Comparison

Falling Fruit vs NOOWORKS

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Falling Fruit

Discover a global map of edible plants, featuring over 1,200 types and nearly a million locations. This app helps foragers, foresters, and freegans find and share knowledge about wild and cultivated edible plants, connecting users to local and global food resources.

Highlights
  • Global map of edible plants
  • Over 1,200 edible plant types
  • Nearly one million locations
  • User-contributed locations
  • Internet data aggregation
  • Information on native and exotic plants
Features
Currently charting
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Falling Fruit is a community-driven platform for sharing locations of edible plants and other sources of free food. You can discover what others have been harvesting in your area and contribute your own observations. We aspire to provide the world's most comprehensive and open foraging and freegan map. Since our launch in 2013, we have been collecting locations from app users, as well as from hundreds of community, university, and municipal datasets. Today, the map hosts millions of locations in thousands of cities covering thousands of edible types (fruit trees, berries, nuts, herbs, vegetables, mushrooms, dumpsters, and more). Our mobile app offers the same core functionality as our free website, with refinements and native interfaces designed specifically for phones. A small price for the app helps cover the project's costs, and all proceeds go to Falling Fruit, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Boulder, Colorado, USA. Falling Fruit is not associated with Fallen Fruit. Fallen Fruit can be found at fallenfruit.org.

About

NOOWORKS

Discover limited edition textiles created with artists, designed to flatter and feel good. Garments are produced in California, with a focus on sourcing materials domestically and supporting ethical practices.

Highlights
  • Limited edition textiles
  • Artist collaborations
  • Flattering garment cuts
  • Made in California
  • USA-sourced materials
Features
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Nooworks is a woman owned, women run business. We make limited edition textiles with artists we love in cuts to make you look and feel good. All our garments are produced in California. We try to source all our materials in the USA and work with incredibly nice people. We are a small team with a lot of love. Thanks for your support.

Screenshots

Falling Fruit4 screens
NOOWORKS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: NOOWORKS at 97% against Falling Fruit's 27%. NOOWORKS also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.9 vs 2.4). Falling Fruit's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#20 vs unranked). On in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

NOOWORKS is free to download; Falling Fruit costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NOOWORKS holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NOOWORKS has 730 ratings behind it against 116, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Falling Fruit's written reviews are positive against 97% of NOOWORKS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Falling Fruit ships an update every 11 months, NOOWORKS every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Falling Fruit versus NOOWORKS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFalling FruitNOOWORKS
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.4 (116 ratings)4.9 (730 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.9% of reviews97.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings116730 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#20 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFalling FruitNooworks

Customer experience

Falling Fruit

All ratings116 ratings
Positive31.9%
Neutral3.4%
Negative64.7%
Written reviews108 reviews
Positive26.9%
Neutral3.7%
Negative69.4%

NOOWORKS

All ratings730 ratings
Positive98.9%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.5%
Written reviews114 reviews
Positive97.4%
Neutral2.6%
Negative0.0%

User reviews

Falling Fruit

From 116 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Great concept for foraging
  • 👍 User-friendly interface (sometimes)
  • 🤝 Community collaboration
  • 🌳 Useful for discovering edible plants
  • 🚀 Works well for some users

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes frequently
  • 🐛 App won't load or open
  • 🐛 Registration/login issues
  • 🐛 Outdated information
  • 🐛 Location/GPS problems

NOOWORKS

From 730 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to navigate
  • 🎨 Beautifully designed
  • 💻 Seamless shopping experience
  • 🔔 Helpful notifications
  • 🌈 Vibrant and colorful

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
  • 🔍 Limited search functionality
  • 🕰️ Inconsistencies with website inventory
  • 🤔 Missing some key features (e.g. size charts)

Bugs and requests

Falling Fruit

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App crashes before login or when trying to load
  • Login and registration emails not received
  • App resets to Boulder, CO location
  • GPS and network signal errors despite good connection
  • Keyboard not appearing in text fields
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  • Take photo button is dead
  • Map not displaying or loading
  • In-app notifications steal focus
  • List view doesn't show markers on map
  • App not working on older devices (iPhone 6s)
  • Login screen glitches
  • Cannot retype password after a mistake
  • Confirmation link not working
  • App freezes or is unresponsive
  • Random in-app notifications steal focus

Requested features

10 requests
  • More filter options (e.g., exclude dumpster posts, filter by plant family)
  • Coordinates or better location identification for posts
  • Ability to save favorite trees/locations
  • Filter out non-edible trees
  • Add photos from camera roll
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  • Improve map loading and responsiveness
  • Add a falling nuts site
  • Option to load directions to a location via Google Maps
  • Ability to edit/delete location pins
  • Dark mode option

NOOWORKS

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Checkout errors
  • Inconsistent inventory between app and website

Requested features

4 requests
  • Restock notifications
  • Artist/print request feature
  • Store gift card payment option
  • More detailed size/fit information

In-app purchases

None

Falling Fruit

No in-app purchases

None

NOOWORKS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Falling Fruit free?
Falling Fruit costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is NOOWORKS free?
NOOWORKS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Falling Fruit or NOOWORKS?
NOOWORKS is rated higher. Falling Fruit averages 2.4 out of 5 from 116 ratings, while NOOWORKS averages 4.9 from 730 ratings.
Do Falling Fruit or NOOWORKS have ads?
NOOWORKS shows ads; Falling Fruit does not.
Which is updated more often, Falling Fruit or NOOWORKS?
Falling Fruit ships an update every 11 months, and NOOWORKS every 5 weeks. Most recently, Falling Fruit was updated on October 12, 2026 and NOOWORKS on October 3, 2026.

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