Seek by iNaturalist 4+

Identify plants & animals

iNaturalist, LLC

    • 4.5 • 56 Ratings
    • Free

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Description

Use the power of image recognition technology to identify the plants and animals all around you. Earn badges for seeing different types of plants, birds, fungi and more!

• Get outside and point the Seek Camera at living things
• Identify wildlife, plants, and fungi and learn about the organisms all around you
• Earn badges for observing different types of species and participating in challenges

OPEN THE CAMERA AND START SEEKING!

Found a mushroom, flower, or bug, and not sure what it is? Open up the Seek Camera to see if it knows!

Drawing from millions of wildlife observations on iNaturalist, Seek shows you lists of commonly recorded insects, birds, plants, amphibians, and more in your area. Scan the environment with the Seek Camera to identify organisms using the tree of life. Add different species to your observations and learn all about them in the process! The more observations you make, the more badges you’ll earn!

This is a great app for families who want to spend more time exploring nature together, and for anyone who wants to learn more about the life all around them.

KID-SAFE

Seek does not require registration and does not collect any user data by default. Some user data will be collected if you choose to sign in with an iNaturalist account, but you must be over 13 or have your parents permission to do so.

Seek will ask permission to turn on location services, but your location is obscured to respect your privacy while still allowing species suggestions from your general area. Your precise location is never stored in the app or sent to iNaturalist unless you sign in to your iNaturalist account and submit your observations.

Our image recognition technology is based on observations submitted to iNaturalist.org and partner sites, and identified by the iNaturalist community.

Seek is part of iNaturalist, a not-for-profit organization. Seek was made by the iNaturalist team with support from the California Academy of Sciences, the National Geographic Society, Our Planet on Netflix, WWF, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, and Visipedia.

What’s New

Version 2.15.7

A new monthly challenge is available

Ratings and Reviews

4.5 out of 5
56 Ratings

56 Ratings

nat gaming plays ,

A little here and there

Hello I am alr happy it’s not a scam:) eh so I suggest that you can add observations like for real. Eg you saw a squirrel and have a box to type down ur observation.
But besides that , it’s pretty good
:))))))

Megamadone ,

Doesn’t work well

The concept sounds really cool. I was browsing thru instagram and got excited to hear from a friend’s post that there’s such an app for nature lovers, and downloaded it immediately. And as there’s many green areas around me, I wanted to take a walk around some of the nature reserves and explore what species of animals and plants they hold. But alas. The app wasn’t able to accurately identify what I saw, nor let me log the new pictures under the right categories. The app has an “achievement”-like feature which gives you points for discovering new flora and fauna. But as mentioned before, it does not let me log new pictures as it either says that the picture is not clear (which is not true), or that it is unsure of the species (while I was 100% sure of what exactly the plant/insect/bird/animal was. Ironically, if I submitted a screenshot of the animal/plan I saw in the app, and multiples of the same screenshots, the app gives me those points! So yup, I do hope that these improvements are put in place to make it more user-friendly

Mckenzycal ,

Could be better

Or rather...Maybe we're just not there yet. User this in the Botanical Gardens. Lighting was good, camera could focus really close. On a good day I'd get 2/10 recognitions.

The App also doesn't let you export your findings/history. Since no profile of s created, Everything was gone when I had to change my phone. All my collections from my trips overseas all gone.

App Privacy

The developer, iNaturalist, LLC, 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 Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

  • Location
  • User Content

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Location

Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

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