Comparison

Mosquito Alert vs Nature's Notebook

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

Head to head
About

Mosquito Alert

Contribute to global mosquito research by reporting observations, breeding sites, and bites. Help scientists understand mosquito ecology and disease transmission. Validate photos from other users and learn to identify species.

Highlights
  • Report mosquito observations
  • Identify breeding sites
  • Record mosquito bites
  • Validate participant photos
  • Learn mosquito identification
  • View public observation map
Features
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Join the world's largest mosquito surveillance network. Contribute to the study and monitoring of invasive mosquitoes and mosquitoes of epidemiological interest with the Mosquito Alert app. With it you will be able to report mosquito observations, mosquito breeding sites, and keep a record of mosquito bites. By sharing your observations, you will be providing information that scientists can use in their research to better understand the ecology of mosquitoes, disease transmission, and provide data to improve their management. Mosquito Alert is a citizen science project coordinated by several public research centers, CEAB-CSIC, UPF and CREAF, whose objective is to study, monitor and fight against the spread of disease-carrying mosquitoes. What can you do with the app? -Notify the presence of mosquitoes: -Identify their breeding places in your area -Notify when you receive a bite -Validate the photos of other participants A community of more than 50 international expert entomologists will validate the photos you send to the platform, thus being able to learn to identify the mosquito species of health interest. All observations are made public on the Mosquito Alert map website, where they can be viewed and downloaded, as well as exploring the models developed from the contributions of the participants. Your contributions are very useful for science! The Mosquito Alert app is available in more than 17 European languages: Spanish, Catalan, English, Albanian, German, Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovenian, Turkish . ---------------------------------------------- For more information, visit http://www.mosquitoalert.com/en/ or follow us on social networks: Twitter @Mosquito_Alert ----------------------------------------------

About

Nature's Notebook

Record observations of plant and animal life cycles, such as flowering and migration. Mark observation sites, create species lists, and log seasonal changes in nature.

Highlights
  • Record plant and animal life cycle events
  • Mark observation sites
  • Create species lists
  • Log seasonal observations
  • Citizen science program
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Nature's Notebook is a program for observing and recording plant and animal life cycle events, like flowering and bird migration. Use this app to mark your sites, create a list of plants and animals, and going into the field to record observations throughout the seasons. Find out more at www.usanpn.org/nn/guidelines.

Screenshots

Mosquito Alert4 screens
Nature's Notebook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mosquito Alert at 3.7 against Nature's Notebook's 3.1. Nature's Notebook's advantage is review sentiment (40% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). 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

Mosquito Alert holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 26 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Mosquito Alert's written reviews are positive against 40% of Nature's Notebook's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mosquito Alert ships an update every 2 months, Nature's Notebook every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Mosquito Alert versus Nature's Notebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMosquito AlertNature's Notebook
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (7 ratings) — better3.1 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews40.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings726 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn PalmerNational Phenology Network

Customer experience

Mosquito Alert

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Nature's Notebook

All ratings26 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral15.4%
Negative34.6%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mosquito Alert

No in-app purchases

None

Nature's Notebook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mosquito Alert free?
Mosquito Alert is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nature's Notebook free?
Nature's Notebook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mosquito Alert or Nature's Notebook?
Mosquito Alert is rated higher. Mosquito Alert averages 3.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Nature's Notebook averages 3.1 from 26 ratings.
Do Mosquito Alert or Nature's Notebook have ads?
Neither Mosquito Alert nor Nature's Notebook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mosquito Alert or Nature's Notebook?
Mosquito Alert ships an update every 2 months, and Nature's Notebook every 3 weeks. Most recently, Mosquito Alert was updated on October 3, 2026 and Nature's Notebook on October 1, 2026.

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