Circa 1948 vs GPS Map Camera Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Circa 1948
Explore a historically inspired, film noir-style city from the late 1940s. This immersive art app uses photorealistic 3D illustrations and audio to recreate two distinct Vancouver neighborhoods, offering a glimpse into urban planning and social divisions of the era.
- Extensive historical detail
- Period music and audio
- Film noir influenced conversations
- Historically accurate environments
- Real-time 3D engine
- Touch and gyroscope navigation
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“This trip to the past is a glimpse at the future” - TIME. Enter the shadows of a post-war North American city through this film noir inspired, historically based immersive art app. Requires iPhone 4S/iPad 2 and above. The first Real-time 3D art app to tell a story inspired by real events. An immersive experience created by internationally renowned artist Stan Douglas and the award-winning NFB Digital Studio. Through photorealistic 3D illustrations rendered from Douglas’ extensive historical research, Circa 1948 takes users to the late 1940s, Vancouver, BC, a young city in the midst of urban planning, but divided along lines of race and income. Eavesdrop on long lost conversations in two carefully recreated locations: an Old Hotel in Vancouver’s affluent west side, then squatted by homeless war veterans, or the muddy streets of ethnically diverse Hogan’s Alley in the working class east side, populated by racial minorities, gamblers, prostitutes and corrupt police officers. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Features - Extensive historical detail - Period music and audio - 44 film noir influenced conversations - Historically accurate props, architecture and landscapes - Open-source real-time 3D engine - Touch and gyroscope-driven navigation modes Supported Devices - iPhone 4S, 5, 5C and 5S - iPad 2, 3rd and 4th generation iPad, iPad Air, iPad Mini and 2nd generation iPad Mini.
GPS Map Camera Pro
Capture photos with integrated GPS coordinates, timestamps, and weather details. Add custom watermarks and organize your geo-tagged images for easy recall. Ideal for travelers, field workers, and professionals needing location context.
- Real-time GPS stamps
- Date and time stamps
- Customizable watermarks
- Organized photo storage
- User-friendly interface
- Weather information
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Add your GPS location, address, date, time and weather to every photo — automatically. GPS Map Camera Pro stamps each picture with where and when it was taken, so your photos become proof you can share. Ideal for field work, site inspections, deliveries, real estate, attendance, travel and everyday memories. LIVE LOCATION STAMP • Full address, city and country with flag • Latitude & longitude on one clear line • Mini map with pin (standard, satellite or hybrid) • Date & time with time zone, 12 or 24-hour clock • Altitude, GPS accuracy and compass heading • Weather: temperature (°C/°F), humidity, wind and more • Your own note, such as a site name or job number 12 BEAUTIFUL TEMPLATES Simple, Check In, Minimal Strip, Big Clock, Extreme, Classic, Advance, Survey / Pro, Hard, Site Report, Weather Card and Travel Postcard. Each one has its own look, and you can choose which details to show. POWERFUL CAMERA • Full-screen viewfinder • Flash, self-timer (3s / 10s) and grid • 0.5x to 5x zoom, tap to focus, pinch to zoom • Front and back camera • Stamp at the top or bottom, in three text sizes STAMP YOUR EXISTING PHOTOS Pick any photo from your library and add a stamp. The app uses the photo's original location and time when it has them, and you can drag the stamp to the perfect spot. FOR SURVEYORS & FIELD TEAMS • Coordinates in Decimal, DMS, UTM or MGRS • Export photo locations to KML (Google Earth) or CSV (Excel) • GPS data written into the photo's metadata • Option to save the original photo as well MADE FOR YOU • Light, Dark or System appearance • Available in 14 languages • Photos are saved straight to your library GPS MAP CAMERA PREMIUM • No ads • Unlimited photo captures every day • All premium templates • Custom notes, UTM/MGRS coordinates and map styles Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/gps-map-camera-privacypolicy Terms of use: https://sites.google.com/view/gps-map-camera-termscondition
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GPS Map Camera Pro at 5.0 against Circa 1948's 3.4. Circa 1948's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. GPS Map Camera Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Circa 1948 asks for nothing beyond the download.
GPS Map Camera Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Circa 1948 has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Circa 1948 ships an update fortnightly, GPS Map Camera Pro every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Circa 1948 | GPS Map Camera Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (22 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.9 GB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | National Film Board of Canada – Office national du film du Canada | Varsha Patel |
Customer experience
Circa 1948
GPS Map Camera Pro
Bugs and requests
Circa 1948
Reported bugs
49 issues- Keeps crashing
- Barely works
- It would not load
- Crashed the first time I loaded it
- Stayed on the opening music and screen
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- Got endless loop instead
- Tough to run
- Can’t get the app to load reliably
- Goes into endless loop after introduction
- Hangs on story selection
- Screen turns black too often
- Occasionally crash
- Crash after selecting story lines
- Crash as you’re puttering about
- Crashes so often
- Occasionally crashes
- Crashed in the middle of the 3rd story
- New iPad crashes as soon as I select my story option
- All it does is crash
- Shut down and locked me out
- Crashes sometimes
- App crashes
- Intriguing idea but crashes
- Crashes a lot
- Doesn't work
- Runs sloppy
- Frame-rate suffers badly
- Crashing and glitching every 5 minutes
- No sound in Hogan's Alley
- No way to get instructions back or return to Home screen
- Very laggy
- App only runs inverted
- Takes long time to download
- Won't download
- Choppy, lags a lot
- Graphics are not smooth
- Won't load
- Makes me noxious
- App appears not to be built well
- Crashes every time after selecting location
- Runs kind of choppy
- Still not downloaded
- Still crashes but better
- Floating through walls
- Had to listen to the same conversations a few times
- Crash in the first 30 seconds
- Game would crash when trying to go into neighborhoods
- Can't get past the selection on the map
- Crashes (iPhone 4: IOS 7.1.1)
Requested features
7 requests- Update to fix loading and crashing bugs
- Take advantage of newer device resolutions
- More levels/floors to explore
- Add subtitles
- More content and surrounding communities
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- User options for controls and sensitivity
- PC-based site version
GPS Map Camera Pro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Circa 1948
No in-app purchases
GPS Map Camera Pro
- weekly$2.997 Days
- monthly$4.991 Month
- yearly$24.991 Year
Questions
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