Comparison

Nature Notes vs Picture Mushroom

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

Head to head
About

Nature Notes

Record and share notes, photos, and audio from your outdoor adventures. Advanced tools allow for photo merging from other cameras and interactive map integration. Organize trips into multiple hikes and share them via email, web pages, or custom files.

Highlights
  • Record notes, photos, and audio
  • Merge photos from other cameras
  • Interactive Apple Maps integration
  • Organize trips into multiple hikes
  • Share via email, web pages, or files
  • GPS tracking and export (KML/GPX)
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NatureNotes allows you to record and share notes, photos, and audio recordings on any walk, tour, hike, or just a stroll around your neighborhood. If you are a serious photographer, advanced tools allow you to load pictures from another camera into the walk record. There are several options for sharing walks with friends or other NatureNotes users, including email, Web page creation, or sending a NatureNotes file to another user. Easy sharing: Take photos, save notes, and record audio on your Apple iPhone or iPad. The app offers powerful editing features to create a slideshow or Web folder that you can email to your friends or upload to a server. Interactive maps: Apple maps embedded in NatureNotes shows where you are at all times, as well as where you've been on your hike. Satellite view can show you the terrain with a data connection. If you repeat a hike you've taken before, you can use the interactive map to see where you are relative to your last hike. Organization: Divide your trip into multiple hikes, then put them under a single header. Combine the subsumed hikes into a single slideshow, email, or web folder for sharing. Creating multiple databases offers a system for organizing larger groups of walk records. Records can be copied directly to other databases for easy sorting and reorganization. Photo merging: Take photos with another camera and merge them directly into your NatureNotes recordings. A smart system using dates and timestamps places photos into their correct positions within previously-recorded records. Even without a recorded hike, create a new record from a set of location-encoded photographs, and see exactly where you took the photos, using the embedded Apple Maps features. If the photos contain captions from another photo-editing program, the captions will be copied into NatureNotes titles for immediate labelling within NatureNotes. All slideshow features and email or Web sharing features can then be used with the new records. Create a kml file for viewing the track in another tracking application, or a gpx file for loading a track with GPS data into photo editing applications. GPS tracking: NatureNotes provides detailed tracking data for your walks, regardless of whether you are in cellular range or not. Tracks can be exported as KML or GPX files for use in other applications. Duplication and backups: Take a complete set of records and copy them to another device, with a cable and computer, regardless of record sizes. In this way complete records can be shared or backed-up without loss of information or photographic resolution.

About

Picture Mushroom

Instantly identify mushrooms with a photo. Get detailed information, learn about toxic varieties, and track your foraging spots. Discover seasonal recommendations and manage your finds.

Highlights
  • Fast and accurate mushroom identification
  • Comprehensive mushroom encyclopedia
  • Toxic mushroom warnings
  • Foraging site tracking
  • Seasonal mushroom recommendations
  • Mushroom distribution map
  • In-app mushroom collection and sharing
Features
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Are you looking for a quick and accurate mushroom identifier? The Picture Mushroom app is right for you! Simply take or upload a picture of a mushroom, and the Picture Mushroom app will tell you what it is in seconds. The app will offer you several similar species to choose from, and you can find the most exact one by comparing the images. In the scanning result, you can learn lots of useful info including mushroom names, habitats, ways of identifying, and so on. This app will also warn you of some toxic mushrooms so that you can stay away from them to keep safe. Moreover, the app has many articles about mushrooms, like ways of identifying mushrooms,mushroom-related stories, and more. With the Picture Mushroom app, you can learn the most trending topics in the field. Additionally, the app allows you to track your foraging sites for your next picking reference. It will recommend some seasonal mushrooms according to your location, and show the distribution map so that you can know what kind of mushrooms to pick and where to find them. You can also manage and share your identified mushroom with the in-app collection. Whether you like to collect, study, or teach mushrooms, or just want to learn more about the world of mushrooms, Picture Mushroom is the right tool for beginners and advanced mushroom users. Key Features: - Fast and accurate ID of numerous species of mushrooms, fungi, and the like - Full mushroom encyclopedia including all the info you need to know about mushrooms like name, habitat, identification method, toxicity, and more - High-quality articles for you to know the trending topics in the field of mushroom - Finely designed and user-friendly interface which allows you to easily identify, learn and share mushrooms - Keep track of your foraging site for your next picking reference - Recommend seasonal mushrooms of your place and show a mushroom distribution map - Easily keep track of the mushrooms you’ve identified in your collection, and share your findings with your friends About Picture Mushroom Subscription - Subscription Name: Yearly Premium - Subscription Duration: 1 year (7 days trial) - Subscription Description: Users will get a 1-year Picture Mushroom Premium which includes unlimited mushroom IDs, free consulting with experts, numerous mushroom info, and no ads info views. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • The account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase Terms of Use: https://app-service.picturemushroom.com/static/user_agreement.html Privacy Policy: https://app-service.picturemushroom.com/static/privacy_policy.html Contact us: support@picturemushroom.com Find out more about Picture Mushroom at: https://picturemushroom.com/ Join us on our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Zh6ZqaqM

Screenshots

Nature Notes4 screens
Picture Mushroom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Picture Mushroom at 4.7 against Nature Notes's 1.0. Picture Mushroom also leads on ratings volume (25K vs 1) and chart position (#77 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Nature Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Picture Mushroom sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Picture Mushroom holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Picture Mushroom has 25K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nature Notes ships an update every 4 weeks, Picture Mushroom every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Nature Notes versus Picture Mushroom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNature NotesPicture Mushroom
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.7 (25K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—63.3% of reviews
Number of ratings125K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#77 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size172 MB165 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKenneth WahlNext Vision Limited

Customer experience

Nature Notes

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Picture Mushroom

All ratings24,002 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews830 reviews
Positive63.3%
Neutral6.5%
Negative30.2%

Bugs and requests

Nature Notes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Picture Mushroom

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Camera freezes or doesn't work
  • App crashes or doesn't open
  • Incorrect identifications for common mushrooms

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add community features to interact with experts
  • Provide offline access to past identifications
  • Allow saving/exporting of photos
  • Include information on edibility and medicinal properties
  • Improve sorting/organization of identified mushrooms

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Nature Notes

One-time1
  • English$4.99
13 purchases

Picture Mushroom

Subscriptions10
  • Picture Mushroom Premium$2.997 Days
  • Picture Mushroom Premium$5.991 Month
  • Picture Mushroom Premium$14.993 Months
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  • Picture Mushroom Premium$19.993 Months
  • Picture Mushroom Premium$29.991 Year
  • Picture Mushroom Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Picture Mushroom Premium1 Month trial$29.991 Year
  • Picture Mushroom Premium$39.991 Year
  • Picture Mushroom Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Picture Mushroom Premium1 Month trial$39.991 Year
One-time3
  • No Ads$0.99
  • Unlock an eBook$3.99
  • Unlock an eBook$9.99

Questions

Is Nature Notes free?
Nature Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Picture Mushroom free?
Picture Mushroom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Nature Notes or Picture Mushroom?
Picture Mushroom is rated higher. Nature Notes averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Picture Mushroom averages 4.7 from 25K ratings.
Do Nature Notes or Picture Mushroom have ads?
Neither Nature Notes nor Picture Mushroom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nature Notes or Picture Mushroom?
Nature Notes ships an update every 4 weeks, and Picture Mushroom every 3 weeks. Most recently, Nature Notes was updated on October 10, 2026 and Picture Mushroom on October 29, 2026.

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