macroHOLZdata vs UZIN Floor Navigator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
macroHOLZdata
Identify common trade timbers using macroscopic features. This app provides high-quality illustrations and a database of wood properties, processing, and utilization information. It's a valuable tool for education and self-study in forestry and the timber industry.
- Interactive timber identification
- Macroscopic feature observation
- High-quality color illustrations
- Wood properties database
- Processing and utilization information
- Educational tool for wood technology
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The knowledge about recognition and utilization of the most important internationally traded timbers is of prime importance to forestry and wood industry as well as timber trade and even control authorities. As an important tool for this purpose, the database macroHOLZdata developed at the Thünen Institute for Wood Research has been programmed as an app for smartphones and tablets. The macroHOLZdata app offers: • interactive identification of common trade timbers (hardwoods and softwoods) based on macroscopic features to be observed with the unaided eye or with a hand lens, • high quality colour illustrations of wood characters and timbers featuring transverse (10x) and longitudinal surfaces (natural size), • database offering pertinent information on wood properties, processing, and utilization, • innovative tool for teaching at vocational schools and higher educational facilities with a wood technology and forestry related curriculum (also suitable for Do-It-Yourself education), • a textbook with definitions, explanations, procedures, etc. for most features used in the description of the timbers in terms of wood structure, properties, and utilization; specific information retrieval, • complete timber descriptions accompanied by high quality color illustrations depicting characteristic wood features. The app is also ideal suited for further education and training in forestry and timber industry as well as self-study for all those interested in wood.
UZIN Floor Navigator
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"The UZIN Floor Navigator App enables you to select the correct UZIN products for each of your projects. Simply choose the type of subfloor and floor covering, it will then recommend what UZIN products to use. You can also search and find UZIN distributors or your local UZIN Technical Sales Representative across the USA and Canada. The App also includes other useful information and digital tools to aid in the installation of your floor covering."
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: macroHOLZdata at 9.0 against UZIN Floor Navigator's 12.4. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
macroHOLZdata ships an update every 6 months, UZIN Floor Navigator every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | macroHOLZdata | UZIN Floor Navigator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sven Koch | Uzin Utz SE |
In-app purchases
macroHOLZdata
No in-app purchases
UZIN Floor Navigator
No in-app purchases
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