Fungi Booklet vs 成龍濕地AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fungi Booklet
This app serves as a field guide for identifying fungi, slime molds, and lichens. It offers a searchable database of over 2,300 species with photos and detailed information, accessible online or offline. Features include adjustable font sizes and theme support.
- Browse and search over 2,300 fungi species
- Detailed species information and photos
- Offline database access
- Adjustable font size and display themes
- Automatic online database updates
- Favorite foraging spot marking (Taiwan users)
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Fungi Booklet — a field guide to the fungi of Taiwan From looking a species up at home to getting back down the route you came by, one application covers it. Free, no advertising. ■ 2,518 Taiwanese fungi 941 genera, 312 families, 74,014 photographs from 255 local contributors. Every species carries a full morphological description — cap, gills, stem, ring, volva and base — with size, color, habitat, edibility, look-alikes and a chart of the months it has been recorded in. Keyword, type, habitat, color and size filters may be combined, and every species page opens the matching entry on iNaturalist, MushroomExpert, Mushroom Observer, First Nature and HK-CWW. ■ Identification from a photograph Photographs are classified on the device, with a similarity score at each rank from phylum down to species; the model is trained principally on species common in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Photographs are never uploaded and no connection is needed. The model is downloaded once on first use (about 140 MB). Where confidence extends only to genus, the result stops at genus rather than proposing a species name. ■ Island-wide rainfall Observed rainfall, daily and five-day totals, rainfall forecasts, radar and typhoon rainfall on one map, in the Central Weather Administration's colors. Tap a township to read its rainfall; the latest data stays available offline. Fungi appear after rain, so this is the page to check before setting out. ■ Offline Rudy Map Downloaded once (386 MB full, 194 MB light), the Taiwan topographic map — contours, hillshading, offline place-name search — works with no connection, and a new release is published each Thursday. "Fully offline mode" stops this source issuing network requests at all. ■ Measurement along the trail Two points placed on the map snap to the nearest trail; distance, ascent and descent follow that trail, not the straight line between them. Where a section has another way round, both are drawn; loop trails report the full circuit. ■ Trail recording Recording starts with a single press and continues in the background. GPX, KML and KMZ are supported both ways; waypoints may be marked and photographed along the way. An elevation profile and a trip card follow on completion. ■ Backtracking Taking the wrong fork on the descent accounts for a significant share of mountain accidents in Taiwan. The app fixes the route walked in as a reference line, vibrates if you stray about 50 m from it, and reports three things: your distance from that line, the distance remaining to the trailhead, and — from your pace on the day — an estimated arrival time set against sunset. Entirely offline. No voice, no turn-by-turn directions, and no shortcut will ever be proposed, even where a shorter line can be computed. An algorithm cannot read the terrain up there; we guide you back only along the route you already walked. ■ Summits and footprints Named summits you walk over are recorded automatically, with no check-in required; Taiwan's Top 100 and Small Top 100 carry a badge. The segments you have walked are drawn on the map, against Taiwan's 84,266 km of trails. ■ Where your records are held The app is fully usable without signing in, and while signed out no data leaves the device. Signing in with Facebook or Apple (iPhone and iPad) synchronizes spots and search history, so that they follow the account to a new device. Trails, footprints, summit records and identification history stay on the device in every version, and are never uploaded. ■ Important All information in this app is for identification reference only and must not be used to decide whether anything is safe to eat. Even where a species is marked edible or choice, the risks of misidentification and contamination remain. Eating the wrong wild mushroom can be fatal. Always consult a qualified expert. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Taiwan MOI; tile style from Rudy Map (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0). Photographs under CC BY-NC.
成龍濕地AR
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「成龍濕地觀測站」APP,適用於雲林口湖鄉成龍濕地之實境導覽,使用AR擴增實境虛實整合技術穿越時空,看見濕地的過去與未來,認識成龍濕地的生態與了解氣候變遷對濕地的影響。邀請您運用AR導覽,一起嘗試這場時間旅行的知性體驗吧!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: 成龍濕地AR at monthly against Fungi Booklet's every 5 months. 成龍濕地AR also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Fungi Booklet ships an update every 5 months, 成龍濕地AR monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fungi Booklet | 成龍濕地AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 468 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FUSHEN HO | National Taichung University of Science and Technology |
In-app purchases
Fungi Booklet
No in-app purchases
成龍濕地AR
No in-app purchases









