Whose Land vs eTick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Whose Land
Explore Indigenous territories, treaties, and communities across Canada using GIS technology. Learn about land acknowledgements, treaties, and Indigenous perspectives on land through interactive maps and educational videos.
- Interactive maps of Indigenous territories
- Information on treaties and agreements
- Details on First Nations, Inuit, and Metis communities
- Educational videos on land acknowledgements
- Learn about Indigenous relationship to land
- Tool for reconciliation dialogue
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Explore Indigenous territories, treaties, languages and communities with Whose Land. Use the interactive map, search for a place or Nation, or choose your current location to learn more about the land around you. Browse community information, Indigenous businesses, residential and boarding school locations, leadership stories and territories by city. Learn through educational videos, frequently asked questions and lesson plans. Explore land acknowledgement resources, create a personal draft, and share information with others. Whose Land 3.0 brings a redesigned native experience to iPhone and iPad, with English and French interfaces, dark mode, accessible text and controls, and faster search using saved place results and local postal-code data. Recently accessed content is cached for reuse; an internet connection is needed for content that has not been saved and for online media. Whose Land is an educational starting point for learning, dialogue and further research. Mapped areas are approximations and do not represent definitive or legal boundaries. Data sources and credits are available in the app.
eTick
This app allows citizens to contribute to Lyme disease monitoring by submitting tick photos for expert identification. Results are displayed on a public map, helping visualize tick distribution across Canada. All services are free to use.
- Submit tick photos for identification
- Expert identification within 1 business day
- View submissions on an interactive public map
- Monitor tick distribution across Canada
- Free to download and use
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The emergence of Lyme disease and the rapid geographical range expansion of certain tick species in Canada are important issues for public health authorities and the public in general. A citizen science project called eTick invites the public to participate in the monitoring of ticks in Canada by submitting tick photos via a mobile application or a web site (eTick.ca) for identification by trained personnel. The identification results (usually returned within 1 business day) appear in real time on a public interactive map so that visitors can visualize all entries for a specific area and/or examine individual submissions. All eTick products and services (application download, image identification, consultation of public data) are free of charge. Ten provinces are currently participating: BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, NL, and PE, with Territories to be added soon.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Whose Land at 4.8 against eTick's 4.0. Whose Land also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). eTick's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 33 months) and review sentiment (75% vs 58%). On price, 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.
Whose Land holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: eTick has 92 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of Whose Land's written reviews are positive against 75% of eTick's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Whose Land ships an update every 33 months, eTick every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Whose Land | eTick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (15 ratings) — better | 4.0 (92 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews | 74.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 92 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 33 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | TakingITGlobal | Jade Savage |
Customer experience
Whose Land
eTick
Bugs and requests
Whose Land
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
eTick
Reported bugs
9 issues- Filters reset after application
- Date filters not working
- Map is too loaded with detail
- Camera/photo feature does not load
- Unable to sign in with Apple ID
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- Cannot create an account (email already registered but login fails)
- Error messages upon submission (e.g., Error 1)
- App crashes or freezes
- Guest option button does not work
Requested features
9 requests- Improve app polish and user experience
- Fix non-functional filters
- Simplify map details
- Improve zoom functionality on images
- Add a 'like' function for photos
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- Include common names for ticks
- Implement a heat map
- Add notifications for nearby tick sightings
- Change the app icon
In-app purchases
Whose Land
No in-app purchases
eTick
No in-app purchases








