MNBG vs DLand Counter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MNBG
Explore native and canoe Hawaiian plants with this self-guided audio tour. Learn about their cultural, historical, and ecological significance at your own pace. Access plant information via QR codes or alphabetical lookup.
- Self-guided audio tours
- Native and canoe plant information
- Cultural and ecological context
- QR code plant identification
- Alphabetical plant lookup
- 5-acre garden exploration
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This self-guided audio tour helps give context to the native and canoe Hawaiian plants growing at Maui Nui Botanical Gardens in Kahului, Hawaii. Explore the 5-acre Gardens at your own pace to appreciate the plants for their value to Hawaii culture, history, and ecology. Plant I.D. signs have QR codes accessible by the scan and find button or look up plants alphabetically by name. Ethnobotany emphasizes the relationships that exist between people and plants. For example, as foods; as medicines; in divination; in cosmetics; in dyeing; as textiles; in construction; as tools and other household items; as currency; as clothing; in literature; in rituals; and in social life and recreation. Conservation emphasizes the environmental conditions in which each plant thrives and its role in Hawaiian ecology.
DLand Counter
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Dland Counter will count down the days until your next visit to the Parks. In addition, the app will log your visits to Dland or CA visits, including notation for park hopping.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DLand Counter at every 3 weeks against MNBG's every 3 months. MNBG's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.6). 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.
MNBG ships an update every 3 months, DLand Counter every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MNBG | DLand Counter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maui Nui Botanical Gardens Inc. | Mark Spaulding |
In-app purchases
MNBG
No in-app purchases
DLand Counter
No in-app purchases
