Comparison

Mushroom Tracker vs Instash

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

Head to head
About

Mushroom Tracker

Instantly identify mushrooms with AI by taking a photo. Track your foraging spots privately with GPS mapping and access a comprehensive species database. Share finds with a privacy-first community marketplace.

Highlights
  • AI mushroom identification from photos
  • GPS mapping and location tracking
  • Comprehensive species database
  • Offline support for remote areas
  • Privacy-first data storage
  • Community marketplace for sharing finds
Features
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YOUR SPOTS. YOUR MAP. NOBODY ELSE'S. Mushroom Tracker is a private foraging map. Drop a pin where you find them, and the map remembers for next season — with no signal, and without ever showing another forager where you were. A PRIVATE MAP THAT WORKS WITHOUT SIGNAL • Save a spot in one tap, with photos and notes • Download a map region before you go; the map and your pins keep working with no service • Satellite and topo views worldwide (not available in China) • Public-land boundaries for US regions, so you know whose land you're on before you pick • Your pins are never shown on a public map. Back them up to your own account if you want them on a new phone SEASON ALERTS — KNOW WHEN TO GO • We watch soil temperature and rain at the places you've pinned • When conditions line up for morels, chanterelles, porcini or oysters, you get one notification • Quiet hours and a weekly cap, so it never nags HONEST AI IDENTIFICATION • Photograph up to three angles of one mushroom for a stronger match • Every result names the dangerous lookalikes to rule out first • Identification is a starting point for your own determination — never a verdict on what's safe to eat • Lose signal mid-scan? It's saved and identified when you're back in range A FIELD GUIDE THAT KEEPS GROWING • Hundreds of species with habitat, season and look-alike notes, updated continuously • Seasonal calendar: what's fruiting where, month by month • Detailed safety notes on the toxic species that matter A FORAGING JOURNAL • Every find, dated and mapped, building a record of your seasons • Badges for first finds, species and seasons • Export your data any time — it's yours Free to start: save your first spots, browse the full guide, try the AI. No account required. Go Pro for unlimited pins, offline map downloads, season alerts and cloud backup. Mushroom hunting, wild food foraging, mycology study — this is the map you keep for years. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Instash

Features
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Stop mindless scrolling. Start learning in minutes. Instash turns your daily scroll into something meaningful. Explore curated “stashes” of short, powerful lessons across psychology, philosophy, finance, productivity, and more. Designed for modern attention spans, each lesson is clear, concise, and built to stick.

Screenshots

Mushroom Tracker4 screens
Instash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Instash at none against Mushroom Tracker's 5. Instash also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence 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. Mushroom Tracker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Instash asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mushroom Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, Instash every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mushroom Tracker versus Instash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMushroom TrackerInstash
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJan RowinskiTanishq Jain

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Mushroom Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • Small Tip$2.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
None

Instash

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mushroom Tracker free?
Mushroom Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Instash free?
Instash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mushroom Tracker or Instash have ads?
Mushroom Tracker shows ads; Instash does not.
Which is updated more often, Mushroom Tracker or Instash?
Mushroom Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, and Instash every 10 days. Most recently, Mushroom Tracker was updated on October 10, 2026 and Instash on October 16, 2026.

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