Would be amazing..
But their decision to litter it with self adjusting watermarks makes the loading time unbearable and the view unreadable due to all the lines of watermarks. I’d happily pay a fee to remove for the app to work smoothly.
Blurry!
How are you supposed to see and be interested in subscribing? Do better
Ads and watermarks. Don't bother.
Just use actually free government sites.
Terrible
Copy-write stamps are in the way and if you try to zoom in -which is barely enough to see what you’re looking at - the stamp is still in the way. To make it worse the pop up Ads make it nearly impossible to use the app.
Truly, TRULY Awful Company and App
After setting the bar as low as humanly possible with the antiquated, glitchy, almost totally useless web experience, they’ve perfectly migrated that frustration and buginess into this awful app as well. And they want to charge a premium for it! In every facet of this company’s design, interface, and business decisions, it’s obvious that this is one of those companies that views their own customers as hostile enemies. Fine. There are much better alternatives out there. I sincerely hope for Historical Aerials eventual failure and cessation to exist. Adios!
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Not that great
Watermarks are horrendous. Can hardly see what you’re trying to look at. Don’t mind the ads since it’s free but everything loads so slow that by the time it’s starts doing something another ad pops up.
Could be better
The adds make the app very hard to use with the banner at the top and the pop ups every few minutes. Plus there is no option for a paid version
Absolutely ruined by malicious ads
This app is absolutely ruined by malicious ads. I got pop ups covering my screen telling me I have a virus on my phone! I would not mind regular ads for product but this malicious stuff is too much. Just put regular ads and they can be twice as long. I would not even share this app with my wife, even though she is into history and genealogy.
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Not worth it
The hundreds of copyright watermarks on the photos obscure them so much they are worthless.
Could be great
I understand watermarks are necessary, but this is a crazy amount. I can't see anything. Everything is blurry and what's recognizable has a watermark over it. So basically I can't see anything. Too bad- this has awesome potential. Just not there yet.
App doesn’t work
Downloaded and all I get is an error message that it can’t verify its version. Adding for posterity, based on their dated website UI with ads littered all over like it’s 2006, and an attitude of “how are we supposed to function without ads,” I have zero faith they can improve. You can have ads and make it a good experience for the user.
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What a piece of junk!
Useless app…web version works. This is hot garbage.
Seems not ready for release
Watermarks block a-lot of the imagery. App blocks screenshots. Invasive ads.
Buggy ads, pop up ads, garbage app
App is genuinely unusable in its current state, I’ve updated to the latest version and l just keep running into more issues, it’s so frustrating
Ads are terrible and can't zoom much
Just use the website this app needs more refinement and maybe some sponsors so they don't force ads that say my phone is infected. I also can't zoom in close enough. And screen shots are disabled to zoom in that way. Basically can't use this app for now . Can't wait for the bugs to get worked out though!
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Copyright material?
Why can I not take a screen shot without the screen going black? Nothing here is copy righted as you can find all maps at your local courthouse….
Watermarks make it near useless
I get not being able to screenshot, if it’s copyrighted material that’s understandable. But the watermarks are laid on so densely you can hardly see anything. What’s even the point.
Ads make it broken
Great website, app still a work in progress. Features like Split View are awesome, and I wouldn’t mind the ads, except that it is currently broken completely. The ad says it is loading but then gets stuck at 0s remaining, forcing you to hit the “back” button and then you lose your place and layer settings. App is unusable currently! If this bug is fixed, I’ll gladly update my review. iPad Pro 11” 3rd gen, v26.3.1
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Don’t Waste Your Time
The browser version of historic aerials is really helpful. This app could be great but the developers’ monetization decisions make it complerely useless.
The “parcels” lines (property lines layer) don’t display. I’m trying to use it without that necessary information (I’m metal detecting and need to ensure that I don’t go outside the boundaries of my landowner permissions). The top and bottom of the already-small phone screen are covered by banner ads for other apps, further reducing the available display area, and bumping them as I scroll makes the ads open. There are also constant video ads for that stupid animated king game, which seem to run for thirty seconds either every two or three minutes. Those ads include sound, when I need to be able to hear the detector’s signals.
If the boundary layers was fixed and the ads were removed with a paid version, I’d give it a trial run. Otherwise, I’m sticking with my other property app and the browser version of this.
The “parcels” lines (property lines layer) don’t display. I’m trying to use it without that necessary information (I’m metal detecting and need to ensure that I don’t go outside the boundaries of my landowner permissions). The top and bottom of the already-small phone screen are covered by banner ads for other apps, further reducing the available display area, and bumping them as I scroll makes the ads open. There are also constant video ads for that stupid animated king game, which seem to run for thirty seconds either every two or three minutes. Those ads include sound, when I need to be able to hear the detector’s signals.
If the boundary layers was fixed and the ads were removed with a paid version, I’d give it a trial run. Otherwise, I’m sticking with my other property app and the browser version of this.
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Better than the website!
Yes there are watermarks and adds, but so much better than the website!