Comparison

Whose Land vs eTick

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Whose Land3 screens
eTick4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Whose Land versus eTick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhose LandeTick
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (15 ratings) — better4.0 (92 ratings)
Positive reviews58.3% of reviews74.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1592 — better
Update frequencyEvery 33 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB44 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperTakingITGlobalJade Savage

Customer experience

Whose Land

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative33.3%

eTick

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive74.5%
Neutral3.6%
Negative21.8%

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
Show 4 more
  • 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
Show 4 more
  • Include common names for ticks
  • Implement a heat map
  • Add notifications for nearby tick sightings
  • Change the app icon

In-app purchases

None

Whose Land

No in-app purchases

None

eTick

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Whose Land free?
Whose Land is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is eTick free?
eTick is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Whose Land or eTick?
Whose Land is rated higher. Whose Land averages 4.8 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while eTick averages 4.0 from 92 ratings.
Do Whose Land or eTick have ads?
eTick shows ads; Whose Land does not.
Which is updated more often, Whose Land or eTick?
Whose Land ships an update every 33 months, and eTick every 4 months. Most recently, Whose Land was updated on November 2, 2026 and eTick on November 3, 2026.

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