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

This doesn't come out of the blue as I've used this app for some years. If I could find one to replace it, I would! Locations are often wrong for my own location. Often when I try to suggest an ID, it just goes in circles. Just wasted ANOTHER 20 minutes this morning! Sometimes photos don't match the ID after the fact. I realize these guys are probably operating on a shoestring budget, but trying to use this app is an exercise in futility & frustration! I've grown to absolutely loathe this app!

I've been using the app for years now and it's fantastic! One thing I would like to see on the app though is more clear markings showing conservation status, whether a species is introduced, etc. It's shown clearly on each observation in the website and it would be nice to see in the app as well.

I enjoy this app a lot but I think it has a lot basic functionality flaws and some poor design. My biggest issue is that the app is so ridiculously slow. It's so inconvenient and I'll be sitting there for 10 minutes just trying to get to one specific thing. The app functions like it's an abandoned amateur student project.

What's new

* Better status display after sign up
* New translations