Microforest vs FlorestaDB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Microforest
This app provides mobile solutions for outdoor forestry work. Access maps, stand data, and business information from your device, even offline. It supports navigation, data collection, and transaction management for forestry professionals.
- Navigation and GPS tracking
- Map editing with notes and drawings
- Stand register access
- Data collection and assessments
- Operational transactions
- Business reports
- Offline support
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The Microforest app introduces mobility solutions for the outdoor workplace, allowing you to access forestry maps, stand register data and business data on-the-go, anytime. Some of the key features of the secure Microforest App for iPhone and iPad: *Navigation and GPS tracking *Map editing, pins, notes and spatial drawing *Stand register *Data collection and assessments *Operational transactions *Business reports *Offline support for stand register, mapping and in-field transactions. To use the Microforest app with your own forestry resource/business data, you must be using the Microforest Plantation Manager as your back-end system. You can evaluate the app with our demonstration plantation system as back-end, using a guest logon.
FlorestaDB
This app assists organizations and law enforcement in collecting tree sample data for scientific analysis. It helps verify if wood products comply with legal logging standards.
- Collect tree reference samples
- Record tree information
- Analyze tree characteristics
- Verify legal logging standards
- Support scientific research
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FlorestaDB is an app designed to help organizations and law enforcement around the world to collect reference samples and information about trees. The information collected using the app is used by scientists to analyze and determine the characteristics of trees growing in certain locations. By storing this information, scientists can then determine if wood-based merchandise meet the standards of legal logging.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Microforest at every 10 days against FlorestaDB's every 2 months. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Microforest against 5.0 for FlorestaDB. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Microforest ships an update every 10 days, FlorestaDB every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Microforest | FlorestaDB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Microforest | University of Tennessee |
Customer experience
Microforest
FlorestaDB
In-app purchases
Microforest
No in-app purchases
FlorestaDB
No in-app purchases
