Messick's vs Historic Aerials
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Messick's
Access detailed parts catalogs for various agricultural and outdoor equipment brands. View diagrams, check stock, and get pricing and shipping information directly from your mobile device.
- Parts catalogs for multiple brands
- Equipment diagrams
- Stock availability
- Pricing information
- Shipping times
- Mobile access
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Parts Catalogs for New Holland Case IH Kubota Cub Cadet Krone Pequea Woods Bush Hog Land Pride Ferris eXmark Hustler and more.... Browse equipment parts catalogs on your phone while standing besides your tractor and attachments. Our parts catalog app extends full online parts catalogs and provides diagrams, prices, stock and shipping times for thousands of models.
Historic Aerials
Explore historical aerial imagery across the US to see how landscapes and neighborhoods have changed. This app provides spatially accurate, orthorectified imagery, allowing you to pinpoint historic features and research property history. It's a powerful tool for researchers, enthusiasts, and professionals investigating the past.
- View historical aerial imagery across decades
- Compare past and present imagery
- Spatially accurate orthorectified imagery
- Obtain geographic coordinates for historic features
- Explore property history and land development
- Research historical land use and environmental change
- Discover abandoned roads and forgotten places
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Turn your phone into a virtual time machine. Explore historical aerial imagery from across the United States and see how landscapes, cities, and neighborhoods have changed through the decades. HistoricAerials lets you view historical aerial photography and map imagery from multiple decades directly on your mobile device. Instantly compare past and present imagery to understand how land use, development, and property boundaries have evolved over time. Because HistoricAerials imagery is fully orthorectified, locations shown in the imagery are spatially accurate. You can obtain precise geographic coordinates for features visible in historic imagery, even if those features have disappeared today. This makes it possible to locate forgotten structures, former industrial sites, abandoned roads, historic homesites, and other lost features directly in the field using GPS. This powerful research tool is used by: • Metal detector enthusiasts searching for old homesites, historic schools, and forgotten locations • Environmental consultants conducting Phase I Environmental Site Assessments • Archaeologists researching historical landscapes • Surveyors and engineers studying land development patterns • Oil & gas professionals locating historic well sites and legacy infrastructure • Real estate professionals investigating property history • Urban planners analyzing land use change • Historians and researchers exploring the past • Property owners and land investigators Key Features • View historical aerial imagery spanning multiple decades • Instantly compare past and present imagery • Fully orthorectified imagery that is spatially accurate • Obtain geographic coordinates for historic features and locations • Explore property history and land development patterns • Research sites for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESA) • Analyze historical land use and environmental change • Discover abandoned roads, rail lines, historic structures, and forgotten places • Frequently used to research historical land use in property boundary and land use disputes • Perfect for archaeology, metal detecting, environmental consulting, and land research • Access the HistoricAerials imagery library from anywhere HistoricAerials hosts the largest online collection of historical aerial imagery in the United States, allowing anyone to explore how landscapes, properties, and communities have changed over time. Now you can carry this virtual time machine with you wherever you go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Messick's at 67% against Historic Aerials's 14%. Messick's also leads on rating (3.3 vs 2.8) and ads (none vs shown). Historic Aerials's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (84 vs 3). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Messick's holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Historic Aerials has 84 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Messick's's written reviews are positive against 14% of Historic Aerials's.
Messick's ships an update every 3 weeks, Historic Aerials every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Messick's | Historic Aerials |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) — better | 2.8 (84 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 14.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 84 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Messick Farm Equipment, Inc | Nationwide Environmental Title Research, LLC |
Customer experience
Messick's
Historic Aerials
In-app purchases
Messick's
No in-app purchases
Historic Aerials
No in-app purchases
