Comparison

We Are Wilderness vs TheTreeApp SA

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

Head to head
About

We Are Wilderness

This app serves as a comprehensive reference guide for travel trade partners, offering detailed information on countries, camps, concessions, and aircraft. It provides easily accessible, up-to-date sales information and features an interactive map to explore camp surroundings.

Highlights
  • Country information
  • Camp USPs
  • Concession facts
  • Wilderness Air aircraft details
  • Interactive map
  • Regular updates
Features
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The We Are Wilderness App l is the essential reference guide for all things Wilderness, from country information to camp USPs and concession facts to Wilderness Air aircraft. This functional app allows our partners in the travel trade to have a huge wealth of information at their fingertips, whether on a phone, tablet or other mobile device. The We Are Wilderness App aims to provide the most up-to-date information in the most easily accessible and ever-present way. With regular updates and no freight constraints, the App is an even more valuable and relevant sales tool. The app also boasts an interactive map that gives the user the ability to explore the geographic environs of all of our camps.

About

TheTreeApp SA

Identify over 1200 South African trees using detailed descriptions, artwork, and photographs. Search by scientific or common name in 11 languages, or use interactive location and random search functions. An evaluation version is available, with a yearly subscription unlocking the full database and two versions of the app.

Highlights
  • Identify over 1200 South African trees
  • Detailed species descriptions
  • Artwork and over 6000 photographs
  • Search by scientific/common name
  • Search in 11 South African languages
  • Interactive location-based search
  • Random Tree Search function
  • Offline functionality after initial download
Features
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Identify and discover over 1200 indigenous and selected invasive trees of South Africa. The app provides full species descriptions as well as uses and gardening information. Tree details are described in artworks, over 6000 photographs, maps, and texts. Searching for a species can be done by scientific or common name, using any of the 11 South African languages. Once loaded using Wi-Fi, no internet is needed; but satellite coverage improves the map and Location search experience. Interactive Location options based on unique, highly detailed species distribution maps, rapidly reduce the number of tree species to the actual number that can grow there naturally. Using the powerful, rapid, and highly intuitive random Tree Search function; the characteristics of your tree are matched to those on the app. Select the relevant tick-boxes and watch as the number of species’ choices in the Tree List reduces! If you are a new user, you can download and test the free Evaluation version of TheTreeApp SA, covering a limited number of trees (155). To load all 1 399 trees, you must buy a yearly subscription of R179,99 by pressing the Buy Full Subscription Version button on the Home Screen in the app and following the steps. TheTreeApp SA has an inbuilt education system; based on clicking InfoHotSpots, for explanations about any detail that is not clear. In Settings on the home screen, you can select your use of primary and secondary languages from Scientific, English, or Afrikaans. In addition, the Sightings function allows you to add and list the names of your own personal tree discoveries. You can also type in notes and record GPS locations. The Second Edition is a two-in-one app that contains both the Original version (simple English terms) and the Botanical version (classical Botanical terms). Therefore, you only pay for one subscription per year but you receive both versions of the app. Users can switch between versions on the app home screen. The language differences apply to the search, text, and captions. Both versions include all South African trees, and all species’ artwork, photographs, and maps. *** MTN App of the Year Winner 2017 – Agriculture (Conservation) ***

Screenshots

We Are Wilderness4 screens
TheTreeApp SA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: We Are Wilderness at 4.5 against TheTreeApp SA's 2.7. We Are Wilderness also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (13.6 vs 16.0). TheTreeApp SA's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. TheTreeApp SA sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per year. We Are Wilderness asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

We Are Wilderness holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

We Are Wilderness ships an update every 5 months, TheTreeApp SA every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
We Are Wilderness versus TheTreeApp SA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWe Are WildernessTheTreeApp SA
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (4 ratings) — better2.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size461 MB1.4 GB
Age rating4+4+
Developermydigitalearth.comHigh Branching cc

Customer experience

We Are Wilderness

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

TheTreeApp SA

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

We Are Wilderness

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

TheTreeApp SA

Subscriptions5
  • TheTreeAppAddOn$6.991 Year
  • TreeProBotAddOn$6.991 Year
  • TheTreePro SA$8.991 Year
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  • TheTreeApp$9.991 Year
  • TreeProBot$9.991 Year

Questions

Is We Are Wilderness free?
We Are Wilderness is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TheTreeApp SA free?
TheTreeApp SA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, We Are Wilderness or TheTreeApp SA?
We Are Wilderness is rated higher. We Are Wilderness averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while TheTreeApp SA averages 2.7 from 3 ratings.
Do We Are Wilderness or TheTreeApp SA have ads?
Neither We Are Wilderness nor TheTreeApp SA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, We Are Wilderness or TheTreeApp SA?
We Are Wilderness ships an update every 5 months, and TheTreeApp SA every 2 months. Most recently, We Are Wilderness was updated on October 19, 2026 and TheTreeApp SA on October 29, 2026.

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