Roadkill | SPOTTERON vs Alecsa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Roadkill | SPOTTERON
This citizen science app allows users to report roadkill sightings to a scientific database. Your contributions help researchers analyze data, identify hotspots, and develop solutions like wildlife crossings. It utilizes OpenStreetMap and is designed for modern smartphones.
- Report roadkill sightings
- Contribute to scientific research
- Identify wildlife hotspots
- Utilizes OpenStreetMap
- Create a SPOTTERON user account
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The Citizen Science application "Roadkill" allows you to add roadkill sightings to the database of the Project by the University of natural resources and life sciences (BOKU) in Vienna, Austria. The Project Roadkill is powered by SPOTTERON, a system for citizen science applications on smartphones. By reporting roadkills you are helping by providing streamlined data for the scientific analysis of the current situation regarding the topic. With your entries, the science team then can identify hotspots at which roadkill occur regulary and adress those issues by e.g. building tunnels for migrating toads and frogs, or construct wildlife bridges over roads in cooperation with NGOs and local authorities. Roadkill | SPOTTERON utilizes OpenStreetMap and is designed for modern smartphones. You can register your own SPOTTERON User within the app and start adding spots to the database. More information about the austrian research project Roadkill is available in german at www.roadkill.at SUPPORT: You can find our support forum at: www.spotteron.com
Alecsa
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Herzlich Willkommen zu Alecsa Ihrer Lernapp für berufliche Weiterbildung. Funktionen der Lecturio Showcase App: - Vorträge inklusive Vortragsfolien - Zusatzmaterialien und eBooks - Synchronisation aller Inhalte zwischen den Geräten - Audio Only und Offline Verfügbarkeit für unterwegs - Automatisches Lesezeichen - Quizfragen - Lernfortschrittsanzeige - Einstellbare Wiedergabegeschwindigkeit - Erstellung von Notizen möglich
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Verdict
Roadkill | SPOTTERON and Alecsa are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Roadkill | SPOTTERON | Alecsa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 136 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | +4 |
| Developer | SPOTTERON Gmbh | Lecturio GmbH |
In-app purchases
Roadkill | SPOTTERON
No in-app purchases
Alecsa
No in-app purchases
