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Observe and identify plants and animals with your friends
iNaturalist connects you with a global community of scientists and naturalists to identify plants and animals around you. By recording and sharing observations, you contribute to research-quality data while learning from others. It ranks in EDUCATION across several regions (e.g., Finland #25, Czechia #27, Canada #33) and has 5,000,000+ total downloads with 79K in the last 30 days.
Pros & Cons
- Strong global citizen-science community (400k+ scientists and naturalists) for accurate identifications
- Crowdsourced identifications accelerate learning and discovery
- Broad coverage of plants and animals with rich observation data
- Free to use with no upfront cost or subscription
- Uses a wide range of permissions, which may feel invasive to some users (location, camera, microphone, storage)
- Identifications rely on community input, which can vary in speed and certainty
- Some competitors emphasize AI-powered instant IDs that iNaturalist does not highlight
About iNaturalist
iNaturalist is an education app developed by iNaturalist.
Download Statistics
iNaturalist has been downloaded 6.8 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 79 thousand times. It is ranked in the top 100 education apps.
User Ratings
iNaturalist is rated 3.81 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 11 thousand ratings.
App Information
iNaturalist is FREE to download. The APK download size is 22.87 MB. The latest version available is 1.38.2. The last update was on March 11, 2026.
Technical Requirements
iNaturalist requires Android 6.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play January 2012.
More data about iNaturalist
| Price | Free to download |
| Total downloads | 6.8 million |
| Recent downloads | 79 thousand |
| Rating | 3.81 based on 11 thousand ratings |
| Ranking | Top ranked |
| Version | 1.38.2 |
| APK size | 22.9 MB |
| Number of libraries | 0 |
| Designed for Android | 6.0+ |
| Suitable for | Everyone |
| Ads | NO ads |
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Google Play Rating history and histogram
Downloads over time
iNaturalist has been downloaded 6.8 million times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 2.6 thousand downloads per day.
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Developer information for iNaturalist
Comments on iNaturalist for Android
Google Play Rankings for iNaturalist
Top rankings
| Rank | Country | Category | List |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Canada | Education | Top Free |
| 19 | Finland | Education | Top Free |
| 29 | Denmark | Education | Top Free |
| 95 | United States | Education | Top Free |
| 88 | Germany | Education | Top Free |
| 50 | Australia | Education | Top Free |
| 56 | Austria | Education | Top Free |
| 56 | Slovakia | Education | Top Free |
| 121 | France | Education | Top Free |
| 64 | United Kingdom | Education | Top Free |
Ranking history in Canada
Technologies used by iNaturalist
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