Native Land vs eButterfly
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.
eButterfly
Record and share your butterfly sightings for scientific research and conservation. This free app uses AI to help identify butterflies and contributes your observations to a global database.
- AI-powered butterfly identification
- Record and share sightings
- Contribute to scientific research
- Global biodiversity database
- Track life lists
- Multilingual support
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Discover, record, and share your butterfly sightings for science and conservation. eButterfly is an ever-growing global online database of butterfly records from thousands of butterfly eButterfly (new description 5/2/24) Discover, record, and share your butterfly sightings for science and conservation. eButterfly is an ever-growing global online database of butterfly records from thousands of butterfly watchers around the world like you. This free resource allows you to easily keep track of the butterflies you see, while making your observations openly available for science, education, and conservation. eButterfly Mobile is the only mobile app that allows you to collect your sightings and store them in your eButterfly web account. Create an account to share your butterfly observations. eButterfly is free for anyone to use, thanks to the generous support of sponsoring non-profit organizations and individuals. Features 1. Snap a photo of any butterfly you encounter, and our advanced computer vision AI will help you identify it. 2. Contribute to scientific research by using our checklist survey and count methods that provide vital information for conservation action. 3. Add butterfly observations from anywhere around the world. Keep track of your life list of all the butterflies and places you've seen and access it via our web platform. 4. Use eButterfly Mobile while butterflying for incremental list keeping, counting, and aiding with identification. 5. Hundreds of thousands of observations created and identified by the eButterfly community are shared with the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) where they are used to advance scientific understanding of biodiversity through open data and open science. 6. eButterfly is available in English, French, and Spanish, with other translations planned soon.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Native Land at 4.4 against eButterfly's 2.7. Native Land also leads on ratings volume (246 vs 3). eButterfly's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (60% vs 50%). 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.
Native Land holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Native Land has 246 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Native Land's written reviews are positive against 60% of eButterfly's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Native Land ships an update every 4 months, eButterfly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Native Land | eButterfly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (246 ratings) — better | 2.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 246 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Victor Gerard Temprano | THE VERMONT CENTER FOR ECOSTUDIES, INC. |
Customer experience
Native Land
eButterfly
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)
eButterfly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Native Land
No in-app purchases
eButterfly
No in-app purchases
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