Comparison

Microforest vs Terraware

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Navigation and GPS tracking
  • Map editing with notes and drawings
  • Stand register access
  • Data collection and assessments
  • Operational transactions
  • Business reports
  • Offline support
Features
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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.

About

Terraware

This app helps forestry professionals collect and manage field data, including seed collection and nursery inventory. It allows for offline data entry and seamless syncing to a central database upon returning to the lab. Monitor plant health, species data, and mortality rates to adapt restoration efforts.

Highlights
  • Offline data collection
  • Seed collection tracking
  • Nursery inventory management
  • Plant monitoring
  • Data syncing to database
  • Species and mortality tracking
Features
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The Terraware field companion app is your data gathering partner when you're in the field. The app allows anyone with a Terraware account to collect data in the field using a simple interface — no need for an internet connection until you need to sync the data. ‍ Using a mobile device, seed collectors can easily keep track of the number and types of seeds they gather. When they return to the lab to drop off their collections, they can upload information to the seed bank database, automating the transfer of specimen data and accompanying records. ‍ Nursery staff can quickly make updates to the nursery inventory. Adding inventory, changing batch germination status, transferring and withdrawing seedlings are all possible with an active internet connection. Users can also monitor their plants in the field, keeping track of species data, mortality rates, planting density and more. Terraware is the best way to keep track of your planting site's health and monitor trends over time. Take the app into the field, follow the guidance for collecting detailed plant information, and sync the data when you return. Terraware will do the rest. Better data allows restoration teams to quickly adapt so they are always storing the right kinds of seeds at the right time — which is key to quickly growing the biodiverse forests our climate crisis demands. ‍ To setup a Terraware account please go to terraware.io.

Screenshots

Microforest4 screens
Terraware4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Microforest at every 10 days against Terraware's monthly. Terraware's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Microforest against 5.0 for Terraware. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Microforest ships an update every 10 days, Terraware monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Microforest versus Terraware: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMicroforestTerraware
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB67 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMicroforestTerraformation Inc.

Customer experience

Microforest

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Terraware

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Microforest

No in-app purchases

None

Terraware

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Microforest free?
Microforest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Terraware free?
Terraware is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Microforest or Terraware?
Microforest and Terraware are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Microforest or Terraware have ads?
Neither Microforest nor Terraware shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Microforest or Terraware?
Microforest ships an update every 10 days, and Terraware monthly. Most recently, Microforest was updated on September 17, 2026 and Terraware on September 5, 2026.

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