MagCast is the Choice of Independent Publishers
When you join MagCast, you're joining an active, thriving community of digital magazine publishers.
Continents
% of All Magazines
on the iTunes Store
Publishers
Issues
Pages Published
Easily Create Your Own Full-Featured Magazine App
If You Can Imagine it, You Can Do it with MagCast.
Easy to Use
To help you get the look from your magazine you want, the platform supports both PDFs and Word Documents. Create them with any tool you'd like and import them into your MagCast dashboard. Then sit back as the platform brings your files to life as magazine pages.
Feature Rich
From YouTube to Vimeo to Facebook to other platforms and services, with MagCast you can incorporate all kinds of rich media and other web-based content right into your magazine. Or, if you want to take readers to content outside your magazine, you can do that, too.
Well Documented
Whatever you're trying to do with your magazine, MagCast has the documentation to help you do it. You'll find step-by-step How-to Tutorials plus an active Member's Forum where you can learn insider secrets from the thriving community of publishers.
Premium support
Whatever the reason—even if you just want to know best practices for a certain task, our support team is ready to help. You can reach us through email, live chat, or through a private screenshare session. And, there's also a searchable help / knowledgebase, too.
Marketing Tools
With 22 tools built into the platform from Facebook integration and email opt-in forms, to proprietary One-Tap-App-Installer™ links, MagCast has the features to engage and expand your readership. And, you can even grow it with the new Instant Audience Program.
Ongoing Development
MagCast is developed and maintained by U.S.-based developers. You can count on us to keep the platform and your app current with the latest updates from Apple and Google. And, because it's web-based SaaS, publishing your magazine only requires a web browser.
Leading Indie Publishers Love MagCast
Here's a Selection of Our Publisher's in Their Own Words
I've been publishing my own digital magazine, Mobiography, with Magcast since April 2013.
I've always found it to be a simple to use platform that has some great features, is well supported, and has a thriving community of other like-minded independent publishers. It's also run by people who care.
MagCast has given me a way to monetise my business and rapidly elevate myself as an influencer within my chosen market of smartphone photography.
This has led to invitations to speak at conferences, host workshops, judge in high profile photography competitions and discuss joint ventures with other influencers in the smartphone photography space.
None of this would have happened if it hadn't been for Magcast.
When we started the planning process for our magazine, we had a lot of questions and wanted several features in one platform.
We searched and compared several options and hands-down went with MagCast, and I'm so glad we did.
My team and I could not be more pleased with the performance and ease of the platform.
I would recommend MagCast to anyone looking to publish a digital magazine.
Magcast Makes It Easy! There's absolutely no way that I would've been able to figure out how to publish to the app stores without MagCast.
Their support team and guidance are second to none. I'm happy to be apart of the MagCast family and I look forward to the future of the platform as they continue creating, testing and innovating to provide their users with the best possible solution.
When I had the idea to start a digital magazine for 9INE POINT, I had no clue what I was doing.
From day one Kevin and the whole MagCast team have been there for support helping us navigate creating a magazine and app we love showing off.
The value MagCast gives goes above and beyond what I ever expected to make this process seamless.
It's pretty cool to say you have a published magazine.
I built Extracted Magazine from the ground up, with zero audience, using the Magcast Platform, having no prior knowledge of how to publish a magazine, or what was involved in a magazine publishing business.
The MagCast platform made all of this possible, having gone from zero to 220k+ magazine app downloads in 180+ countries around the world.
After 6 years I can say there is no better platform for digital interactive periodical publishing.
You have enabled me to take my magazine to places I could not have gone to by myself or with any other platform.
You guys are true business partners and back it up with world-class service. It has been a great ride!
MagCast was the answer to my question, "How can I blog in a new and better way?"
That was in August of 2012. The moment I watched a free introduction training, I knew that MagCast was my vehicle to reinvent my blogging.
We published our first digital magazine powered by MagCast in October 2013. Since then my partnership with MagCast has grown. We celebrated our 5th year of digital publishing in October 2018.
The MagCast technical support is world class. I know I'm not alone when I have glitches or the "oh no!" moments.
If you're considering entering the digital magazine publishing, MagCast is the kind of partner you are looking for to realize your dream.
MagCast Helps You Compete on a Level Playing Field
Some of the leading magazines that use MagCast.
