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.

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 really enjoy this app for identifying critters and uploading photos and sounds. It is quite accurate on most things. The most frustrating thing while using it is after a few identifications it will stop working. like if I am identifying someone elses observation, it won't go through sometimes. or if I am uploading a photo for identification, sometimes it won't load the suggestions. Or when I'm scrolling through the explore page, it will sometimes make my phone hot and crash. Also no dark mode

As much as I love the website, the app leaves much to be desired. I can essentially only post observations — attempting to see other posts, check notifications, edit observations, or anything else causes the app to immediately freeze and crash. I really wish it was more stable, I use the website all the time! I've changed phones too, and the problem continues...

I LOVE THIS APP! I wish everyone had it, and would be amazed by the fact that nearly every ant, fly, flower, blade of grass has a name and story! It would be fun if it was more game-ified I wish there was a little more social aspect, I'd love to be more able to follow my friends and see what they've been recording/observing, and help ID! I couldn't find a way on the app to follow friends, but found them online, but then there doesn't seem to be any benefit once you're back on the app.