CERT Certification Preparatory vs Ham Radio Prep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CERT Certification Preparatory
This app offers interactive training materials to prepare individuals for community emergency response team (CERT) qualifications. It covers essential topics like disaster preparedness, fire suppression, and medical operations. Successful completion can lead to skills assessment with a local CERT coordinator.
- Interactive training materials
- Disaster Preparedness
- Fire Suppression training
- Medical Operations
- Light Search and Rescue
- Psychology and Team Organization
- Skills assessment preparation
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The CERT Certification Preparatory Course course provides interactive training materials to enhance or replace classroom training to allow participants to gain requisite knowledge in FEMA materials as part of the qualification of becoming a community emergency response team member. Materials cover Disaster Preparedness, Fire Suppression, Medical Operations, Light Search and Rescue Operations, Psychology and Team Organization. Successful completion may qualify a participant to participate in skills assessment with their local CERT coordinator.
Ham Radio Prep
Prepare for your ham radio license exams with comprehensive study materials. Access video lessons, track your progress, and take practice tests designed to mirror the official FCC exams for all three license levels.
- Covers all 3 license levels
- Premium video lessons
- Progress tracking per lesson
- FCC-style practice tests
- Exam readiness dashboards
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The fastest, easiest, and most informative way to get your ham radio license. > Includes all 3 Levels: Technician License, General License, and Amateur Extra License > Learn the material with premium video lessons > Track Your Progress For Each Lesson / Subpool > Practice Tests Built Using the Subpools Just Like the Real FCC Exam > Dashboards to Track Exam Readiness See why thousands of students have chosen HamRadioPrep.com to effectively study for their amateur radio license exams.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ham Radio Prep at 4.8 against CERT Certification Preparatory's 1.8. Ham Radio Prep also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (80% vs 50%). CERT Certification Preparatory's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Ham Radio Prep sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. CERT Certification Preparatory asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ham Radio Prep holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ham Radio Prep has 2.2K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of CERT Certification Preparatory's written reviews are positive against 80% of Ham Radio Prep's.
CERT Certification Preparatory ships an update every 9 months, Ham Radio Prep every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CERT Certification Preparatory | Ham Radio Prep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (2.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 79.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 2.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 234 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 360 Immersive, LLC | World Radio League Inc. |
Customer experience
CERT Certification Preparatory
Ham Radio Prep
Bugs and requests
CERT Certification Preparatory
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ham Radio Prep
Reported bugs
3 issues- Lessons locked after initial free content
- Advertisements causing app to freeze
- Progress not tracking across platforms
Requested features
3 requests- Online proctoring for exams
- Improved sync between app and website
- More practice questions and tests
In-app purchases
CERT Certification Preparatory
No in-app purchases
Ham Radio Prep
- Technician License Exam Course$34.99
- In-App Video Bundle$49.99
- General + Technician Course$55.00
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- Full Course Access, All Levels$79.99
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