Geneagraves vs Project Monarch Science
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Geneagraves
This app allows users to photograph gravestones in cemeteries and upload the images. The photos are then indexed by other community members, contributing to genealogical research and preserving historical records.
- Photograph gravestones
- Upload images to Geneanet
- Index gravestone inscriptions
- Contribute to genealogical research
- Preserve historical records
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Cemeteries are one of the most important resources for genealogists, and we must capture cemetery headstones before they are lost. Join the GeneaGraves project! Upload your pictures to Geneanet with a wifi access point. Then, index the name of the persons listed on the gravestones with the help of other Geneanet members! Download the GeneaGraves app and photograph gravestones from a cemetery. It's easy!
Project Monarch Science
This app transforms your smartphone into a receiver for tiny tracking devices attached to monarch butterflies. By crowdsourcing data, it helps scientists monitor butterfly migration patterns in unprecedented detail, aiding conservation efforts.
- Crowdsourced tracking network
- Monarch butterfly migration monitoring
- Detailed movement data
- Habitat conservation insights
- Utilizes Bluetooth frequency
- Citizen science participation
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Project Monarch is an effort to leverage recent advances in tracking technology, that have enabled the development of the world’s smallest tracking devices, to track Monarch migration. The tracking devices on the monarch butterflies transmit at the same frequency as Bluetooth which means that everyone with a smartphone is carrying around a receiver in their pocket! This revolutionary approach can potentially create the largest wildlife tracking receiver network in the world, but only if members of the public download and use the free Project Monarch app. These data will allow scientists to track the movements of monarch butterflies in detail never previously imagined. We will see how monarchs utilize key stopping points along migratory routes and learn more about the speed and direction of migration, helping identify the most important sites for habitat conservation and restoration. Ultimately, this technology can help guide conservation planning and lead to increases in monarch populations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Geneagraves at 5.0 against Project Monarch Science's 4.0. Geneagraves also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Project Monarch Science's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (60% vs 37%). 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.
Geneagraves holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Project Monarch Science has 28 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 37% of Geneagraves's written reviews are positive against 60% of Project Monarch Science's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Geneagraves ships an update every 4 months, Project Monarch Science every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Geneagraves | Project Monarch Science |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 36.8% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GeneaNet | Cellular Tracking Technologies |
Customer experience
Geneagraves
Project Monarch Science
In-app purchases
Geneagraves
No in-app purchases
Project Monarch Science
No in-app purchases
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