TreeSnap vs City Trees
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TreeSnap
Contribute to vital tree research by identifying and tagging healthy trees in your area. Your data helps scientists study genetic diversity and develop better tree breeding programs to combat invasive diseases and pests.
- Identify and tag trees
- Contribute to scientific research
- Support forest health initiatives
- Locate trees for genetic studies
- Aid tree breeding programs
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Help Our Nation’s Trees! Invasive diseases and pests threaten the health of America’s forests. Scientists are working to understand what allows some individual trees to survive, but they need to find healthy, resilient trees in the forest to study. That’s where concerned foresters, landowners, and citizens (you!) can help. Tag trees you find in your community, on your property, or out in the wild using TreeSnap! Scientists will use the data you collect to locate trees for research projects like studying the genetic diversity of tree species and building better tree breeding programs.
City Trees
Identify trees in your vicinity by leveraging city landscaping data and your current location. This application provides species information for millions of trees across numerous supported cities. Users can also request their city be added to the database.
- Tree species identification
- Uses current location
- City landscaping data integration
- Supports over 23 cities
- Database of 3.5 million trees
- City request feature
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Just walk up to a tree, and this app will display its species, using city landscaping data and your current location. Includes data for 23 cities, and over 3.5 million trees! Currently supported cities: Austin, TX Berkeley, CA Cambridge, MA Denver, CO London, England Los Angeles, CA Montreal, Canada New York, NY Oakland, CA Pasadena, CA Philadelphia, PA Portland, OR Sacramento, CA San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA Santa Monica, CA Seattle, WA Toronto, Canada Victoria, Canada Washington, DC Waterloo, Canada West Hollywood, CA Don't see your city here? Email me to request it, and I might be able to add it if data is available from your city.
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Verdict
TreeSnap and City Trees both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of TreeSnap's written reviews are positive against 60% of City Trees's. TreeSnap also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for TreeSnap against 4.7 for City Trees. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 54 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of TreeSnap's written reviews are positive against 60% of City Trees's.
TreeSnap ships an update every 3 weeks, City Trees every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | TreeSnap | City Trees |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (19 ratings) | 4.7 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of Tennessee | Cricket Technology |
Customer experience
TreeSnap
City Trees
In-app purchases
TreeSnap
No in-app purchases
City Trees
No in-app purchases
