ANC Explorer vs NSJ26 Conservation Trail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ANC Explorer
Discover gravesites and points of interest within a cemetery. Get directions, capture marker photos, and receive important notifications. Create custom walking tours by saving favorite locations.
- Locate gravesites and points of interest
- Generate marker and monument photos
- Step-by-step directions
- Emergency and event notifications
- Save favorite places
- Create custom walking tours
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Users can locate gravesites and other points of interest throughout the cemetery, generate front-and-back pictures of a marker or monument, and receive step-by-step directions to these locations. The app also provides emergency and event notifications and the ability to share on popular social media sites. Users can save favorite places in My Content to create their own custom walking tours.
NSJ26 Conservation Trail
This educational companion app guides participants through the 2026 National Scout Jamboree Conservation Trail. Scan QR codes at each station to earn digital badges and unlock a completion reward upon finishing the trail.
- Digital badge collection
- QR code scanning
- Conservation trail guide
- Event-specific companion
- Completion reward tracking
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NSJ26 Conservation Trail is an educational companion app for the 2026 National Scout Jamboree Conservation Trail. Participants scan QR codes after completing activities at each of the 10 conservation stations to earn digital badges. After collecting all badges, participants scan the final QR code to complete the trail and receive their completion reward. This app is intended for use during the National Scout Jamboree Conservation Trail event.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NSJ26 Conservation Trail at 5.0 against ANC Explorer's 3.0. NSJ26 Conservation Trail also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). ANC Explorer's advantage is ratings volume (56 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
NSJ26 Conservation Trail holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ANC Explorer has 56 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ANC Explorer ships an update every 2 months, NSJ26 Conservation Trail daily. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ANC Explorer | NSJ26 Conservation Trail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (56 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arlington National Cemetery | Yusun Lee |
Bugs and requests
ANC Explorer
Reported bugs
40 issues- Unable to delete duplicate entries in My Content
- Start Tour function doesn't work
- Search yields zero results
- No back button
- Directions are horrible
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- App caused phone to freeze
- Errors with pictures (wrong names)
- Unable to see photos of headstones after update
- Constant error messages
- Fails to connect to grave site database
- App does not work
- Cannot look up people without error message
- Notable graves on app not current
- App shuts down when accessing MyContent
- App closes when clicking My Content
- Crashes on each open
- Latest update won't load, black screen
- Cannot view the map
- Search function is garbage
- Notable Women list incomplete
- Details section of search results has issues
- Network error message for grave pictures
- Search feature would not work (internet connection error)
- Frozen app, cannot get past help screen
- Black screen on open after uninstall
- App not loading or functioning after update
- Blank screen after update
- App delivers only a blank screen after update
- Pictures not shown after update, cannot download
- Black screen
- Map fails to load
- Battery drain
- App will no longer open after iOS upgrade
- Search feature will not work after update
- Start from here feature eliminated
- Server errors, nothing works
- App refuses to let me see results
- Inappropriate advertising pop-up
- Cannot find grave sites
- iPad version works, iPhone version useless
Requested features
8 requests- Add a back button
- Include a north arrow
- Improve reliability of directions
- Enhance customer service for tech support
- Update notable graves list
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- Improve search functionality
- Add dark mode
- Increase text size and contrast for daylight readability
NSJ26 Conservation Trail
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ANC Explorer
No in-app purchases
NSJ26 Conservation Trail
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ANC Explorer free?
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