iNaturalist
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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. 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
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
Observe and identify plants and animals with your friends
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- No data shared with third partiesLearn more about how developers declare sharing
- This app may collect these data typesLocation, Personal info and 5 others
- Data is encrypted in transit
- You can request that data be deleted
Ratings and reviews
11.6K reviews
E. G. Hoyt
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5 May 2026
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...
61 people found this review helpful
A Google user
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27 April 2019
A brilliant app, helping me to learn about wildlife and contribute to science, a win-win. However, I've encountered observations that won't upload and become stuck. There doesn't appear to be a means of deleting an upload. Whenever I refresh, it attempts to upload but never succeeds. This is not a connectivity problem. I fear I may have to reinstall this app, but worry I'll lose my observations.
90 people found this review helpful
A Google user
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22 August 2019
I love this app. I could liken it to a real life Pokémon go, but instead of finding pixels on a screen, you are encouraged to go out and find and document real animals, insects and plants. Since using it I have found it has fine tuned my connection with the natural world around me. I'm noticing how much better I am at finding interesting specimens without really trying. Insects on plants are particularly more noticeable. Alas, the lack of nature in the UK is also much more noticeable :(
203 people found this review helpful
What's new
Adds support for Armenian and also includes required updates for Google compliance
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About the developer
iNaturalist
admin@inaturalist.org
1020 B St
San Rafael, CA 94901
United States
+1 415-320-6269
