Autocar vs Cycling Plus Magazine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Autocar
Access the world's leading car magazine for industry news, expert reviews, and in-depth comparisons. Enjoy a specially designed mobile edition for easy reading on your devices. Purchase individual issues or subscribe for continuous access.
- Industry-leading car news
- Expert opinion and analysis
- In-depth car reviews
- Definitive comparison tests
- High-quality photography
- Mobile-optimized reading experience
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Autocar is the world's best car weekly, giving enthusiasts and car buyers industry-leading news and features, expert opinion, in-depth car reviews and definitive comparison tests – along with the best photography in the business. Enjoy reading issues on your mobile and tablet, with a specially designed mobile edition making reading on mobile devices even easier! ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest issue. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. -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. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions can be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx
Cycling Plus Magazine
This app is a comprehensive guide for modern road cyclists, offering expert advice on gear, training, and nutrition. Discover inspirational rides, real-life stories, and practical tips to enhance your cycling experience.
- Gear buying advice and tests
- Training and nutrition tips
- Inspirational rides and stories
- Practical cycling advice
- Digital magazine issues
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Cycling Plus is the manual for the modern road cyclist. Whether you're cycling weekly, an occasional new rider or a Tour de France fan you’ll find everything you need. Each issue is packed with buying advice and tests of essential cycling gear - everything from bikes to bags! Cycling Plus is the place to find training advice, nutrition secrets and practical tips guaranteed to improve your bicycling. It's also full of inspirational rides, real-life cycling stories and entertaining riding-related features. ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest regular issue at the time of purchase. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. -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. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions can be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx * Please note: this digital edition does not include the covermount gifts or supplements you would find with printed copies*
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Verdict
Autocar and Cycling Plus Magazine both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 50% of Cycling Plus Magazine's written reviews are positive against 22% of Autocar's. Cycling Plus Magazine also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). Autocar's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Autocar sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $34.99 per 3 months and Cycling Plus Magazine sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Autocar against 4.6 for Cycling Plus Magazine. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 48 and 17 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 22% of Autocar's written reviews are positive against 50% of Cycling Plus Magazine's.
Autocar ships an update every 5 months, Cycling Plus Magazine every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Autocar | Cycling Plus Magazine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (48 ratings) — better | 4.6 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 22.4% of reviews | 50.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Haymarket | Kelsey Publishing Group |
Customer experience
Autocar
Cycling Plus Magazine
User reviews
Autocar
From 48 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great magazine content
- 👍 Intelligent and informative journalism
- 👍 Digital version preferred by some
- 👍 Improved app experience after updates
- 👍 Good upgrade with new features
Room to improve
- 🐛 App issues and bugs
- 🐛 News feed not working
- 🐛 Difficult to download issues
- 🐛 Intrusive ads
- 🐛 Purchases not downloading
Cycling Plus Magazine
From 17 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📚 High-quality, well-researched magazine content
- ⭐ Comprehensive product reviews and cycling advice
- 📖 Informative articles for all cycling skill levels
- 💾 Convenient digital access to back issues
- 📱 Works well on iPad with good zoom functionality
Room to improve
- 🐢 Extremely slow loading times for library and content
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes when opening issues
- 📵 No offline reading capability despite downloads
- 🔌 Requires constant internet connection to function
- 😤 Poor app stability and reliability
Bugs and requests
Autocar
Reported bugs
86 issues- News feed not working for days
- Fight to get app to open new magazine to download
- Intrusive ads make app unusable
- Purchase copy and nothing, returns to purchase option
- Tap cover image, nothing
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- Look in library, nothing
- Try to purchase again, tells you already own it but doesn't give it
- Complain through app messaging, nothing
- Wait until app decides to let you in
- Problems downloading individual issue purchases
- Payment taken, magazine does not download
- App deletes library
- Content refuses to appear
- App rarely if ever updated
- App will not recognize Apple IDs
- Attempt to download new content via Apple ID route fails
- App glitchy and now simply fails to load new content
- App support is completely unresponsive
- Cannot get old copies
- Tried logging off and on but now can’t get into account
- Tried to contact support but they don’t get back
