Strategy & Tactics Magazine vs SOFREP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Strategy & Tactics Magazine
Explore military history from ancient to modern conflicts with in-depth analysis of battles and campaigns. Each issue features historical articles, maps, charts, and reviews of related media. Discover the 'how' and 'why' behind strategic decisions.
- In-depth military history analysis
- Focus on tactics and strategy
- Lavishly illustrated articles
- Maps, charts, and tables
- Reviews of books and media
- Insights into board game design
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Strategy & Tactics magazine focuses on the entire timeline of military history from ancient battles to modern conflicts. Strategy & Tactics is celebrating its 50th anniversary (1967-2017) and is the longest running military history magazine. Readers get much more than narrative stories of history, they get an analytical approach focusing on the “how” and “why” of battles and campaigns. All feature articles are lavishly illustrated with maps and pictures showing the action, along with sidebars on personalities, equipment and organization, and unique and unusual events. Our core passion is to dig deeper into military conflicts to better understand the tactics and strategies used to achieve victory. Each issue is packed full with: three to four feature-length historical analyses, over 20 Maps, charts, tables and wire diagrams, FYI column of short informative and unusual items of interest, reviews of recent books, movies, and other media, previews and Work in Progress, On Design: how the lead article history is turned into a board game.
SOFREP
Access exclusive military-grade content, including news, gear reviews, documentaries, and interviews from veteran special operations personnel. Offers a community forum and an ad-free experience with various subscription plans.
- Exclusive military content
- Ad-free experience
- Community forums
- Gear reviews
- Military documentaries
- Veteran interviews
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The SOFREP app allows you to access all of the Military Grade Content that we offer including our store. The SOFREP Team Room is an exclusive community with full site access to ad free content and invites to special events. A Team Room membership provides access to exclusive news and editorial content, hardcore gear reviews, community forums, military documentaries, and Spec Ops interviews – all with much needed authenticity in media. Our editorial team is unlike any other because we’re all military and special operations veterans. We were the first in the world to adopt this style of content in 2012. Real world experience combined with unbiased reporting. Unlock exclusive content by choosing different subscription plans (in-app purchase: auto-renewing monthly / annually). If you subscribe via iTunes: Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the rate of your selected plan above. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase on the device. App Terms of use: https://sofrep.com/pages/app-terms-use/ Terms of use: https://sofrep.com/pages/terms-of-use/ Privacy policy: https://sofrep.com/pages/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SOFREP at 4.4 against Strategy & Tactics Magazine's 2.1. SOFREP also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 15 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Strategy & Tactics Magazine sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and SOFREP sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SOFREP holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Strategy & Tactics Magazine's written reviews are positive against 52% of SOFREP's.
Strategy & Tactics Magazine ships an update every 15 months, SOFREP every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Strategy & Tactics Magazine | SOFREP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (15 ratings) | 4.4 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 52.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Decision Games | Hurricane Group, Inc. |
Customer experience
Strategy & Tactics Magazine
SOFREP
In-app purchases
Strategy & Tactics Magazine
- Strategy And Tactics 313$4.99
- Strategy And Tactics 314$4.99
- Strategy and Tactics 315$4.99
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- Strategy and Tactics 317$4.99
- Strategy & Tactics Sept/Oct 2014$5.99
- Strategy & Tactics Nov/Dec 2015$5.99
- Strategy & Tactics #290 July/Aug 2015$5.99
- Strategy & Tactics #294 Sept/Oct 2015$5.99
- Strategy & Tactics #295 Single Issue$5.99
- Strategy & Tactics #297 | Mar-Apr 2016$5.99
- Strategy and Tactics 327$5.99
- Strategy and Tactics 329$5.99
- Strategy and Tactics 330$9.00
SOFREP
- Front Line (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Team Room (Monthly)1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- War Room Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- OPS Center (Monthly)$13.991 Month
- Front Line (Annual)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Team Room (Semi Annual)$49.996 Months
- OPS Center (Semi Annual)$69.996 Months
- Team Room (Annual)1 Month trial$99.991 Year
- War Room Annual7 Days trial$99.991 Year
- OPS Center (Annual)$134.991 Year
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