Comparison

Explore Baltimore Heritage vs 12@12NOON

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

Head to head
About

Explore Baltimore Heritage

Discover Baltimore's rich history through interactive, self-guided tours of its unique neighborhoods. Explore historic sites with GPS-enabled maps, historical images, and curated stories. This app is a project by a nonprofit dedicated to preservation and heritage education.

Highlights
  • Self-guided historic tours
  • Interactive GPS-enabled map
  • Historical images and stories
  • Neighborhood exploration
  • Heritage education content
  • Collaborative project with local institutions
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Explore Baltimore's many unique historic places and take self-guided tours of Baltimore neighborhoods: Mount Vernon, Station North, West Baltimore and more! Each point on the interactive GPS-enabled map tells a story about Baltimore's past along with historic images from archives and libraries across the Baltimore region. This project was developed by Baltimore Heritage Incorporated, a citywide nonprofit dedicated to preservation advocacy and heritage education. Connect to us online at http://www.baltimoreheritage.org or http://facebook.com/baltimoreheritage. Explore Baltimore Heritage is a collaborative project with stories developed by Baltimore Heritage staff and volunteers. Explore Baltimore Heritage partners include the Baltimore Museum of Industry, Enoch Pratt Free Library - Maryland’s State Library Resource Center, the Maryland Historical Society, the University of Baltimore Langsdale Library Special Collections, the UMBC Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery Special Collections and others. For more information about these collaborations visit the project's website: http://explore.baltimoreheritage.org/. Credits: • Historical content: Baltimore Heritage Incorporated and its partners. • Project Director: Eli Pousson, Baltimore Heritage Incorporated.

About

12@12NOON

This app offers a unique private SMS system where users share 12-line scenes. Each scene is temporary, lasting 24 hours before a new one appears. Engage by commenting, rating, creating profiles, and writing your own scenes inspired by others, with professional judging for winners.

Highlights
  • Private SMS system
  • Daily rotating 12-line scenes
  • User commenting and rating
  • Profile creation
  • User-generated scene writing
  • Professional scene judging
Features
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A private SMS system that broadcasts 12-line scenes for users. Each scene is available for 24 hours, then is replaced by a new scene 24 hours later. Users can comment, rate scenes, create a profile, and write 12-line scenes inspired by the scene they have just read. Professionals judge the scenes and a winner is chosen.

Screenshots

Explore Baltimore Heritage4 screens
12@12NOON4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Explore Baltimore Heritage at 100% against 12@12NOON's 50%. Explore Baltimore Heritage also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8). 12@12NOON's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Explore Baltimore Heritage holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Explore Baltimore Heritage's written reviews are positive against 50% of 12@12NOON's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Explore Baltimore Heritage ships an update every 6 months, 12@12NOON every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Explore Baltimore Heritage versus 12@12NOON: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExplore Baltimore Heritage12@12NOON
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better3.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB34 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCuratescapeKaren L B Evans

Customer experience

Explore Baltimore Heritage

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

12@12NOON

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Explore Baltimore Heritage

No in-app purchases

None

12@12NOON

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Explore Baltimore Heritage free?
Explore Baltimore Heritage is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 12@12NOON free?
12@12NOON is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Explore Baltimore Heritage or 12@12NOON?
Explore Baltimore Heritage is rated higher. Explore Baltimore Heritage averages 5.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while 12@12NOON averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Explore Baltimore Heritage or 12@12NOON have ads?
Neither Explore Baltimore Heritage nor 12@12NOON shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Explore Baltimore Heritage or 12@12NOON?
Explore Baltimore Heritage ships an update every 6 months, and 12@12NOON every 2 months. Most recently, Explore Baltimore Heritage was updated on November 1, 2026 and 12@12NOON on November 6, 2026.

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