Developmental Screening vs Catalogue of Life
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Developmental Screening
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This application is a pilot study for our research on using Mobile applications for Early Child Development Screening. The use of this application allows parents/caretaker to perform early child development screenings to record down the milestones achieved by the child via checkpoints which is in (3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months and 18 months) App Features: 1. Create a new child profile for development screening. 2. Keep track of the childβs development on what the child needs to perform and what is delayed which is viewable in the profile. 3. Perform child development screening with given instructions with some items that include video and images. 4. Upload the child's result via email. The use of this application will require your consent as a parent/caretaker to collect the screening results of your child. By using this application, you have agreed for us to collect the results of your childβs screening result which may include name, age and gender. Pilot study on using mobile app for Early Child Development Screening.
Catalogue of Life
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Catalogue of Life is the most comprehensive and authoritative global index of species. It combines hundreds of taxonomic sources into a single unified checklist of every named living and recently extinct organism β 2.5 million+ accepted species, 7 million+ scientific names. This app brings the full Catalogue of Life to your iPhone. WHAT YOU CAN DO β’ Search scientific and vernacular names across the entire catalogue β’ Browse the tree of life from kingdom down to species and below β’ Drill into a taxon to see classification, synonymy, common names, source, type material, etymology, and remarks β’ Bookmark favorites and revisit recently viewed taxa β’ See worldwide occurrence maps powered by GBIF β’ Browse occurrence images contributed by iNaturalist and other observers β’ Submit data corrections β feedback becomes a public GitHub issue read by curators β’ Switch between the latest release and any of the past five annual COL releases β’ Filter searches by rank, status, and taxonomic group WHO IT'S FOR Biologists, taxonomists, naturalists, students, citizen scientists, museum staff β anyone who needs an authoritative answer to "what's the accepted name of this organism, and what's known about it?" ABOUT CATALOGUE OF LIFE The Catalogue of Life is published by the Catalogue of Life Foundation in Amsterdam and is the taxonomic backbone of GBIF, the Encyclopedia of Life, and many other biodiversity infrastructures. Data is contributed by 200+ specialist databases worldwide and curated by a global community of taxonomic experts. NO ACCOUNTS, NO ADS, NO TRACKING No sign-in. No advertising. No analytics. No third-party SDKs. The app fetches public taxonomic data over HTTPS and stores your bookmarks and preferences locally on your device. See our privacy policy for details.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Catalogue of Life at every 4 days against Developmental Screening's every 6 weeks. Developmental Screening's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Developmental Screening ships an update every 6 weeks, Catalogue of Life every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.
| Parameter | Developmental Screening | Catalogue of Life |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 β better | 18.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Edusar Resources Sdn. Bhd. | Markus Doring |
In-app purchases
Developmental Screening
No in-app purchases
Catalogue of Life
No in-app purchases
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