Smartphone Apps

Helpful Nature-Related Smartphone Apps

  • Seek by iNaturalist (Free, no login required)
    • Uses the power of image recognition technology to identify plants and animals. Shows family, genus, and species and more information.
  • iNaturalist (Free)
    • Helps you identify the plants and animals around you. Get connected with a community of over a million scientists and naturalists who can help you learn more about nature! What’s more, by recording and sharing your observations, you’ll create research quality data for scientists working to better understand and protect nature.
  • Picture This ($29.99/year after free 7 day trial)
    • Instantly identify plants. Capable of identifying 10,000+ plants species with 98% accuracy using an artificial intelligence engine. Advice from garden and horticulture specialists , plant care tips and watering reminders.
  • Audubon Bird Guide (Free)
    • Complete field guide to over 800 North American bird species.
  • Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab (Free)
    • Identify birds by features or photos, includes over 5,000 species, songs and calls, bird IDing tips.
  • The Sibley eGuide to Birds App
  • iBird Pro
  • iBird Plus
  • BirdSong USA
  • Sky Guide
    • Sky Guide makes stargazing simple. Just hold it overhead to automatically find stars, constellations, planets, satellites and more.

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