Mosquito Alert vs Budburst
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Report mosquito observations
- Identify breeding sites
- Record mosquito bites
- Validate participant photos
- Learn mosquito identification
- View public observation map
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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 ----------------------------------------------
Budburst
Observe and record plant data to contribute to a national community science project. Identify plants, monitor their life cycles, and collaborate with others to understand and preserve nature.
- Observe plants with interactive map
- In-app plant identification tool
- Monitor plant life cycles
- Track plant-animal interactions
- Collaborate in community groups
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Capturing the beauty of nature and collecting plant data has never been easier. With the Budburst app, you can contribute to a national community science project by observing plants, uploading your data, and sharing your findings in an instant. When you use the Budburst app, you can observe plants in your area with the interactive map, learn about plants with the in-app identification tool, monitor plant life cycles and plant-animal interactions over time, and collaborate in groups with other community scientists. Preserve the nature around you by helping us better understand it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Budburst at 50% against Mosquito Alert's 0%. Budburst also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.9). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Budburst holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Mosquito Alert's written reviews are positive against 50% of Budburst's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | Mosquito Alert | Budburst |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (8 ratings) | 4.2 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Palmer | Chicago Botanic Garden |
Customer experience
Mosquito Alert
Budburst
In-app purchases
Mosquito Alert
No in-app purchases
Budburst
No in-app purchases
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