Comparison

What Car? vs Breakthrough 2026

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

Head to head
About

What Car?

Access expert, independent advice for car buyers. Find detailed reviews, buying guides, reliability surveys, and the latest car deals and financing options. Enjoy a specially designed mobile edition for easy reading.

Highlights
  • New and used car reviews
  • Car buying and owning advice
  • Reliability surveys
  • Car and industry news
  • Group tests
  • Latest car deals and financing
Features
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What Car? has been the car buyer's champion for over 40 years - delivering expert, independent advice through detailed new and used car reviews, car buying and owning advice, reliability surveys, car and industry news, group tests, and the very latest car deals and financing options. 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

About

Breakthrough 2026

Features
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Breakthrough by ArisGlobal is the official app for ArisGlobal’s annual life-sciences summit. Use it to stay organized, explore the program, and keep up with everything happening at Breakthrough.

Screenshots

What Car?4 screens
Breakthrough 20263 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Breakthrough 2026 at none against What Car?'s 10. 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. What Car? sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 3 months. Breakthrough 2026 asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
What Car? versus Breakthrough 2026: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhat Car?Breakthrough 2026
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews13.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHaymarketArisGlobal LLC

Bugs and requests

What Car?

Reported bugs

35 issues
  • Re-enter credentials with each new issue
  • App consumes excessive energy on Mac
  • Magazine page always in portrait orientation on Mac
  • App shows magazine in a small window on Mac
  • Unable to download magazine issues
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  • Subscription issues not being recognized
  • App crashes frequently
  • Login issues preventing purchase
  • In-app purchase prices are incorrect
  • App does not update magazines
  • Issues disappear after app update
  • Downloaded content deleted after update
  • App forces registration
  • Previous issues become unreadable after update
  • App does not work on iPad
  • Cannot open or download purchased issues
  • Link to seller no longer available
  • Customer service unresponsive
  • App freezes or locks up
  • Subscription not recognized by new version
  • Lost back issues after update
  • App only works in landscape mode
  • Cannot zoom in to read text
  • Interactive features not working
  • Media servers not beefed up
  • App crashes constantly
  • Reinstalling required to read issues
  • Issues not available for purchase
  • Purchased issues disappear from Newsstand
  • Buyer's Guide tables missing
  • Email requests unanswered
  • App doesn't work at all
  • Cannot see digital magazines
  • Link to app support does not connect
  • Telephone numbers unobtainable

Requested features

17 requests
  • Support for TouchID/FaceID login
  • Allow full screen usage on Mac
  • Improve Mac app reading experience
  • Allow zooming
  • Provide customer support
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  • Allow subscription cancellation through app
  • Improve navigation system
  • Add more content to digital version
  • Allow portrait view
  • Fix blurry text
  • Make text readable on smaller screens
  • Include all info from printed mag
  • Restore previous versions of the app
  • Add interactive features
  • Allow users to zoom
  • Make text larger
  • Offer a digital version cheaper than print

Breakthrough 2026

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

What Car?

Subscriptions3
  • What Car? Magazine1 Month trial$4.993 Months
  • What Car? Magazine1 Month trial$19.996 Months
  • What Car? Magazine1 Month trial$39.991 Year
One-time7
  • December 2016 (id:827045)$6.99
  • July 2016 (id:827037)$6.99
  • June 2016 (id:827035)$6.99
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  • April 2016 (id:827031)$6.99
  • Awards 2016 (id:827027)$6.99
  • March 2016 (id:827029)$6.99
  • February 2016 (id:827025)$6.99
None

Breakthrough 2026

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is What Car? free?
What Car? is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Breakthrough 2026 free?
Breakthrough 2026 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do What Car? or Breakthrough 2026 have ads?
Neither What Car? nor Breakthrough 2026 shows ads.

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