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OK as a very basic referenceIf you want a list of a bunch of different kinds of woods with a picture or two, then this reference is fine. However, if you are really trying to identify a type of wood, you'll come up short with this app as I did. There are not enough pictures or detailed descriptions of the wood to really tell because the photos shown look very similar for varieties. For example, by looking at the pictures I really couldn't differentiate between, say, black walnut from cherry. I was trying to identify the wood on pocket doors in an old Victorian house and this was no help. To do an adequate job identifying wood, you need some close-up shots, some pics of a large piece to show variation, some with different finishes, some quarter-sawn, etc. Different pieces will have a different look, and one or two small sample shots really won't do the trick. I ended up just doing a Google search for images and found a plethora of examples for free. I was disappointed I spent money for such a limited view here. Somehow I thought the description said you could take a picture of wood and it would help you identify it. That was why I bought the app. If really this is a feature somewhere, I have yet to find it..Version: 3.20

Not great, basicLike the idea of this, but some of the descriptions are very generic. Take a look at larch, and compare it to fumed larch. No difference in the description at all! Plus neglects to mention some of the key features of the wood, such it's natural qualities of self preservation. Makes me doubt the reliability of the descriptions of other woods, so I feel disappointed. It would be good if they showed you other views of the wood other than just the face. What about the end-grain, or perhaps some shavings? These would be useful to identify woods, you'll struggle with this app alone. I reckon the descriptions have been copied and pasted off Wikipedia, they certainly haven't been checked over by a woodworking expert..Version: 3.02

Good start and great ideaVery nicely executed application. However there this application is missing a lot of important content. For example: Spruce is only shown as "Spruce" when key variants such as Sitka and Adirondack are not included. The same with Rosewood where variants are key such as Brazilian, East Indian, and others have significant differnces in sustainability and application. In terms of grading exotics there is no discussion of AA, AAA, AAAA, and AAAAA which describes the quality/depth of figure in the woods. Add more detail and more comprehensive glossary and I will upgrade my rating..Version: 0

Don’t waste $10I thought it would help identify wood trough my camera lens. I didn’t know i would have to go through pictures of every single species in the world and compare it to the piece i am looking at..Version: 4.1.4

Some bugsJust loaded v3.01. Some serious bugs as crashes often, pages overwrite each other so cannot read, slow navigation and often returns to incorrect pages when using back arrow. Looks like has great information but unusable until bugs fixed which I trust will be soon..Version: 3.01

Good Info / Not IntuitiveI'm trying to find a good guide for wood identification without carrying a book around. This app has good info but it's not functional enough. You can add woods to your favorites but then when you go to scroll from one to the next it's back in the main list mixed with African woods for example. It seems like it's just a database packaged nicely. Needs a back function, etc. I'd like to have a list of common American hardwoods I can quickly browse through. Disappointed I spent $5, right now this app is worth $1 or free until it has more function..Version: 4.0

I.D.WOODCheesy app. There are free ones online!.Version: 4.1.4

DisappointingThis app is OK and nothing more. No interactivity and no consideration given to european metric users. Looks like it is a straight pull from reference material with the appearance of poor photocopies. For the cost I would have expected interactive conversion elements and greater detail. As a cabinet maker I am disappointed, I had high hopes and it fails to deliver. Clumsy interface and temperamental. With hindsight I would not have made this purchase..Version: 0

Great app for people who already know what they’re looking forYou may as well just google based on what you see, this app does not “identify woods”, it shows you pictures of known woods for you to compare to. Absolute waste of money..Version: 4.1.0

Moderately useful, but not $5 usefulIt's a decent help, for a moderate amount of woods. The problems would largely be a lack of images for the woods. If anything, there might be an end grain picture, and one other image. The addition of a back function, a full list of thumbnails, without needing to select a letter category first. The last update being more than a year ago isn't confidence inspiring, either.Version: 4.0

I.D.WoodOkay but limited navigation. Shame you can't zoom images of timbers to appreciate the figuring. I wanted to know how many timber species there are on Earth?.Version: 0

Hard to use appNo back up button and app is hard to use.Version: 4.1.0

Nice app but limitedAll the most common species are there but it's quite a limited list. Tried looking up Mexican Parota because I am doing a project with it but it's not there. I'm also turning some pens with Camphor wood but that too isn't listed..Version: 0

