Lalden vs ForstControl
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lalden
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Entdecken Sie Lalden neu! News, Veranstaltungen, nützliche Infos und vieles mehr, alles in Ihrer Hosentasche. Laden Sie die App herunter und bleiben Sie mit Ihrer Gemeinde verbunden!
ForstControl
Manage forestry projects, track time, and record timber directly from your smartphone, even without an internet connection. Features include detailed time tracking, wood list recording with Bluetooth caliper support, and project management tools.
- Live time tracking with QR code start
- Bluetooth caliper integration for timber recording
- Project management with customer and budget details
- Offline data access and synchronization
- Forestry chart of accounts integration
- Map integration for work sites
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ForstControl brings business management to your smartphone: track time, record timber and run projects – right where the work happens. TIME TRACKING • Weekly and daily overview with target vs. actual, flexitime and holiday balance • Live timer, started and stopped right from the project • Start by QR code, with location • Record absences and submit the month for review • Cost centres and rates based on the forestry chart of accounts TIMBER • Record wood lists, log stacks and stems right in the forest stand • Pair a Bluetooth caliper – readings are transferred automatically • Section measurement, single-stem measurement or estimate • Tree species, assortments and quality grades, volume in solid cubic metres • Photos for each log stack, status from New to Delivered PROJECTS • Projects with customer, period, output quantity and budget • Work sites on the swisstopo National Map • Rescue points and emergency numbers at hand • Contacts, documents and acceptance reports for each project EVERYDAY TOOLS • Addresses, tasks and documents • Evaluations and reports • Dark theme that follows your system setting NO SIGNAL There is rarely any coverage in the forest. Data you have already loaded stays available, and whatever you record is sent as soon as you are back online. ACCESS An existing ForstControl subscription is required. You sign in with your siabit account.
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Verdict
Lalden and ForstControl are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Lalden ships an update every 3 weeks, ForstControl fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lalden | ForstControl |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gemeinde Lalden | Siabit AG |
In-app purchases
Lalden
No in-app purchases
ForstControl
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do Lalden or ForstControl have ads?
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