Comparison

iPAL vs Bramble Trail

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

Head to head
About

iPAL

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A bespoke booking, payment and management software for schools, nurseries etc

About

Bramble Trail

Features
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Bramble Trail turns a walk in the woods, the park, or your own back garden into a gentle scavenger hunt for curious children. Pick a habitat and how long you have. Bramble Trail sets a little list of natural things to find, a blackbird, a snail on a leaf, the smell of fresh-cut grass, and off you go together. There are no screens to stare at and nothing to rush. Just the world outside and the quiet joy of spotting something new. Every find your child makes is added to their own illustrated field journal, a growing collection of the wildlife and wonders they have discovered. Along the way they earn hand-painted badges for exploring new places and spotting more along the trail. WHAT MAKES BRAMBLE TRAIL DIFFERENT A calm, unhurried way to get outside. No timers, no pressure, no noisy rewards. Just gentle encouragement to look a little closer at the natural world. Beautiful, hand-painted illustrations of British wildlife, from garden birds and minibeasts to woodland trees and seashore finds. Designed for the whole family. Suitable for children from around three to ten, to explore together with a grown-up. Thirteen outdoor habitats to discover, including parks, woodlands, ponds, hedgerows, meadows and the seashore. Several ways to mark a find, spot it, listen for it, smell it, or take a photo, so children of different ages can all join in. BUILT WITH PRIVACY IN MIND Bramble Trail collects nothing. There are no accounts, no adverts, no tracking, and no analytics of any kind. Everything stays on your own device, and you can delete it at any time. Made by an independent developer in the UK, for families who want a little less screen and a little more outside. Head outside and find the wild things.

Screenshots

iPAL4 screens
Bramble Trail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Bramble Trail at 2 against iPAL's โ€”. iPAL's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 3 level
iPAL versus Bramble Trail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriPALBramble Trail
PriceFreeFree
Adsโ€”No
In-app purchasesNoNo
Devicesโ€”iPhone, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better15.1
Further details โ€” not scored
Size9 MB179 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developermarc sewellJames Cook105719198611

In-app purchases

None

iPAL

No in-app purchases

None

Bramble Trail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iPAL free?
iPAL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bramble Trail free?
Bramble Trail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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