iNaturalist

12K reviews
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Rated for 3+
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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
• 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
Updated on
Oct 15, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • No data shared with third parties
    Learn more about how developers declare sharing
  • This app may collect these data types
    Location, 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
May 5, 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
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Joakim Karlsson
November 5, 2026
Identify different spieces using AI and post for verification by peers, then 2 times a year they upload information to various other sites that keep track of official spieces. If it's a endangered spieces or an indicator spieces of high enough value they upload it sooner. It's quick, handy and help inform the public and organizations about the state of nature, might prompt further investigations or forming of natural reserves.
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Lily Sandstrom
October 16, 2026
Great citzen science app, but bugs, freezes and crashes often on my phone.
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What’s new

Adds support for Armenian and also includes required updates for Google compliance