Arachnifiles vs LabelBug
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arachnifiles
Manage and learn about exotic pets with a comprehensive tracking and educational app. Features detailed pet profiles, husbandry logs, care guides, and a community forum for keepers.
- Detailed pet profiles with customizable cards
- Husbandry tracking (feeding, molts, substrate)
- Extensive library of care guides and videos
- Wishlist for future pet planning
- Community forum to connect with other keepers
- Customizable feeders and groups
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Are you an invert enthusiast—or an all-around exotic pet keeper—looking for a better way to track, learn, and grow as a keeper? Welcome to Arachnifiles, the ultimate all-in-one tracking, learning, and community app for invertebrates and beyond. Arachnifiles goes far beyond basic pet tracking. Built with a beautiful, Pokémon-style card system, the app lets you collect, customize, and manage detailed cards for each of your pets in a visually engaging and highly organized way. Whether you keep tarantulas, true spiders, scorpions, mantids, isopods, millipedes, or even non-inverts like reptiles and amphibians, Arachnifiles adapts to your collection. Track Everything That Matters -Stay on top of your husbandry with powerful, flexible tracking tools: -Feeding schedules with custom feeder types -Molts, growth measurements, and size history -Substrate changes, rehousing's, and maintenance logs -Notes, reminders, and to-dos for each pet -Individual measurement preferences per animal -You can even create custom feeders to make logging feedings faster than ever, and custom groups to organize your collection exactly how you want. Learn & Become a Better Keeper -Arachnifiles isn’t just about tracking—it’s about education. -Access 70+ professionally written care guides -Watch supporting videos to reinforce best practices -Explore the built-in Library to continually expand your knowledge -Whether you’re a beginner or an advanced keeper, Arachnifiles gives you the tools to improve your care and confidence. -Top 50 species profile breakdowns. True stats no one else has! Wishlist & Collection Planning -Dreaming about future additions? -Use the Wishlist feature to track species you want to own, research them ahead of time, and plan your collection responsibly. Connect With Keepers Worldwide -Join a growing community of keepers from around the world: -View other users’ public profiles and collections -See how others house, feed, and care for their animals -Share your own setup, experience, and progress -Customize your public profile, showcase your collection, and connect with like-minded hobbyists who share your passion. Built for Serious Keepers -Arachnifiles was designed from the ground up to be the most complete keeper app available: -Highly customizable tracking -Powerful organization tools -Educational resources -Community interaction -Beautiful, intuitive design Whether you keep one spider or manage an entire collection, Arachnifiles gives you everything you need to be the best keeper you can be. Download Arachnifiles today and take full control of your collection, your learning, and your passion. Available app languages are: English, Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, and Italian.
LabelBug
Effortlessly generate professional insect specimen labels using GPS or map locations. Designed by entomologists, this tool automates label creation, saving time and ensuring accuracy for collectors, students, and researchers.
- GPS-based location auto-population
- Automated smart formatting
- Batch saving for multiple specimens
- Preview labels before printing
- PDF and CSV export options
- Save field sites for quick access
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LabelBug - The easiest way to generate labels for insect specimens... right from where you collect, or right from a map location. Designed by an entomologist, for entomologists. LabelBug is the must-have tool for collectors, students, and researchers who need quick, accurate, and professional insect labels—right from your iPhone or iPad. Dare we say, LabelBug makes label-making fun! Why LabelBug? • Lightning-fast label creation – Use your current GPS location or select a map location to auto-populate locality data. Quickly enter other standard label information, and LabelBug auto-formats beautiful labels. • No more hand-written field labels followed by manual label creation. Label your container/vial, identify it in LabelBug, and you're ready to print the moment you get home. • Smart formatting – Your labels are automatically sized to comply with standard labelling techniques. • Batch-saving – Group multiple specimens under the same note with individual label counts (e.g., 'Vial #1', x4 labels). • Preview before printing – See exactly how your labels will look at two size options. • PDF & CSV export – Export your labels for quick printing or custom edits. Other Features: • Save field sites for quick access to new labels. • Render italics for species names. • Edit, archive, or delete label batches as needed. • iCloud backup (if enabled). Whether you're managing research samples or beginning a new hobby, LabelBug takes the busywork out of labeling and lets you focus on discovery, collection of accurate scientific data, and having fun. Simple. Time-saving. Game-changing. --------------------------- Pricing and Subscriptions: Download and use for free. For full functionality, there are two options: Lifetime export access: $7.99 Monthly export access (auto-renew): $0.99 We use Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement. By using this app, you agree to Apple's Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LabelBug at 5.0 against Arachnifiles's 3.9. Arachnifiles's advantage is ratings volume (97 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. Arachnifiles sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and LabelBug sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
