Seek by iNaturalist

3.3
9.55K reviews
1M+
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Editors' Choice
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Everyone
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About this app

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.
Updated on
Sep 5, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and Photos and videos
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.3
9.37K reviews
Marc DiPaolo
October 22, 2024
This is a really fun, ad free app offered by a great organization. I've found that it works really well, only rarely failing to ID at the species level. The connectivity with iNaturalist is excellent and useful and helps contribute to scientific research This would be a 5 * review, but I can't backup or download my observations. I can do so from iNaturalist (I think) but not everything in Seek had been uploaded there and I can't do that after the fact. Otherwise, thanks for a fantastic app
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William Ransohoff
September 12, 2024
It's not perfect, but it works pretty well to identify plants and animals. It's good with distinct features like flowers, but not so good at identifying plants from leaves, bark, etc. It can also be hard to find the right zoom level to use. Still, you have to expect that from ML systems. It's very impressive, and a lot of fun when you're out in nature.
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Lazarlol
June 22, 2024
It's great for identifying, but sometimes it takes a few seconds to get the picture, I would just stand there pointing the phone at a cat or lizard... It's awful when fast insects are involved... I don't have a professional camera :/ (I like the challanges though). PS: The app appears to be... Horrible... When identifying fishes, but there are no ads! So I guess I'll give it a 5-star review! Edit: I've downloaded the app again, it doesn't seem to even attempt to identify the creatures I picture
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What's new

- Bug fixes