Not usefulI have wood, I need to identify what kind it is. From the images it looks like you can put a camera up & it will tell you like other apps. Waste of my.Version: 4.1.2

App Name is ScamYou don’t realize that this app does not identify your wood until after they charge you $10USD. You have to search their database for wood information. What a scam this is! RUN AWAY NOW!.Version: 4.1.4

Well it does not help you Id a species of woodThis app is about as useless as can be when you say ID wood I would expect it to help you figure out what kind of wood your working with. If you u already know what you have then it will tell you about it. Otherwise it’s a useless app..Version: 4.1.2

Doesn’t match actual hardwoods I haveBad app!! Refund please!!!!.Version: 4.1.4

Miss-named AppI’m greatly disappointed. I wanted a tool that could help me ID a piece of wood in hand. If this app isn’t worthless from a practical use standpoint, then it deserves the low rating simply on poor instruction and functionality. For example, I performed a search and got 75 hits, but the app only lets me see 50 of them. Way too many, but still, why can’t I see them all? And why can’t I narrow my search further? If you are looking for a simple wood ID tool, this isn’t it..Version: 4.1.0

Lacking as a ReferenceThe very first wood I searched, a domestic hardwood, Alder & Red Alder were no where to be found in this app. Navigating the app also has a lot to be desired. Makes you wonder since this app hasn’t been updated in 2 years that it even works at all. Better to save your money and search the Internet for wood identification instead..Version: 4.1.0

LimitedNot all woods are there. Hard to identify one by one. Navigation is hard. Very simple app. Just look it up on google..Version: 4.1.0

DisappointedI purchased this because I need a tool to identify common native American woods. It is mediocre at that task. The resolution is good but not excellent. There isn't much narrative that helps identify wood species, for example the size of the rays can help you distinguish between whit oak and red oak. The image in the app store show an end grain image, but I didn't find any end grain images in all the woods I looked at. The app has several tools that are probably useful, but they aren't useful to me. It will probably be enhanced over time but for now it is too immature for my needs. Wish I could get my money back..Version: 3.30

Not really for Australian timbersAs suspected, this is just a US app put on the Australian market, all the timbers are either American or perhaps English. The token Australian entry is "Eucalypt" which says that this specie has over 600 sub species and a very bland, generic description of it's working properties. Apart from that, nicely thought out and organized app with quite a lot of detail on the 50 timbers it covers. It would rate much higher if it was to be expanded to really include woods from outside the US. The pics are not really good for anything more than a guide to what the wood may look like. Not enough detail on how the woods in the pics have been finished, oil, shellac, waxed etc..Version: 0

Not What I ThoughtI thought that this app was much like other identification apps where I could take a picture of the specific type of wood and it would identify it. Instead you have to scroll through a hundred different types to find one that might look similar.Version: 4.1.2

Out of dateDoes not include some common wood types and is woefully out of date with the website that this app sisters also lacks a lot of the wood detail pictures. Navigation within the app is sub par and tedious. Not worth 6 bucks, just use the website instead it’s easier to navigate and has more information..Version: 4.1.0

Very good...butI bought the actual book many years ago, and I've had this app from the beginning. The app is easier to use than the book, and the selection is the same, or better. But a major problem is with the quality of the photos. Sometimes the photo is too close up to get a really good idea of the overall grain pattern. But worse, is that the colors are not corrected. On iPads, with their calibrated screens, this is disappointing. Too often, the color is nothing like the actual color of the wood. This color can significantly vary even among the same wood species when different examples are given. If they could correct the colors, that would go a long way towards making this app extremely useful in wood selection. Include two photos, one of a close-up, and one of a larger portion, and it would be about perfect..Version: 3.40

Not worth the moneyShame on me, should have read the reviews before purchase. Not what it seems..Version: 4.1.4

Not what I expectedLike other reviews, we’d much prefer to take a pic of a piece of wood and have the app tell us rather than determine the type from searching a database with 100’s of possible choices? Waste of $5.Version: 4.1.4

