# iNaturalist

> Discover nature around you

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6475737561](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6475737561)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6475737561`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** iNaturalist
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.10 / 5 (673 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-08
- **First published:** 2024-09-09
- **Size:** 219 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/inaturalist/id6475737561)
- **Website:** [https://www.inaturalist.org](https://www.inaturalist.org/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/privacy](https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/privacy)

## Description

**iNaturalist** is a free, nonprofit, community-powered app for discovering and documenting nature. Use your camera to get identification suggestions for plants, animals, fungi, and other organisms, then share photos or sound recordings as observations.

Build a personal record of the species you encounter while connecting with a global community of nature enthusiasts. Community feedback helps turn observations into valuable data for biodiversity research, science, and conservation. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced naturalist, iNaturalist makes it easy to explore the natural world and contribute to protecting it.

## Rankings

- #68,085 — Overall
- #3 — nature

## Review summary

Users praise iNaturalist for its educational value, community-based identifications, and features like batch uploads and maps. However, persistent performance issues on the newer app—freezes, lag, crashes, and upload failures—along with missing features, a confusing UI, and privacy concerns are frequently noted. The overall sentiment is that the app is valuable for learning and field use, but stability and feature parity with the Classic version remain major drawbacks.

### Pros

- Strong educational value and community-driven identifications that help users learn about species
- Valuable identification capabilities and real-time data from a large, engaged community
- Batch uploads feature and an easier-to-navigate interface compared to iNaturalist Classic
- Access to profiles, range maps, and projects (e.g., state projects) for biodiversity data
- Useful for field work and research; appreciated by ecologists and nature enthusiasts

### Cons

- Frequent freezing, lag, and crashes leading to unresponsive UI and upload failures
- Uploads can fail or be slow; photos and IDs sometimes won't load correctly
- New UI is buggy and missing or hard-to-use features (e.g., tagging location, direct messaging)
- Privacy and data-tracking concerns with the newer app versus the older version
- Inconsistent identification quality and over-reliance on AI IDs, reducing accuracy

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