Comparison

Hi, Tree vs Dtecto

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

Head to head
About

Hi, Tree

Discover and name trees in your community, creating a shared map of personal arboreal landmarks. Use AI to learn about species, age, and history. Track your collection and engage with other nature enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Photograph and claim trees
  • Name and pin trees on a map
  • Build a personal tree collection
  • Discover unclaimed monumental trees
  • AI-powered tree identification and information
  • Seasonal photo updates and comments
  • Community leaderboard and check-ins
Features
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Hi, Tree turns the trees you walk past into named places. Spot a tree. Take a photo. Give it a personal name and pin it on a community map of monumental trees. The first person to claim each tree becomes its naturalist — and once it's yours, it's yours. A small, slow collection. Hi, Tree is a naturalist's notebook for the world's trees. Build a personal collection one walk at a time. Open the map and discover the trees other people have already loved — the oak in front of someone's grandmother's house, the cedar on the edge of a park, the tree at the bottom of your street that someone gave a name to before you walked past it. Find a tree no one's named yet. Other trees on the map are still unclaimed — monumental ones that have been mapped but never named, waiting for the first naturalist to show up. The plane tree by your bus stop. The oak in the park down the road. The cedar that's been there longer than your neighbourhood. Open the map, pick one near you, walk over, take its photo, and give it a name. Some have been waiting months for someone to notice them. Tree Chat — your AI naturalist companion. Tap any tree and ask. Hi, Tree uses AI to identify the species from your photo and surface the things a curious naturalist would want to know — likely age, regional history, seasonal behaviour, what to look for next time. AI suggestions are best-effort, not gospel; check anything you'd act on. A living record, written by everyone. Trees in Hi, Tree aren't frozen the moment they're claimed. Add photo updates as the tree changes through the seasons. Leave a comment on a tree someone else claimed, and the owner can reply. Tap a heart to like a tree you love — its naturalist gets a quiet push notification. Check in at the trees you visit on your walks, and see the top naturalists on a community leaderboard. The trees you love become part of a shared, living record — one anyone on earth can walk up to and listen to. Carry your collection with you. Sign in with Apple or Google to keep your trees, claims, check-ins, and likes on every device you use. Or skip it and stay anonymous — the choice is yours, and you can decide later. What you can do with Hi, Tree • Photograph and claim a tree on your walk • Name it, write a field note, and pin it on the map • Build a personal collection of trees that mean something to you • Hunt down unclaimed monumental trees on the map and be the first to name one • Discover trees other naturalists have already claimed near you • Check in at trees you visit and rise up the naturalists' leaderboard • Comment on others' trees and reply to comments on yours • Add fresh photos of any tree as the seasons change • Like trees you love and get push notifications when yours are liked • Ask Tree Chat about species, age, and seasonal changes • Share a beautifully composed specimen card with friends • Sign in with Apple or Google to sync across devices For people who notice trees. Hi, Tree doesn't pretend to do conservation work directly. It's a tool for paying attention. We think attention is upstream of caring, and caring is upstream of action. Free. iPhone-only for now. — About claiming: claiming a tree on Hi, Tree is a personal and community gesture, not a legal one. Nobody owns a tree. Think of it the way you'd think of naming a star — a small ritual of attention. Privacy: we don't sell your data and don't run advertising. Full policy at hitree.app/privacy-policy. Questions? hello@hitree.app

About

Dtecto

This app helps metal detectorists track their hunts, log finds with photos and GPS data, and identify dug items. It also features a community for sharing discoveries and advanced LiDAR maps for terrain analysis.

