Comparison

Fruit Map vs TheForager

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

Head to head
About

Fruit Map

Discover and map fruit trees in public spaces. Identify unknown fruits with AI, contribute to a community-driven encyclopedia, and explore seasonal map styles. Connect with others and track your contributions.

Highlights
  • Community fruit tree mapping
  • AI-powered fruit identification
  • Search and filter by fruit type and season
  • Map styles for different biomes
  • Collaborative fruit encyclopedia
  • User profiles and leaderboards
Features
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There is fruit growing near you, and most people walk right past it. Fruit Map is a community map of fruit trees in public places: parks, plazas, sidewalks and trails. More than 20,000 trees have been mapped by the community, in Brazil and beyond. FIND FRUIT NEAR YOU • See the fruit trees around you on the map • Search and filter by fruit, harvest season, access difficulty and property type • Know before you go whether a tree is public or private SNAP A PHOTO, AI IDENTIFIES IT • Not sure what tree it is? Photograph the fruit, leaf or flower and AI suggests the species • Confirm it or pick another option before saving PIN IT AND CONTRIBUTE • Found a fruit tree? Take a photo, set access and property type, and it's on the map • Edit and manage all your markers in one place COMMUNITY • A global feed with featured, recent and nearby discoveries • A mapper leaderboard by state, country and worldwide • Add friends and explore together COLLECTIONS AND FAVORITES • Save your favorite trees • Build collections, like a native tree trail, and invite friends to add to them A MAP FOR EVERY BIOME • Map styles inspired by the Cerrado, Amazon, Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, Pantanal and Pampa, plus a night mode • Every style comes in spring, summer, autumn and winter versions FRUITPEDIA • A collaborative fruit encyclopedia with common names, scientific names and families YOUR PROFILE • See what you map: your markers by fruit, species count and leaderboard rank • Find out whether the trees you mapped are native, exotic, naturalized, invasive or threatened Available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Mandarin and Arabic, with light and dark themes. Respect nature: only pick from public places, leave fruit for others, and never eat a fruit you can't identify with certainty.

About

TheForager

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The Forager is the essential companion for anyone who loves foraging wild edibles. Whether you're a seasoned forager or just getting started, The Forager helps you record, revisit, and share your discoveries — all pinned to a map so you never lose a great spot. Record your finds Log each discovery with a name, food group, food type, notes, and an optional photo. Everything is saved locally on your device — no account needed. Map-first experience Your discoveries appear as pins on an interactive map. Tap any pin to view full details in a handy bottom sheet. When you revisit a discovery from your history, the map zooms straight to it. Browse your history View all past discoveries in a scrollable list. Select any entry to jump back to its exact location on the map. Edit and share Update or delete any discovery at any time, or share it with friends directly from the app. Private by design All data lives on your device. No sign-up, no cloud sync, no sharing your secret spots (unless you want to). Perfect for: - Wild mushroom hunters - Berry and fruit pickers - Herb and plant foragers - Nature walkers who love to document what they find Download The Forager and start building your personal map of edible discoveries today.

Screenshots

Fruit Map4 screens
TheForager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Fruit Map at none against TheForager's shown. Fruit Map also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). TheForager's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fruit Map ships an update every 2 weeks, TheForager every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fruit Map versus TheForager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFruit MapTheForager
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.414.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdarley Grandoautumn.dev ltd

In-app purchases

None

Fruit Map

No in-app purchases

None

TheForager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fruit Map free?
Fruit Map is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TheForager free?
TheForager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fruit Map or TheForager have ads?
TheForager shows ads; Fruit Map does not.
Which is updated more often, Fruit Map or TheForager?
Fruit Map ships an update every 2 weeks, and TheForager every 2 months. Most recently, Fruit Map was updated on November 1, 2026 and TheForager on November 9, 2026.

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