Powell Forestry vs Safe Forestry UK
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Powell Forestry
Manage forestry advice and weight ticket submissions digitally. Submit gross and net weights, photos, and notes directly from your mobile device for efficient processing.
- Manage forestry advice
- Submit weight tickets
- Add gross and net weights
- Send document pictures
- Include notes
- Online processing
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The Powell Forestry app allows you to manage your advice and weight ticket submission requirements online. You can add your Gross and Net weights onsite ready for processing and also send pictures of your documents and notes direct from your phone.
Safe Forestry UK
This app provides a digital system for managing forestry data, logging on-site activities, and improving the recording of operator skills and competence within the industry. Developed by an active forestry contractor, it aims to help users work towards compliance with industry standards.
- Digital forestry data management
- On-site activity logging
- Skill and competence recording
- Operator certification tracking
- Compliance assistance
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Safe Forestry is a digital, forestry data management system designed as a tool to help log on-site activities and improve skill and competence recording in the industry. Safe Forestry has been created by a forestry contractor, Calum Duffy. Calum is still an active contractor, who works daily with chainsaws and harvesting equipment, so he knows the complexities and issues of the job only too well, Calum was challenged by the HSE during a site visit in February 2019 to improve the way he proves the competence of his operators. He was like most other contractors at this point, relying on certification and word of mouth on an operators skill level. The HSE visit soon pointed out that wasn’t enough if it was to “all go wrong”… So this is where the concept of Safe Forestry was born. After 2 years of field testing by Calum, his operators and several other contractors the system now incorporates the fundamentals required to work towards compliance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Safe Forestry UK at every 3 weeks against Powell Forestry's every 5 months. Safe Forestry UK also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Powell Forestry ships an update every 5 months, Safe Forestry UK every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Powell Forestry | Safe Forestry UK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Probase Applications | Nighthawk Software Ltd |
Customer experience
Powell Forestry
Safe Forestry UK
In-app purchases
Powell Forestry
No in-app purchases
Safe Forestry UK
No in-app purchases
Questions
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