Cepello vs Catacapea

The forest leaves clues. Cepello reads them for you. For the species you pick, Cepello highlights every patch of Switzerland with a favourable biotope — then lays a weather verdict on top: "Good chances", "Possible", or not worth the walk today. THE ZONES For every 10 m square the app computes a score from 0 to 100 out of public data: relief, slope, aspect, forest type and tree species, geology, soil pH, vegetation belt. Each species has its own ecological profile, drawn from the mycological literature. The zones do not depend on the weather: they answer "where to go". THE WEATHER VERDICT The weather answers "when". Cepello combines the species' season, the rain of recent weeks and the forecast: enough rain followed by mild nights triggers a flush after a delay specific to each species. The flush index reads over 14 days. THE SPECIES Penny bun (porcini), chanterelle, morel, horn of plenty. YOUR JOURNAL Log your finds, with a photo and a position. Everything stays on your phone: no account, no server, and your spots are never transmitted. Export a backup whenever you like. FORAGING RULES Swiss cantonal rules and those of neighbouring countries, summarised, with a link to the official text that governs. FREE AND PREMIUM The free version shows the broad favourable zones. Premium shows every precise spot, what makes it good, and the 7-day forecast with the flush window. WHAT TO KNOW The zones are estimates: they show where the biotope is favourable, not where the mushrooms are. Cepello guarantees no harvest and does not identify mushrooms. Always have your pick checked by an official inspector before eating it. SUBSCRIPTION Cepello Premium comes as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. A subscription renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; management and cancellation happen in your App Store account settings. Privacy: https://cepello.com/en/privacy Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Catacapea tells you where it’s worth looking for mushrooms today. The map colours the areas where the trees of the woods, altitude, aspect, the rain of the past weeks and the temperature are right for each species, and shows you the best spots in your area, each one checked. WHAT YOU GET • Scores for 26 common edible species of the Alps and Italy: porcini, chanterelles, Caesar’s mushrooms, honey fungus, parasols, horns of plenty and more. • Today’s 10 best spots, with the reasons: rain, temperature, forest type, altitude and aspect. • Forecast for the coming days. • Recent reports from other foragers (iNaturalist) and your own finds. • Hiking map with trails, relief and contour lines. • Compass back to a saved spot or the car, even without signal. • Picking rules of the place you’re in: Italy, Ticino and the Grisons, Austria and Bavaria. • Mushroom guide with Giacomo Bresadola’s plates and the dangerous look-alikes to know. • Woods: one tap and the map is coloured by tree (beech, chestnut, oak, spruce and fir, pine, larch), with the woods felled or blown down since 2018. You can also mark the trees of your own spots. • Identify: photograph a mushroom, compare it with the plates of the possible species and see what to check (cap, gills, stem, ring, base). You choose which one it is and save it as a find on the map; for edible species you also get how to clean and cook them, from official sources. • With Pro: record your day (route, car, mushrooms found) and download the area’s map to use it without signal. SAFETY No app can tell you if a mushroom is edible. Identify is a help, not a go-ahead: always have your harvest checked by an official mushroom inspector. FREE AND PRO Catacapea is free, and new accounts get 5 days of Pro as a gift. Then the free plan has every feature in a small way: your 3 km area, around you or at a point you choose on the map (changeable once a week), today’s forecast, the 3 best spots, 1 saved spot, 1 recorded day, 1 identification a month and the “flush coming” alert once a week. Compass, rules and mushroom guide are complete. If you like, a short video unlocks the other best spots or tomorrow’s forecast until midnight. Pro (€5.99 a month, the first month €3.99 for new subscribers, or €49.99 a year) opens everything, without videos: search wherever the app works (Italy, Italian-speaking Switzerland, Austria and Bavaria), radius up to 100 km, 7-day forecast, the 10 best spots, unlimited spots and days, “flush coming” notification and offline map. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically at the same price and for the same period unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before it ends; you can manage and cancel it in your Apple ID settings. The app is available in English, Italian and German. Privacy: https://catacapea.app/en/privacy Terms and conditions: https://catacapea.app/en/termini