Comparison

Native Land vs Connected North

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Indigenous territory mapping
  • Indigenous language identification
  • Treaty mapping
  • Global historical context
  • Ongoing project updates
Features
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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.

About

Connected North

Features
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Find your next step with Connected North: Pathways from TakingITGlobal. Explore careers, fields of study, schools, scholarships and stories from people sharing their paths. Discover learning resources and practical ideas for what comes next, all in one place. • Browse and search career and education resources. • Save useful items and sync supported bookmarks with your student account. • Download resource text and details to read offline. • Ask Snowflake, your AI tutor, to explain a topic, offer another example or help you practise what you are learning. • Open planning tools from the Connected North student portal. • Manage your student profile and account from Settings. Signing in and tutoring are for students in Grade 9 or above who are 13 or older, including older learners who are not currently in school. Public resources can be browsed without signing in. Tutoring requires a student account. Cloud Tutor needs an internet connection. Local Tutor is available on supported devices with Apple Intelligence enabled and its on-device model ready. Local chats stay on the device, separate for each signed-in account. Cloud chats are processed online and saved to your account. Public catalogs and selected images are included for offline browsing, including fields of study and schools. Downloads include text and resource details. Videos, websites and additional online content require internet. Planning tools open the student portal in your browser and may require another sign-in. AI answers can be inaccurate; check important details, including scholarship deadlines and eligibility, with the original provider.

Screenshots

Native Land3 screens
Connected North3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Connected North at every 2 days against Native Land's every 4 months. Native Land's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Native Land ships an update every 4 months, Connected North every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Native Land versus Connected North: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNative LandConnected North
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (251 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings251 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB46 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperVictor Gerard TempranoTakingITGlobal

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)

Connected North

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Native Land

No in-app purchases

None

Connected North

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Native Land free?
Native Land is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Connected North free?
Connected North is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Native Land or Connected North have ads?
Neither Native Land nor Connected North shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Native Land or Connected North?
Native Land ships an update every 4 months, and Connected North every 2 days. Most recently, Native Land was updated on October 21, 2026 and Connected North on October 29, 2026.

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