ARRL magazines vs CERT Certification Preparatory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ARRL magazines
Access the monthly ARRL membership journal, QST, on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. This publication offers news, construction projects, and tutorials for Amateur Radio enthusiasts. The digital version includes exclusive content not found in print.
- Monthly QST digital delivery
- News and updates
- Construction projects
- Tutorials and guides
- Exclusive digital content
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If you're a member of ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio, install this app and have QST, the ARRL membership journal, delivered to your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch every month! QST entertains and informs with news, construction projects, tutorials and much more. That's why it is the most widely read Amateur Radio publication in the world. The digital version of QST goes even further with content not found in the printed journal. Privacy & Terms of Conditions: http://www.arrl.org/online-privacy-policy
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.
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Verdict
ARRL magazines and CERT Certification Preparatory both sit at 1.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 50% of CERT Certification Preparatory's written reviews are positive against 12% of ARRL magazines's. ARRL magazines's advantage is ratings volume (265 vs 4) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.8 for ARRL magazines against 1.8 for CERT Certification Preparatory. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ARRL magazines has 265 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 12% of ARRL magazines's written reviews are positive against 50% of CERT Certification Preparatory's.
ARRL magazines ships an update every 4 months, CERT Certification Preparatory every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ARRL magazines | CERT Certification Preparatory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (265 ratings) — better | 1.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 12.2% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 265 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 234 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ARRL, American Radio Relay League, Inc. | 360 Immersive, LLC |
Customer experience
ARRL magazines
CERT Certification Preparatory
Bugs and requests
ARRL magazines
Reported bugs
3 issues- Downloading issues causes app to freeze
- Inconsistent behavior across devices
- Disappearing downloaded content
Requested features
3 requests- Seamless integration with ARRL account
- Ability to resume reading from last page
- PDF export option
CERT Certification Preparatory
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ARRL magazines
No in-app purchases
CERT Certification Preparatory
No in-app purchases
Questions
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