Old Glory Magazine vs NCMD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Old Glory Magazine
Explore Britain's rich industrial and transport heritage with vivid details of steam machinery, fairground rides, and vintage vehicles. Relive the sights and sounds of yesteryear through engaging articles and imagery.
- Best of British steam and vintage restoration
- Focus on industrial and transport heritage
- Vivid detail of machinery and shows
- Coverage of fairground rides, steam ploughing engines, steam rollers
- Articles on narrowboats, dray horses, vintage tractors, stationary engines, commercial vehicles
- Digital issue purchases and subscriptions
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Old Glory Magazine - Britain's best on the Best of British steam and vintage restoration. If you love the spectacle of immaculately-restored old machinery, or are fascinated by Britain’s rich industrial and transport heritage, Old Glory is the magazine for you! In vivid detail it brings back all the sights and sounds of yesteryear. Glorious showman’s engines belt out the amperes to drive historic fairground rides; pairs of mighty steam ploughing engines turn the soil; steam rollers make up roads once more; tram wheel flanges squeal through town and city streets; colourful working narrowboats ply the canals; dray horses deliver good ale to the pubs; vintage tractors cough into life; stationary engines turn over tirelessly and the commercial vehicles we used to know take to the road again. ---------------------------------------------- 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
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 Old Glory Magazine's 33%. NCMD also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months). On price, ads and device support 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. Old Glory Magazine sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month. NCMD asks for nothing beyond the download.
Old Glory Magazine ships an update every 10 months, NCMD every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Old Glory Magazine | NCMD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kelsey Publishing Group | BRAVE BEAR MARKETING LIMITED |
Customer experience
Old Glory Magazine
NCMD
In-app purchases
Old Glory Magazine
- Old Glory$4.491 Month
- Old Glory1 Month trial$35.991 Year
- December 2012 (id:396650)$3.99
- January 2014 OG (id:372518)$3.99
- October 2013 OG (id:396646)$3.99
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- October 2016 (id:398642)$3.99
- March 2016 (id:398628)$3.99
- February 2016 (id:398626)$3.99
- April 2015 (id:400968)$3.99
- July 2020 (id:475030)$3.99
NCMD
No in-app purchases
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