Seek by iNaturalist is an education app developed by iNaturalist. Available as a free download, it was updated to v2.16 on September 06, 2024, and currently holds a 4.78 out of 5 rating based on 30.2K reviews. Before downloading, make sure your device has at least 164 MB of free space and runs Android 12.4+ or iOS 13.4+.
Identify plants & animals
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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!
Seek by iNaturalist can be played on Windows and macOS using Android emulators such as BlueStacks. Download an APK version and follow our BlueStacks installation guide to get started. For help with downloading or installing APK files, visit our forums.
User Reviews and Ratings
★★★★★Cool but not always right
Don’t get me wrong I love this app…but it is often not correct.once I scanned some kind of squash but it kept saying it was a human! This app is great but don’t always believe what seek tells you. Other examples include scanning people and saying that it was Japanese stilt grass.but still all in all seek is a great app and totally recommend getting it.
★★★☆☆Camera issues
I have used this app for a couple years now and it work great to put a citizen scientist in the general area of a species. Research still required to get a solid confirmation. Recently, the last 3 months or so, the camera keeps crashing and not being able to work properly. I hope it gets fixed soon. Thank you!
★★★☆☆Identification is maybe 50% accurate... Or less
The identification on this app is pretty bad. I think it would help to have a way to specify the Kingdom I am trying to identify before scanning because sometimes I might try to identify a turtle or something but it instead snaps a pic and identifies the plant next to it. Also last night I was trying to identify a camel cricket and it kept identifying it as either a beetle or a squirrel... So it can be really off.
★★★★★One of the best
I’ve been using this app for over a year and have over 350 observations it’s almost always accurate if u get a clear photo. I really think this is one of the best apps that you can get for identifying living organisms!!
★★☆☆☆Very inaccurate surrounding plants
It cannot seem to identify a red rose! I’m trying to show it my flower bouquet, but it either identifies the plants as insects or exotic species. Very flawed. Ai isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
