Native Land vs Whose Land
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Native Land
Explore indigenous territories, languages, and treaties worldwide. This resource helps users discover the historical and present-day indigenous presence in their local areas and beyond. It's an evolving project with continuously updated information.
- Indigenous territory mapping
- Indigenous language identification
- Treaty mapping
- Global historical context
- Ongoing project updates
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Native-Land.ca is a resource to help people around the world learn more about their local history. It's designed to help you see what indigenous territories and languages might have and still do exist in the world, including where you live. Treaties are also mapped. This is an ongoing project and more territories are added regularly.
Whose Land
Explore Indigenous territories, treaties, and communities across Canada using GIS technology. Learn about land acknowledgements, treaties, and Indigenous perspectives on land through interactive maps and educational videos.
- Interactive maps of Indigenous territories
- Information on treaties and agreements
- Details on First Nations, Inuit, and Metis communities
- Educational videos on land acknowledgements
- Learn about Indigenous relationship to land
- Tool for reconciliation dialogue
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Explore Indigenous territories, treaties, languages and communities with Whose Land. Use the interactive map, search for a place or Nation, or choose your current location to learn more about the land around you. Browse community information, Indigenous businesses, residential and boarding school locations, leadership stories and territories by city. Learn through educational videos, frequently asked questions and lesson plans. Explore land acknowledgement resources, create a personal draft, and share information with others. Whose Land 3.0 brings a redesigned native experience to iPhone and iPad, with English and French interfaces, dark mode, accessible text and controls, and faster search using saved place results and local postal-code data. Recently accessed content is cached for reuse; an internet connection is needed for content that has not been saved and for online media. Whose Land is an educational starting point for learning, dialogue and further research. Mapped areas are approximations and do not represent definitive or legal boundaries. Data sources and credits are available in the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Whose Land at 4.8 against Native Land's 4.3. Whose Land also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 50%). Native Land's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 33 months) and ratings volume (251 vs 15). 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.
Whose Land holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Native Land has 251 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Native Land's written reviews are positive against 58% of Whose Land's.
Native Land ships an update every 4 months, Whose Land every 33 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Native Land | Whose Land |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (251 ratings) | 4.8 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 251 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 33 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Victor Gerard Temprano | TakingITGlobal |
Customer experience
Native Land
Whose Land
Bugs and requests
Native Land
Reported bugs
10 issues- App stuck on loading screen indefinitely
- Resources tab crashes or displays error code
- Search bar non-functional on iPhone 12 Pro and latest models
- Slow performance and timeout issues
- Sporadic results when dropping pins on map
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- Tribe website links fail to load
- App crashes when accessing resources section
- UI optimization issues on iPhone X
- Map fails to load after extended wait times
- Inconsistent data between app and website versions
Requested features
10 requests- GPS/geolocation support integration
- Timeline showing territorial changes over time
- Language family relationships and connections
- Breakdown of larger nations into specific tribes
- Reserve and specific territorial marker locations
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- In-app information instead of external web links
- Improved color scheme with better contrast
- More detailed historical and cultural information
- Expansion to South America and Mexico coverage
- Modern map overlays (cities, roads, borders)
Whose Land
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Native Land
No in-app purchases
Whose Land
No in-app purchases
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