Insect Identifier: Cicara
Spider, Bug & Bite Scanner
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Wasp or hoverfly? Photograph it and Cicara names it in seconds, then tells you the one thing that matters: can it hurt you.
Point your camera at a bug and Cicara tells you what it is.
A ladybird on the roses, a wasp by the bin, something with too many legs under a plant pot. Take a photo and you get the name, the scientific name, and the one thing you actually want to know: does it bite or sting, and what should you do about it.
WHAT YOU GET
• The name, in your language, in a few seconds
• A clear risk level: harmless, caution, or dangerous
• What it can actually do to a person, in plain words
• What to do about it in a house or a garden
• Size, family, habitat and season
• One genuinely interesting fact about it
A COLLECTION THAT STAYS YOURS
Every bug you identify is saved with its photo and the day you found it. Over a season the garden becomes a list. Your collection lives on your phone, and the photo sent for identification is not kept afterwards.
AN OFFLINE FIELD GUIDE
Forty common species come with the app: butterflies, beetles, spiders, bees and wasps, ants, flies and mosquitoes, household pests. Searchable, readable on a plane, and it works whether or not you turn identification on.
BUILT TO BE HONEST
Cicara tells you when it is not sure, and shows you what else it could be. Identifications from a photo can be wrong, and the app says so instead of pretending otherwise. The risk notes are general information, not medical advice.
PRIVACY YOU CAN CHECK
Before a single photo leaves your phone, the app tells you what is sent and asks. Decline and the encyclopedia keeps working. Turn it back off any time in Settings. No name, no email, no account, no location, no tracking.
CICARA PRO
Taking the photo is free. Cicara Pro is what opens the answer: the name, the risk level and what to do about it, for as many bugs as you meet. The offline encyclopedia of forty species stays free either way.
SUBSCRIPTION AND TERMS
Cicara Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and it renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html
Privacy Policy: https://cicara-app.web.app/privacy
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
Maintenance and bug fixes. Nothing to do on your side - the app just runs a little better.
The developer, CEM EMRE TAN, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- CEM EMRE TAN
- Size
- 51.9 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Advertising
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Cicara Pro Yearly $19.99
- Cicara Pro Monthly $4.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Cem Emre Tan