LabelBug holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Arachnifiles has 97 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Arachnifiles ships an update every 3 weeks, LabelBug fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Arachnifiles | LabelBug |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (97 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 97 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Solo App Lab LLC | Collection Jar LLC |
Customer experience
Arachnifiles
LabelBug
Bugs and requests
Arachnifiles
Reported bugs
113 issues- Cannot upload images of pets
- App won't save spider profiles
- App constantly crashes
- App does not load scientific name
- App crashes when adding second pet
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- Developer removed ad causing issue
- App used to crash when adding picture
- Problem was fixed quickly
- Lost years of data since update
- Data wiped from app since new update
- Things aren't saving
- Cards duplicating randomly
- Cannot add a single animal to collection
- Save button does nothing
- App is completely unusable
- No data import or export
- App seems to have given up
- Feeding reminders can only be done while logging a feeding
- Molt info is lacking
- Hard to track trends
- 'Days hungry' nonexistent
- 'Days in premolt' nonexistent
- 'Previous cycle length' nonexistent
- 'Molt cycle predictions' nonexistent
- Graphs are neat but clunky
- Seeing 'last fed/watered' is clunky
- No way to change date or time formats
- Date acquired, rehoused, molted, etc. not easy to see 'at a glance'
- Clunky interface
- Guesswork or number crunching involved
- Feeding graph is basically useless
- Dates in the graph are difficult to read
- Glitches a lot
- Keeps losing data
- Cannot rely on it to be accurate
- Things saved get erased
- Cannot add a new Tarantula card
- Gets rid of uploaded pictures
- Wishlist genus/species name not saving
- App not saving feeding/molting logs
- Pictures constantly deleting themselves
- Info disappears
- Not very user friendly
- Stuff gone after closing app
- Black page for spiders
- Pictures have all disappeared
- Cannot get past start screen
- Reset password does nothing
- Password created never works
- Horrible since update
- App deleted half of spider index
- App deleted feeding info
- Fast feed doesn't always register
- Needs to be entered more than once to save
- Crashes when trying to upload a pic
- Cannot upload more than one photo
- Hasn't been fixed in a year
- No idea how to get to some features
- Hard to update molts and size
- Hard to edit information
- Don't know how to delete an entry
- Don't know how to close a page
- Constantly crashes when trying to add a picture
- Lasted a week, only 4 tarantulas listed, no longer opens properly
- Tells me to turn on notifications but app isn't there
- App settings don't have turn on notifications setting
- Keeps opening the same T regardless of selection
- Crashes every time adding own images
- Locks up with white screen when viewing saved entry
- Needs updates for iPads
- Needs access to ALL photos instead of chosen ones
- Collection is gone after closing app
- App crashes when adding a picture
- Missing pamphobeteus machala
- Missing Hapalopus sp Columbia
- Missing Cyriopagopus sp. hati hati
- Scorpion genus and species has no dropdown
- Process intimidating for large collections
- Needs a counting system for efficiency
- Needs an option to view in list form
- No copy button for multiple species
- Some species missing
- Cannot add Australian species
- Some info missing for Australian species
- Bulk feeding entry needed
- More genus names needed
- More house photos needed
- Venom potency options needed
- Hair kicking option needed
- Favorites category needed
- A to feed next category needed
- DIY setup into care methods needed
- More genuses to care section needed
- False widows not categorized correctly
- Subspecies not available on dropdowns
- No copy button for multiple species
- Some species missing
- Cannot add Australian species
- Some info missing for Australian species
- Bulk feeding entry needed
- More genus names needed
- More house photos needed
- Venom potency options needed
- Hair kicking option needed
- Favorites category needed
- A to feed next category needed
- DIY setup into care methods needed
- More genuses to care section needed
- False widows not categorized correctly
- Subspecies not available on dropdowns
- Scorpion genus and species has no dropdown
- Add 'added' notification for wishlist
- Interactive elements similar to plant watering games
Requested features
27 requests- Human-drawn spider pictures
- Record stats for egg sacs
- Photo archive for color changes
- Bulk feeding entry
- More genus names
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- More house photos of different genuses
- Venom potency include (Deadly, lowest)
- Hair kicking as an option
- Favorites category over search
- A to feed next category based on feeding setup
- DIY setup into care methods
- More genuses to care section
- Add False widows to true spider category
- Add subspecies to dropdowns
- Scorpion genus and species dropdown
- Copy button for multiple species
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Add 'added' notification for wishlist
- Interactive elements like plant watering games
- Full screen iPad version
- Option to view in list form
- Counting system for inventory efficiency
- Subspecies available on dropdowns
- Scorpion genus and species dropdown
- Add 'added' notification when adding T to wishlist
- Interactive elements similar to plant watering games
LabelBug
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Arachnifiles
- Arachnifiles Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Arachnifiles Breeder Monthly$8.991 Month
- Arachnifiles Pro Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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- Arachnifiles Breeder Yearly$89.991 Year
- Arachnifiles Pro Lifetime$99.99
- Arachnifiles Breeder Lifetime$199.00
LabelBug
- Monthly Export Subscription$0.991 Month
- Lifetime Export Access$7.99









