The Best Digital Magazine Subscription Services for 2025

Many people no longer subscribe or pick up a magazine from a bookstore. Instead, digital magazines are increasingly becoming very popular, since they are optimized for smartphones and tablets. The problem is that there are so many digital magazine newsstands out there, and it is hard to know which is best for your needs. What are the good digital magazine subscription services for 2025?

Zinio

Zinio is a digital newsstand that provides access to magazines from around the world in over 30 languages! Save time with us by purchasing a digital magazine with instant delivery to your library, accessing our magazines across multiple devices, and enjoying them at an affordable price. 6000+ digital magazines available. Magazines can be purchased individually or a 12-month subscription. Zinio Unlimited is a subscription platform that gives access to 5,000 magazines and costs $ 9.99 monthly. The first month is free, and you can cancel at any time

Magster

Magzter is a digital newsstand app that provides access to thousands of magazines and newspapers. It’s available on iOS, Android, and the web. Magzter Inc. is the World’s most significant and fastest growing self-service, cross-platform digital newsstand with over 88 million users since its inception in 2011 and thousands of magazines and newspapers across 40+ categories and 60+ languages.

Magazines can be purchased individually as a standalone issue or a 12-month term. Magzter offers the world’s largest “All-You-Can-Read” subscription service called Magzter GOLD, which gives digital readers unlimited access to 9,000+ magazines and newspapers at a monthly subscription price. Magzter also has the most significant number of stories in the world with its game-changing ezRead 2.0 feature for its apps, which enables smartphone and small-screen mobile users to enjoy magazine content the way it was meant to be enjoyed, with article text that is easy to read and is accompanied by stunning videos and high resolution photography.

Apple News+

With an Apple News+ subscription, you can access over 400 of the world’s best magazines, newspapers and digital publishers. The magazines covered various interests, from food to fashion to politics. Newspapers include leading titles such as The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and The Wall Street Journal. Subscribers also receive access to exclusive puzzles that are updated daily. You can download whole issues of your favorite magazines to your Apple devices and access them anywhere, anytime, without an internet connection.

One of Apple’s big advantages over their magazine offering is that News is preinstalled on all new iPhones and iPad tablets. This gives Apple a tremendous competitive advantage, all other magazine offerings on this list must be manually installed and paid for. Apple News+ is currently available in the United States and Canada only for US$9.99 and US$12.99 per month respectively

Libby

Libby is a free app that lets you access digital library content from OverDrive. You can use Libby to borrow, download, and read ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines from your local library. Many libraries have anywhere from a hundred to a thousand digital magazines available for both adults and kids to borrow. Magazines are available where you want them, when you want them, and are easily discoverable through Libby. Never again will you need to thumb through dirty stacks at the doctor’s office or overpay at the airport. Most libraries have not only the latest magazines, but also an extensive back catalog. Libby is good, since the app is constantly updated to provide the best experience on your smartphone or tablet.

PressReader

PressReader is the best place to read thousands of newspapers and magazines from around the globe. Subscribers get access to over 7,000 of the world’s top publications as soon as they’re available on shelves. Download complete issues and switch between the original print and mobile-optimized text views. Bring it all to life with Auto-Translate to over 30 languages or listen to stories with our text-to-speech features.

A PressReader subscription costs $29.99 per month in the United States. This subscription gives you unlimited access to thousands of magazines and newspapers. You can also buy single issues on an individual basis. They also have a 7 day free trial.

Barnes and Noble Nook Magazines

NOOK Newspapers and NOOK Magazines are digital (electronic) versions of print newspapers and magazines.  They can be read on their free Barnes & Noble NOOK Apps for iOS and Android and many of our NOOK devices. NOOK Newspapers and NOOK Magazines contain all articles, news stories, editorials, and obituaries to which the publisher has digital rights.  This means some content, such as advertisements, crosswords, box scores, stock quotes, and weather maps, may not be included.

Barnes and Noble does not offer a subscription plan for any of its magazines. All content must be purchased individually or as a 12-month subscription. However, all first-time subscribers receive a FREE 14-day trial of any digital magazine.

Amazon

Amazon used to operate their Newsstand for close to a decade, but discontinued it in 2023.  The only way to access digital magazines is to subscribe to Kindle Unlimited or pay for an Amazon Prime account, which provides access to Prime Reading.

Amazon Prime members can access magazines through Prime Reading, which offers a selection of 3000 digital magazines and comics. One of the drawbacks is that you can only borrow one issue at a time. Reviews of Amazon Prime Reading magazines note that the selection is limited and the format is not ideal for reading.

Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.