Service Forester's Toolkit vs NYS BMP Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Service Forester's Toolkit
A pocket guide for foresters and natural resource professionals, offering quick reference for essential field measurements. It includes data on basic forest and land measurements, tree measurements, volume tables, and site index charts.
- Basic forest and land measurements
- Tree measurements
- Volume tables
- Site index charts
- Pocket-sized reference
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The Service Forester's Handbook and the everyday field calculations, together in one app that works with no signal. Run a timber cruise, scale a log, look up a volume table, or check a site index curve from the truck or the back forty. Built for service foresters, consulting foresters, loggers, forestry students, and landowners who need a quick, dependable answer in the field. CRUISE AND MEASURE - Timber cruise by prism (BAF) or fixed-radius plot, with per-acre stand estimates, including per-acre board feet (Doyle), that update as you tally. - Basal area, trees per acre, and tree spacing. TREES AND LOGS - Stem volume in cubic feet, plus diameter or height at any point on the stem, from DBH, total height, and form class. - Board-foot (MBF) log rules: Doyle, Scribner, and International 1/4-inch. SITE, SOIL, AND MORE - Site index curves by species and region. - Soil texture from the USDA texture triangle. - Surveying corrections, unit conversions, and forestry financial tools. THE HANDBOOK, OFFLINE - The Service Forester's Handbook reference on your device: its tables, curves, and charts, including cordwood, stocking, and log-grade tables. - Values are drawn from the USDA Service Forester's Handbook. BUILT FOR THE FIELD - Field-Bright mode for a high-contrast screen in direct sun. - Switch between imperial and metric units. - Adjustable text size and one-tap favorites for the pages and tools you use most. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT - No account, no ads, no tracking, and no internet connection required. Nothing leaves your device. Service Forester's Toolkit is published by the University of Georgia and Southern Regional Extension Forestry.
NYS BMP Guide
This app provides the New York State Voluntary Forestry Best Management Practices for Water Quality Field Guide. It's a practical resource for professionals and landowners involved in timber harvesting and land management to protect erosion and water quality.
- Forestry Best Management Practices
- Water Quality Protection
- Erosion Control
- Timber Harvest Operations
- Field Guide Resource
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This App is the online version of the New York State Voluntary Forestry Best Management Practices for Water Quality BMP Field Guide. This guide is a practical tool for loggers, foresters, woodlot owners, and others involved in timber harvest operations and field work concerning erosion and water quality.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NYS BMP Guide at 100% against Service Forester's Toolkit's 42%. NYS BMP Guide also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6). Service Forester's Toolkit's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 37 months) and ratings volume (16 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NYS BMP Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Service Forester's Toolkit has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Service Forester's Toolkit's written reviews are positive against 100% of NYS BMP Guide's.
Service Forester's Toolkit ships an update weekly, NYS BMP Guide every 37 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Service Forester's Toolkit | NYS BMP Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 37 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wiliam Hubbard | WATERSHED AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL OF THE NEW YORK CITY WATERSHEDS, INC. |
Customer experience
Service Forester's Toolkit
NYS BMP Guide
In-app purchases
Service Forester's Toolkit
No in-app purchases
NYS BMP Guide
No in-app purchases






