MosquitoTracker vs The Tick App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MosquitoTracker
Report mosquito breeding sites with photos and descriptions. This data is uploaded to a global map to alert public health officials, helping to prevent the spread of mosquito-borne diseases like Zika and dengue.
- Report breeding sites
- Upload GIS-tagged photos
- Global map of reports
- Alert public health officials
- Prevent disease spread
- View recent reports online
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Report sites where mosquitoes like to breed such as stagnant water, trash containers, abandoned pools or fountains, discarded tires, tree holes, areas of industrial or commercial debris. The app will automatically upload a GIS-tagged photo to a global map that will alert local public health officials to the problem. This will help epidemiologists and public health agencies make better decisions. Fewer mosquitoes means fewer infectious diseases like Zika, dengue, chikungunya, malaria, West Nile virus, and yellow fever. Every year millions of people are infected worldwide; hundreds die. 1. Download, install a free MosquitoTracker mobile 2. Tap the red circle marker to open the query form and take a PHOTO as evidence. 3. Add a description if you wish. 4. Send your report 5. Open mosquiotracker..vectoranalytica.com to see all recent reports created and/or filter by date Just a few clicks on your phone can help stop these killers in their tracks! MosquitoTracker was designed to assist WHOs Integrated Vector Management Process
The Tick App
This app helps prevent tick encounters and tick-borne diseases by allowing users to report tick sightings. It also provides educational resources on tick identification, removal, and prevention, and allows for tick submission for expert identification.
- Report tick encounters
- Prevent tick-borne diseases
- Tick identification guides
- Tick removal instructions
- Submit ticks for identification
- Research collaboration
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Help prevent tick encounters and tick-borne diseases. By sharing when and where you encounter ticks you will help researchers at the University of Wisconsin and Columbia University to better prevent tick-borne diseases. The Tick App also provides information on tick identification, tick removal and other prevention ideas. You can also submit ticks for identification by university staff. The Tick App was developed as part of a collaborative research study between the Midwest and Northeast Centers of Excellence in Vector-borne Disease.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MosquitoTracker at 5.0 against The Tick App's 3.9. MosquitoTracker also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 18.3). The Tick App's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 38 months) and ratings volume (24 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
MosquitoTracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Tick App has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MosquitoTracker ships an update every 38 months, The Tick App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MosquitoTracker | The Tick App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.9 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 18.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Alicia Juarrero | University of Wisconsin-Madison Shared Apps |
Customer experience
MosquitoTracker
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In-app purchases
MosquitoTracker
No in-app purchases
The Tick App
No in-app purchases
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