# Zooniverse

> Education

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1194130243](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1194130243)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1194130243`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Zooniverse
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 3.70 / 5 (36 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.16.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-01
- **First published:** 2017-01-19
- **Size:** 35 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zooniverse/id1194130243)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.zooniverse.org/privacy](https://www.zooniverse.org/privacy)

## Description

The Zooniverse is the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research. This research is made possible by volunteers—hundreds of thousands of people around the world who come together to assist professional researchers. Our goal is to enable research that would not be possible, or practical, otherwise. Zooniverse research results in new discoveries, datasets useful to the wider research community, and many publications.

The Zooniverse Mobile App provides push notification updates about our projects, as well as access to our most mobile-friendly projects and publications.

## Rankings

- #215,087 — Overall

## Review summary

Zooniverse on iOS lets casual users contribute to real science in a fun, educational way. However, reviews repeatedly highlight navigational gaps (no search box, limited project visibility), inconsistent mobile performance (slow loading, crashes, browser redirects), login/authentication issues, and a sense of outdated maintenance (last update about a year ago). The concept is strong, but the app needs improved search/navigation, reliability, and features (e.g., dark mode) to reach its full mobile potential.

### Pros

- Enables everyday users to contribute to real science
- Fun and educational, making science accessible
- Nice, user-friendly interface for browsing projects

### Cons

- Lack of search and easy project discovery (no search box, no All Projects list; hard to find joinable projects)
- Mobile compatibility and performance problems (many projects not mobile-friendly, slow loading, crashes, some tasks redirect to a browser)
- Sign-in/authentication issues (password problems, not remembering password, login failures)
- Perceived outdated maintenance (last update about a year ago; feels on hold)

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