Tree Trails vs Trees PNW
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tree Trails
Discover and learn about trees in your local area. Create interactive trails to share with others and explore the benefits of various tree species. Integrates with conservation education activities.
- Interactive trail creation
- Tree benefits exploration
- Local tree species identification
- Conservation education integration
- Shareable trails
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Create an interactive trail of trees to connect and share with others. Explore benefits provided by trees. Find living examples of tree species near you. The Tree Trails app integrates with TexasForestInfo.com/TreeTrails to utilize conservation education activities.
Trees PNW
Discover native trees of the Pacific Northwest with this offline guide. Learn identification cues for Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia's common native species. Ideal for outdoor enthusiasts, educators, and students.
- Offline tree identification
- Native trees of Oregon, Washington, BC
- Easy-to-spot identification cues
- Educational tool for all levels
- Enrich outdoor experiences
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Explore, find, learn, teach! Trees PNW is a friendly guide to trees of the Pacific Northwest. It's the perfect app for your walks, hikes, vacations, backyard musings, and for teachers and students at every level. Once you download it, you can use your app wherever you are with no need for an internet connection. This distinguishes it from many other tree apps. Trees PNW helps you learn using easy-to-spot cues for each tree species. The app covers common native trees of Oregon, Washington, and the western half of British Columbia. The more familiar you are with these native trees, the more they will become your friends. Use the app to make your outdoor experiences more enriching.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Tree Trails at free against Trees PNW's paid. Tree Trails also leads on rating (3.5 vs 3.1). Trees PNW's advantage is ratings volume (87 vs 4) and review sentiment (45% vs 33%). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tree Trails holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trees PNW has 87 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Tree Trails's written reviews are positive against 45% of Trees PNW's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Tree Trails ships an update every 2 months, Trees PNW every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tree Trails | Trees PNW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) — better | 3.1 (87 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 44.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 87 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 125 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Texas A&M Forest Service | Cliff Cantor |
Customer experience
Tree Trails
Trees PNW
Bugs and requests
Tree Trails
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Trees PNW
Reported bugs
53 issues- Photos not downloading
- Image download problem
- App crashes
- Photos not loading
- Tree pics disappeared after update
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- App ceased working
- No access to photos and ID information
- App crashes when touching menu/buttons
- No images of trees
- App kicks you out
- Identical leader photos for western red cedar and hemlock
- Photos didn't load for some users
- Photos didn't download initially
- Tree pics disappeared
- Photos don't load anymore after update
- Tree pics disappeared after update
- App eventually ceased working
- Photos didn't load
- Full photos of trees in descriptions missing
- Issue with photos not loading
- Photos didn't download
- App doesn't start up
- App freezes when downloading data
- Progress bar never got more than a third of the way complete
- Progress bar stops with roughly 15-10 percent completion
- No support
- Funky font
- App feels clunky
- Nothing loads, no descriptions, no photos
- Information and photos won't download
- Won't load all trees
- Pictures are not included
- App gets hung up loading pictures
- Only a couple of trees available in text-only form
- Technical glitch prevents loading and operating properly
- Pictures don't load
- Almost useless with zero pictures
- Works occasionally
- Will not reinstall from App Store
- Never downloaded pics
- Uploading bar still stuck
- Pictures will not load
- Photos won’t download
- Missing photos
- Pictures don’t load
- Buttons on top left/right don’t respond
- Doesn’t fit to screen
- Doesn’t have any pictures
- Images will not load
- Pictures never download
- Back button doesn’t work
- Menu button doesn’t work
- No pictures
Requested features
6 requests- Add full photos of trees in descriptions
- Add more trees
- Put out an app for flowers and bushes
- More expensive version to enter own plants
- Way to share user-entered plants
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- UI design improvements
In-app purchases
Tree Trails
No in-app purchases
Trees PNW
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Tree Trails free?
Is Trees PNW free?
Which has better reviews, Tree Trails or Trees PNW?
Do Tree Trails or Trees PNW have ads?
Which is updated more often, Tree Trails or Trees PNW?
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