Road Angel vs NCMD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Road Angel
This app provides seamless control for compatible road safety devices. Register, subscribe, and set up your device with an intuitive interface. It's designed with customer feedback to enhance product development and offers a 3-year warranty.
- Intuitive graphical user interface
- Seamless device setup
- Registration and subscription management
- Compatibility with Pure Sync, Pure Touch, Pure One, Pure Vision
- 3-year warranty registration
- Customer feedback integration
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Road Angelβs brand new App comes to light in its first release! With much more in store to be added in the not-so-distant future! Breeze through the new onboarding set-up and full Graphical User interface designed to help the consumer flow intuitively and without confusion! The Road Angel Pure Sync, Pure Touch, Pure One, and Pure Vision will all work with this new version of the Road Safety companyβs accompanying app! Β Register, subscribe, and set up your device β simple, seamless, all-in-one control. Β Road Angel, is now at the forefront of customer feedback to aid their product design & development, winning many retail spaces, and market awards β we back our product like no other! Donβt forget to register your 3-year warranty! Β please email support@roadangelgroup.com should you have any issues or feedback. Β Thanks for your support, Road Angel team! Terms and Conditions: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://www.roadangelgroup.com/pages/privacy-and-cookie-policy
NCMD
Access your membership account, stay updated with the latest news, and engage in community forums. Document your discoveries by photographing them and recording their precise location.
- Membership account access
- Latest news updates
- Community forum
- Competitions
- Find documentation (photo & location)
- Legislation updates
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The NCMD App is for members who want to access their membership account on the go. Featuring latest news, members' forum, competitions, plus what to do in the event of a major find. There is also the ability to photograph finds and record their location using what3words. National Council for Metal Detecting provides insurance to metal detectorists and represents members at Government level on the creation of or any changes to legislation that may affect the hobby of metal detecting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NCMD at 100% against Road Angel's 26%. NCMD also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and device support (3 vs 1). Road Angel's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Road Angel sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. NCMD asks for nothing beyond the download.
Road Angel ships an update every 3 weeks, NCMD every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Road Angel | NCMD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 26.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews β better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks β better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free β better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.4 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 281 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SPACE DATA CENTRES LTD | BRAVE BEAR MARKETING LIMITED |
Customer experience
Road Angel
NCMD
In-app purchases
Road Angel
- Essential - Device 1$9.991 Month
- Complete Connected - Device 12 variants$19.991 Month
- Complete Connected - Device 3$19.991 Month
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- Complete Connected - Device 4$19.991 Month
- Complete Connected - Device 1$149.991 Year
- Complete Connected - Device 4$149.991 Year
- Complete Connected - Device 3$149.991 Year
- Complete Connected - Device 2$149.991 Year
- Complete Plus - Device 4$299.99
NCMD
No in-app purchases









