# Tree Id USA - identify over 1000 of America's native species of Trees, Shrubs and Bushes — user reviews > 47 indexed App Store user reviews of Tree Id USA by Sunbird Images OHG, rated 2.80/5 from 55 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tree-id-usa-identify-over-1000-of-americas-native-species-of-trees-shrubs-and-bushes/id1112224328/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tree-id-usa-identify-over-1000-of-americas-native-species-of-trees-shrubs-and-bushes/id1112224328.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 21 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 22 ## Newest reviews (16 of 47) ### 3/5 — Washington State *2019-10-05, version 1.6* I do not see Washington State listed. I see only Washington, DC. We have different vegetation on the two coasts. Please fix. Thanks. ### 2/5 — No Washington State?!? *2019-08-13, version 1.6* You can imagine my disappointment to find out that The Evergreen State was not listed in this app. :( ### 3/5 — Missing info *2019-03-19, version 1.6* App would be better if there were more pics of the bark—it’s hard to know what leaves look like in the winter. Also, measurements should be in inches and centimeters, not just centimeters. App always defaults to NY, should be last state searched. ### 2/5 — Has potential but needs refinement *2018-04-16, version 1.6* This is s review of the Trees USA app. My start screen is set to the Gallery Page. It is the page with the cartoon pictures of deciduous trees, shrubs, conifers, and vines. Every time I open the ap, it defaults to New York. It would be better to stay on the previous setting. The categories are not correct. For example a live oak is an evergreen but is listed in the deciduous category. A bald cypress is listed as a conifer but is also deciduous. There are also many trees listed in my home state that do not grow here. The identification page seems to work well except it list all trees not just the one filtered by the state. An exact search with a particular state or with the state set at “all” returns the same results. Also the “habitat” section is very weak (swamp, lakeside, mountains, etc would be much better) The alphabetic listing with the pictures is ok. Again the state filter does not work here. In general the pictures are well done and there are enough to help with identifying a tree. A useful feature to add would be while looking a particular tree if you could click the family and see all the trees in that family. If the filters worked properly this could be a very useful app. Edited 04-16-18 to add: There are no maps (that I can find) to show the range of each tree. ### 2/5 — Trees USA *2018-03-04, version 1.6* The app needs reorganization by region so you can quickly eliminate trees or shrubs you won’t see the your current location. It could use other such filters to more quickly zero in on the plant in question. Offering the ability to submit a photo of your plant would also be useful. And of course more species need to be added. Alan McCoy ### 2/5 — Useless *2018-01-16, version 1.6* -Doesn’t have my state. -Some photos are distant so can’t really see the leaves well. -great idea tho ### 1/5 — Needs more pictures *2017-12-03, version 1.6* I live in Vermont. During winter months there are no leaves on many of the trees. I would like to be able to identify trees by their bark. You don’t offer this. Plus I would rather see real pictures of trees and leaves not cartoons. ### 1/5 — Won't download *2017-10-20, version 1.6* I can't even get this app to download after trying for several weeks. I hope Apple will refund my money. ### 3/5 — Decent, but needs some additional features *2017-09-30, version 1.6* Frankly I’m confused by some of the other reviews that claim it doesn’t have whole-tree photos. Mine certainly does. My complaints: 1. It needs a glossary. There are many specialized terms in botany, and having to google them is a pain. 2. App doesn’t remember my selected US state from one launch to the next. It always goes back to NY. **Developer response:** Dear customer, thank you so much for your review. And also thank you for pointing out there indeed are whole-tree images. Good idea including a glossary, we will discuss this for upcoming updates. The second mentioned issue is a bug - the good thing is we have fixed this. The app won't jump back to screen one again with the next update. ### 1/5 — Rip off *2017-08-18, version 1.6* I wish I would've done a bit more research before purchasing and I wish I could get my money back. If you don't already know the name of the tree, you're out of luck with out a lot of clicking around. A tree outside the window at work, common around town, isn't even in the app. Very disappointed. Feel