Comparison

Computeractive vs Mountain Biking UK Magazine

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • News updates
  • Project ideas
  • Help and advice
  • Anti-virus software articles
  • Consumer rights features
  • PC and gadget guides
Features
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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

About

Mountain Biking UK Magazine

This app delivers comprehensive content for mountain biking enthusiasts of all levels. Explore the latest gear, bike reviews, technique guides, and expert tips from pro riders. Enhance your riding experience with in-depth articles and stunning photography.

Highlights
  • Latest kit reviews
  • New bike information
  • Honest buying advice
  • Technique guides
  • Pro rider tips
  • News and photography
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Mountain Biking UK celebrates everything that is great about mountain biking, enabling people of all abilities and ages to have a better time on their bike. Within the pages of Mountain Biking UK you’ll find everything you love about riding a mountain bike. We bring you all the news and stunning photography of the very latest kit to drool over, plus exclusive info on the newest and best bikes that you can buy. Our Wrecking Crew test team are out there right now, riding new bikes and products to destruction, so we can give you the most informed and honest buying advice possible. We’re on a mission to get newcomers up, riding and enjoying mountain biking in the shortest possible time, but we also love people who already ride too fast, too hard, and too much. So we’ve got the very best technique guides to help you get the most out of every minute on your bike – whatever your level and style of riding. And we have the best access to the pro riders who are always keen to pass on their tips to you. ---------------------------------------------- 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*

Screenshots

Computeractive4 screens
Mountain Biking UK Magazine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mountain Biking UK Magazine at 4.8 against Computeractive's 4.2. Mountain Biking UK Magazine also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 16 months). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Computeractive sells 48 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 3 months and Mountain Biking UK Magazine sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mountain Biking UK Magazine holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Computeractive's written reviews are positive against 46% of Mountain Biking UK Magazine's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Computeractive ships an update every 16 months, Mountain Biking UK Magazine every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Computeractive versus Mountain Biking UK Magazine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComputeractiveMountain Biking UK Magazine
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (9 ratings)4.8 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.1% of reviews46.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings912 — better
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFuture plcKelsey Publishing Group

Customer experience

Computeractive

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive43.1%
Neutral7.8%
Negative49.0%

Mountain Biking UK Magazine

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive46.4%
Neutral7.2%
Negative46.4%

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

Mountain Biking UK Magazine

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

48 purchases

Computeractive

Subscriptions4
  • 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
One-time44
  • 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
  • Computer Active Issue 670$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 672$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 673$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 674$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 675$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 678$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 679$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 683$1.99
  • Issue 744$1.99
  • Issue 740$1.99
  • Issue 739$1.99
  • Issue 735$1.99
  • Issue 734$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 726$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 722$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 723$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 720$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 718$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 716$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 712$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 710$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 709$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 708$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 707$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 706$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 705$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 704$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 695$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 692$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 693$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 691$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 690$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 689$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 688$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 687$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 684$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 686$1.99
  • Computer Active Issue 685$1.99
12 purchases

Mountain Biking UK Magazine

Subscriptions7
  • Mountain Biking UK subscription$4.991 Month
  • 3-Month Subscription$9.993 Months
  • 3-Month Subscription$12.993 Months
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  • 12-month Subscription$32.991 Year
  • Discounted Annual Subscription$40.991 Year
  • 12-Month Subscription1 Month trial$43.991 Year
  • 12-Month Subscription Bundle$43.991 Year
One-time5
  • February 2015$5.99
  • February 2016$5.99
  • April 2016$5.99
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  • May 2016$5.99
  • June 2016$5.99

Questions

Is Computeractive free?
Computeractive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mountain Biking UK Magazine free?
Mountain Biking UK Magazine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Computeractive or Mountain Biking UK Magazine?
Mountain Biking UK Magazine is rated higher. Computeractive averages 4.2 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Mountain Biking UK Magazine averages 4.8 from 12 ratings.
Do Computeractive or Mountain Biking UK Magazine have ads?
Neither Computeractive nor Mountain Biking UK Magazine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Computeractive or Mountain Biking UK Magazine?
Computeractive ships an update every 16 months, and Mountain Biking UK Magazine every 3 months. Most recently, Computeractive was updated on October 29, 2026 and Mountain Biking UK Magazine on October 29, 2026.

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