Field Guide to Clouds vs Trees PNW
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Field Guide to Clouds
Identify clouds with this portable guide. Learn their formation, names, and weather implications. Test your knowledge with interactive quizzes. Available in English and Spanish.
- Cloud identification
- Cloud formation details
- Weather prediction insights
- Interactive quizzes
- Bilingual support (English/Spanish)
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The UCAR Center for Science Education's Field Guide to Clouds is a portable guidebook to identifying clouds. Learn about the different clouds in the sky, including how they form, how they get their names, and what they can tell you about the weather. Test your cloud knowledge with quizzes. Available with English and Spanish text.
Trees PNW
Discover native trees of the Pacific Northwest with this offline guide. Learn identification cues for Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia's common native species. Ideal for outdoor enthusiasts, educators, and students.
- Offline tree identification
- Native trees of Oregon, Washington, BC
- Easy-to-spot identification cues
- Educational tool for all levels
- Enrich outdoor experiences
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Explore, find, learn, teach! Trees PNW is a friendly guide to trees of the Pacific Northwest. It's the perfect app for your walks, hikes, vacations, backyard musings, and for teachers and students at every level. Once you download it, you can use your app wherever you are with no need for an internet connection. This distinguishes it from many other tree apps. Trees PNW helps you learn using easy-to-spot cues for each tree species. The app covers common native trees of Oregon, Washington, and the western half of British Columbia. The more familiar you are with these native trees, the more they will become your friends. Use the app to make your outdoor experiences more enriching.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Field Guide to Clouds at 4.3 against Trees PNW's 3.2. Field Guide to Clouds also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 45%) and monetization model (free vs paid). Trees PNW's advantage is ratings volume (91 vs 12) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). 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.
Field Guide to Clouds holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trees PNW has 91 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Field Guide to Clouds's written reviews are positive against 45% of Trees PNW's.
Field Guide to Clouds ships an update every 2 months, Trees PNW every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Field Guide to Clouds | Trees PNW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (12 ratings) — better | 3.2 (91 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 44.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 91 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | Cliff Cantor |
Customer experience
Field Guide to Clouds
Trees PNW
Bugs and requests
Field Guide to Clouds
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Trees PNW
Reported bugs
53 issues- Photos not downloading
- Image download problem
- App crashes
- Photos not loading
- Tree pics disappeared after update
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- App ceased working
- No access to photos and ID information
- App crashes when touching menu/buttons
- No images of trees
- App kicks you out
- Identical leader photos for western red cedar and hemlock
- Photos didn't load for some users
- Photos didn't download initially
- Tree pics disappeared
- Photos don't load anymore after update
- Tree pics disappeared after update
- App eventually ceased working
- Photos didn't load
- Full photos of trees in descriptions missing
- Issue with photos not loading
- Photos didn't download
- App doesn't start up
- App freezes when downloading data
- Progress bar never got more than a third of the way complete
- Progress bar stops with roughly 15-10 percent completion
- No support
- Funky font
- App feels clunky
- Nothing loads, no descriptions, no photos
- Information and photos won't download
- Won't load all trees
- Pictures are not included
- App gets hung up loading pictures
- Only a couple of trees available in text-only form
- Technical glitch prevents loading and operating properly
- Pictures don't load
- Almost useless with zero pictures
- Works occasionally
- Will not reinstall from App Store
- Never downloaded pics
- Uploading bar still stuck
- Pictures will not load
- Photos won’t download
- Missing photos
- Pictures don’t load
- Buttons on top left/right don’t respond
- Doesn’t fit to screen
- Doesn’t have any pictures
- Images will not load
- Pictures never download
- Back button doesn’t work
- Menu button doesn’t work
- No pictures
Requested features
6 requests- Add full photos of trees in descriptions
- Add more trees
- Put out an app for flowers and bushes
- More expensive version to enter own plants
- Way to share user-entered plants
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- UI design improvements
In-app purchases
Field Guide to Clouds
No in-app purchases
Trees PNW
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Field Guide to Clouds free?
Is Trees PNW free?
Which has better reviews, Field Guide to Clouds or Trees PNW?
Do Field Guide to Clouds or Trees PNW have ads?
Which is updated more often, Field Guide to Clouds or Trees PNW?
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