Trees PNW vs Penobscot Moon
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.
Penobscot Moon
Discover the names of the Moon in Penobscot and English for any given date. This utility app also allows you to print customizable labels for various projects, and it functions offline.
- Lunar name lookup (Penobscot & English)
- Date-specific lunar names
- Customizable label printing
- Offline functionality
- Supports 12-13 moons annually
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Have you ever wanted to know the name of the Moon in Penobscot? Well now you can! Penobscot Moon is a utility app that will tell you the current, historical, or future name of the Moon in both Penobscot and English for a given date. Additionally, using the Penobscot Moon app, a user is able to print a customizable label sheet which is perfect for home canning projects or whatever else they may need a label for. Penobscot Moon will work without an internet connection once installed, so you can be off-grid and still know the name of the Moon. There are 12 different moons a year, and every few years a 13th moon!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Penobscot Moon at 5.0 against Trees PNW's 3.1. Penobscot Moon also leads on monetization model (free vs paid). Trees PNW's advantage is ratings volume (87 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Penobscot Moon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trees PNW has 87 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Trees PNW | Penobscot Moon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (87 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cliff Cantor | Brian O'Byrne |
Customer experience
Trees PNW
Penobscot Moon
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
Penobscot Moon
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Trees PNW
No in-app purchases
Penobscot Moon
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Trees PNW free?
Is Penobscot Moon free?
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