Comparison

Identitree Starter Kit vs City Trees

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

Head to head
About

Identitree Starter Kit

This starter kit helps educators and students identify 30 common Midwest trees using an easy-to-follow dichotomous key. It includes images, a glossary, and facts to aid in identification, even after leaves have fallen.

Highlights
  • Identify 30 common Midwest trees
  • Easy-to-use dichotomous key
  • Glossary and images
  • Compare tree characteristics
  • Check species range by state
  • Interesting tree facts
Features
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The Midwest is blessed with hundreds of diverse species of trees. It can be mind numbing to know them all, and darn right confusing to try and identify one from another. This app will not solve all of your tree ID wows, in fact it only scratches the surface. But this starter kit of 30 common trees was designed to help educators who still explore the great outdoors after the leaves fall, to inspire students to identify a hand full of tree using a dichotomous key. Once the students learn the basics characteristics to differentiate between species, the canopy is the limit J. With this app, you can: - Identify 30 common Midwest trees - Follow this easy–to-use dichotomous key format, with images and a glossary to complement the descriptions - View the history of the last dichotomous key steps - Compare your tree to photos of twigs, buds, bark, fruit and leaves - Check that your state is in the range of the species - And read some interesting facts about each tree The “identitree” was lovingly developed for Camp Joy, of Clarksville Ohio by volunteer programmers and designers at the 2013 Southwest Ohio GiveCamp

About

City Trees

Identify trees in your vicinity by leveraging city landscaping data and your current location. This application provides species information for millions of trees across numerous supported cities. Users can also request their city be added to the database.

Highlights
  • Tree species identification
  • Uses current location
  • City landscaping data integration
  • Supports over 23 cities
  • Database of 3.5 million trees
  • City request feature
Features
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Just walk up to a tree, and this app will display its species, using city landscaping data and your current location. Includes data for 23 cities, and over 3.5 million trees! Currently supported cities: Austin, TX Berkeley, CA Cambridge, MA Denver, CO London, England Los Angeles, CA Montreal, Canada New York, NY Oakland, CA Pasadena, CA Philadelphia, PA Portland, OR Sacramento, CA San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA Santa Monica, CA Seattle, WA Toronto, Canada Victoria, Canada Washington, DC Waterloo, Canada West Hollywood, CA Don't see your city here? Email me to request it, and I might be able to add it if data is available from your city.

Screenshots

Identitree Starter Kit4 screens
City Trees4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: City Trees at every 2 months against Identitree Starter Kit's every 85 months. City Trees also leads on ratings volume (54 vs 3). Identitree Starter Kit's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Identitree Starter Kit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: City Trees has 54 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Identitree Starter Kit ships an update every 85 months, City Trees every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Identitree Starter Kit versus City Trees: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdentitree Starter KitCity Trees
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.7 (54 ratings)
Positive reviews—60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings354 — better
Update frequencyEvery 85 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRedundant SoftwareCricket Technology

Customer experience

Identitree Starter Kit

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

City Trees

All ratings54 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral1.9%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Identitree Starter Kit

No in-app purchases

None

City Trees

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Identitree Starter Kit free?
Identitree Starter Kit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is City Trees free?
City Trees is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Identitree Starter Kit or City Trees?
Identitree Starter Kit is rated higher. Identitree Starter Kit averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while City Trees averages 4.7 from 54 ratings.
Do Identitree Starter Kit or City Trees have ads?
Neither Identitree Starter Kit nor City Trees shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Identitree Starter Kit or City Trees?
Identitree Starter Kit ships an update every 85 months, and City Trees every 2 months. Most recently, Identitree Starter Kit was updated on October 23, 2026 and City Trees on October 24, 2026.

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