# Insect identifier by photo — user reviews > 87 indexed App Store user reviews of Insect identifier by photo by Shahzad Qureshi, rated 1.58/5 from 125 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/insect-identifier-by-photo/id1471083504/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/insect-identifier-by-photo/id1471083504.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 14 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 101 ## What do users think of Insect identifier by photo? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - ✨ Free app with no ads or in-app purchases - 🌐 Community social feed feature - 📱 Simple and straightforward interface - ✅ Occasionally accurate identifications **Cons** - ❌ Extremely inaccurate insect identification - 🔄 Inconsistent results for same insect - 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes - 🚫 Identifies non-insect objects instead of bugs - 💳 Unexpected subscription charges after trial - 📞 No customer support or contact information - 🔐 Requests excessive photo library permissions - 🌍 Poor Wikipedia integration with irrelevant results **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on launch - Incompatible with iOS 13 and older OS versions - Picture upload failures - App closes unexpectedly during use - Inconsistent identification results for identical images - Image compression issues affecting accuracy **Most requested features** - Audio-based insect identification by sound - Ability to request second opinions on identifications - Support for identifying moving insects - Better Wikipedia integration with relevant results - Improved accuracy for mobile device compatibility ## Newest reviews (18 of 87) ### 1/5 — Interesting identification system *2022-08-14, version 1.0* Loaded a picture of a flying ant and it was identified as a walking stick; same insect also identified as a long horned beetle. A hover fly was identified as a cardoon! Save your time, don’t download this app and find one that works! ### 1/5 — Useless *2022-08-09, version 1.0* Took a picture of a bee and it says it’s a cockroach ### 1/5 — Don’t waste your time *2022-07-22, version 1.0* This app is completely worthless. I submitted a picture of a bug on a bell pepper and it identified it as ‘bell pepper’. This is an insect identifier not plant identifier. I have tried several other insects and it has yet to identify any of them correctly. I would give it a ‘0’ if that was an option. A rating of ‘1’ is too generous. ### 1/5 — Leider dumm 😭 *2022-07-04, version 1.0* Die App erkennt gar nichts! Mit der App kann überhaupt nichts machen von all den Bildern die es gemacht hat hat es gar nicht erkannt ich habe zum Beispiel ein Bild von einem Käfer gemacht der in einer Tasse saß und es erkennt nur die Tasse 🤮Ich hoffe das es irgendwann eine bessere Version gibt ### 1/5 — Not accurate *2022-06-27, version 1.0* I took a photo of a beetle and it said NAIL🤣😂! ### 1/5 — Kann nichts *2022-06-17, version 1.0* Aus einem sehr hübschen Nachtfalter eine Zecke erkannt. Gleich wieder gelöscht ### 1/5 — Worthless *2022-06-02, version 1.0* Miss identified larvae. No way to ask for a second opinion. Worthless app. ### 1/5 — Сплошные «непонятки»! *2022-05-14, version 1.0* Язык - английский, определение ошибочное! ### 1/5 — WRONG IDENTIFICATION *2022-04-11, version 1.0* Common wasp identified as hermit crab. Ladybug identified as sulphur butterfly. ### 1/5 — Got excited but it doesn’t work how they said it would 😕 *2022-02-04, version 1.0* Not happy do not get it ### 1/5 — Complete rubbish *2022-01-09, version 1.0* Took a photo of a beetle and the app told me it was a fiddler crab 🦀 🤣🤣🤣🤣 ### 1/5 — Useless *2021-10-01, version 1.0* I still don’t know what this is but I know it isn’t a cockroach! Whatever tech you’re using for id needs a lot of work to be of any use! ### 1/5 — Useless in the main *2021-09-08, version 1.0* Scanned juvenile ladybird up close response as a bee! Totally not worth the effort! ### 1/5 — Scam *2021-09-02, version 1.0* This app is a scam. I thought it was a free download, but after a week, they charge a subscription. I call scam! ### 1/5 — Nul, dommage *2021-07-25, version 1.0* Je scanne 1 papillon et il m’explique que c’est une Tique !via Wikipedia en anglais. Je grossi l’image et j’arrive sur une autre page Wikipedia dédiée aux arachnides parasites. On en a pour son argent … ### 1/5 — Doesn’t start on IPhone *2021-07-17, version 1.0* Doesn’t work ### 1/5 — Terrible… *2021-07-08, version 1.0* Said a weevil was a tick ### 1/5 — Useless *2021-07-02, version 1.0* Took a picture of an insect I think might be juvenile Asian beetle - said it was a drumstick. What a waste of time ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Garbage *2025-07-23, version 1.0* This site is terrible, I just sent them a picture of what I know is a hornet and it is telling me it’s a cockroach What a joke I will be deleting this app ### 1/5 — Doesn’t see the bug in picture *2023-09-10, version 1.0* This app doesn’t identify any of the insects at all. It says things like “horizontal bar” or “window frame”. Super unhelpful ### 1/5 — Ужасно *2023-08-07, version 1.0* Определил гусеницу как садового ужа. 