native app, with its reviews and tutorials sold by subscription
Gear reviews read through to the verdict by subscribers, video and step-by-step tutorials, releases scheduled for the end of an embargo, pushes to readers, a depth of field calculator built with AI.