iNaturalist 评价分析

I’m sorry but using AI while touting as an app for nature lovers/enthusiasts is both out of touch and straight up deranged!! Deleted lol

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Zu unübersichtlich, hängt immer, man kann nix in Projekten hochladen, arten werden nie gespeichert und die erkennung der Pflanzen Zeigt oft bei derselben Pflanze unterschiedliche Ergebnisse an.

it just doesn’t work as reliably as iNat Classic used to — and iNat Classic also seems to be degrading, with many uploads timing out. but when I try to upload observations on the new app it freezes completely and requires a restart. i don’t know if it’s my device or what, my phone is about 4 years old. but surely you shouldn’t have to update your phone every year to participate in citizen science? I have almost entirely stopped recording sightings on iNat, which makes me really sad because I used to get a lot of joy from connecting with nature in this way.

I love iNaturalist have been a loyal member of the community for 8+ years. I was excited when this newest app came out, but it has been very buggy the entire time I’ve had it on my iPhone 14 Pro. The observation function and other buttons at the bottom are often unresponsive. Today it’s unresponsive even if I log out and log in again. It’s also unresponsive if I delete the app and reinstall it. I and other users have let the developers know. The developers are great and very engaged with problems, but they’ve been unable to replicate the issues on the devices they have. Now a couple years in to using the new app, I’m going to delete it and go back to iNat Classic. It’s a shame because the new functions (when they work, which is rarely) are a big improvement. I hope the developers can get ahold of a phone that can replicate the problems and figure it out. For now, I’ll use the old app, which works just fine.

那啥意思嘞？上传不到项目里，natural宝子你继续阴。

Rt

Everything i scan is labelled as a dicot

Die App ist leider sehr langsam und hängt sich ständig auf. Daher für mich 0 funktionsfähig. Liebe eigentlich Inat, aber da bleibe ich lieber bei der alten classic inat App, die läuft flüssig 😌

Incredible size increase from the classic version. No interesting new features, slightly better UI, no dark mode, slow UX. Opening the camera requires a 1 sec loading screen? It doesn’t make sense to me. I hope it could be updated in the future. :)

The new app is annoying. -It tries to be cute with little animated graphics there is no extensible setting to shut off. This is a tedious time waste. -there is no way to shut off notifications for IDs by other people. I don't want to see the notification dot for that. I only want to see ideas of things that I uploaded and was curious about. -I can't seem to figure out how to upload two alternate photos of one organism, like the top and the underside of a dead insect, without creating two separate uploads.

I attempted to make my first observation using this new and "improved" version of the app. Problems started immediately. Firstly I selected my first photo, as I was going to upload multiple photo's of my observation, and the system went crazy and jumped through hoops to take me to an AI identification page, so only allowing me to upload 1 photo. Secondly, this AI identification was wildly incorrect multiple times, as I attempted to try again with different photos of my observation from different angles, and I got 3 different very incorrect ID's (I simply wanted to upload a critter that I'm already very familiar with, just simply had not made an uploaded observation before). I've been an avid outdoorsmen my entire life, I was raised in it, and frankly I do not see any positive outcomes of using AI identification, in fact if it's doing this with my observations than it seems to me that it will in fact cause harm and detriment when it comes to proper scientific accuracy in these matters....

Zur Erkennung der Arten im Feld okay. Erfassung nutze ich nicht in der App, kann ich als nicht beurteilen. Zur Verwaltung der Beobachtungen (App-Bereich „Aktivitäten“) ist die neue App leider von Beginn an der Classic-Version in Sachen Reaktivität haushoch unterlegen.

If I search for a specific taxon I’m trying to find in the wild the app crashes and I have to open it up and search it again over and over. This can happen 10+ times and typing scientific names over and over takes time away from exploring. I’ve selected Perth Western Australia as my time setting but I have to still put up with the American version of the date on observations which is foreign and confusing to me as an Australian. Allow an option for the date to be the correct way and less confusing of dd/mm/yyyy. Getting the day and month backwards when tracking down seasonal wildflowers can mean I’ve driven for hours in pursuit of something that might be another month away. Allow precious searches to show up in the search bar to stop having to retype it when the app does keep closing out of my search. Saved searches. I’m chasing down native orchids. That’s all I look for. So make that a favorite I can click straight away. Or just allow the previous search to be there as a choice.

