B&W Photography Magazine Downloads & RevenueB&W Photography Magazine · App Store
B&W Photography Magazine is #4 in Magazines & Newspapers Paid in United States and charting in 16 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
B&W Photography Magazine update history & changes
Last change · 19 events since 29 Mar 2011Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 18 events in the last 12 months
- 📈B&W Photography Magazine entered the top 100Top Paid · Photo & Video · CA
- 📈B&W Photography Magazine entered the top 100Top Paid · Photo & Video · MY
- 📈B&W Photography Magazine new best rank in the overall chart: #101Top Paid · All Apps · MY
- 📈B&W Photography Magazine charting in a new countryMalaysia
- 📈B&W Photography Magazine entered the top 100Top Paid · Photo & Video · NL
- 📈B&W Photography Magazine charting in a new countryNetherlands
- 📈B&W Photography Magazine entered the top 100Top Paid · Photo & Video · FR
- 📈B&W Photography Magazine entered the top 100Top Paid · Photo & Video · IT
- 📈B&W Photography Magazine entered the top 100Top Paid · Photo & Video · US
- 📈B&W Photography Magazine entered the top 100Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · IN
- 📈B&W Photography Magazine entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Photo & Video · IN · Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · KR
- 📈B&W Photography Magazine hit #1Top Paid · Magazines & Newspapers · US
- 📈B&W Photography Magazine hit #1Top Paid · Magazines & Newspapers · AU
- 📈B&W Photography Magazine entered the top 10Top Paid · Magazines & Newspapers · JP
- 📈B&W Photography Magazine entered the top 100Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · BR
- 📈B&W Photography Magazine hit #1Top Paid · Magazines & Newspapers · CA
- 🆕B&W Photography Magazine first spotted by AppInsider#4 in Top Paid · Magazines & Newspapers · Germany
- 🆕B&W Photography Magazine released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
B&W Photography Magazine at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A digital edition of Black+White Photography magazine offering monochrome imagery, techniques, and reviews for photographers and creative professionals. The app holds the #1 position in paid magazines across Brazil, Canada, and Indonesia, while maintaining top-5 rankings in several other major markets including Italy, Australia, and France.
Similar apps: National Geographic, Vogue Magazine, Aperture
B&W Photography Magazine on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
B&W Photography Magazine’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 4 linked to your identity and 0 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
B&W Photography Magazine downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where B&W Photography Magazine's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
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| Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #51 | |
| Photo & VideoPaid | #67 | |
| Photo & VideoPaid | #31 |
Apps near B&W Photography Magazine on the chart
Magazines & Newspapers Paid, around #4.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about B&W Photography Magazine
From the 48 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users frequently report severe technical failures including crashes, white screens, and subscription restoration issues that render the app unusable. While some long-time readers praise the high-quality photography content, these positive views are overshadowed by complaints about broken functionality and poor interface design.
Mixed (54% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being fun. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Features & content: “Best there s for BW content”
- Fun: “I thoroughly enjoy each issue!”
- Price & subscription: “Well worth the time/money”
- Speed & performance: “The magazines just download slowly”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “I was charged for trying to get my free magazine”
- Crashes & bugs: “Don't buy, constantly crashes”
- Updates: “Does not work with latest iOS update”
- Features & content: “I deserve a full library of hard copies 🤓”
About B&W Photography Magazine
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Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest regular issue at the time of purchase.
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-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.
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