MyNature Tree Guide App Reviews

The app works great until you need to back up once you have a small selection of possible trees. I would love to buy a bulk subscription for my classes but not until this major bug is fixed. Right now, I have wasted 7 dollars.

I had great hopes for this app, but it has proved to be disappointing. The idea behind it is great, but the implementation needs work. Here are two problems that have frustrated me: 1. The button bar that lets you choose from view options for a particular tree species (illustration, leaf, fall leaf, bark, etc.) only shows a few of the buttons at one time and needs to be scrubbed to show the hidden ones. The scrubbing is very unreliable (on my iPod Touch running iOS 4). I often have to scrub five or six times to get to a hidden button. 2. The app isnt searchable. If you have a tree in mind, say white ash, you cant type the name into a search field. You have to scroll through the whole list of species. What makes this worse is the list is ordered by Latin genus name. If you dont know the genus of the tree you are looking for, you may be scrolling back and forth for quite awhile. I sincerely hope version 1.1 comes out soon and addresses these issues.

With only 190 species, this is not comprehensive.

I took 5 kids into the woods yesterday ages 9-12. I challenged them to find and identify as many trees as they could during our hike. When I told them they could use this app and brought it out, they were psyched. From hemlocks to beech to birch to maple and oaks, they found everything they needed in this app. It was easy to navigate and fun to use while on the trail. Pictures and descriptions were dead on. They made a game of trying to copy the picture content, like pine cones and bark, with the camera I let them use, and they loved using the journal. Some of the kids were still playing with it last night looking for other trees in the area that they didnt find yet, reading the facts and taking the quizzes. This is a great product and I would recommend it highly.

If an app crashes, I never give more than 2 stars and this app crashes a lot as previous reviewers have stated. It would also be really helpful if the leaf pictures could be quickly scanned instead of having to go through the question and answer sequence to get to the real pictures.

total junk, it is leaf identification not tree identification

However it does have a crashing issue related to looking at more than one species of tree. For example I looked at three species of Ash but crashed when the second was selected to look at. When there is a bug fix this review will go to a five! Dropping this to a one until they fix the crashing. I am highly disappointed with backwards navigation and crashes.

I like this app. Its helpful in learning about trees in my area. Its simple to use and easy to understand. Id still like to see a search function and maybe a favorites option. The update did fix the problem.

Ive updated my rating from 3 to 5 stars. A really nice app that has a great look and works smoothly now. Very handy for nature hikes to ID a tree that youre not familiar with. However, I really wish it had the ability to integrate the camera. For $7, I think you should be able to photograph a leaf and have the app provide you with the tree, or at least a list of possible trees. Were not talking Google Goggles here, image and pattern recognition shouldnt be that hard to do and for the price, ought to be included. That said, its still a nice app for the beginner nature enthusiast that wants to know what that tree is called when out for a hike.

Hiking, exploring the outdoors is one of the healthiest family activities. MyNature Tree Guide makes it easy to identify trees in different ways. The app is thorough, very detailed and well put together with a ton of facts and relevant diagrams including a handy ruler to help you make notes on your tree findings. From the Descriptions of Trees with Leaves to Trees with needles describing various barks and morphology, you are going to come away from this app full of wonder and appreciation of nature. Runs smoothly and is loaded with data. A must-have nature app.

This guide is filled with lots of information, drawings, and photos to help you identify trees, leafs, and cones. The UI is a little clumsy and could use some minor improvements but theyre worth overlooking because the actual content is so useful.

Good ap for identification of trees. I like it. Illustrations are good and very helpful.

Well designed application that makes it very easy to pinpoint just exactly what kind of tree youre looking at. Only criticism is that it could use a home or return to start button, otherwise love it.

In short this app is VERY comprehensive and the user interface is perfect for the field ad well as at home. By providing the user with multiple approaches to identifying a species the Tree Guide helps to train the budding naturalist to understand the anatomy and context of species. Excellent combination of detailed illustrations and photographs to highlight minute details and nuanced variations from similar species. The Tree Guide equips its user with lots of data and ensures that its discoverable with a minimum number if taps and swipes! Terrific app!

I think this is a great app for spending time alone or with the family learning about the woods. I think the UI can use some work and would like to see camera integration or location based data but all in all the info included overrides these concerns. Cant wait to use this in my early fall hunts and hikes.

This app is great with an encyclopedia of tree information. It will be very helpful with my nature photography. I really wish I had this app when I lived in East TN and had about 30 distinct species on 2 acres.

Ive been looking for a tree app for a while, and this is just what I needed.

And easy to use.

I have tried using a few guide books to identify trees but found them to be too overloaded with detail. And worst of all, I never had them with me when I wanted them, and the necessary characteristics needed for identifying were forgotten before I got home. This is just what I needed for everyday walks when you just wonder, "what kind of tree is that?" I especially like the photo of the leaf to compare with the line drawing, that makes all the difference to me for a positive identification. Im very happy to have this on my iPhone where it is always handy. Next, I hope you come out with a wildflower and mushroom identifier! The nature journal is also I neat idea, and the range finder. Im sure I will get a lot of use out of this app. (and I never expected the app to do all the work for me, like some of the posters here...where is the learning process if you expect to take a picture of a leaf and have the app spit out the answer?)

I think buying this app is better than buying a tree identification book. For just the price of the app I now have a resource that will update itself with new information so now there is no need to go out and buy a newer edition of a book in a year or so.