Comparison

iRecord App vs UGarden

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

Head to head
About

iRecord App

Contribute species sightings with GPS data and descriptions to aid scientific research and nature conservation. Your observations help gather vital biodiversity information, supporting conservation efforts, planning, research, and education.

Highlights
  • Record species sightings with GPS
  • Offline functionality
  • Supports all UK species
  • Automatic data checks
  • Expert review of sightings
  • Share sightings with community
  • Contribute to science and conservation
Features
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iRecord App enables you to get involved with biological recording. Contribute your species sightings with GPS acquired coordinates, descriptions and other information, thus providing scientists with important new biodiversity information that contributes to nature conservation, planning, research and education. Your data will be kept secure and will be regularly backed up. Automatic checks will be applied to your observations to help spot potential errors, and experts can review your sightings. All wildlife sightings for non-sensitive species are shared with other users and will be made available to National Recording Schemes, Local Record Centres and Vice County Recorders (VCRs). • Works fully offline • Record all the wildlife you see - supports all UK species • Add new records with minimal effort • Benefit from automatic data checks and review by experts • Share your sightings with the recording community • Contribute to science and conservation

About

UGarden

Features
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Professional-grade plant, mushroom, and insect identification. Track discoveries with GPS coordinates. Critical safety data for foragers. Advanced diagnostics for gardeners.

Screenshots

iRecord App4 screens
UGarden4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: iRecord App at none against UGarden's 4. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. UGarden sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. iRecord App asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 7 level
iRecord App versus UGarden: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriRecord AppUGarden
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews93.4% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCentre for Ecology and HydrologyQuantum Pivot

Bugs and requests

iRecord App

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Records vanish
  • Observations have vanished
  • Unable to login since iOS upgrade
  • Edit function on website freezes
  • Map disappears on edit page
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  • Submit button dead on edit page
  • Wrong date/name shown in app after editing
  • Clunky and unwieldy website for editing/deleting entries
  • Past records lost after logging in again
  • Records buffered when submitting for a week
  • Records don't transfer over when updating phones
  • Logging out of the app deletes all records

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add short videos
  • Add an explore function to view nearby records
  • Add species profile for comparison
  • Link across devices/sync records
  • Allow downloading from camera without re-downloading library
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  • Option to go back to previous sites
  • Add video clips for extra ID material
  • Add dark mode option
  • Add species profile to compare what you think the species is to the actual species data
  • Allow editing submitted records from within the app

UGarden

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iRecord App

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

UGarden

Subscriptions4
  • UGarden Plus - 1 Week$1.997 Days
  • UGarden Plus - 1 Month$4.991 Month
  • UGarden Plus - 6 Month$19.996 Months
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  • UGarden Plus - 1 Year$29.991 Year

Questions

Is iRecord App free?
iRecord App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UGarden free?
UGarden is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do iRecord App or UGarden have ads?
Neither iRecord App nor UGarden shows ads.

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