Comparison

SAT vs Exsiccatae

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

Head to head
About

SAT

Features
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SAT: Made Easy is the best free review guide for every section of the SAT. It includes: test taking strategies, detailed lessons on every skill that is tested on the SAT, a vocabulary trainer, practice materials and much more. The comprehensive review materials within SAT: Made Easy allow for students to ace the exam and get excellent scores.

About

Exsiccatae

Features
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Exsiccatae is a field journal that paints itself in. Photograph a bird, or listen for its song, and Exsiccatae names it entirely on your iPhone, then mounts it on the page like a pressed herbarium specimen. See a species once and it's a faint graphite ghost; see it again and again and it fills with hand-painted watercolour. Your life list becomes a living collection. IDENTIFY, ON YOUR DEVICE • Photo identification runs on-device. Nothing is uploaded, and it works offline. • A continuous listening session identifies birdsong from the microphone in real time, on-device, and the birds you hear settle onto the page as you listen. • Not sure? Pick the closest match, or search by name. The app is always usable. A JOURNAL THAT REWARDS RETURN • First sighting: a pencil underdrawing. By the fourth: a full watercolour plate. • A living collage grows with your collection. Pinch to lean in over the sheet. • "Expected nearby" shows the species recorded around you as ghost plates waiting to be found. REAL FIELD METHOD • Start a timed, located outing (Stationary, Traveling, or Incidental) matching eBird's protocols, with optional GPS distance for traveling counts. • Correct a finding's count, date, or notes; add your own photos and recordings. DONATE YOUR DATA TO SCIENCE • Export any outing in eBird Record Format and upload it yourself to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's eBird, the same dataset that trains birdsong models. Exsiccatae never submits for you; you always review and choose. YOURS, LOCAL-FIRST • No account. No cloud copy. Your photos, locations, recordings, life list, and journal live on your phone. Sharing a sighting or exporting an outing is always your explicit choice. Exsiccatae is a free portfolio project, built solo end to end. "Exsiccata" is a bound collection of dried, labelled specimens: a herbarium of everything you've seen.

Screenshots

SAT4 screens
Exsiccatae4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Exsiccatae at none against SAT's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
SAT versus Exsiccatae: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSATExsiccatae
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPartha Kashyapcraig merry

In-app purchases

None

SAT

No in-app purchases

None

Exsiccatae

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SAT free?
SAT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Exsiccatae free?
Exsiccatae is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SAT or Exsiccatae have ads?
SAT shows ads; Exsiccatae does not.

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