Comparison

National Forest Explorer vs Long Default

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

Head to head
About

National Forest Explorer

Discover U.S. Forest Service lands and heritage sites with this official exploration tool. Access detailed information, offline maps, and recreational opportunities for your next adventure. Stay updated on closures and events with push notifications.

Highlights
  • Discover nearby forests and grasslands
  • Explore points of interest
  • Access forest facts and heritage information
  • Offline and GPS maps
  • Information on recreational opportunities
  • Educational audio tours
  • Push notifications for alerts
Features
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This official app is a portal for exploring the diverse lands and heritage sites managed by the U.S. Forest Service. A powerful exploration tool, this app allows you to discover forests near you and can help you explore each destination's points of interest. Use this app for easy access to forest facts, natural, cultural, and historic information, offline and GPS maps, recreational opportunities, and other essential visitor information to enjoy our National Forests and Grasslands. The perfect companion for your next forest adventure or armchair travels, each app was developed by the forest unit’s rangers and interpretive staff and features a variety of content, including educational audio tours and natural and historic imagery. Plan your itinerary of things to see and do with easy access to information regarding recreational opportunities, trails, maps, and visitor centers. Each forest destination can be downloaded individually from the portal, allowing you to stay up to date with your favorite destinations through push notifications alerts for closures and events. Connect with Visitor Centers and Ranger Stations using one-tap calling and submit valuable feedback or report concerns with surveys. OnCell has worked closely with each forest as the official provider of their mobile apps. You can expect additional forests to be added to this app over time, as the U.S. Forest Service continues it's commitment to provide exciting and relevant visitor information in easy to access formats.

About

Long Default

Explore U.S. federal debt and fiscal history with this reference app. View real-time debt estimates, browse historical records by administration or spending category, and access offline data. Share insights and learn from official public sources.

Highlights
  • Real-time U.S. federal debt estimates
  • Browse annual fiscal records
  • Timeline with historical images
  • Compare presidential administrations
  • Federal spending category breakdown
  • Offline historical data access
  • Source-linked card sharing
Features
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Updated for iPhone Duo. Long Default is Duo compatible, with adaptive compact and expanded layouts for charts, spending exploration and fiscal-year comparisons. Refined spacing and typography keep the fiscal record readable as the display changes. Explore spending in dollars or as a percentage of the matching fiscal year’s GDP. Breakdowns start collapsed on each new Explore visit, so you open only the detail you want. Get plain-English contextual explanations for every breakdown, plus a searchable glossary with 122 offline definitions and links to official sources. Explore U.S. federal debt and fiscal history with Long Default, a native iPhone reference built around official public sources. See the latest dated Treasury total debt at the top of Record, alongside a clearly labeled clock that estimates debt change while you view it. The estimate uses changes between observed annual debt stocks; it is separate from Treasury’s published balance. Browse annual records, a newest-first Timeline with selected historical images, presidential administrations, and federal spending categories. Compare fiscal years, open metric explanations, save questions locally, and share source-linked cards. Historical fiscal records are bundled for offline use. Official refreshes read Treasury, Office of Management and Budget, Bureau of Labor Statistics and Department of Defense publications directly. Daily observations, actual annual records, reconstructed history, official estimates and unavailable values keep their own dates and labels. Search years, administrations, events and sources. Optional in-app feedback lets you send a typed message and an optional reply email. Fiscal browsing requires no account. Long Default is an independent educational project and is not affiliated with the U.S. government. Historical image sources, dates and rights appear in the app’s Image credits. Photo credit: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944 campaign portrait, by Leon Perskie. Courtesy of the FDR Presidential Library & Museum; gift of Beatrice Perskie Foxman and Dr. Stanley B. Foxman, 2009. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fdrlibrary/8145288140/ . Licensed under CC BY 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ . Retouched and cropped version via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=171293476 . Displayed as a reduced thumbnail.

Screenshots

National Forest Explorer4 screens
Long Default4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: National Forest Explorer at Free against Long Default's $1.99. National Forest Explorer also leads on ratings volume (736 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13 vs 15.1). Long Default's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On 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

National Forest Explorer is free to download; Long Default costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Long Default holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: National Forest Explorer has 736 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

National Forest Explorer ships an update every 3 months, Long Default every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
National Forest Explorer versus Long Default: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNational Forest ExplorerLong Default
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.5 (736 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings736 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperToby BloomEVGUENI ALEXANDROVICH NEIMAN

Customer experience

National Forest Explorer

All ratings728 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral3.7%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive30.2%
Neutral7.9%
Negative61.9%

Long Default

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

National Forest Explorer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login issues
  • Compatibility problems with older devices
  • Broken links and missing content

Requested features

4 requests
  • More national forests and recreation areas
  • Offline maps and content
  • Better search and filtering options
  • Integration with other outdoor apps

Long Default

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

National Forest Explorer

No in-app purchases

None

Long Default

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is National Forest Explorer free?
National Forest Explorer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Long Default free?
Long Default costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, National Forest Explorer or Long Default?
Long Default is rated higher. National Forest Explorer averages 4.5 out of 5 from 736 ratings, while Long Default averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do National Forest Explorer or Long Default have ads?
Neither National Forest Explorer nor Long Default shows ads.
Which is updated more often, National Forest Explorer or Long Default?
National Forest Explorer ships an update every 3 months, and Long Default every 2 weeks. Most recently, National Forest Explorer was updated on October 29, 2026 and Long Default on October 29, 2026.

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