🤣 ### 1/5 — Not even close to good *2023-08-07, version 1.0* I LOVE bugs and gastropods and arachnids and all that stuff, so I know my way around they’re breeds, but I found a little spider and didn’t know what it was, and being as curious as I am I wanted to know. So I got this app and took a photo, first it said it was a tick? Then I tried again and it said it was a wolf spider!? It’s to small and black to be a wolf spider. I kept trying and then it said it was a dog!? I was a bit annoyed. It doesn’t identify ANYTHING properly! So not the best… so it I’d be good if you changed it up a bit, like, for people who are new to bugs wouldn’t know if it’s wrong! So please fix it or they’re is no point in the app but to get tricked. I hope you change it, and hoped this helped!🪱🐌🪰🦟🐛🐞🪲🦗🐝🦋🐜🪳🕷 ### 1/5 — Cannot identify anything! *2023-06-30, version 1.0* This is the worst app for insect identification. Not once did it get the insect correctly. In fact, each time I submitted the same insect I got a different identification. The icing on the cake was when I uploaded a picture of a caterpillar, and the app identified it as an acorn!!! ### 1/5 — Was mistake made about 7 day trial? *2023-06-26, version 1.0* Hi. I didn't intend to purchase this app at this time, rather only try the seven day trial. I don't find myself able to use the app to Id the bugs, but I also don't see that I am only on a trial. This fact is not encouraging me to want this app. Please confirm that I was only on the trial and that I have not been put into a purchase instead. Thank you ### 1/5 — Garbage *2023-04-06* It has no idea even when you send them a clear picture, I know I was sending a cockroach. It was saying it was a earwig terrible. ### 1/5 — BE CAREFULL. !!! *2023-03-30, version 1.0* I downloaded this app which never worked. I tried to cancel the app, which is impossible as there is NO contact to developer . I am now charged For $29.95 on my credit card for an app that DOES NOT WORK, I AM REFUSED A REFUND, AND NOW CANNOT TALK to anyone about this app ### 1/5 — Don’t download this app *2022-11-03, version 1.0* I scanned a beetle in my backyard four times. The results were: cliff, dog, tank, ladybug. Not even close. This app is useless. ### 1/5 — Does not identify correctly *2022-10-25, version 1.0* Useless app does not give you correct information used same pic 3 time got 3 different answers ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best bug Identification app *2022-08-19, version 1.0* Get a good photo and bam. I downloaded other apps and they want a subscription or agree to a free trial you know you’ll forget to cancel before you can use it at all. This one was truly free, no ads. It helped me identify a leap hopper that I brought home in a beautiful yet infested plant. So glad their not ticks! ### 5/5 — Great APP - *2021-03-07, version 1.0* This APP is for people to give Not for People always want free stuff ### 5/5 — The wrong insect🐞 *2020-10-30, version 1.0* When I scan a common wasp today with 2 pictures it said it was a ice Lolly and a consommé🐞 ### 5/5 — Underrated app *2020-10-15, version 1.0* I love how it has a Reddit style social feed. The insect identification is amazing as well. And there’s no in app purchases which is efficient ### 5/5 — do not recommend *2020-02-11, version 1.0* i do not recommend this app because it is awful. it identifies everything as a tick, syringe, ball point pin or a refrigerator. ### 5/5 — WHY THE HELL DO THEY THINK A SPIDER IS DOUGH *2019-12-26, version 1.0* Bruh they thought a spider was dough ### 5/5 — Great app *2019-11-06, version 1.0* I am a self taught entomologist. 31 yrs experience. I found this and want help by identifying bugs for and posting my own too. ### 5/5 — Funny *2019-09-09, version 1.0* So funny to search up random crap🤣 ### 5/5 — 😍 love it *2019-08-14, version 1.0* Great! It works amazing! ### 3/5 — InsectIdentifier *2023-04-27* The only reason I didn’t give 5 stars is because I can’t see the bug but I can hear it and would like to know what it is by sound --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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