The Digital Magazine Publishing Platform
That Gets You in The Game, FAST.
Even if you're starting a new magazine, we make getting your magazine app approved and listed in the App Store and Google Play as easy as it can be.
With support for you every step of the way, MagCast makes it possible to go from a blank slate to a fully published issue fast.
Your Magazine.
Your Profit.
Unlike other platforms that charge a percentage of sales or keep all your profit, with MagCast you set your prices and keep 100% of your money earned in iTunes and Play.
They're your subscribers, so you get to keep all of the profit ... as it should be.
How MagCast Works
Create article layouts as PDFs or Word Documents. Then, import them.
Prices
There are three payment plans to choose from.
Monthly
- Your Own iOS Magazine App
- Your Own Android Magazine App
- You Keep App-Store Revenue
- One Magazine Title
- Unlimited Issues / Pages
- Unlimited Readers / Subscribers
- 22 Built-in Marketing Tools
- Publisher's Preview App
- Comprehensive Help Docs
- Extensive Training Library
(Videos, Screenshots, & More) - Active Private Member Forum
- Email, Chat & One-on-One
Strategy Sessions - 12 payments/year (12x$297)
What You Get
Unlimited Use
Bonus Features
Help, Training & Support
Payments
Quarterly
- Your Own iOS Magazine App
- Your Own Android Magazine App
- You Keep App-Store Revenue
- One Magazine Title
- Unlimited Issues / Pages
- Unlimited Readers / Subscribers
- 22 Built-in Marketing Tools
- Publisher's Preview App
- Comprehensive Help Docs
- Extensive Training Library
(Videos, Screenshots, & More) - Active Private Member Forum
- Email, Chat & One-on-One
Strategy Sessions - 4 payments/year (4x$787)
What You Get
Unlimited Use
Bonus Features
Help, Training & Support
Payments
Annual
- Your Own iOS Magazine App
- Your Own Android Magazine App
- You Keep App-Store Revenue
- One Magazine Title
- Unlimited Issues / Pages
- Unlimited Readers / Subscribers
- 22 Built-in Marketing Tools
- Publisher's Preview App
- Comprehensive Help Docs
- Extensive Training Library
(Videos, Screenshots, & More) - Active Private Member Forum
- Email, Chat & One-on-One
Strategy Sessions - 1 payment/year (1x$2,997)
What You Get
Unlimited Use
Bonus Features
Help, Training & Support
Payments
FAQs
Your questions. Answered.
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How many magazines can I publish with MagCast?
Your license includes publishing one magazine title. If you'd like to publish additional magazines, contact us for details.
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How many issues can I publish per year?
It's up to you.
Although most publishers using MagCast publish monthly or quarterly, there are also others who publish weekly, bi-monthly, or semi-annually.
Whatever the interval, MagCast supports it, and there are no additional fees, even if you want to publish daily. -
How many pages can I publish?
As many as you want. There are no page number limits.
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Can I publish Special Issues?
Yes. The ability to publish Special Issues is baked into the platform.
You can choose both who sees them and the price, too. -
Can I publish secret/hidden/bonus content?
Yes. You can easily restrict content or make it subscriber-only, whatever you choose.
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Can I sell advertising?
Yes. It's your magazine. If you want advertisers, get advertisers. If you want an ad-free magazine, have an ad-free magazine.
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Are there separate fees depending on how many pages I publish?
No. Whether your issues are 50 or 500 pages, it's all covered by your regular membership.
The same goes for how many issues you publish. You could even publish a daily magazine if you wanted. -
Who owns the app?
You do. After you're paid-in-full for the year, you own the App. Ownership of the content remains yours or whomever the copyright holder is.
We're responsible for maintaining the platform and keeping the app up-to-date, but it's still your app.
Meet Readers on Their Favorite Devices
1.46 billion smartphones and tablets shipped in 2017. 96% were iOS or Android.
Today, successful publishing businesses are mobile-centric.
MagCast takes care of all of your technical and programming concerns, so you can rest assured your magazine app is always full-featured and up to date.
We build and maintain your sophisticated, multi-platform magazine app, so you can compete with the biggest publications on a level playing field. Imagine thousands of readers from across the country or around the world enjoying your very own magazine.
Go ahead and start NOW, there's never been a better time or platform to realize your publishing dreams.
See How You Can Put MagCast to Work for You