- Cannot access account as rest password link times out
- New issues of the magazine weren’t coming through
- App doesn’t download
- Customer support don’t want to know
- Rarely manage to download an edition without numerous failed attempts
- Can’t see latest magazines despite yearly subscription
- Struggled with this app for about 6 months
- Latest magazine editions have not been available for multiple weeks
- Login server failing, so can’t get any of the issues from subscription
- No response from support
- Digital version often days late
- No response from providers
- Often can’t log in
- Latest copy hasn’t downloaded
- Error when trying to log in
- Unable to download weekly Autocar
- App is frozen
- Frequently, new editions of the magazine take days to appear
- Continually having to refresh subscription
- Reloading the app asks for subscription email address
- App crashes whenever opened after update
- Download fine, displays great but eats up battery
- Generates a high amount of heat on the back of the iPad
- Whenever download a copy, it deletes itself when app is closed
- Logged out of account on all devices with error message about too many devices registered
- Support is useless
- Haven’t been able to access issues for over a year
- No response to emails and no one to help
- Impossible to download with any consistency
- Latest editions do not show for download
- Tried rebooting iPad, reinstalling app, to no avail
- No response from support
- No new magazines and no content
- Error or no internet (checked and internet is working fine)
- Update for a new edition is unreliable
- Stalls after a month or so
- No point in having a magazine days after it hits the streets
- New issue available 3 or 4 days after newsagent
- App is buggy and seldom updated
- Years since able to see and download a new issue after notification
- Tedious workaround of deleting app, re-downloading and restoring subscription
- Says 'there's been a problem loading your content'
- Wednesday morning battles to download new issue
- App is nothing more than a glorified pdf
- Endless and tedious process of zooming in and out
- Preview images in App Store are of Classic & Sports Car mag, not Autocar
- Purchase attempts fail multiple times
- Purchase tells you it’s successful but still won’t download
- iPad restart helps sometimes, sometimes not
- Worst website of a magazine
- Past 5 attempts to purchase have failed first time
- When try to purchase a second time, told already purchased
- Can’t see other pages, only covers
- App stinks
- App is not really an 'app' but PDFs of printed pages
- No interactivity or video
- Have to zoom in to read text
- New magazines not available via the APP
- Happens at least once a quarter
- Support is very poor
- Can’t get the latest version of the magazine
- Resetting the iPad now means there’s no content at all
- App is still unreliable-useless
- App is unfit for purpose
- App is a disaster
Requested features
9 requests- Make app more stable
- Improve app functionality beyond PDF viewer
- Remove ads or make them optional
- Add interactivity and video
- Improve download process for new issues
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- Fix battery consumption issues
- Ensure app works offline
- Allow unregistering devices
- Improve app support responsiveness
Cycling Plus Magazine
Reported bugs
17 issues- App fails to load library screen
- Content loads only partially or incompletely
- Issues freeze at 0% when attempting to download
- App crashes when opening specific articles
- Blank pages appear during page turns
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- Magazine display shows wrong publication (e.g., Match of the Day instead of Cycling Plus)
- Unable to transfer purchases between old and new app versions
- Restored issues not appearing in library
- Password reset functionality broken
- App logs users out unexpectedly after payment
- Slow and erratic zooming functionality
- HTML rendering errors (visible tags like <strong> in text)
- App hangs and crashes without internet connection
- Issues won't open on certain devices (iPad/iPhone)
- Download progress stalls at 99%
- Black text on dark grey background readability issue
- Intrusive toolbar blocking content
Requested features
10 requests- Offline reading capability for downloaded issues
- Ability to remove unwanted magazines from library
- Better customer support contact options
- Print and digital subscription bundle
- Landscape mode support for navigation
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- Hyperlinks from contents page
- Reduced pricing for digital vs. print versions
- Ability to resume reading from last position
- Better page navigation controls
- Option to disable marketing emails and offers
In-app purchases
Autocar
- Autocar: Auto Renewing Subscription1 Month trial$34.993 Months
- Autocar: Auto Renewing Subscription1 Month trial$69.996 Months
- Autocar: Auto Renewing Subscription1 Month trial$129.991 Year
- 26th April 2017 (id:827619)$3.99
- 13th July 2016 (id:827539)$3.99
- 25th May 2016 (id:827525)$3.99
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- 27th April 2016 (id:827517)$3.99
- 9th March 2016 (id:827503)$3.99
- 4th January 2017 (id:827587)$3.99
- 21-Oct-26 (pp:1136051)$3.99
Cycling Plus Magazine
- Cycling Plus Apple News$5.991 Month
- 1-Month Subscription$6.491 Month
- 1-Month Subscription2 Months trial$6.491 Month
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- 3 Month Subscription$9.993 Months
- 3-Month Subscription$12.993 Months
- Cycling Plus subscription$32.991 Year
- 12-Month Subscription1 Month trial$43.991 Year
- Tour de France GuideFree
- February 2015$3.99
- April 2016$4.99
Questions
Is Autocar free?
Is Cycling Plus Magazine free?
Which has better reviews, Autocar or Cycling Plus Magazine?
Do Autocar or Cycling Plus Magazine have ads?
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