Comparison

Rainforest Connection vs FaceSensor

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

Head to head
About

Rainforest Connection

Experience the sounds of the rainforest directly on your device. Listen to live streams from diverse locations, offering a unique connection to nature. Discover the calls of wildlife and the ambient sounds of these vital ecosystems.

Highlights
  • Live rainforest sound streams
  • Global locations (Peru, Ecuador, Costa Rica)
  • Wildlife sound identification
  • Connects to nature
  • Nonprofit conservation focus
Features
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Bring the rainforest to you! Listen to live streams from natural places around the world from Peru, Ecuador, and beyond! Want to hear the rain pour on the jungle leaves of Costa Rica? Curious what the call of a Gibbon monkey sounds like at dawn? Download the app and instantly connect to nature through your mobile device, anytime and anywhere. Coming soon - more rainforest livestreams and wildlife sounds! ... Rainforest Connection (RFCx) is a nonprofit organization leveraging acoustic technology to protect forests and wildlife from illegal logging, poaching, and to monitor biodiversity to better inform conservation action. Acoustics are a powerful way to understand the creatures that inhabit our living planet and the activities that threaten it. Our work takes us all over the world, and we want to share it with you! Peek inside the places we're helping partners to learn about and protect, the sounds within, and be part of the impact! Bring nature home, with Rainforest Connection.

About

FaceSensor

This app uses your iPhone camera and haptic feedback to alert you to the presence of people nearby. It provides tactile sensations that vary in intensity and pattern based on distance and direction, offering a discreet awareness of your surroundings.

Highlights
  • Detects people using iPhone camera
  • Varying haptic feedback for distance
  • Directional haptic patterns
  • Discrete awareness of surroundings
  • Apple Watch integration for reinforced feedback
  • Stationary use only
Features
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FaceSensor is an entertaining way to use haptics to provide information to a blind user of the presence of another person as viewed by the iPhone camera. It does this gently and quietly by way of tactile sensations. These sensations will vary depending on the distance to the observed individual. Farther distances result in fainter signals and closer distances result in stronger signals. Left, center, and right sectors are also differentiated by varying haptic patterns. It is the discrete way to be aware of someone nearby. The Apple Watch can also be used with FaceSensor for reinforced sector information. FaceSensor is for stationary use only.

Screenshots

Rainforest Connection4 screens
FaceSensor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Rainforest Connection at 277 against FaceSensor's 4. FaceSensor's advantage is iOS requirement (11.4 vs 14.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Rainforest Connection against 4.8 for FaceSensor. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rainforest Connection has 277 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Rainforest Connection versus FaceSensor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRainforest ConnectionFaceSensor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (277 ratings)4.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings277 — better4
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS14.011.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRainforest ConnectionDeutschTechnology Corp.

Customer experience

Rainforest Connection

All ratings277 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral3.2%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

FaceSensor

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Rainforest Connection

No in-app purchases

None

FaceSensor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rainforest Connection free?
Rainforest Connection is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FaceSensor free?
FaceSensor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rainforest Connection or FaceSensor?
Rainforest Connection and FaceSensor are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 277 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Rainforest Connection or FaceSensor have ads?
Neither Rainforest Connection nor FaceSensor shows ads.

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