I applaud iNaturalist for attempting to evolve their mobile app, I really do, but it’s so buggy I’m going back to the classic app and will just use the new one for help with ID. Constant issues since launch with observations showing as not being uploaded, when they have been, and uploading groups of photos, which it just wants to constantly break down into individual observations which you then have to spend time deleting and editing. No thanks.

nach ein paar Tagen Benutzung wird die App extrem langsam, seit heute unbenutzbar langsam. Das einzige Gute an der App im Gegensatz zur alten ist die Batch-Upload Funktion

This new version seems gimmicky and is definitely a downgrade to Inaturalist Classic. The original app worked very well and did everything it needed to do without the nonsense. The developers would achieve a great deal by working on improving the original rather than trying to replace it

Super cool app. I love the map feature, it’s awesome to be able to see what others have spotted in your environment.

One of the greatest community science projects, and the apps keeps getting better. The one critique is that Apple app holds onto all the observation data, which means every few hundred uploads, the app needs to be deleted and redownloaded. I think I have done this dance a good 80 times

This app is wonderful. I love citizen science and applaud the work done here. I also love the ability to learn about species I can’t ID myself! Reviewers are very helpful in helping determine the species you’ve seen, particularly if it’s a new species for you. My only critique is that I find that the interface of the newer version is a bit less easy to use than the pre updated version. Overall though, a superb app!

The app is great but using on a browser on a computer is better for more advanced things. The ai for identification is increasingly accurate .

Works well enough in terms of UI/UX, although I did encounter some noisy error messages during a poor connection. But it identified UK species as US species, with 97% confidence or more, even when I set the location.

比舊版快多了 竟然第一天發現

Die App ist für mich als Tierfotograf zusammen mit Merlin Bird ID und eBird ein Muss. Sie ist super, um Tierbeobachtungen zu tracken. Das Filtersystem funktioniert sehr gut, das Hochladen ist einfach und auch die Community-Funktionen sind gelungen. Früher lief die App bei mir eher langsam und brauchte ewig um zu laden, aber seit dem letzten Update funktioniert sie wirklich gut. Schön zu sehen, dass weiter daran gearbeitet wird. Verbesserungspotenzial sehe ich vor allem beim Design. Das Interface wirkt teilweise etwas unübersichtlich und nicht ganz zeitgemäß, und auch der Zugang zum eigenen Profil könnte intuitiver sein. Trotzdem insgesamt eine tolle App, die ich sehr gerne nutze.

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please add a dark mode for the app to be easy on eyes

I was looking for an app like Merlin bird id but for all animals and this exactly what I was looking for, there is one thing though: I think a rarity system would be amazing it could show how rare a species is in your area and in the world.

I’ve always been fascinated by nature, but I could never find an app that helped me pursue that interest…until now! I’m able to interact with people of similar interests, and I’m able to help actual scientists, which is big considering my youth. 🕊️🕊️🕊️

It's really accurate

Le dimensioni dei caratteri e delle icone non rispecchiano quelle di sistema ma risultano più grandi….uniformare l’app alle dimensioni di sistema

I do like how for some species it gets the accuracy right but when it comes to species like Irish Crabapple trees, Garlic Mustard and differentiating between Willows. For Whitebeams, it doesn’t ID it with great accuracy. All the same, it’s a good base that can be even better if the AI can better analyse species.

This is an amazing way to record things from my phone that I've seen, and the way the UI has been set up is very straightforward and easy to use! Makes seeing nature 10x more fun

App feels over designed. Feels like designers focused on form over function, most notably uploading multiple pictures for a single observation feels clunky. The map of observations is no longer color coded which impacts readability. Also personally not a fan of the rounded “soft” look of the UI design. I know it’s in vogue with UI design right now but it makes the app feel “trendy” and “cheap”to me, I’m not a fan in general but I feel like it especially clashes with what I liked about the old app UI design which was more simple and focused. There are some things I really like about it like the little icons of different animals are cute. Probably some of my issues are due to the fact that the old app worked fine for me and I am more used to using it. So thank you for not forcing me to use the new app because I’m not a huge fan!

The iNat Next is a lovely app for identifying biodiversity and managing collections. The interface is almost excellent! It would be even better with AI/Automatic bird audio-based identification like Merlin. Additionally, some helpful features from the website are missing from the app; adding them would make it more comprehensive. Overall, it’s my favorite app, and I spend a considerable amount of time on it. Edit (01 Jan 2026): The app hangs for a while when started, after approximately five seconds of opening, and remains in this state for around 15 to 20 seconds. Please fix it.

Super application et facile à utiliser. Il manque toutefois une fonction permettant de trier et d’afficher les observation autrement que selon les réglages de base pour la version iOS. J’espère que cela va évoluer

Great app, I use it a lot. There’s a few features that if added would make it even better. 1. Sort order, I’d love to be able to sort by; common name, scientific name, time of year photo taken (eg, all pics from January regardless of year). Currently it’s only sorted by upload date and that’s very limiting. 2. Offline download option. I’m often in average mobile coverage and would love to be able to still view my observations. 3. This is more of a Wishlist request. A memory game, like flash cards. Again, just with my observations. This would help me memorise the binomial names. Appreciate your work so far!

