FIT Count vs ButterflyCounts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FIT Count
Participate in a 10-minute survey to collect vital data on flower-visiting insects and help monitor pollinator populations. No expert identification skills are needed, just observe and record broad insect groups.
- 10-minute insect surveys
- Monitor pollinator populations
- Suitable for urban and rural areas
- No expert identification required
- Record broad insect groups
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The Flower-Insect Timed Count (FIT Count) is a 10-minute survey designed to collect new data on numbers of flower-visiting insects. FIT Counts are suitable for all, in urban or rural locations, and can be done at any time during the FIT Count season – see the quick guide for the season in your country. An increasing amount of evidence suggests that pollinator species diversity has declined in many parts of the world, with the strongest evidence coming from Europe and North America. Less is known about changes in pollinator abundance, and we need much more data to be able to track this. You can help by doing a FIT Count, maybe even repeating it over the season. You don’t need to identify the insects to species level, only to within broad groups e.g. bumblebees, hoverflies, butterflies & moths, wasps.
ButterflyCounts
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Welcome to ButterflyCounts, an App used to log butterfly species data that one finds in the field. Introduction: There are numerous butterfly experts and citizen scientists in India involved in conducting systematic repeated surveys of butterflies in forests and around urban areas. This App helps in cataloguing the observed species data in the field, detailed list can be downloaded later from the App to the IPhone. Key Features: - Butterfly species names selectable from preloaded lists - Presently two preloaded lists of India are available - * IBMS Urban-Greeneries butterflies (Courtesy Prof. Krushnamegh Kunte, NCBS, IBMS, IFB, Bengaluru) * TNHS Western Ghats butterflies (Courtesy Dr. Kalesh Sadasivan, Travancore Nature History Society, Kerala) - These lists contain both scientific and common names of the butterflies. - Output to IPhone in CSV (Comma Separated Values) format to suit databases for research requirements. - Output data file contains GPS location, butterfly species name, count and times of observation. - Not-for-profit : This app is free for use and does not contain Ads. Why Choose ButterflyCounts? - User friendly for collecting butterfly data. - Developed with butterfly experts,extensively field-tested and being routinely used - Simple output for plugging into any database software - Butterfly species lists can be easily added by the developers in the future. Download ButterflyCounts today and stop manual logging. Terms of Service : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FIT Count at every 2 months against ButterflyCounts's every 12 months. 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.
FIT Count ships an update every 2 months, ButterflyCounts every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FIT Count | ButterflyCounts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Centre for Ecology and Hydrology | Vishwas Mukund |
In-app purchases
FIT Count
No in-app purchases
ButterflyCounts
No in-app purchases
