iNaturalist

iNaturalist

About this app

One of the world's most popular nature apps, iNaturalist helps you identify the plants and animals around you. Get connected with a community of over 400,000 scientists and naturalists who can help you learn more about nature! What's more, by recording and sharing your observations, you'll create research quality data for scientists working to better understand and protect nature. iNaturalist is a joint initiative by the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society.

KEY FEATURES
• Discover species new to you both near and far
• Record your own observations and share them with the community
• Receive suggestions and crowdsourced identifications of what you've seen
• Discuss and help others identify what they've seen
• Follow projects comprised of smaller communities and fellow citizen scientists passionate about a particular place and/or species

For more info, check out http://www.inaturalist.org

Ratings and reviews

I love it!! Has served me well over the past year. It is a little buggy... (ha ha ha), I have never experienced any crashes (using the S8+), but find that some of my pictures have disappeared from the app. When I check my profile on the website they're all there. Also when I upload several photos to an observation and edit them, and then "make 1st" or delete one of the photos, all of the edits disappear. Still a great app though.

Crashes far too frequently, seems to be a memory issue. Has also corrupted several of my photos when I tried to upload them. The community of "observers" also seems to usually just pick the top AI suggestion for identifying an unknown species instead of putting real thought and research into it. The app needs refinement and the community needs incentives for accuracy. some basic photo editing options, like croping, would also be good.

I have become completely addicted to this app. I love it! Two small issues have recently crossed up for me, though: sometimes my observations are double posted after completing the info only once; also, it appears to *constantly* be "preparing, cleaning up, syncing" over and over non-stop this is definitely leading to battery drain and data munching (especially an issue when I'm on the trail and have poor or no reception). Other than that, it's brilliant! I wish more people in my community were on it (but I've started spreading the word...).

What's new

* Fixed bug resulting in unintended identifications
* New translations