Comparison

Florida Mammals vs Odonata Central

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

Head to head
About

Florida Mammals

Features
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Another app in our Florida Wildlife series... This app shows more than 100 mammal species found in Florida, including the Everglades National Park and the Gulf and Atlantic coast. For each animal there are two or more high-resolution pictures, a brief description, and a link to view the corresponding Wikipedia pages within the application window. All descriptive information is in English, the animal names are also shown in scientific (Latin) denomination and in Spanish. Also included is a glossary of animal terms with more than 400 entries and explanations. The app features a modern, intuitive interface with easy navigation and search facilities for finding an animal by its name or searching in the full text for features and characteristics. If you're interested in Florida's wildlife, don't miss this app which is equally suitable for iPhone and iPad. These species are shown and described in this app, if you already know what you are looking for and do not find it in the list below, don't download this app: • Armadillo, Nine-Banded • Bat, Big Brown • Bat, Eastern Red • Bat, Evening • Bat, Gray • Bat, Hoary • Bat, Indiana • Bat, Jamaican Fruit • Bat, Little Brown • Bat, Mexican Free-Tailed • Bat, Northern Yellow • Bat, Rafinesque’s Big-Eared • Bat, Seminole • Bat, Silver-Haired • Bat, Velvety Free-Tailed • Bat, Wagner’s Bonneted • Beaked Whale, Blainville’s • Beaked Whale, Cuvier’s • Beaked Whale, Gervais’ • Beaked Whale, True’s • Bear, Black • Beaver, American • Boar, Wild • Bobcat • Capybara • Chipmunk, Eastern • Coati, White-nosed • Cottontail, Eastern • Cougar • Coyote • Coypu • Deer, Red • Deer, Sambar • Deer, White-Tailed • Dolphin, Atlantic Spotted • Dolphin, Clymene • Dolphin, Common Bottlenose • Dolphin, Fraser’s • Dolphin, Pantropical Spotted • Dolphin, Risso’s • Dolphin, Rough-Toothed • Dolphin, Short-Beaked Common • Dolphin, Spinner • Dolphin, Striped • Fox, Gray • Fox, Red • Jackrabbit, Black-Tailed • Jaguarundi • Killer Whale • Killer Whale, False • Killer Whale, Pygmy • Macaque, Rhesus • Manatee, Florida • Mink • Mole, Eastern • Mole, Star-Nosed • Mouse, Cotton • Mouse, Eastern Harvest • Mouse, Florida • Mouse, Golden • Mouse, House • Mouse, Oldfield • Muskrat, Round-Tailed • Myotis, Northern Long-Eared • Myotis, Southeastern • Opossum, Virginia • Otter, Northern River • Pipistrelle, Eastern • Pocket Gopher, Southeastern • Rabbit, Marsh • Rabbit, Swamp • Raccoon, Common • Rat, Black • Rat, Brown • Rat, Hispid Cotton • Rat, Marsh Rice • Seal, Harbor • Seal, Hooded • Shrew, North American Least • Shrew, Southeastern • Shrew, Southern Short-Tailed • Skunk, Eastern Spotted • Skunk, Striped • Sperm Whale • Sperm Whale, Dwarf • Sperm Whale, Pygmy • Squirrel, Eastern Gray • Squirrel, Fox • Squirrel, Mexican Gray • Squirrel, Southern Flying • Vole, Meadow • Vole, Woodland • Weasel, Long-tailed • Whale, Blue • Whale, Bryde’s • Whale, Common Minke • Whale, Fin • Whale, Gray • Whale, Humpback • Whale, Melon-Headed • Whale, North Atlantic Right • Whale, Sei • Whale, Short-Finned Pilot • Wolf, Red • Woodrat, Florida

About

Odonata Central

Record and upload your dragonfly and damselfly sightings to a citizen science project. Create checklists with species, abundance, date, and location, then view your observations on the Odonata Central website. Primarily for users in the Western Hemisphere who can identify local odonates.

Highlights
  • Record odonate sightings
  • Create species checklists
  • Upload observations to website
  • Location-based species suggestions
  • Offline data entry
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Easily keep track of all your sightings of Dragonflies and Damselflies (odonates) and contribute to citizen science. This app allows you to create checklists of all your odonate sightings on your phone and then upload them to Odonata Central website, including species seen, abundance, date and location. Later you can view these observations on the Odonata Central website, along with those of thousands of other users, as maps and species lists. Odonata Central is a citizen science project that collects user observations of odonates, primarily from the western hemisphere, to contribute to understanding their distribution, biogeography, biodiversity, and identification. This app is for users who are able identify most of the odonates of their region. If you need help identifying Odonates, see our companion app, Dragonfly ID. Features: - Presents a checklist of possible species based on your location. - Supports four languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese and French) and is primarily intended for use in the Western Hemisphere. - Easily toggle between display of English and Scientific names. - Easily assign a location by using the favorite locations you have stored on Odonata Central, use your current phone location or choose a location from a map. - Convenient offline mode that allows you to enter your observations when you do not have a cell phone signal. You create and store your checklists on your phone and add your location later when you have a signal. Note that the app does not accept photos. Those can be added later by editing your checklist on the Odonata Central website. This is a helper app for the Odonata Central website. You must have an Odonata Central account and you can register for one from the app or the website.

Screenshots

Florida Mammals4 screens
Odonata Central4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Odonata Central at Free against Florida Mammals's $4.99. Odonata Central also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 28 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Odonata Central is free to download; Florida Mammals costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Florida Mammals ships an update every 28 months, Odonata Central every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Florida Mammals versus Odonata Central: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlorida MammalsOdonata Central
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 28 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperI.M.D. Publicacion C.A.Birds In The Hand, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Florida Mammals

No in-app purchases

None

Odonata Central

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Florida Mammals free?
Florida Mammals costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Odonata Central free?
Odonata Central is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Florida Mammals or Odonata Central have ads?
Neither Florida Mammals nor Odonata Central shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Florida Mammals or Odonata Central?
Florida Mammals ships an update every 28 months, and Odonata Central every 2 months. Most recently, Florida Mammals was updated on November 11, 2026 and Odonata Central on November 3, 2026.

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