Comparison

The Garden Guide vs Fiber Master

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

Head to head
About

The Garden Guide

Explore the Chicago Botanic Garden with this app. Discover plants, find your way around, and learn about the garden's features through tours and audio guides. It's a helpful companion for both visitors and home gardeners.

Highlights
  • Navigate 385 acres and 26 gardens
  • Discover plant information by name, color, or characteristics
  • Access walking tours and audio guides
  • Pin favorite locations
  • Track seasonal blooms
  • Personal garden docent
Features
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When your question is: “How do I find…” Your answer is: The Garden Guide Packed with information about the Chicago Botanic Garden, our app is the perfect companion as you navigate, discover, learn about, and explore all 385 acres, 26 gardens, 4 natural areas, and our outstanding collection of 2.6 million plants. Get to know the Garden with the help of our Walking Tours and Audio Guides. Or, be your own guide--set out on your own and pin your favorite places. Discover what’s in bloom year round and locate any plant on the grounds by its name, color, or characteristics. Think of it as your personal garden docent--whether you’re visiting the Garden grounds or working in your own backyard.

About

Fiber Master

Features
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Fiber Master turns the fiber optic color code into fast drills you can run in the truck, on a lunch break, or between splices. Answer by physical color name, build instant recall of fibers, buffer tubes and ribbons, and watch your field rank climb. FIVE DRILL MODES Colour Rush: pick the right color for a fiber number. Fiber Finder: name the fiber number for a color. Tube Master: find the tube and position. Speed Splice: beat the clock. Daily Challenge: a new challenge every day. Every answer gives instant XP feedback, streak multipliers and an immediate next question. GHOST RACE AND BENCH RANK Race a replay of your own best run and a computed pacer line, then see your Bench Rank rating move. The rating measures your recall against the standard itself, not against invented opponents. CUSTOM COUNT LAB AND STRAND LOCATOR Set the cable you actually work: fiber count, fibers per tube or ribbon, loose tube or ribbon, binder groups. Drill that exact setup, or look up which binder, tube and position a fiber number lands in, including tracer-stripe tubes. FIELD RANKS AND BADGES Climb from Apprentice to Fiber Tech, Splicer, Journeyman, Senior Splicer and Fiber Master, and earn trade badges along the way. KNOW WHAT YOU ACTUALLY MISS Fiber Master tracks which colors you confuse with each other, so your next drills lean on the pairs that trip you up. LEARN THE STANDARD A built-in reference for the TIA-598 color code, buffer tubes, tracer bands and ribbons. The whole standard ships inside the app, so drills and lookups work with no signal, underground or up a pole. No account needed to play. An optional free account carries your rank and streak to another phone. FIBER MASTER PRO (optional subscription) - Any Custom Count Lab cable above 144F, up to 1728F - The full confusion analysis: every color pair you mix up - Badge share cards for LinkedIn, Indeed and Facebook - No Quik Fiber Pro promotions - $4.99 monthly or $29.99 yearly, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers - Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation; the subscription auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings From the makers of Quik Fiber Pro. Privacy Policy: https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/1072/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/1072/terms

Screenshots

The Garden Guide4 screens
Fiber Master4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Garden Guide at none against Fiber Master's 2. On price, ads, device support 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

Both are free to download. Fiber Master sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. The Garden Guide asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
The Garden Guide versus Fiber Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Garden GuideFiber Master
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChicago Horticultural SocietyAFRICO FELIZ

In-app purchases

None

The Garden Guide

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Fiber Master

Subscriptions2
  • Fiber Master Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Fiber Master Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is The Garden Guide free?
The Garden Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fiber Master free?
Fiber Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do The Garden Guide or Fiber Master have ads?
Neither The Garden Guide nor Fiber Master shows ads.

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