ObsIdentify 4+
Recognize nature in one click!
Observation International
Designed for iPhone
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- Free
iPhone Screenshots
Description
Recognize nature in one click! Take a photo in Europe or the Dutch Caribbean and find out which species it is. Collect all your wildlife observations in the app. You'll be rewarded with tips to find new species, earn badges, and be invited to join challenges. Create groups with colleagues, family or friends, to share your stunning nature observations. Your observations, and those of others, contribute to biological research and knowledge about nature. Every observation counts!
ObsIdentify only recognizes wild animals, plants and mushrooms in Europe and the Dutch Caribbean. Please do not use the app for selfies, people, pets, house or garden plants.
The image recognition in ObsIdentify is made possible by millions of observations from thousands of users of Waarneming.nl, Waarnemingen.be and Observation.org. ObsIdentify is a product of the Observation International Foundation, in collaboration with Naturalis Biodiversity Center (The Netherlands) and Natuurpunt (Belgium).
What’s New
Version 4.4
- Fix for the app growing in size over time when using photo sharing.
- The dashboard now shows a link to the donate page
- Language of the terms and conditions has been clarified
- Update of the dependencies
Ratings and Reviews
Generally very good, some systematic errors
I’ve been very suprised by the general accuracy and helpful alternative ID suggestions for mostly lepidoptera images.
There doesn’t seem to be a feedback/comments system for when it consistently misidentifies a species which is suprisingly not apparently in its library, eg the very common but somewhat variable Light brown apple moth Epiphysas postvittana. I’m fairly sure It would help the machine learning if the user could flag up their own ID proposal so when it’s checked and confirmed vs the App suggestion, it’s more likely to get into the playbook for the AI.
As far as I can see, there seems to be no way that a competent & knowledgeable user can assist the developers.
Would be interested in developer feedback on this review please.
Developer Response ,
Thank you for your feedback! This feature has been on our wishlist for a while already, but it would mean a major overhaul on the current design. It may come into the app in the future, but I cannot put a date on it right now. -Jolien
Improvement ideas for the image recognition software
Amazing identification app (most of the time; it does inevitably make mistakes sometimes) but it would be appreciated if the image recognition software could be updated to be better with eggs/eggshells, feathers, scat, etc.
A must for any naturalist, professional or amateur
This incredible app that can identify insects, plants, birds from a picture. I would very happily pay for it, but as a free app it’s acomplete no – brainer.
For professionals, don’t be ashamed; no one can identify everything. This app can fill in the gaps, helping with caterpillars and very small insects even distinguishing between sud-species of plants, given the right quality of image.
Developer Response ,
Thank you for your positive review! Making learning about nature and contributing to science easily accessible is very important to us, so we keep our platform free of charge and ads. We are partly dependent on donations because of this. Please consider donating if you enjoy the app and have the income to support us this way. You can find out more about this on Observation.org/donate
App Privacy
The developer, Observation International, 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 Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Stichting Observation International
- Size
- 43 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.4 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.4 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Dutch, French, German, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2019-2024 Observation International
- Price
- Free