Microforest vs SPRINGviewer
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.
SPRINGviewer
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SPRINGviewer enables users to visualize and share model results with both geologists and non-geologists. The app provides an intuitive way to explore datasets generated by the SPRING groundwater model, including finite element meshes, geological structures, and various plots.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Microforest at 15.6 against SPRINGviewer's 26.0. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Microforest ships an update every 2 weeks, SPRINGviewer weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Microforest | SPRINGviewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Microforest Ltd | Torsten Seidel |
In-app purchases
Microforest
No in-app purchases
SPRINGviewer
No in-app purchases