DisappointedI was hoping that it would have a camera ability to take a picture of your wood and it would identify it. This is useless unless your just curious about a certain species of wood. I have bubinga and it looks nothing like the picture on this app. None of my woods match the pictures on this app. What a waste of money!.Version: 4.1.2

Bob villa screwed me againThis app is terrible. I wish I could kick the guy who made this app square in the D1ck. (Or in the case that a woman created the app... then kick her square in the taco).Version: 4.1.0

Needs improvmentGood idea but needs more. There are a Lot of popular woods that are not included. Great idea will be better after an update!.Version: 0

Great idea for an app...This app is missing a way to get a listing of the images of wood to help ID a board in hand. There does not appear to be search by wood Characteristics like color or grain pattern. Ideally let me take a picture of the wood and show me images of the closest matches..Version: 4.1.2

TrashThis app is absolute trash. I don’t ever leave reviews…but do not spend the money on this. It doesn’t help to identify wood at all..Version: 4.1.4

DisappointedExtremely limited, does not cover many popular trees! Waste of my money $$$! I will stick to books instead of this!.Version: 4.0

Good app if it be easy to use, very confusing and time consumingNot easily navigated no back button got to go back to the list. Not recommended.Version: 4.1.0

Not worth 4 cents.My own fault I should have read more reviews. I like most, who are I’m guessing, wanted an app where you take a picture of a piece of wood and the app through the pic of the grain wood tell you what it is. Waste of 5 bucks.Version: 4.1.0

Incomplete and misrepresentativeEndgrain pictures are missing for many species and are generally too low quality for identification anyway..Version: 4.1.0

Completely Useless AppI assumed this app would allow me to identify the wood grain of furniture or flooring using the camera. I’m not sure what it is supposed to do. It seems to serve no purpose whatsoever and costs $4.99.Version: 4.1.0

Not a snap pic & identify wood appShucks... paid for this app hoping to snap a pic of wood & it would tell me what type of wood it is... not so..Version: 4.1.2

What’s the use of having an app with limited space informationI assumed this app would work like picture this. Take a photo and get suggested wood species. Seems like I have to thumb through all the limited information to make a deduction of what it might be..Version: 4.1.2

I want my money backUse google you’re better off I wish they had a minus one star.Version: 4.1.0

No Australian hardwood. Waste of moneyNo Australian hardwood. Waste of money.Version: 4.1.4

Not useful to meThought I could take a picture of the face or end grain of the wood/lumber I’ve got for identification. Shame this functionality would be great. Maybe it’ll be included in future releases..Version: 4.1.4

Overpriced and incompleteA very abridged and and lightweight compendium of wood species. Not much specific information over species. It's more of a "common wood at a glance" than a complete ID tool. Many species left out or lumped into groups even when they are distinct woods. Photos are often not representative or are difficult to identify even with common woods like Douglas fir. More complete info available online wood ID sites and in books. Probably an ok app for the occasional woodworker or curious. Pretty disappointed as a professional. As it stands this is a $1 app, not $5. Save your money and get a book..Version: 4.0

Très limitéCorrect pour obtenir de l’information sur des espèces dont vous connaissez déjà le nom mais inutile pour essayer de découvrir un type de bois à partir d’images ou de coupe de bout. Pas recommandé malgré les témoignages mis de l’avant sur leur page d’information..Version: 4.1.0

Very Poorly Designed AppVery difficult to use. There is no back button. Impossible to find a species of wood unless you know what you are looking for but then why do you need the app. I would like a refund..Version: 4.1.0

Needs upgrade.As stated before, it needs a larger database & it also crashes everytime I try to access the bookmarks..Version: 0

Mis named appI should have read reviews. I want my money back. I’m looking for an app that will identify a piece of wood in my hand..Version: 4.1.4

Needs to include more timber’s and metric infoThere are a number of common Australian and NZ timbers missing, such as jarra, rimu and kauri. Would be much better if it included metric values as used by nearly all of the world outside the USA..Version: 4.1.2

Not I.D.Doesn’t help identify the wood , you basically have to know what the wood is and then it tells what kind it is…. Duh….Version: 4.1.2

Not What You ThinkVery dissatisfied and disappointed. I thought this app would identify wood with a photo or similar but no such thing. It’s another useless app that is not worth the purchase..Version: 4.1.4


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