The best way to describe the Lekiosk Android and iOS app is that it’s like Spotify for magazines. The service, which has been successful in France for a few years now, provides a digital newsstand where a monthly subscription gets you 10 magazines. Moreover, you don’t have to read the same titles every month. However, not every magazine is part of the bundle deal – if you want music magazines NME and Uncut, for instance, you’ll have to pay per issue.

Lekiosk has a cute interface, perhaps too cute. After using it for a bit you’ll notice that certain titles appear on the rack several times, giving the impression that there are more titles than there really are. Since these are different issues, you might not be getting the latest, so check the date before you download.

Once you’ve chosen a magazine, you can download it to your library. From there you can flick through digital pages, complete with fake page turns and even a shadow to suggest the centre of the magazine.

Showing Lekiosk’s French roots, the app displays a 3D version of one of those news and magazine kiosks you find throughout French city centres. The British version is red with what appears to be the top of a telephone box in its centre.

Jesmond Darmanin is a technology enthusiast who has his own blog at www.itnewsblog.com.