New Spider Orientation vs LeafByte
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
New Spider Orientation
This guide provides essential information for new members of the Spider Family. It includes orientation schedules, contact details, housing information, and tips for settling into your new environment.
- Orientation schedule
- Important contacts
- Housing information
- Settling-in tips
- Welcome to the Spider Family
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New Spider Orientation – Welcome to the Spider Family! You will find the information you need to know in this guide, including your New Spider Orientation schedule, important contacts, housing information, and things to do to settle into your new home.
LeafByte
This application allows users to quickly and accurately measure leaf area and herbivory by taking photos. It supports various leaf types and conditions, and saves data to spreadsheets. Features include freehand drawing for reconstruction and automatic skew correction.
- Measure leaf area and herbivory
- Save data to spreadsheets
- Analyze leaves of any size
- Reconstruct missing leaf margins
- Measure dark or light plant material
- Read barcodes
- Correct photo skew
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LeafByte measures leaf area and herbivory quickly and accurately. Take a picture of a leaf and a scale to measure total leaf area and leaf area consumed. - Saves your data in a convenient spreadsheet on your phone or in Google Drive - Analyzes leaves of almost any size or shape - Uses freehand drawing to reconstruct missing leaf margins - Can measure dark plant material (such as leaves) on a white background or light plant material (such as petals) on a dark background - Reads and records all major barcodes - Automatically corrects skew in photos taken at an angle
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LeafByte at 4.8 against New Spider Orientation's 3.8. LeafByte also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
LeafByte holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 13 respectively.
New Spider Orientation ships an update every 4 months, LeafByte every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | New Spider Orientation | LeafByte |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (10 ratings) | 4.8 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of Richmond | Abigail Getman-Pickering |
Customer experience
New Spider Orientation
LeafByte
In-app purchases
New Spider Orientation
No in-app purchases
LeafByte
No in-app purchases
Questions
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