Fruit Pest Finder vs buggydex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fruit Pest Finder
Identify and manage common fruit pests and diseases in the Western US. Features detailed management recommendations, hundreds of images, and the ability to mark favorites and add notes. Syncs data across devices and offers ad-free access.
- Identify 70+ tree fruit pests and diseases
- Detailed management recommendations
- Search by state, host, plant part, and problem
- Hundreds of high-quality images
- Mark pests as favorites
- Add personal notes to pest entries
- iCloud sync for favorites and notes
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Fruit PestFinder is a handy resource to help identify and control pest problems of temperate fruit crops in the western U.S. The app currently includes over 70 insects and diseases of apple, pear, cherry, peach/nectarine, and plum, with more crop hosts to be added. Discover each pest’s biology, symptoms, and full management recommendations. Also, learn to identify 18 of the most common beneficial insects that target western US fruit pests. Some useful features: • 70 tree fruit insects and diseases (apple, pear, cherry, peach/nectarine, plum), with planned additions of small fruit pests, including grapes and berries • Detailed management recommendations including specific products, updated each year • Search engine with 4 attributes for quick identification of your plant pest: western US state, plant host, part of the plant affected, and type of problem • Hundreds of beautiful images • Mark any pest as a favorite for easy access • Add notes to any pest, such as biofix date, treatment, general observation, etc. • SYNC: Automatically sync favorites and notes to iCloud so they show up on all your devices • UPDATES: Update the app content from within your app at any time to get the latest information and new entries • AD-FREE
buggydex
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- Use insect-rnapp to detect and recognize insect you see around you! - If you encounter an unknown insect and wonder if it is dangerous, you can use insect-rnapp to get information about it. - As you encounter more and more insect, you personal collection will be filled with their data to record your achievement.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Fruit Pest Finder at 9.0 against buggydex's 13.4. 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.
Fruit Pest Finder ships an update every 13 months, buggydex every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fruit Pest Finder | buggydex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months — better | Every 26 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Utah State University | Fei WU |
In-app purchases
Fruit Pest Finder
No in-app purchases
buggydex
No in-app purchases
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