On This Spot vs Brain Bard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
On This Spot
Discover local history with a unique collection of historical walking tours and thousands of 'then and now' photos. Explore dozens of cities across North America and Europe, seeing how places have changed over time.
- Historical walking tours
- Thousands of then and now photos
- Geographically mapped historical images
- Dozens of cities covered
- Explore local history
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Uncover the hidden history right beneath your feet. On This Spot is your ultimate interactive companion for deep historical exploration. Whether you are walking through your local downtown, planning a road trip, or exploring from home, we bring the past into the present through immersive multimedia storytelling, guided tours, and interactive tools and games. Deep Historical Tours: Follow expert-curated paths through cities, regional heritage sites, and iconic routes. Rich Audio & Video Content: Don't just read about history—hear the stories come alive and watch archival moments unfold through integrated multimedia. Interactive Scavenger Hunts: Turn exploration into an adventure. Challenge yourself with photo restaging, timeline puzzles, trivia, and augmented reality (AR) experiences that reveal the secrets of the past. Stunning "Then & Now" Photography: View thousands of historic photos precisely mapped to the exact spot they were taken. Use our advanced camera engine to align, shot-match, and create your own seamless past-meets-present photo mashups. Hundreds of Destinations Across North America & Europe Western Canada: Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Banff, Jasper, Revelstoke, the Okanagan, and dozens of heritage towns across BC and Alberta. Eastern Canada: Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Halifax, Charlottetown, St. John's, Niagara Falls, and regional heritage counties. United Kingdom & Europe: London, Manchester, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff, Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, and historic WWII sites including Dieppe, Juno Beach, and Omaha Beach. International Landmarks: Washington DC, Chichen Itza, and much more. Download On This Spot today!
Brain Bard
Enhance your daily math skills with targeted exercises for calculation and estimation. Practice at your own pace or challenge your speed with timed sessions. Track your progress and build confidence with numbers.
- Flexible practice mode with custom operators and difficulty
- Approximation training for real-world estimation
- High-intensity sprint mode for speed challenges
- Progress tracking with lifetime statistics
- Customizable sessions by operator and digit length
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Sharpen your everyday math abilities with Brain Bard. This app provides focused training for practical calculation and estimation – the skills you actually use. Through clear, targeted exercises (not distracting games), Brain Bard helps you become faster, more accurate, and more confident when dealing with numbers day-to-day. Core Features: Flexible PRACTICE Mode: - Work through problems at your own pace with no time limits. - Customize your sessions: Choose addition (+), subtraction (-), multiplication (×), or division (÷). - Set the difficulty precisely: Adjust factor lengths from 1 to 5 digits (e.g., practice anything from 3x7 to 98765 x 12345). - Get instant feedback on correct answers and seamlessly move to the next challenge. APPROXIMATION Training: - Activate Approximation Mode within Practice for invaluable real-world skill-building. - Don't need the exact answer for 487 x 913? Make your best guess, "Force Answer," and learn how close you were. - Perfect for developing the quick estimation abilities crucial for budgeting, shopping, or simply understanding the scale of numbers around you. High-Intensity SPRINT Mode: - Ready to test your speed? Set your desired operator, difficulty, and time limit. - Answer as many questions as possible before the clock runs out. - Challenge yourself to consistently beat your personal bests. Progress LOG: - Track your journey with lifetime statistics automatically categorized into Tiers based on problem complexity (e.g., "2-digit," "3-digit"). - See tangible proof of your improvement across different difficulty levels. Visualize your growth from basic calculations to complex mental arithmetic.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Brain Bard at 100% against On This Spot's 83%. On This Spot's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On This Spot ships an update fortnightly, Brain Bard every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | On This Spot | Brain Bard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (20 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | On This Spot | Matthew Young |
Customer experience
On This Spot
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In-app purchases
On This Spot
No in-app purchases
Brain Bard
No in-app purchases
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