Great app and worthy of support. Documenting biodiversity is very important. The AI identification works great for animals, with insects and plants it generally only finds a family and not the species. But the upload function is terrible, and most pictures can’t be uploaded even when there is a good Internet connection. This needs to be fixed urgently!

Recently found a love of taking photos of nature and now this app has helped give a purpose to that hobby. It’s like real life Pokemon, gotta snap them all

App estremamente lenta nei caricamenti a differenza di tutte le altre versioni di iNaturalist. Non so per quale motivo ma ho passato periodi in cui andava molto meglio. Forse colpa anche della connessione?

Why is the date format for observations still in the somewhat bizarre format month-day-year? It always takes me a double-think to work out on what date an observation was actually made! In Britain (and much of the rest of the world ) the standard format is day-month year. This format is available in the Classic iNaturalist app so why not make it available on the replacement app?

Belas fotografias e interface

This version is much more user friendly but it drains the battery. I would love to request additional function which is to provide a common name in local language along with the English name

De info over de dieren en planten zijn goed, het is leuk om te zien waar de soorten allemaal gespot zijn, en de herkenner heeft het altijd goed. Echt een aanrader!

搜索功能总是用不了，显示错误

New app has good design but looks like for phone only, would stick to classic on other devices.

可以改吗

The update was highly unintuitive and spent a long time trying to make it work before concluding most features were gone. After further investigating and talking to friends (including someone who knows the iNat team), I discovered some hidden settings to get the intuitive functionalities, like being able to group photos, Advanced Mode (THIS SHOULD MORE OBVIOUSLY BE OFFERED FROM THE START FOR DATA QUALITY REASONS), etc. Even more weeks of forcing myself to use the new version and I’m finally finding several features I think are actual improvements, including the batch uploads (once you figure out the 10 unintuitive steps to do it) and the obviously better AI ID. Just please work on making things more intuitive for users where the incoming data won’t end up constantly being low-quality

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I’m extremely happy to be a part of inaturalist and please guide me to take initiative to lead a project with a team

- Generell ist die neue App top und ich hab die alte direkt ersetzen können. - Die neue offline-on-the-fly-Erkennung funktioniert sehr gut und sogar bei Carex-Arten! - Leider ist der Zugriff auf andere Profile immer noch sehr umständlich. - Trotz aktivierter Hintergrundaktualisierung muss man dem Upload von Einträgen „zuschauen“, sonst bricht der Upload ständig ab. - Die Reihenfolge des uploads hat sich auch geändert. - Auf der Karte kann man nicht die anderen Einträge Klicken, wenn man seinen eigenen Eintrag auf der Karte betrachtet - Und es fehlt die Funktion Einträge zu gruppieren und zu teilen (das Teilen ging in der Classic-App, wo finde ich es?).

Bei mir wurden Vögel über die Tonaufnahme nicht erkannt.

There is, simply nothing that compares to iNaturalist. Not even close. It is so incredibly helpful in its species identification, very educational, and most importantly has a huge database with excess information made by one of the best, active online communities there is. Just incredible.

A few years ago, my cat proudly dragged in a dead shrew and laid it at my feet. Animal enthusiasts that I am, I looked up the species of shrew and discovered it was a species that by all accounts was not documented as having been in the area but it was DEFINITELY that particular species. Years later, it always bothered me that I was unable to actually document the existence of this shrew in my backyard and I lamented so to my brother in law…who in turn then said “I know of a way you could have documented it.” He introduced me to iNaturalist and boom. It all began. This app is awesome. It feels like a real life pokedex and is an absolute must have for people interested in flora, fauna and fungi. This new app is awesome and definitely feels cleaner than the classic app. My only (minor) complaint is the seemingly inability to add multiple photos of an observation when first documenting it. The classic app, I was able to attach multiple photos before it uploaded. This one you seem to only be able to attach one picture, then after it uploads, you can add more. But that is so minor that it really doesn’t matter. This app is a permanent staple on my phone and exactly what I was looking for. Edit: the adding multiple photos functionality is there, it just took me a bit to find it. It’s actually implemented in a very sleek way and I really like it.

After I updated, I only can upload one single photo once. It is very inconvenient, so please fix this bug and put it as before to select 20 photos once.

