Anemoia vs Explor Essonne
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Anemoia
Explore historical photographs of New York City from the New York Public Library's Digital Collections. Discover past scenes at over 2,500 locations and compare them with current Google Street View images.
- Historical NYC photographs
- Explore 2,500+ locations
- Compare with Google Street View
- New York Public Library collections
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- Explore historical photographs of New York City taken from the Digital Collections of the New York Public Library. - Discover what was once at over 2,500 locations across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx. - Compare photographs with Google Street View images of the same location today. Anemoia: (n) nostalgia for a time you've never known. ~ John Koenig
Explor Essonne
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Profitant d’un environnement naturel d’exception, le Département de l’Essonne est fier de vous présenter sa nouvelle application : Explor Essonne. Cette application est à l’image de l’Essonne, innovante et parfaite pour vous faire découvrir et redécouvrir un territoire magnifique afin de vous faire sentir loin près de chez vous. Explor Essonne est une invitation à découvrir les trésors cachés de l’Essonne : ses forêts, ses marais, ses parcs et jardins, ses sites culturels et patrimoniaux. Pour petits et grands, cette application est une grande vitrine interactive et ludique de l’Essonne afin de vos guider vers le patrimoine culturel et historique remarquable de notre territoire, tout en s’amusant. L’Essonne dans votre poche, et à la portée de vos pas !
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Verdict
Anemoia and Explor Essonne are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Anemoia ships an update every 5 weeks, Explor Essonne every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 18, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Anemoia | Explor Essonne |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (210 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 210 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Allman | Atelier Nature |
In-app purchases
Anemoia
No in-app purchases
Explor Essonne
No in-app purchases