ripped off ### 1/5 — Horribly designed, marginally useful *2017-05-29, version 1.6* This app is terribly designed. He pictures are okay, but overall it's not worth the money. The first problem is that you can't set your profile as the area you are in, each time I login it places me in NY, which I'm not, and then have to properly set it. The next issue is that the app doesn't run in the background, so when you go to another app and then come back it reloads from the start screen, meaning I also have to set my location....again. The third and biggest problem is the organization of the trees. Once you get everything set and pick what type of tree you get very little prompting to help you decipher what tree you are looking at. It basically just shows you all of the trees within that type (deciduous, conifer) and doesn't allow for any type of sorting (literally no sorting!!!!). So, you are left to look at tiny pictures of a bunch of trees with their names listed and hope you can tap the right one (there are more pics of the trees once you click on the specific tree type and I do like the descriptions). There are so many types of trees that it's hard to know exactly what you are looking at. A peripheral issue is that people transplant lots of trees from other areas. But it's not clear if this app sorts the trees you are viewing based on general areas (like all trees in the Pacific Northwest) or only trees that are wild and native to each state (like Oregon...remember I mentioned you have to set your state). There is some better organization for some of the deciduous trees but it's limited and should be available for all. Basically this app should ask you to identify distinguishing characteristics of the tree you are looking at and then display all possible trees that meet the description (or it should offer filters that allow you to do this). Just to be clear, this app doesn't offer any of this and is clearly just a copy of a tree encyclopedia with little coding work done. It should not cost more than ninety nine cents. Weak sauce. ### 2/5 — Missing Washington State *2017-05-29, version 1.6* If you're from WA this app is not worth the price because you can't use the state as a filter. ### 1/5 — Don't bother - seriously do not *2017-05-28, version 1.6* Absolute garbage. I had more luck with a 60 year old Golden Guide to trees than I did this app. Can't even put in map location other than state, and the photos are quite pathetic. Save the $5. Most definitely not buying an app from this dev again. Also, takes FOREVER to download and is HUGE space hog. Garbage, garbage, garbage. ### 1/5 — Misleading *2017-05-18, version 1.6* I should have done a bit more research before purchasing. The good reviews they "have" are for some other application. This is fraud. I want a refund. As for the app it is practically useless. If you don't know the tree you are left to searching through tons of tree listed by there common name. I guess I would saw this is like trying to learn to spell by "looking it up in the dictionary" wait...if you don't know that phone is spelled with a ph vs f. You will be left reading the entire dictionary. ### 1/5 — Tree identification is isn't good *2017-03-30, version 1.6* I find the identifying to be inaccurate. It doesn't give you zones and an easy way to identify the tree. There are trees that don't even occur in the wild but only in landscaping. It basically doesn't work as an app. ### 1/5 — What's with the "relaxing" reviews? *2017-02-26, version 1.6* I was going to give this 2 stars until I realized there are many reviews for..a meditation app possibly? I think that's fraudulent. In addition, one other reviewer was right, don't believe the hype. And check the GB space this thing takes up. $5 down the drain. You're better off looking up state trees on your own, online. But I'm going to do what I can to alert iTunes to the possible fraudulent use of reviews for another app here. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Bad! *2020-07-29, version 1.6* This app has only 1 search criteria, by the leaf, and then give you a long list of “matches” with only 1 photo each and not much of a description of the tree. It’s almost impossible to identify with this app. ### 1/5 — Bad *2020-06-12, version 1.6* Horrible. Don’t waste your money or your time ### 1/5 — Missing Washington *2019-07-25, version 1.6* I suppose this would be a useful app if I lived in a state listed in the guide. Unfortunately I live in the State of Washington. They have Washington DC available, but no Washington. Virginia? Yes. West Virginia? Yes. But alphabetically between, where Washington should be... only Washington DC. ### 1/5 — Cumbersome and not intuitive *2019-06-05, version 