Tool tips and labeling icons is IMPORTANT! The number one issue with the new app is the GUI, whoever made it is a technology native and put no effort into making sure that those less tech savvy can easily navigate. Those more used to a windows based OS find the new GUI infuriatingly convoluted. The ease of access to previously heavily used features is lacking. The new app GUI is confusing, poorly laid out and does not default to settings most users are familiar with. While more powerful, you can clearly see the launch has been disastrous. The “next” app should have been labeled “pro” since it gives easier access to high level tools and is genuinely more difficult to navigate. I think building from the interface of the first app should have been/currently be a major focus. Instead of what feels like starting from scratch in designing navigation.

im Vergleich zur anderen app stürzt diese nicht ab. Die Live Tierbestimmung mithilfe von KI funktioniert soweit ganz gut und hat bisher meine Tiere bis zur Art bestimmt oder zmdst. die Gattung falls es schwieriger wurde. Gefällt mit bisher ganz gut

This version of iNaturalist is so good that you can easily upload your observations directly and from your gallery. The AI supported suggestions will give you the most accurate suggestions of organisms.

I’m very happy to see some of Seek’s best features integrated into iNaturalist. I’ll use iNaturalist much more now, especially since the AI camera is soooo much faster compared to Seek. Overall, I think this is a great next step for the app and have enjoyed using it so far. I hope the developers will consider two additions. First, it would be helpful to be able to copy the coordinates from one observation to another in the app. It is super annoying to have to zoom in on a map while looking at a rural area without a lot of landmarks to find the right spot when I could just copy and paste from another nearby observation. The search function also didn’t bring up some towns in Colorado as an option so the location/map feature seems a bit incomplete/unwieldy. (I’m also not sure why some of my observations didn’t have a location when the observations a few minutes later did.) Second, it would be helpful to be able to crop photos in the app itself. Otherwise, thank you for these great updates!

I’ve used iNat for a few years, mostly for my Bachelor’s degree, and I’ve always enjoyed it. However, with the new version I’ve had a few issues. The main issue being when I go to upload a picture, I can’t add a location. I have to upload the post and then go back and edit the photo to add a location. The other issue I have found is searching for a location. With the previous app, I was able to type in the coordinates in the map and was able to add the location that way. However, with this version I can’t get the map to load any location I type in, I have to manually zoom in and out on the map to get the place I need to add. I’ve tried various ways to fix this issue, including signing out and back in and then uninstalling the app and reinstalling it; neither have worked.

This app brings tons of the desktop features I was missing to mobile. It looks prettier too :) iNat has been such a wonderful tool to learn about plants for me!

I very much like the new app, it has much more functions than the old one. Additionally it would be nice if one could sort the order of the observations such as by date of observation not only by date of upload.

I would like to use it in a way similar to instagram. But no need for likes or egotism. Maybe have options to prioritize updates from people I follow? Also we need searches with map function.

It’s good, I’m still going to use the old one sometimes but I like the new one. One thing I’d really like to see is more precise search options which I know was improved but I feel is missing this feature. Say I was looking for aquatic plants, being able to apply aquatic to the search criteria would be really helpful, all it has to be is species that are known to be aquatic, the individual observations don’t have to specify that they are. A search filter like this could be super helpful, like parasites, epiphytes, migratory. I don’t think it would be too hard to implement and would massively improve the search filter functions.

Nice design but functionally quite frustrating, the functionalities aren’t quite intuitively understandable and the map keeps lagging when zooming around. Overall, I much prefer the web version of iNat. In the app, I miss the possibility to check out other observers’ profiles like in the web version, I was hoping this would be added to this next app, but it wasn’t

Looks prettier than the previous version but seems to have taken a step back in functionality, hopefully temporarily. It now only seems to sporadically give species suggestions, and the uploading of multiple pictures for the same observation is simply broken at present. Once these issues are fixed it should be an improvement on the old app.

Why does it only show a subset of observations? And why isn’t there a simple sort function so you can sort A-Z or by date etc. Ditto no search facility as far as I can see. It’s a cleaner interface but not really an improvement

I have used this new version for a while now and I must say I’m not very satisfied with the map usage. It’s not very intuitive to access the map to see pins and every time I zoom in on the map it lags and brings me back out so I have to zoom in again and again which can be quite annoying. Also every time I look up a taxon it will zoom me back out from the area I was focusing on so I have to once again zoom in and hope it doesn’t zoom me back out. Also the pins don’t always appear on the screen and when they do sometimes it’s just squares and sometimes it’s the actual pins or shadowed pins. These are the only issues I have with the app, the rest as been easy to use and I still have more to try but it would be great to have a bug fix as soon as possible 👍

Needs to implement annotations on upload screen.