Timber Cruiser vs AskFirst
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timber Cruiser
Field app for foresters, landowners, and loggers to tally trees, map plots, and calculate board feet, stand value, and sampling statistics. Offers regional profiles, multiple volume rules, and voice entry for faster tallies. Generates exportable reports in various formats.
- Tally trees and map plots
- Calculate board feet and stand value
- Satellite map integration for plots
- Multiple volume rules and regional profiles
- Voice entry and Bluetooth instrument support
- Export reports to Excel, GeoJSON, KML, PDF, CSV
- Offline functionality for core features
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Cruise timber, not paperwork. Timber Cruiser is the field app for foresters, landowners and loggers: tally trees, map your plots and get board feet, stand value and sampling statistics on the spot — on iPhone, iPad and Mac. NEW IN 2.0 • Plots on a satellite map: walk the stand boundary, get area and perimeter, lay out a systematic plot grid and navigate to every plot with distance and bearing. • Sampling statistics: mean volume per acre, standard error, 95% confidence interval, sampling error and the number of plots you still need. • Regional cruising profiles: United States, Canada (West/East), Brazil (plantation and native forest) and metric — units, plot design, volume method and species set up in one tap. • More volume rules: Doyle, Scribner Decimal C, International 1/4", Roy and New Brunswick, plus form-factor, Schumacher-Hall and Honer equations. • Faster tally: voice entry on device, Bluetooth measuring instruments, CAP/girth input, defect, grade, tag and tree status. • Stand & stock table, diameter distribution and height–diameter curve. • New exports: Excel (XLSX), GeoJSON and KML for Google Earth, alongside PDF and CSV. • Redesigned for iPad and Mac, in 11 languages. BOARD FEET IN SECONDS Enter DBH and log count and see volume instantly. Set a price per species and watch tallied and whole-stand value update as you walk. PRISM AND FIXED-RADIUS PLOTS BAF prism plots, fixed-radius plots or 100% census. Per-acre trees, basal area, volume and value, expanded to the whole stand. FIELD TOOLS Clinometer and compass on iPhone, tree-height calculator, borderline-tree check, log scale and circumference-to-diameter converter. REPORTS YOUR CLIENTS CAN READ Multi-page PDF reports, CSV and Excel for analysis, GeoJSON and KML for GIS. BUILT FOR THE WOODS • Tally, calculations and reports work offline; satellite maps need a connection. • No account required. Your cruise data stays on your device. • High-contrast dark and light themes for bright sun and deep shade. Free trial available for Premium. Download and run your first cruise in under a minute. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
AskFirst
This app generates personalized preparation kits for various appointments, including prioritized questions, documents to bring, red flags, and suggested phrases. It helps users feel confident and prepared for medical, legal, financial, and other consultations. Users can also prepare for appointments on behalf of loved ones and share their kits.
- Personalized prep kits
- Prioritized questions with explanations
- Specific documents and items to bring
- Red flags and warning signs
- Advocacy phrases for feeling dismissed
- Follow-up actions
- Preparation for others
- Shareable prep kits
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Walk into your next appointment prepared, confident, and impossible to dismiss. AskFirst: Appointment Prep builds you a personalized prep kit before any appointment: doctor visits, mechanic trips, legal consultations, school meetings, financial advisor sessions, home service calls, and more. Describe your situation and get a custom game plan in seconds. WHAT'S IN YOUR PREP KIT Prioritized questions to ask, with a short explanation of why each one matters. Documents and items to bring, specific to your situation, not a generic checklist. Red flags to watch for, warning signs that something isn't right. Exact phrases to say if you feel dismissed, real words you can use, not vague advice. Follow-up actions for after the appointment, so nothing falls through the cracks. ASK FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS Got a question your prep kit didn't cover? Ask up to 3 follow-up questions per prep and get specific, actionable answers based on your situation. BROWSE THE APPOINTMENT LIBRARY Explore tips, questions, red flags, and checklists for 30+ appointment types across 9 categories. Fully translated in all 14 supported languages. EVERY PREP KIT IS TAILORED TO YOU "Cardiologist follow-up after abnormal EKG" produces a completely different kit than "annual physical." AskFirst doesn't give generic advice. It gives you a game plan built around your specific situation. PREPARING FOR A LOVED ONE? Toggle "preparing for someone else" and everything adjusts: questions, documents, and advocacy phrases, for someone helping a parent, spouse, or child at their appointment. SHARE YOUR PREP KIT Send your full prep kit as a shareable link to a family member or friend before the appointment so you both walk in on the same page. Shared links display in the language they were created in. COPY INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS Tap any question to copy it to your clipboard. Perfect for pasting into your notes app before you walk in. MAKE IT YOURS Choose from seven accent colors: Emerald, Blue, Indigo, Teal, Rose, Coral, and Lavender. The app adapts to light or dark mode automatically. ONE PURCHASE. EVERYTHING UNLOCKED. Try your first prep kit free. Unlock unlimited preps, follow-up questions, and the full appointment library for $9.99, one time, forever. No subscriptions, no hidden fees. 9 APPOINTMENT CATEGORIES Medical, Auto/Mechanic, Legal, School, Financial, Home Services, Real Estate, Civic, and Other. YOUR PRIVACY MATTERS Your appointment details are processed by Anthropic's Claude API to generate your prep kit. AskFirst does not store your personal health, legal, or financial information after your kit is generated. 14 LANGUAGES SUPPORTED Prepare in the language you're most comfortable in. AskFirst supports English, Español, Français, 中文, Português, 한국어, العربية, Kreyòl Ayisyen, 日本語, Deutsch, Italiano, Nederlands, Türkçe, and Svenska, so nothing gets lost in translation. AskFirst is your advocate in your pocket. A preparation tool, not a substitute for professional medical, legal, financial, or other professional advice. Terms of Use: https://askfirstapp.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AskFirst at 100% against Timber Cruiser's 0%. AskFirst also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). Timber Cruiser's advantage is monetization model (freemium vs paid). 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
Both are free to download. Timber Cruiser sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and AskFirst sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
AskFirst holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AskFirst has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Timber Cruiser's written reviews are positive against 100% of AskFirst's.
Timber Cruiser ships an update fortnightly, AskFirst every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timber Cruiser | AskFirst |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EMRE KOTUN | James Napolitano |
Customer experience
Timber Cruiser
AskFirst
In-app purchases
Timber Cruiser
- Premium Access$9.991 Month
- Premium Access$12.997 Days
- Premium Access$59.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime Access$149.99
AskFirst
- ReadyRoom Pro+$1.991 Month
- ReadyRoom Pro+ (Annual)$9.991 Year
- AskFirst Pro$9.99








