New York Wildflowers vs Budburst
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
New York Wildflowers
Identify plants in New York with this offline app. Provide details like location, flower color, and season to quickly find matching species. It covers thousands of plant types, including wildflowers, trees, grasses, and more.
- Offline plant identification
- Search by location, color, season
- Database of 3,972 New York plant species
- Categorized plant types (wildflowers, trees, grass-like, etc.)
- Quick matching based on user input
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This App, which operates without an internet connection, helps find and identify plants. When you give the App information about a plant, such as its location, flower color and the time of year, the App will quickly show you which plants match your selections. The App includes 3,972 species of plants found in New York. Overall, 1,855 are "Wildflowers", 363 are shrubs, 258 are broadleaf trees, 44 are conifers, 69 are vines, 579 are grass-like, 107 are fern-like, 415 are moss-like, 87 are seaweed and 357 are lichen.
Budburst
Observe and record plant data to contribute to a national community science project. Identify plants, track their life cycles, and collaborate with others to understand and preserve nature.
- Observe plants with interactive map
- In-app plant identification tool
- Monitor plant life cycles
- Track plant-animal interactions
- Collaborate in community groups
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Capturing the beauty of nature and collecting plant data has never been easier. With the Budburst app, you can contribute to a national community science project by observing plants, uploading your data, and sharing your findings in an instant. When you use the Budburst app, you can observe plants in your area with the interactive map, learn about plants with the in-app identification tool, monitor plant life cycles and plant-animal interactions over time, and collaborate in groups with other community scientists. Preserve the nature around you by helping us better understand it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: New York Wildflowers at 5.0 against Budburst's 4.2. New York Wildflowers also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). Budburst's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
New York Wildflowers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Budburst has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
New York Wildflowers ships an update every 5 months, Budburst every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | New York Wildflowers | Budburst |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.2 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 829 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wildflower Search | Chicago Horticultural Society |
Customer experience
New York Wildflowers
Budburst
In-app purchases
New York Wildflowers
No in-app purchases
Budburst
No in-app purchases
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