Comparison

Best UK vs ROONA

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Best UK

Get the latest celebrity news, fashion trends, and straight-talking opinions. Enjoy a free trial with 4 issues before committing to a subscription. Access your entire magazine library on your Apple device.

Highlights
  • Celebrity and TV gossip
  • High-street fashion trends
  • Opinion and straight talk
  • Digital magazine library
  • Automatic issue downloads
  • Free trial with 4 issues
Features
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Download today and get 4 issues FREE when you subscribe! Your iTunes account will be charged when your free trial comes to an end unless you cancel. Best UK is best for showbiz and TV gossip, best for hot high-street trends and best for opinion and straight talk. We are the perfect coffee-time treat, on sale every Tuesday for just 79p. Try out Best UK for FREE with our no-obligation trial. Get 4 issues FREE with any of these sizzling hot subscription deals. You can cancel at any time during the trial period and no payment will be taken. 3-month (12 issues) subscription for just £6.99 6-month (26 issues) subscription for just £14.99 12-month (52 issues) subscription for just £29.99 By subscribing you’ll never miss an issue and the new editions will automatically download to your Apple device as soon as they are released. Your whole magazine library travels with you and you always have the latest issue even when you’re away from home. The subscription will include the current issue if you do not already own it and subsequently published future issues. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. This subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period, your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. The cost of the renewal will match the initial subscription price. You may turn off auto-renewing subscriptions by going to your user’s Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during your active subscription period. Please find our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy here: http://www.hearst.co.uk/terms-and-conditions http://www.hearst.co.uk/privacy-policy

About

ROONA

Features
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You finish an episode and the thought arrives before the credits do: where was that filmed? ROONA answers it. 327 real filming locations across South Korea, from 67 dramas, pinned on a map and ready to visit. BROWSE THE WAY YOU THINK Search by drama, by actor, by place, or by genre. Following one actor's career across nine dramas works just as well as planning a day around one neighbourhood in Seoul. SEE THE SCENE, THEN GO Every location tells you which drama it's from and what happened there; the exact scene, the episode. Tap "Take me there" and directions open in your maps app. These are real addresses, not approximations: cafés, palaces, bridges, bus stops, seaside roads. BUILT ON KOREAN MAPS ROONA uses Kakao Maps, so addresses, transit and place names work the way they do in Korea rather than the way a foreign map guesses at them. TALK TO PEOPLE WHO GET IT Every drama has a live chat room. Ask whether the café is still open, which exit to take, whether it's worth the two-hour bus ride. Answers come from people who have actually been. ADD WHAT'S MISSING Know of a location we don't have? Submit it. Took a better photo than the one on the card? Add it. The map gets better because the people using it make it better. SAVE AND PLAN Bookmark locations into your own list, grouped by drama. Like the dramas and actors you care about and they move to the front, so the app arranges itself around your taste instead of ours. IN KOREAN AND ENGLISH Not a translation layer bolted on; place names, drama titles, actor names and scene descriptions are all written in both, so a Korean speaker and a visitor can use the same screen. FREE, AND NO ADS No subscription, no banners, no ads. Sign in with Apple, Kakao or Google to save and comment, or just browse the map without an account. --- Whether you're planning a trip to Korea or you already live here and just found out that bench is twenty minutes away, ROONA is the map to it.

Screenshots

Best UK4 screens
ROONA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ROONA at none against Best UK's 10. ROONA also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Best UK sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 3 months. ROONA asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Best UK ships an update every 6 months, ROONA every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Best UK versus ROONA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBest UKROONA
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB62 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHearst Communications, IncorporatedEUN YOUNG KIM

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Best UK

Subscriptions3
  • 3-Month Subscription$8.993 Months
  • 6-Month Subscription$19.996 Months
  • Annual Subscription$39.991 Year
One-time7
  • Issue 50/51, by PixelMags$0.99
  • Issue 46, by PixelMags$0.99
  • Issue 45, by PixelMags$0.99
Show 4 more
  • Issue 44, by PixelMags$0.99
  • Best Diet Special Late Summer 2012, by PixelMags$0.99
  • Issue 31, by PixelMags$0.99
  • Issue 4, by PixelMags$0.99
None

ROONA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Best UK free?
Best UK is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ROONA free?
ROONA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Best UK or ROONA have ads?
Neither Best UK nor ROONA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Best UK or ROONA?
Best UK ships an update every 6 months, and ROONA every 5 weeks. Most recently, Best UK was updated on November 1, 2026 and ROONA on October 29, 2026.

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