FAO eLocust3m vs OpenAthena
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FAO eLocust3m
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This tool supports the longstanding United Nations program to track and monitor the desert locust across its range. This has been developed jointly between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Penn State University under the Memorandum of Understanding between the two organizations. All intellectual property rights, including copyright are vested in FAO, including, without any limitations, the right to use, publish, translate, sell or distribute, privately or publicly, any item or part thereof.
OpenAthena
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OpenAthena™ is a project which allows consumer and professional drones to spot precise locations through their images. This is accomplished by combining their sensor metadata with digital elevation data to provide the instant location of what is being observed.
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Verdict
FAO eLocust3m and OpenAthena 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FAO eLocust3m | OpenAthena |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | Robert Krupczak |
In-app purchases
FAO eLocust3m
No in-app purchases
OpenAthena
No in-app purchases
