Comparison

Practical Fishkeeping vs United We Stand

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

Head to head
About

Practical Fishkeeping

Access expert advice on keeping tropical, marine, and freshwater fish. Discover the latest aquarium equipment reviews, fish species guides, and aquascaping tips. This app provides comprehensive resources for both aspiring and experienced fishkeepers.

Highlights
  • Expert fishkeeping advice
  • Aquarium equipment reviews
  • Fish species guides
  • Tropical marine tank advice
  • Freshwater and cold water tank advice
  • Aquascaping tips
Features
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Practical Fishkeeping (PFK) magazine is the world’s leading authority on keeping, or aspiring to keep, fish – covering tropical, marine, cold water and fresh water fish. All our features are written by experts in their fields, ensuring you get the best advice possible on fishkeeping and fish species, as well as creating and maintaining fantastic aquatic environments for them to live in. Inside you’ll find: • The latest aquarium equipment reviewed • Tips on how to look after and keep your fish • Expert guides to global fish species • Advice on tropical marine tanks • Advice on freshwater: tropical and cold water tanks • Expert advice on aquascaping PFK is published 13 times a year and is Britain's biggest-selling fish-keeping magazine. ---------------------------------------------- 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

United We Stand

Access a digital archive of a long-running British football fanzine covering Manchester United. Enjoy in-depth articles, interviews, and opinions, with offline reading capabilities for subscribers. Offers monthly and annual subscription options.

Highlights
  • Selected pages from latest issue
  • Searchable archive back to 2012
  • Offline reading of back issues
  • Page swipe and tap navigation
  • Zoom and multi-page view
  • Tap links for web, email, maps
  • Automatic new issue delivery
Features
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British Fanzine of the Year for 2012, United We Stand was first published in 1989 when Manchester United was a very different club to now. We've since published over 200 issues - 11 per season - and the mag has long been established as one of Britain's best selling football fanzines. The majority of UWS writers watch Manchester United home and away. They're influential, incisive, irreverent and work for a mag which is proudly independent and funded by sales. Each issue featured 44 pages and tells it like it is at MUFC. We have excellent contacts and offer informed opinions on all United aspects, from insider tidbits to sharp writers and award winning columnists like Jim White. UWS done in depth interviews with United related personalities from Roy Keane to Ian Brown, Sir Alex Ferguson to officials like David Gill, Martin Edwards and Peter Kenyon, but there's far more to us than interviews. We hope you enjoy United We Stand. The iPad/iPhone edition brings you selected pages from the latest issue as soon as it is available. You can subscribe within the application for full access, which brings you every page of the issue and a searchable archive back to April 2012. Issues are not sold individually - for the duration of your subscription you have access to every issue in this archive. During your subscription you can sync back issues to your device. These will remain in place if your subscription expires, unless your device removes them (for example when running low on disk space). Re-downloading issues requires a current subscription. • Swipe or tap the page edges to flip to next/previous page. • Use the animated thumbnail view to flick through the pages. • Pinch or double-tap pages to zoom. • Switch between single or double-page view. • Search the current issue or the archive. • Tap any page links to web sites, email addresses, phone numbers or maps. • Tap contents-page links to jump to a particular article. • Sync back issues to your device for offline reading (requires wi-fi). • Network connection required otherwise. We recommend first running the app within a wi-fi area so it can sync the latest issue to your device - after that you can use it anywhere. Subscribers will receive new issues automatically. Subscriptions are available within the app at the following prices: Monthly £2.99 Annually £29.99 In addition, please note the following standard features of auto-renewable subscriptions: • Your payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscriptions will renew automatically 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. • You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Apple Account Settings after purchase. • No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. You can find our privacy policy here: https://exacteditions.com/about/privacy and our terms of service here: https://exacteditions.com/about/tos

Screenshots

Practical Fishkeeping4 screens
United We Stand4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: United We Stand at 100% against Practical Fishkeeping's 33%. United We Stand also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Practical Fishkeeping's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ratings volume (31 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Practical Fishkeeping sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and United We Stand sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

United We Stand holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Practical Fishkeeping has 31 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Practical Fishkeeping's written reviews are positive against 100% of United We Stand's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Practical Fishkeeping ships an update every 5 months, United We Stand every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Practical Fishkeeping versus United We Stand: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPractical FishkeepingUnited We Stand
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (31 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB5 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperWarners Group Publications PLCUnited We Stand Ltd

Customer experience

Practical Fishkeeping

All ratings31 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral2.1%
Negative64.6%

United We Stand

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Practical Fishkeeping

Subscriptions7
  • PFK 1M Auto-Renewable Sub$3.991 Month
  • Practical Fishkeeping Subscription$7.992 Months
  • Practical Fishkeeping Subscription7 Days trial$17.993 Months
Show 4 more
  • Practical Fishkeeping Subscription$24.996 Months
  • Practical Fishkeeping Summer Sale Subscription$31.991 Year
  • PFK - Annual Backissues$38.991 Year
  • PFK 12M Auto-Renewable Sub1 Month trial$69.991 Year
One-time5
  • PFK: Practical Fishkeeping4 variants$3.99
  • March 2025 (pp:1110457)$5.99
  • February 2026 (pp:1136699)$5.99
Show 2 more
  • August 2023 (id:704742)$5.99
  • April 2023 (id:823926)$5.99
4 purchases

United We Stand

Subscriptions4
  • United We Stand$2.991 Month
  • United We Stand$7.993 Months
  • United We Stand$28.991 Year
Show 1 more
  • United We Stand$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Practical Fishkeeping free?
Practical Fishkeeping is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is United We Stand free?
United We Stand is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Practical Fishkeeping or United We Stand?
United We Stand is rated higher. Practical Fishkeeping averages 4.8 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while United We Stand averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Practical Fishkeeping or United We Stand have ads?
Neither Practical Fishkeeping nor United We Stand shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Practical Fishkeeping or United We Stand?
Practical Fishkeeping ships an update every 5 months, and United We Stand every 6 months. Most recently, Practical Fishkeeping was updated on September 29, 2026 and United We Stand on September 21, 2026.

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