Trees PNW vs First UMC Olympia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trees PNW
Discover native trees of the Pacific Northwest with this offline guide. Learn identification cues for Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia's common native species. Ideal for outdoor enthusiasts, educators, and students.
- Offline tree identification
- Native trees of Oregon, Washington, BC
- Easy-to-spot identification cues
- Educational tool for all levels
- Enrich outdoor experiences
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Explore, find, learn, teach! Trees PNW is a friendly guide to trees of the Pacific Northwest. It's the perfect app for your walks, hikes, vacations, backyard musings, and for teachers and students at every level. Once you download it, you can use your app wherever you are with no need for an internet connection. This distinguishes it from many other tree apps. Trees PNW helps you learn using easy-to-spot cues for each tree species. The app covers common native trees of Oregon, Washington, and the western half of British Columbia. The more familiar you are with these native trees, the more they will become your friends. Use the app to make your outdoor experiences more enriching.
First UMC Olympia
Stay connected with your faith community through live and archived worship services, event sign-ups, and secure giving. Engage with others via messaging and receive important updates through push notifications.
- Watch/listen to worship services and sermons
- Receive push notifications
- Connect via messaging
- Sign up for events
- Make secure gifts
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This app will help you stay connected with the day-to-day life of our faith community. With this app you can: watch or listen to worship services and sermons; stay up to date with push notifications; connect with others through messaging; sign up for fellowship and volunteer events; and make a secure gift to our ministry. Mobile app version: 6.18.1
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: First UMC Olympia at 5.0 against Trees PNW's 3.2. First UMC Olympia also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and device support (4 vs 2). Trees PNW's advantage is ratings volume (91 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
First UMC Olympia holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trees PNW has 91 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Trees PNW ships an update every 6 weeks, First UMC Olympia every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trees PNW | First UMC Olympia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (91 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 91 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cliff Cantor | First United Methodist Church of Olympia |
Customer experience
Trees PNW
First UMC Olympia
Bugs and requests
Trees PNW
Reported bugs
53 issues- Photos not downloading
- Image download problem
- App crashes
- Photos not loading
- Tree pics disappeared after update
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- App ceased working
- No access to photos and ID information
- App crashes when touching menu/buttons
- No images of trees
- App kicks you out
- Identical leader photos for western red cedar and hemlock
- Photos didn't load for some users
- Photos didn't download initially
- Tree pics disappeared
- Photos don't load anymore after update
- Tree pics disappeared after update
- App eventually ceased working
- Photos didn't load
- Full photos of trees in descriptions missing
- Issue with photos not loading
- Photos didn't download
- App doesn't start up
- App freezes when downloading data
- Progress bar never got more than a third of the way complete
- Progress bar stops with roughly 15-10 percent completion
- No support
- Funky font
- App feels clunky
- Nothing loads, no descriptions, no photos
- Information and photos won't download
- Won't load all trees
- Pictures are not included
- App gets hung up loading pictures
- Only a couple of trees available in text-only form
- Technical glitch prevents loading and operating properly
- Pictures don't load
- Almost useless with zero pictures
- Works occasionally
- Will not reinstall from App Store
- Never downloaded pics
- Uploading bar still stuck
- Pictures will not load
- Photos won’t download
- Missing photos
- Pictures don’t load
- Buttons on top left/right don’t respond
- Doesn’t fit to screen
- Doesn’t have any pictures
- Images will not load
- Pictures never download
- Back button doesn’t work
- Menu button doesn’t work
- No pictures
Requested features
6 requests- Add full photos of trees in descriptions
- Add more trees
- Put out an app for flowers and bushes
- More expensive version to enter own plants
- Way to share user-entered plants
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- UI design improvements
First UMC Olympia
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Trees PNW
No in-app purchases
First UMC Olympia
No in-app purchases
Questions
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