Ki Uta vs Te Puna Hāpai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ki Uta
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Welcome to Ki Uta, our te reo Māori language app for Upper Hutt City. Ki Uta means inland. This comes from the name Te Awakairangi ki Uta. This name acknowledges the geographic location of Upper Hutt City Council as being the inland council along the Hutt River. Ki Uta offers you some tools grounded in te ao Māori to help with the work we do at Upper Hutt City Council. If utilised correctly, this information can be a very helpful resource for learning not only about the Māori Language, but also some of the history and traditions that exist alongside it. Explore, navigate and use helpful tools and add it to your own basket of knowledge. FEATURES 1. Synchronised narration in te reo Māori and English 2. Swipe to read or Touch to hear 3. Record your own narration 4. Create your own pepeha 5. Export pages, images and audio to colleagues, friends or social media This app was produced by world leading Cultural Services agency Kiwa Digital. For more www.kiwadigital.com NEED HELP? Contact us: support@kiwadigital.com
Te Puna Hāpai
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Whatungarongaro te tangata toitū te whenua - People come and go but the land remains. This whakatauki inspires us to appreciate the importance of whenua, and our responsibility to understand, develop and care for whenua, moana and arawai. Nau mai, haere mai. Te Puna Hāpai is an educational resource for Toitū Te Whenua Land Information NZ staff to learn about basic Tikanga and te reo Māori to support their day-to-day mahi (work) and their engagement with Māori. Interactive features within the app include pronunciation of Māori words, maps with Māori place names and iwi groups, mihimihi/pepeha (introductions), ngā mihi (greetings), poroporoaki (farewells), whakataukī (proverbs), waiata (songs) and links to key LINZ documents that support effective engagement with Māori. One of the app’s key features is that staff can self-populate their own personal pepeha information. It also includes: • Audio for te reo Māori words (Touch-to-Hear™) • PDF resources to key LINZ documents FEATURES: 1. Synchronised audio (blend of te reo Māori and English) 2. Swipe to read 3. Record yourself; 4. Aself-populating function for composing own pepeha 5. PDF resources 6. Quiz modules 7. Advanced share functionality This app was produced by world leading Cultural Services agency Kiwa Digital. For more www.kiwadigital.com NEED HELP? Contact us: support@kiwadigital.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Te Puna Hāpai at 13.0 against Ki Uta's 15.6. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ki Uta ships an update every 3 months, Te Puna Hāpai every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ki Uta | Te Puna Hāpai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Upper Hutt City Council | Kiwa Digital Limited |
In-app purchases
Ki Uta
No in-app purchases
Te Puna Hāpai
No in-app purchases