1.6* The gps location finder is stuck on the east coast . This app is not worth the time or $5 I wasted ### 1/5 — Identification *2019-03-12, version 1.6* If your looking for an app to identify for you, this isn’t it. You will have to have some knowledge of what your looking for in order to use this app. ### 1/5 — Geography is way, way off *2018-10-14, version 1.6* Washington State is a state— like a province—on the West Coast of the United States of America. Washington, DC is the capital of the United States. It is a city in the District of Columbia, on the East Coast of the United States. The District of Columbia is a not a state, but is a bit like one, and for purposes of a nature app should be treated like one. The bottom line is that they are NOT the same thing, or anywhere near each other, yet this app treats them as the same. If you want to see what trees there are in Washington, DC , you cannot— it will give you the trees for Washington state. If you want the trees for Washington state, you have to pick Washington, DC. If the developer is this profoundly ignorant of geography, it is hard to believe that the app can be trusted at all. ### 1/5 — Useless. *2018-08-26, version 1.6* I was excited to find this, but The identification guides are so general and the number of trees that are missing from the list is Totally disappointing. I have tried to find five trays that I know well and they’re not even listed. I wish I had not bought the whole pack of birds, trees, etc. I guess the rest are probably just as bad as this one. A total waste of money and time. ### 1/5 — Very disappointed *2018-06-15, version 1.6* Once you get to a group of possible trees, there are no leaf pictures, no bark pictures, in the case of walnut it only shows the fruit. Definitely not what I was looking for. ### 1/5 — You forgot something *2018-06-03, version 1.6* Just purchased this and I found that my state, Washington, didn’t make the list. ### 1/5 — App will not download after purchase *2018-04-12, version 1.6* I paid for this app but it will not download. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — awesome *2017-07-21, version 1.6* This app is very easy to use. if you want to learn about the tree in the world, Tree ID USA will help you. Recommended!!!!!! ### 5/5 — Awesome learning tool especially for camping *2017-07-08, version 1.6* I have been using this with my scouts and kids to learn about trees and recognizing them. It's turned hiking into a fun game. They spot the types of colors and leaves and other factors to compare with what they see listed in this app. So many photos and details are provided through this app to help learn to spot different trees and bushes and shrubs. I'm glad I found it! ### 5/5 — Perfect tree knowledge! *2017-07-04, version 1.6* Super nice app! Have all those tree data all over the country! Perfect for gardeners to choose the right one! ### 5/5 — Useful app *2017-06-18, version 1.6* By this app, I get to know many kinds of trees and shrubs nearby, I've always been interested in these so I like this app. Great work. ### 5/5 — The pre-eminent source for tree identification in the US! *2016-09-29, version 1.6* The app is absolutely amazing. For me it is the pre-eminent source for tree identification. The app comes with two different ID tools. One easy breakdown for the beginner and one detailled ID tool that make identification swift and precise. Moreover, the app has an enormous number of tree species and an even more impressive number of images. All the content is already included and hence, no need to additionally download when you’re in the field. The trees are depicted in detail, i.e. there are images of the entire tree, the bark, leaves, fruits, flowers etc. I don’t miss any. What I also do like is the handling. You can easily identify trees, swipe through the images, and browse the respective information. Imo another nice feature is the possibility to compare different trees and thus, enabling you to distinguish similar species. With this app I see the wood and the trees. I love it! ### 5/5 — Healing *2016-08-06, version 1.6* Sleep, soothing relaxation, hypnosis and maditation... ### 5/5 — Good way torelax and unwimd. *2016-08-06, version 1.6* I finally feel empowered and more confindent in many aspects.I can’t thank you enough! ### 5/5 — wounderful app. *2016-08-06, version 1.6* I’m so thankful that I found this wounderful app. ### 5/5 — Finally my choice! *2016-08-06, version 1.6* I have tried other apps like this, some purchased, some free, all no avail. ### 5/5 — helpfule App *2016-08-06, version 1.6* If you want to use this app and get help. Be prepared to pay for it. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*