OpenInsect Plants & Insects

OpenInsect — AI nature guide for insects, plants, fungi, birds, and other animals. Developed in Germany.

Identify plants, insects, animals, and fungi with AI and the growing OpenInsect community. Like, comment, share, and discover nature together.

Plus a personal plant journal with watering reminders and a nature calendar. Get reminders for when to water or fertilize your plants.

Identify what you see outdoors in seconds: identify insects, plants, fungi, and birds — all in one app, with state-of-the-art AI.

🔍 AI IDENTIFICATION IN SECONDS
• Take a photo, video, or record a sound (e.g., for bird identification) — AI recognizes the species
• Insects, beetles, butterflies, wasps, bees, bumblebees
• Plants, trees, flowers, herbs, houseplants
• Fungi, birds, spiders, mammals, reptiles, amphibians
• Bird call recognition via audio recording
• Scientific name, habitat, conservation status, pest or beneficial
• For plants: location tips, care instructions, toxicity

🌱 PLANT JOURNAL FOR YOUR GARDEN
• Scan your indoor and garden plants, create a care journal
• Automatic watering and fertilizing reminders — weather-aware
• Growth progress with a photo timeline
• Diagnose diseases and pests with AI
• Share plants with family and roommates — care for them together
• Respect local wildlife protection periods for hedge trimming (e.g., bird nesting season)
• Frost warnings for sensitive plants

📅 NATURE CALENDAR
• Fungi season calendar for foragers
• Insect activity by season and region
• Frost and heat warnings
• Personal daily care tasks at a glance

🗺️ INSECT AND SPECIES MAP
• See which species have been found in your city
• Filter by category, season, rarity
• Become the first discoverer in your zip code — collect bonus points
• Contribute to biodiversity research
• Location data is optional — you decide

📸 COMMUNITY AND VERIFICATION
• Share your findings with nature lovers across Europe
• Comment, like, and follow other hobbyist researchers
• Confirm or correct questionable identifications together
• CarlAI — the AI assistant in the comments answers detailed questions
• Create collections — like Pinterest boards for your nature finds
• Collect together: Share collections with friends

🏆 GAMIFICATION
• Points for every identification — the rarer it is, the more you get
• Weekly and monthly rankings, city leaderboard
• First-discoverer badge for each new zip code
• Streak system for daily nature observers
• Achievements and collector awards

🌍 25 LANGUAGES
Available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Dutch, Danish, and 17 other European languages — so everyone can discover nature in their own language.

✅ MORE FEATURES
• Weather, air quality, and elevation saved for each sighting
• Personal encyclopedia of all your finds + heatmap statistics
• Life stage annotations (larva, pupa, imago, flowering, fruiting)
• Pest/beneficial info with control recommendations
• Links to scientific databases (GBIF, iNaturalist)
• 100 percent free — no ads, no hidden costs
• Offline capable after the first load
• Privacy-friendly according to GDPR

OpenInsect is developed in Germany by Silberkraft. The app is free for users.

Download now and discover something new right outside your door every day!