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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!
• Get outside and point the Seek Camera at living things
• Identify wildlife, plants, and fungi and learn about the organisms all around you
• Earn badges for observing different types of species and participating in challenges
OPEN THE CAMERA AND START SEEKING!
Found a mushroom, flower, or bug, and not sure what it is? Open up the Seek Camera to see if it knows!
Drawing from millions of wildlife observations on iNaturalist, Seek shows you lists of commonly recorded insects, birds, plants, amphibians, and more in your area. Scan the environment with the Seek Camera to identify organisms using the tree of life. Add different species to your observations and learn all about them in the process! The more observations you make, the more badges you’ll earn!
This is a great app for families who want to spend more time exploring nature together, and for anyone who wants to learn more about the life all around them.
KID-SAFE
Seek does not require registration and does not collect any user data by default. Some user data will be collected if you choose to sign in with an iNaturalist account, but you must be over 13 or have your parents permission to do so.
Seek will ask permission to turn on location services, but your location is obscured to respect your privacy while still allowing species suggestions from your general area. Your precise location is never stored in the app or sent to iNaturalist unless you sign in to your iNaturalist account and submit your observations.
Our image recognition technology is based on observations submitted to iNaturalist.org and partner sites, and identified by the iNaturalist community.
Seek is part of iNaturalist, a not-for-profit organization. Seek was made by the iNaturalist team with support from the California Academy of Sciences, the National Geographic Society, Our Planet on Netflix, WWF, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, and Visipedia.
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What is Seek by iNaturalist?
Seek by iNaturalist is a digital product or tool described as: iNaturalist
Where did Seek by iNaturalist originate?
Data for Seek by iNaturalist was aggregated directly from the Apple App Store community ecosystem, representing raw developer and early-adopter sentiment.
When was Seek by iNaturalist publicly launched?
The initial public indexing or launch date for Seek by iNaturalist within our tracked developer communities was recorded on March 9, 2018.
How popular is Seek by iNaturalist?
Seek by iNaturalist has achieved measurable traction, logging over 30,769 reviews and facilitating 5 recorded discussions or engagements.
Which technical categories define Seek by iNaturalist?
Based on metadata extraction, Seek by iNaturalist is categorized under topics such as: Education, Photo & Video.
What are some commercial alternatives to Seek by iNaturalist?
Our semantic intelligence engine identifies potential commercial alternatives in the SaaS space, such as Donut Browser, which offers overlapping value propositions.
How does the creator describe Seek by iNaturalist?
The original author or development team describes the product as follows: "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!
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Community Voice & Feedback
Says my dog is a gerbil among many, many wrong IDs. Too many wrong IDs to count. I am surprised this has a 4.8 star rating. Any browser image search gives accuracy.
ok i love this app but ive deleted it a while ago because theres no way to save ur photos
if u can make like a gallery for the different things that would be rlly awesome
if u can make like a gallery for the different things that would be rlly awesome
So much is great about this app. It’s user friendly, the id model is remarkable and reliable. I just hate that it is such an invasion of privacy. It requires you to give access to your location, and doesn’t allow you to save any other options such as location or geoprivacy. If you don’t allow location access then it forces you to choose your location on a map EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. It is incredibly tedious and frustrating and done so deliberately so people give in and allow access. Unfortunately when you have to select it, the location starts out in the wrong area and soon people will just hit okay to get through the process faster rather than select an area that encompasses the spot you took the picture at. I hope they fix this, the other plant id apps are catching up.
Taking off a star because of you leave one star the devs can delete it. If you don’t give them access to your location and choose to do it manually they nerf the app and you can no longer get ids.
Taking off a star because of you leave one star the devs can delete it. If you don’t give them access to your location and choose to do it manually they nerf the app and you can no longer get ids.
I love this app so much. It’s free and has cool challenges. Some weekends I will spend hours finding new species. Highly recommended.
It thought my cat was a guinea pig and that our weeping cherry tree is a Siberian Elm. I can’t figure out how to tell it it’s wrong.
Everything I take a picture of says dicot family. I is not even able to always identify common plants. I would not recommend.
I suffered for so long trying to ID plants and whole this app cannot always help me find what I am looking for it is by far THE BEST at navigating through the nonsense and really helping me to ID plants and gain superior knowledge so that I can do the best for the plant, myself and the world with the accurate understanding of the plants name, needs, place in the world. Etc. thanks so very much!
I’ve had this app a few years now. Initially, it worked. But for the last year, it has not identified any plants successfully. It often identifies a plant as “dicot” and stops there. It may flicker a family, but never settles on anything.
I use to love this app. I enjoyed collecting species that are local to me. Lately though the app has sucked. I know what the animas and plants are before I try and add them to my observations. If I take a picture with my phone without the app usually it’s correct. But if I use the seek app while taking a picture it’s always wrong. For some reason it thinks every bird is a cardinal. Even wax wings and finches.
Have used it for years and learned so much about the natural world.
I enjoy the app. I have two critiques:
1. The warning screen that pops up when you try to open the camera is not necessary and this extra step has made me miss many opportunities to identify animals that are gone before you can snap a pic.
2. Sometimes the app is so finicky that no matter how much time one spends and angles and zooms used, there is never any identification.
1. The warning screen that pops up when you try to open the camera is not necessary and this extra step has made me miss many opportunities to identify animals that are gone before you can snap a pic.
2. Sometimes the app is so finicky that no matter how much time one spends and angles and zooms used, there is never any identification.
I have uploaded over 100 clear photos and the app has yet to identify any of them.
Recognition errors. Can't create account to sync finds across devices without agreeing to: " I consent to allow my personal information to be transferred to the United States of America"
They stopped updating the app in 2024. They say there’s “minor bug fixes” in the logs, but the app and all its features are exactly the same as when I joined in 2024. Even the newest available challenge dates to December 2024. And it is missing a lot of species. Believe me, I know the these things. Not only do I use Seek daily but I am also a scientist with a phd in biology
i would rate 5 stars but since 2024 seek seems to not get as much attention from the devs with no new challenges in 2 years. Also the camera is quite frustrating when trying to focus in on an insect
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