Comparison

Digital Camera User vs Iron Cross

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

Head to head
About

Digital Camera User

This photography magazine app offers in-depth shooting guides and practical tutorials for all levels of digital photography enthusiasts. It provides professional content from industry experts to help users enhance their skills. Users can purchase individual issues or subscribe for ongoing access.

Highlights
  • Professional photography content
  • Hands-on shooting guides
  • Practical user tutorials
  • Essential reference for digital photography
  • Subscription options available
  • Purchase current and back issues
Features
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Digital Camera User takes high quality, high production professional content and their top team of industry experts to produce the ultimate photography magazine. Each issue is packed with unbeatable hands on shooting guides and practical user tutorials and projects, building up to become the essential reference guide for all core areas of digital photography. Papercut’s Digital Camera User is the perfect title for both amateur photographers and those long standing fanatics looking to enhance their skills, so don’t miss out! Subscribe today! ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest regular issue at the time of purchase. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. -If a subscription offers a free trial, at the end of the trial period, you will be charged the full price of the subscription. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription settings on your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions can be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx

About

Iron Cross

Explore German military history from WWI to WWII. This app features stunning content, unique insights from experts, and rare photographs. Discover untold stories, detailed accounts, and innovative artwork covering land, sea, and air forces.

Highlights
  • German military history WWI-WWII
  • Land, sea, and air forces coverage
  • Expert insights and rare images
  • Soldier accounts and equipment details
  • Detailed articles on aircraft and vehicles
  • Innovative artwork and high-quality production
Features
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Iron Cross is the UK’s only magazine of German military history from the First World War to the end of the Second World War. Covering all aspects of German military history including the Imperial German forces of the Great War, the Weimar period and the Nazi period. Iron Cross prides itself on the highest quality production with stunning content in the unique and ground-breaking features, often revealing untold stories and publishing photographs that have never been seen before. Iron Cross features specially commissioned and innovative artwork in all issues. - Stunning content covering land, sea and air. - Unique features from world-leading experts in their particular fields with rare or previously unseen images including many photographs in colour. - Accounts from soldiers, sailors and airmen as well as featuring equipment, uniforms, badges, archaeology, militaria collecting and weapons. - Articles on the Imperial German Air Service looking at fighters like the Albatros, Fokker D.VII and Triplane from the Red Baron period as well as trench warfare, Zeppelins and battleships and warships of the Imperial German Navy. - Content on Panzers, U-Boats and fighter and bomber aircraft are covered and include all services: Wehrmacht, Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe. - If your interest lies in Mauser rifles, Pickelhaube helmets, infantry or tank battles or Messerschmitt fighters and Junkers dive-bombers, U-Boats or Tiger tanks then you’ll find it all here! No other magazine uniquely covers German military history like Iron Cross! ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest issue. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. -If a subscription offers a free trial, at the end of the trial period, you will be charged the full price of the subscription. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription settings on your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions can be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx

Screenshots

Digital Camera User4 screens
Iron Cross4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Iron Cross at every 6 months against Digital Camera User's every 25 months. Iron Cross also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.2 vs 13.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Digital Camera User sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Iron Cross sells 22 in-app purchases, starting at $49.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Digital Camera User against 4.9 for Iron Cross. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Iron Cross has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Digital Camera User ships an update every 25 months, Iron Cross every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Digital Camera User versus Iron Cross: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigital Camera UserIron Cross
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings114 — better
Update frequencyEvery 25 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPapercutWarners Group Publications PLC

Customer experience

Digital Camera User

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Iron Cross

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Digital Camera User

Subscriptions1
  • Digital Camera User$9.991 Year
One-time10
  • Complete Outdoo... (id:763575)$4.99
  • Creative Photog... (id:763576)$4.99
  • Ultimate Photog... (id:804025)$6.99
Show 7 more
  • BDM's Canon Cam... (id:806436)$7.99
  • BDM's Nikon Cam... (id:806434)$7.99
  • BDM's Photograp... (id:806433)$7.99
  • BDM's Black & ... (id:806351)$7.99
  • Photography - T... (id:806341)$7.99
  • Photography Com... (id:806329)$7.99
  • Canon Photography (id:805924)$7.99
22 purchases

Iron Cross

Subscriptions1
  • Iron Cross 12M Auto-Renew Sub1 Month trial$49.991 Year
One-time21
  • Inside Hitler's... (pp:981698)$4.99
  • Nazi Awards of ... (pp:998998)$4.99
  • Britain's Home... (pp:1004854)$4.99
Show 18 more
  • Issue 2 (id:808217)$9.99
  • Issue 1 (id:808218)$9.99
  • Issue 3 (id:808216)$9.99
  • Issue 4 (id:808215)$9.99
  • Issue 5 (id:808507)$9.99
  • Issue 6 (id:808505)$9.99
  • Issue 7 (id:808503)$9.99
  • Issue 8 (id:808601)$9.99
  • Issue 14 (id:808669)$9.99
  • Issue 19 (id:818040)$9.99
  • Issue 23 (pp:998974)$9.99
  • Issue 20 (pp:998992)$9.99
  • Issue 21 (pp:998986)$9.99
  • Issue 22 (pp:998980)$9.99
  • Issue 25 (pp:1110520)$9.99
  • Issue 27 (pp:1110524)$9.99
  • Issue 24 (pp:1110518)$9.99
  • Issue 26 (pp:1110522)$9.99

Questions

Is Digital Camera User free?
Digital Camera User is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Iron Cross free?
Iron Cross is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Digital Camera User or Iron Cross?
Digital Camera User is rated higher. Digital Camera User averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Iron Cross averages 4.9 from 14 ratings.
Do Digital Camera User or Iron Cross have ads?
Neither Digital Camera User nor Iron Cross shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Digital Camera User or Iron Cross?
Digital Camera User ships an update every 25 months, and Iron Cross every 6 months. Most recently, Digital Camera User was updated on October 25, 2026 and Iron Cross on October 24, 2026.

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