Comparison

Roadkill | SPOTTERON vs Vidde

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Report roadkill sightings
  • Contribute to scientific research
  • Identify wildlife hotspots
  • Utilizes OpenStreetMap
  • Create a SPOTTERON user account
Features
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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

About

Vidde

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Inside the Vidde app, you can: Access all of your videos in one easy to use app Receive push notifications with the latest news and updates Access to all of your videos without having to remember your password Save your favorite posts so you can quickly find them later END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Roadkill | SPOTTERON4 screens
Vidde4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Vidde at weekly against Roadkill | SPOTTERON's every 3 months. Roadkill | SPOTTERON's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Roadkill | SPOTTERON ships an update every 3 months, Vidde weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Roadkill | SPOTTERON versus Vidde: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoadkill | SPOTTERONVidde
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB39 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSPOTTERON GmbhVidde

In-app purchases

None

Roadkill | SPOTTERON

No in-app purchases

None

Vidde

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Roadkill | SPOTTERON free?
Roadkill | SPOTTERON is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vidde free?
Vidde is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Roadkill | SPOTTERON or Vidde have ads?
Neither Roadkill | SPOTTERON nor Vidde shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Roadkill | SPOTTERON or Vidde?
Roadkill | SPOTTERON ships an update every 3 months, and Vidde weekly. Most recently, Roadkill | SPOTTERON was updated on October 11, 2026 and Vidde on October 1, 2026.

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