TheTreeApp SA vs Struik Nature Call App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TheTreeApp SA
Identify over 1200 South African trees using detailed descriptions, artwork, and photographs. Search by scientific or common name in 11 languages, or use interactive location and random search functions. An evaluation version is available, with a yearly subscription unlocking the full database and two versions of the app.
- Identify over 1200 South African trees
- Detailed species descriptions
- Artwork and over 6000 photographs
- Search by scientific/common name
- Search in 11 South African languages
- Interactive location-based search
- Random Tree Search function
- Offline functionality after initial download
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Identify and discover over 1200 indigenous and selected invasive trees of South Africa. The app provides full species descriptions as well as uses and gardening information. Tree details are described in artworks, over 6000 photographs, maps, and texts. Searching for a species can be done by scientific or common name, using any of the 11 South African languages. Once loaded using Wi-Fi, no internet is needed; but satellite coverage improves the map and Location search experience. Interactive Location options based on unique, highly detailed species distribution maps, rapidly reduce the number of tree species to the actual number that can grow there naturally. Using the powerful, rapid, and highly intuitive random Tree Search function; the characteristics of your tree are matched to those on the app. Select the relevant tick-boxes and watch as the number of species’ choices in the Tree List reduces! If you are a new user, you can download and test the free Evaluation version of TheTreeApp SA, covering a limited number of trees (155). To load all 1 399 trees, you must buy a yearly subscription of R179,99 by pressing the Buy Full Subscription Version button on the Home Screen in the app and following the steps. TheTreeApp SA has an inbuilt education system; based on clicking InfoHotSpots, for explanations about any detail that is not clear. In Settings on the home screen, you can select your use of primary and secondary languages from Scientific, English, or Afrikaans. In addition, the Sightings function allows you to add and list the names of your own personal tree discoveries. You can also type in notes and record GPS locations. The Second Edition is a two-in-one app that contains both the Original version (simple English terms) and the Botanical version (classical Botanical terms). Therefore, you only pay for one subscription per year but you receive both versions of the app. Users can switch between versions on the app home screen. The language differences apply to the search, text, and captions. Both versions include all South African trees, and all species’ artwork, photographs, and maps. *** MTN App of the Year Winner 2017 – Agriculture (Conservation) ***
Struik Nature Call App
This app allows you to scan barcodes in specific bird identification books to instantly play over 1000 bird calls. Simply launch the app, scan the barcode with your device's camera, and press play to hear the corresponding bird's call.
- Scan book barcodes
- Play over 1000 bird calls
- Identify bird species
- Free to download
- Works with specific bird books
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Scan barcodes in the Sasol Birds of Southern Africa and Southern African LBJs made simple books to play over 1000 bird calls. Download the app for free, and simply scan the barcodes in the book to listen to the bird calls. How it works: • Launch the app on your device and hover your camera over the barcode in the book. • The barcode will scan and bring up the calls associated with that species. • Press play to listen! TIP: Use a bookmark or sheet of paper to cover surrounding barcodes, so that you can scan the exact one that you want. THE CALL SUPPLIERS Struik Nature would like to acknowledge Bernabe Lopez Lanus, Dawie de Swardt, Derek Solomon, Dominic Rollinson, Fabrice Lebouard, Frank Lambert, Horst Bacher, Lynette Rudman, Mike Nelson, Niall Perrins, Oscar Campbell, Otto Whitehead, PDA Solutions, Peter Boesman, Peter Ryan, Santiago Imberti, Simply Birding, Stein Ø. Nilsen and Tony Archer for supplying calls for this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Struik Nature Call App at 5.0 against TheTreeApp SA's 2.7. Struik Nature Call App also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (11.4 vs 16.0). TheTreeApp SA's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. TheTreeApp SA sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per year. Struik Nature Call App asks for nothing beyond the download.
Struik Nature Call App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
TheTreeApp SA ships an update every 2 months, Struik Nature Call App every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TheTreeApp SA | Struik Nature Call App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.4 GB | 668 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | High Branching cc | mydigitalearth.com |
Customer experience
TheTreeApp SA
Struik Nature Call App
In-app purchases
TheTreeApp SA
- TheTreeAppAddOn$6.991 Year
- TreeProBotAddOn$6.991 Year
- TheTreePro SA$8.991 Year
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- TheTreeApp$9.991 Year
- TreeProBot$9.991 Year
Struik Nature Call App
No in-app purchases
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