Computeractive vs August 405
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Computeractive
Your friendly guide to PCs, gadgets, and the web. Get regular news updates, project ideas, and expert advice on popular reader queries, anti-virus software, and consumer rights. Learn to get the most out of your computer with clear, plain English explanations.
- News updates
- Project ideas
- Help and advice
- Anti-virus software articles
- Consumer rights features
- PC and gadget guides
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Computeractive is the UK’s best-selling computer magazine and your friendly guide to PCs, gadgets and the web! It includes regular news updates, project ideas, help and advice on popular reader queries, articles on anti-virus software, features on consumer rights, and a whole lot more to help you get the very best out of your computer. Get PC advice in plain English today – get Computeractive! All the subscriptions are auto-renewable subscription directly from the App Store. Payment will be charged to your App Store 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 can manage your subscriptions through your Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Subscription costs: - 26 issues (1 year) at £29.99 - 13 issues (Every 6 months) at £14.99 - 6 issues (Every 3 months) at £7.99 Please click here to read our Privacy Policy: http://www.dennis.co.uk/privacy and here to read our Terms of Use: http://www.dennis.co.uk/subs/terms
August 405
Watch live Free-to-Air Digital TV on your iPhone or iPad without an internet connection. Record shows, playback content, and view program guides. Designed for use in Europe, Australia, Asia, South America, and Africa.
- Watch live FTA Digital TV
- Record digital TV shows
- Playback recorded content
- View Electronic Program Guide (EPG)
- No internet connection required
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August 405 lets you watch Free-to-Air Digital TV anywhere you go using your iPhone and iPad device. Enjoy Free to view channels without using your airtime,3G/LTE or any internet connection! August 405 is a portable tuner that receives live, high-quality broadcast TV and transmits signal via WiFi to your iPhone or iPad. Features: - Watch live FTA Digital TV and change channels - Record FTA Digital TV shows and store in your mobile device - Playback your recorded TV shows - View EPG to check for TV Program Guide Nore for users: August 405 is designed for use in Europe,Australia,Asia,South America and Africa,as it supports both FTA DVB-T transmissions.August 405 does not work in North America. System Requirements: - August 405 with compatible TV tuner (DVB-T) - iPod touch (3rd generation or later), iPhone (iPhone 3GS or later) or iPad with iOS 5.1 or later
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: August 405 at 5.0 against Computeractive's 4.2. August 405 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (8.1 vs 16.0). Computeractive's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Computeractive sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 3 months. August 405 asks for nothing beyond the download.
August 405 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Computeractive has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 43% and 43% positive.
Computeractive ships an update every 16 months, August 405 every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Computeractive | August 405 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.1% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 10 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 8.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Future plc | August International Ltd |
Customer experience
Computeractive
August 405
Bugs and requests
Computeractive
Reported bugs
40 issues- App not working
- Saying wrong format
- Cannot receive information
- Not showing any magazines
- Says turn on Java and cookies
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- Error message: The data couldn't be read because it isn't in the correct format
- Log in non-2xx response: 405 method not allowed
- Can’t retrieve feed of feeds
- No longer loads the magazines
- Back button goes to the cover
- Top of each page is hidden
- Links aren’t clickable
- App claiming no active subscriptions
- App frozen, spinning wheel
- Many bugs present
- Issue not available in the app
- Problems getting the latest edition
- Suddenly cannot access the latest edition
- Error code
- Keeps throwing up the same error
- Digital version often arrives after publication date
- Digital version may arrive in the afternoon or next day
- Constantly dropping out back to the home screen
- New version removed access to several years of magazines
- Latest update isn’t very good
- Bottom chopped off page
- Has frozen a couple of times
- Download screen changed
- Pages slip and slide around the screen
- Navbar appears and disappears at random
- Cannot get further than page 53
- Text cannot be selected and copied
- Table of contents isn’t hyperlinked
- Web hyperlinks take you to a random retailer
- Subscription isn’t coming over to the iPad app
- Keeps logging me out
- Lost all copies paid for
- Lost all previous purchases
- Unable to transfer magazines from original subscription
- No way to transfer current subscription
Requested features
14 requests- Fix app to show magazines
- Sort out login issues
- Fix error messages
- Make links clickable
- Improve iPad display
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- Add index
- Allow printing pages
- Add interactive features
- Improve navigation
- Allow tagging magazines as read
- Add notes against magazines
- Allow login without internet connection
- Improve app for iPad Pro
- Allow 2 pages at a time in landscape
August 405
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Computeractive
- 3 Month Subscription$9.993 Months
- 6 Month Subscription$14.996 Months
- 6 Month Subscription$16.496 Months
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- 12 Month Subscription$39.991 Year
- Issue 414 of Computeractive Replica App$1.99
- Issue 405 of Computeractive Replica App$1.99
- Issue 396 of Computeractive Replica App$1.99
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- Issue 394 of Computeractive Replica App$1.99
- Issue 479 of Computeractive Replica App$1.99
- Issue 477 of Computeractive Replica App$1.99
August 405
No in-app purchases
Questions
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