CitSci vs Colorado Seed Tool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CitSci
Empower your community with a tool for collecting and uploading scientific observations. This app facilitates citizen science projects, allowing users to contribute valuable data directly to a central platform.
- Data collection for citizen science
- Upload observations to CitSci.org
- Empowers community science projects
- Syncs with web platform
- Facilitates observation contribution
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The CitSci mobile app is a data collection app for citizen scientists that syncs up with CitSci.org. The app augments the web site by empowering users to collect and upload observations to CitSci.org. The app helps people and communities do great citizen science.
Colorado Seed Tool
This app helps users discover or verify seed mixes for their specific location and management objectives in Colorado. Designed by experts, it aims to improve the efficiency and diversity of habitat restoration and seeding projects.
- Discover suitable seed mixes
- Verify existing seed mixes
- Location-specific recommendations
- Management goal integration
- Expert-designed guidance
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Beta version. Discover seeds that will work for your location and management goals or verify an existing seed mix for your location and management goals. Designed by habitat experts with input from reclamation and seeding professionals, this app will help increase the efficiency and diversity of seeding efforts in Colorado.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CitSci at 4.5 against Colorado Seed Tool's 4.3. On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
CitSci holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.
CitSci ships an update every 6 weeks, Colorado Seed Tool every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CitSci | Colorado Seed Tool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | 4.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Greg Newman | Fetchly, LLC |
Customer experience
CitSci
Colorado Seed Tool
In-app purchases
CitSci
No in-app purchases
Colorado Seed Tool
No in-app purchases
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