Comparison

FunghiTrack vs Mycel

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

Head to head
About

FunghiTrack

Features
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FunghiTrack — Your app for mushroom hunting with GPS, offline maps and artificial intelligence. The app designed for mushroom foragers, hikers and nature lovers. Track your routes, mark your finds and navigate every corner of the forest with maximum precision, even without an internet connection. MAIN FEATURES PROFESSIONAL GPS TRACKING Record every route with metric precision. View distance, duration, elevation gain and speed in real time. UNLIMITED OFFLINE MAPS Download the areas you need and use them even without signal. Detailed topographic maps with contour lines. COMPASS & ALTIMETER Digital compass, barometric altimeter, GPS coordinates and magnetic north indicator to always keep your bearings. GEOLOCATED FINDS Save every mushroom found with photo, species, notes and exact GPS position. Filter by species and return to the best spots year after year. AI MUSHROOM RECOGNITION Photograph a mushroom and artificial intelligence will identify the species with a detailed description. Ideal for quick field identification. LIVE SQUAD Create or join a group of hikers: see your companions' positions in real time on the map, share routes and finds. SOS EMERGENCY SOS button that automatically sends your GPS position by email to preset contacts in case of emergency in remote areas. PERSONAL STATISTICS View your total finds, species collected and saved routes. Year-over-year comparison and personal rankings. PRO SUBSCRIPTION Pro features include: • Unlimited offline maps • Unlimited GPS tracking • AI mushroom recognition • Live Squad mode • Contour lines • Unlimited finds • Priority updates 30 DAYS FREE then €29.99/year (auto-renewal) Less than €0.09 per day to access all advanced features. The subscription renews automatically every year unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the renewal date. Manage your subscription in App Store Settings. WHY FUNGHITRACK Developed in Italy for Italian foragers Works without GPS/internet signal Data saved on secure cloud Continuous updates Fast customer support in Italian and English Support: info@funghitrack.it www.funghitrack.it Privacy: https://funghitrack.it/app/privacy.html Terms: https://funghitrack.it/app/termini.html

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
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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

FunghiTrack4 screens
Mycel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FunghiTrack at 16.0 against Mycel's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. FunghiTrack sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 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

FunghiTrack ships an update fortnightly, Mycel every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
FunghiTrack versus Mycel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFunghiTrackMycel
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmanuele CrimiAlvaro Escarcha Esteban

In-app purchases

1 purchases

FunghiTrack

Subscriptions1
  • FunghiTrack Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
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 FunghiTrack free?
FunghiTrack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mycel free?
Mycel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FunghiTrack or Mycel have ads?
Neither FunghiTrack nor Mycel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FunghiTrack or Mycel?
FunghiTrack ships an update fortnightly, and Mycel every 3 weeks. Most recently, FunghiTrack was updated on October 7, 2026 and Mycel on October 13, 2026.

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