iNaturalist
3.6star
11.3K reviews
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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
ā¢ Discover species new to you both near and far
ā¢ Record your own observations and share them with the community
ā¢ Receive suggestions and crowdsourced identifications of what you've seen
ā¢ Discuss and help others identify what they've seen
ā¢ 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
KEY FEATURES
ā¢ Discover species new to you both near and far
ā¢ Record your own observations and share them with the community
ā¢ Receive suggestions and crowdsourced identifications of what you've seen
ā¢ Discuss and help others identify what they've seen
ā¢ 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
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Ratings and reviews
3.6
11K reviews
Kayleigh Ildiko
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July 21, 2025
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.
63 people found this review helpful
Karla Salp
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March 25, 2026
Updated review - unfortunately as a daily user of the app for the past 3 years, it has become increasingly glitchy. You can still upload observations, but anything beyond that (exploring, identifying) results in frequent crashes after only a few records (often less than 10!) despite phone restarts, clearing the cache, etc. It is basically useless for identifying observations, so you are limited to identifying to when you are at a computer. Major opportunity loss for the platform.
17 people found this review helpful
Tracy
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January 11, 2026
I really love iNaturalist but the app is just a little subpar compared to the website. It occasionally freezes or gets slow but not often enough to make it a major issue. I just wish it had more features like the website. If I had to pick one feature that needs to be added it would be the extra search filters you can get on the website. I want to be able to search for observations that are only ID'd at phylum level.
10 people found this review helpful
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