Feathers vs LeafLocus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Feathers
Record detailed bird sightings and sessions in the field. Save precise locations, apply custom tags, and refine records with taxonomy options. Fetch real-time weather to document your birding journey.
- Capture individual bird sightings
- Record birding sessions/checklists
- Save precise location coordinates
- Apply custom tags to sightings
- Detailed taxonomy options
- Fetch real-time weather information
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Document every detail of your birding journey. Feathers for iOS is a companion app to the Feathers web platform, designed for capturing bird sightings and sessions while in the field. Key features • Capture individual bird sightings on their own or as part of a birding session (i.e., a checklist). • Save precise location coordinates with each sighting to remember both your location and the bird’s — down to a specific tree or bush. • Track what matters to you by applying custom tags to sightings (e.g., “singing,” “adult”). • Refine your records with detailed taxonomy options, including subspecies, forms, and sp. • Fetch real-time weather information to preserve the conditions of each field session. Why choose Feathers? Feathers provides a beautiful, customizable home for a lifetime of bird sightings. Build a personal record of your observations and watch your relationship with each species evolve over time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.feathersapp.io/legal/privacy
LeafLocus
Visualize your garden's future with an interactive planting planner. Transform a yard photo into a detailed plan, previewing plant growth, sun exposure, and seasonal changes before you plant.
- Interactive planting plans from yard photos
- Visualize plant growth and mature sizes
- Sun and shade analysis
- Preview seasonal garden changes
- Offline garden access
- iCloud syncing between Apple devices
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See your garden before it grows. LeafLocus turns a photo of your yard into an interactive planting plan. Place trees, shrubs, perennials, and groundcovers where they belong, then see how the whole garden works together over time. PLAN AT YARD SCALE Calibrate a real-world distance, place plants on your yard image, and compare current and mature sizes. Track existing plants or plan new additions without losing the context of the whole landscape. UNDERSTAND SUN AND SHADE Set the yard's north direction and approximate location, then explore how the sun moves through the day. LeafLocus estimates effective sun and shade for selected plants and flags likely mismatches with their light requirements. PREVIEW GROWTH AND SEASONS Scrub through future growth and climate-relative garden phases. Plant visuals can reflect bloom timing, fall interest, evergreen foliage, and winter dormancy instead of treating every plant as a summer snapshot. Your garden remains available on your devices. LeafLocus does not require a LeafLocus login. When iCloud is available, the app can privately sync gardens between your Apple devices while keeping on-device documents as the offline source. Try everything for seven days, then just $9.99 a year after that. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Feathers at none against LeafLocus's 1. LeafLocus's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. LeafLocus sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Feathers asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Feathers against 5.0 for LeafLocus. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Feathers ships an update every 4 months, LeafLocus every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Feathers | LeafLocus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 950 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Land Urchin LLC | LeafLocus LLC |
Customer experience
Feathers
LeafLocus
In-app purchases
Feathers
No in-app purchases
LeafLocus
- LeafLocus$9.991 Year