Highlights
  • Track hunt distance, duration, and GPS routes
  • Log finds with photos, GPS, notes, and categories
  • Color-coded find map with private spot saving
  • Community feed for sharing and interacting with detectorists
  • LiDAR terrain maps for relic hunting
  • On-the-spot identification of dug items
  • Build a searchable library of hobby finds
Features
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Dtecto is the metal detectorist's field companion. Track your hunts, share your finds, and connect with detectorists who get it. Everything the hobby needs in one app. TRACK EVERY HUNT Start a hunt when you step on site. Dtecto records your steps, distance, and duration, and with Pro, your full GPS route on a map you can study later. Your hunt routes are private, always. EVERY FIND, SEARCHABLE FOREVER Photo, GPS, notes, category. Build the permanent record of your hobby and find that silver dime from two summers ago in seconds. YOUR MAP Every find pinned, color-coded by category. Save private spots on productive ground. With Pro, see community finds on the map. READ THE LAND, FIND THE HISTORY One Layers button switches the map between Map and Satellite and stacks the overlays that matter. Public lands color-coded by managing agency (USFS, BLM, NPS, and more) with detecting rules and agency links a tap away. Rivers, streams, and lakes. Historic places from the National Register and OpenStreetMap with photos and Wikipedia summaries. Civil War, Revolutionary War, and 1812 battlefield boundaries. USGS abandoned mines across the West and Midwest. Density bubbles show the productive country from any zoom, and map search flies you to any address or coordinates. TIME-TRAVEL THE GROUND: HISTORIC MAPS (PRO) Drape century-old maps over the modern world and fade between them with an opacity slider. The full USGS Historical Topographic collection (178,000 sheets, 1879 to the 2000s) covers the entire US, plus historic surveys across France, Switzerland, Spain, Norway, and Germany, and old GLO plats for Minnesota and Iowa. Find the mill, homestead, schoolhouse, or road that isn't there anymore. Try it free with a 4-minute preview. A COMMUNITY OF DETECTORISTS ONLY Post your finds, or just share the story of the hunt with a text update, photos optional. Follow diggers whose ground produces, like and comment without the noise of a generic social network. Earn your spot on the Top Detectorists leaderboard: every public find and every like moves you up the monthly and all-time boards. Report and block tools on every post and comment keep it civil. KNOW BEFORE YOU GO A quick pre-flight strip reads the day at a glance: daylight left, current weather, and a detecting-conditions verdict from Ideal to Poor. Tap it for the full breakdown so you know whether it's worth grabbing the shovel. SEE THE GROUND LIKE NEVER BEFORE: LIDAR TERRAIN (PRO) High-resolution LiDAR hillshade reveals old roadbeds, foundations, terraces, and forgotten paths that satellite imagery can't show. Three rendering modes tuned for relic hunters. IDENTIFY WHAT YOU DUG Not sure what you pulled from the ground? Snap a photo and get a likely ID in seconds: what it is, the era, and a confidence score. Coins, buttons, relics, and jewelry, identified on the spot and saved to your library. FREE VS PRO Free includes hunt logging, your find library, the community feed, text posts, the Top Detectorists leaderboard, daily conditions, your personal find map, public lands and waterway overlays, map search, and 3 identifications per month. Dtecto Pro unlocks LiDAR terrain, historic map overlays, historic places, battlefields, and abandoned-mine overlays, GPS route maps for every hunt, community find pins, unlimited identifications, and the Pro badge. $9.99/month or $79.99/year after a 14-day free trial. Cancel anytime. Terms of Use: https://dtecto.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://dtecto.app/privacy

Screenshots

Hi, Tree4 screens
Dtecto4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dtecto at 100% against Hi, Tree's 63%. Dtecto also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Hi, Tree's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Dtecto sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Hi, Tree asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dtecto holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hi, Tree has 94 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Hi, Tree's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dtecto's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hi, Tree ships an update every 6 days, Dtecto fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Hi, Tree versus Dtecto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHi, TreeDtecto
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (94 ratings)5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings94 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB173 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNCOM d.o.o.RICARDO ANDRES MEDINA SERRA

Customer experience

Hi, Tree

All ratings92 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative12.5%

Dtecto

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hi, Tree

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Dtecto

Subscriptions2
  • Dtecto Pro Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Dtecto Pro Yearly14 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Hi, Tree free?
Hi, Tree is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dtecto free?
Dtecto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hi, Tree or Dtecto?
Dtecto is rated higher. Hi, Tree averages 4.8 out of 5 from 94 ratings, while Dtecto averages 5.0 from 10 ratings.
Do Hi, Tree or Dtecto have ads?
Hi, Tree shows ads; Dtecto does not.
Which is updated more often, Hi, Tree or Dtecto?
Hi, Tree ships an update every 6 days, and Dtecto fortnightly. Most recently, Hi, Tree was updated on October 22, 2026 and Dtecto on October 24, 2026.

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