Comparison

PicNav vs Mycel

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

Head to head
About

PicNav

Features
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Navigate Your World Through Photos Discover the power of location-based photo navigation with PicNav — the ultimate tool for outdoor enthusiasts, travelers, and anyone looking to explore the world through imagery. Whether you're aiming to mark your favorite fishing spots, track down the best places for mushroom foraging, or simply find and navigate to places captured in photographs, PicNav makes it simple and intuitive. Key Features: Photo-Based Location Saving: Snap a photo, and PicNav instantly saves the location. Revisit your spots or share them with friends with just a tap. Discover Natural Wonders: Ideal for outdoor aficionados, PicNav helps you find and record elusive natural spots like prime fishing areas and lush mushroom patches. Seamless Integration with Navigation Apps: Open saved locations in popular navigation apps like Google Maps, Waze, and more, ensuring you can easily navigate to any spot recorded in PicNav. Intuitive Interface: Designed for ease of use, navigate the app's features with minimal taps, making it accessible to everyone, regardless of tech-savvy. Multi-Platform Sync: Your saved locations sync across all your devices in real time, so your spots are always with you, on any device. For Adventurers and Explorers: PicNav is not just an app; it's your companion for adventure. It's perfect for: Hikers looking to map out trails with specific scenic points. Fishermen tracking their successful spots across different seasons. Foragers and nature enthusiasts wanting to record the richness of their finds. Travelers capturing the essence of their journeys through photos and exact locations. Get Started Easily: Download PicNav and create your account. Start snapping photos with your camera through the app or upload existing images. View and manage your saved locations on a sleek map interface. Open any location in your preferred navigation app to get directions instantly. Privacy and Permissions: Your privacy is our top priority. PicNav uses your camera and location data solely for saving and managing your locations. We never track your location in the background or share your data without your explicit permission. Ready to explore the world in a whole new way? Download PicNav now and start your journey through the lens of your camera!

About

Mycel

This app helps you track your foraging finds by pinning them on a map and journaling your outings. It uses local weather data to predict seasons and suggest the best times to forage for various items. You can also add custom species and access bilingual reference pages.

Highlights
  • Season prediction based on local weather
  • Foraging Mode with one-tap logging
  • Offline spot map with color-coded pins
  • Outing journal with tracks and notes
  • Bilingual reference pages for 60+ species
  • Custom species and categories
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Find a good mushroom spot and you'll want it again next season — Mycel makes sure you never lose it. It's the foraging journal that pins every find on the map, tracks every outing, and reads the season from the real weather where you forage, so you know what's coming up and the best day to head out. Set it up for whatever you gather: mushrooms, berries, wild herbs, asparagus, or your own custom species. LEGAL — Mycel is a tracker, not an identifier. The app does not identify species from photos and does not provide guidance on consumption. Always verify with a local expert before any consumption. Some look-alikes are deadly. WHAT IT DOES • Season prediction: it crosses the recent weather in your area (WeatherKit + AEMET) with each species' pattern to suggest what to look for and the best day to head out. Tuned for mushrooms; for fruits and plants, a per-species seasonal calendar. • Foraging Mode: pin up to 3 species and one tap on the Lock Screen or Dynamic Island logs a find with your location. Without taking the phone out of your pocket. • When to go, zone by zone (Pro): Mycel checks the weather in the background and lets you know when a good day is coming up in one of your zones, based on rain and temperature. The “When to go” widget shows it on your Home Screen. • Offline spot map (OpenStreetMap) with your finds as colour-coded pins by category. Works with no signal deep in the woods. • Outing journal: every session keeps your track, finds and notes; group your places into zones and see what you found there. • A year ago, around this date: Home reminds you what you logged around these same dates in past years. And share your season as an image — no map, no locations. • 78 reference pages in 34 languages with description, habitat, season and look-alikes. 12 toxic species with explicit medical warnings (Amanita phalloides, Cortinarius rubellus, Lepiota brunneoincarnata…). • Custom species and categories: add whatever you forage where you live, even if it's not in the catalogue. • Apple Visual Look Up: Apple's system — not Mycel — can suggest species from your photos. • Apple Watch: active sessions show up on their own in the Smart Stack. PRIVACY • Your finds in your private iCloud, end-to-end encrypted across your iPhone and iPad. Or fully local-only if you prefer. • Zero analytics, zero third-party SDKs, zero tracking. Privacy nutrition: "Data Not Collected". • Photos never leave your library; Mycel only stores Apple's internal photo reference. PLANS • Free: 10 full foraging sessions, the map and the full reference, no expiry. (Predictions and bulk photo import are Pro.) • Lifetime $39.99 one-time: everything unlocked for good, no subscription. Includes every future backend feature (web heatmap, cross-device sync, etc.). • Annual $14.99/year with a 1-week free trial. • Monthly $1.99/mo. Cancel anytime. Mycel is built for Iberian foragers, but the catalogue covers most of European foraging. Coming soon: regional packs (Pyrenees, Galicia, Alps) and professional translation review for German / Italian / French. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://frostdev.eu/privacy

Screenshots

PicNav4 screens
Mycel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mycel at monthly against PicNav's every 9 months. PicNav's advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. PicNav sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Mycel sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PicNav ships an update every 9 months, Mycel monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
PicNav versus Mycel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicNavMycel
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGinnyPixAlvaro Escarcha Esteban

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PicNav

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$1.991 Year
3 purchases

Mycel

Subscriptions2
  • Mycel Pro · Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Mycel Pro · Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$39.99

Questions

Is PicNav free?
PicNav is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mycel free?
Mycel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PicNav or Mycel have ads?
Neither PicNav nor Mycel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PicNav or Mycel?
PicNav ships an update every 9 months, and Mycel monthly. Most recently, PicNav was updated on September 18, 2026 and Mycel on September 27, 2026.

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