Comparison

CornishCams vs Sacred Directions AR

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

Head to head
About

CornishCams

Discover Cornwall and Devon with live webcam feeds from over 50 locations. Check weather and surf conditions, save favorite spots, and share your experiences. Ideal for planning beach days and exploring the region.

Highlights
  • Live webcam streams
  • Weather and surf condition checks
  • Favorite locations
  • Social sharing
  • Over 50 locations
  • Add your webcam
Features
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*Live Webcams in Cornwall & Devon. Look no further; they're all here!* FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, YOU CAN STREAM *ALL* THE LIVE VIDEO FEEDS FROM A SINGLE APP! Visit Great Britain's most Southerly point - The Lizard; To the most Westerly point - Land's End, it has them all! CornishCams is an all-encompassing FREE mobile phone app to discover the length and breadth of Cornwall & Devon with the help of Live webcams of the places you plan to visit. Your pocket guide and much, much more... • Holidaymakers, daytrippers & tourists eye in the sky Don't miss it when you're gone. Take your favorite place of tranquility back home with you! A unique companion to any visitor planning itinerary on a trip. • Sandcastles & Surf, Sunglasses & Sangria, or Coats & Umbrellas? Get a detailed visual on the current weather conditions. See a Live forecast, crucial information to prepare for your beach day! See the surfing conditions right now, what the tides are doing, whether the sea breeze wind has kicked in and the flags are flying, where the new swell has started to show. Don't forget your sunscreen and make the most of your visit! • Favorite beauty spots Use favorites to conveniently maintain quick access to your frequently viewed areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. • Sharing is caring! Social Network Enabled. Post effortlessly to Facebook & Twitter in one-click to encourage other users to share your unforgettable experience. • Add your webcam Popular with both UK and International visitors; You can promote your premier West Country holiday destination with CornishCams. • Over 50+ locations in the palm of your hand The most complete directory of webcams and stunning seaside resorts in Boscastle, Carbis Bay, Clovelly, Dartmouth, Exmouth, Falmouth, Fowey, Hayle, Instow, Isles of Scilly, Lands End, Lizard Point, Looe, Marazion, Mawgan Porth, Mullion, Newquay, Penzance, Plymouth, Polperro, Portreath, Salcombe, St Austell & jewel in the crown - St Ives. Captured by CornishCams; A beautiful climate, amazing light, fishing, scenery & harbour views, eclectic mix of museums, art galleries & Award winning restaurants. All in close proximity, yet the maze of cobbled streets, with their fascinating names, make it possible for you to lose yourself. A very special top UK holiday destination for everyone all year round. • Love Cornwall? Love our App! If you find this app useful; please Support Us and leave a positive review on the App Store to help keep us going. We're working hard adding new video feeds all the time. If your favorite venues aren't included yet, they should be added over the coming weeks. If you'd like adding to the app, please get in touch via the CornishCams website. If you miss something in our app, have ideas of how to improve, or just want to tell us something, please drop us a line! An internet connection via mobile data or WiFi is required to use some features of this application. Designated webcams are the property of their respective owners.

About

Sacred Directions AR

Explore the celestial significance of cardinal and solstice directions overlaid on your real-world environment using augmented reality. Understand historical site alignments and celestial events anywhere on Earth, even offline.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality celestial direction display
  • Offline functionality
  • Cardinal, solstice, and lunar standstill directions
  • Time slider for historical views
  • Satellite imagery overlay
  • Global location support
Features
Currently charting
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Historically, certain directions have special significance and may be considered auspicious, even sacred. For thousands of years these directions, which include north, south, east, and west - the cardinal directions, the directions in which the sun rises and sets on the summer and winter solstices, and the directions of extreme motion of the moon (lunar standstills), have influenced the design and alignment of churches, mosques, temples, cities, and other places of importance throughout the world. Sacred Directions is a Mac OS archaeoastronomy app that displays these directions on a satellite image at practically any location on Earth for the purpose of understanding sites in terms of their relation to the heavens. Sacred Directions AR is an iOS app that displays these same directions in augmented reality (AR) views as seen through the device's camera. Sacred Directions AR can be used anywhere as it does not require an Internet connection. Hold it up and rotate in a circle to find the cardinal directions, summer and winter solstice sunrise, and sunset directions, the summer, and winter major and minor lunar standstill moonrise and moonset directions. The time slider allows you to view these directions now or anytime within the past 170,000 years.

Screenshots

CornishCams4 screens
Sacred Directions AR3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CornishCams at Free against Sacred Directions AR's $1.99. CornishCams also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 14.0). Sacred Directions AR's advantage is chart position (#151 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CornishCams is free to download; Sacred Directions AR costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CornishCams ships an update every 3 months, Sacred Directions AR every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
CornishCams versus Sacred Directions AR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCornishCamsSacred Directions AR
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#151 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTotal Web Systems LimitedMark Carlotto

In-app purchases

None

CornishCams

No in-app purchases

None

Sacred Directions AR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CornishCams free?
CornishCams is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sacred Directions AR free?
Sacred Directions AR costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do CornishCams or Sacred Directions AR have ads?
Neither CornishCams nor Sacred Directions AR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CornishCams or Sacred Directions AR?
CornishCams ships an update every 3 months, and Sacred Directions AR every 8 months. Most recently, CornishCams was updated on November 1, 2026 and Sacred Directions AR on November 7, 2026.

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