# NaturalistTripper — Find wildlife before you go. > Find wildlife before you go. (iPhone/iPad app by MARTY RADD ICENOGGLE.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/naturalisttripper/id6761635056 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [MARTY RADD ICENOGGLE](https://appshunter.io/developer/1889552803) - Category: Travel, Reference - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 26.0 · 59 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-07-03 - Data updated: 2026-07-17 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/naturalisttripper/id6761635056/reviews.md ## What is NaturalistTripper? Find wildlife before you go. NaturalistTripper turns millions of community observations into a real trip plan — for birders, botanists, herpers, mushroom hunters, and anyone who travels to see living things. FOUR WAYS TO PLAN • Pin — drop a point and search a radius around it. • Area — draw a polygon over the zone you'll actually cover. • Route — import a GPX, KML, or GeoJSON trail (or pull from Maps directions) and see what's been seen along it. • Target — pick a species and find its density hotspots anywhere. BACKED BY REAL OBSERVATIONS Three of the largest community science datasets in one map: • iNaturalist — millions of verified species observations • eBird — bird sightings from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology • GBIF — global biodiversity records EVERY OBSERVATION IS RANKED Recency, verifier count, and research-grade status are weighted into a confidence score so you spend your time on sightings that actually mean something. MULTI-STOP TRIPS Chain your saved plans into a single itinerary with a combined species view across every stop — a road trip across hotspots in one shared list. CONDITIONS AT A GLANCE Sunrise, sunset, civil dusk, and moon phase for the day and place you're planning — because dawn light changes everything. WANTLIST Star the species you most want to see. Sightings that match your wantlist get priority in results and trigger optional alerts. ON THE TRAIL • Apple Watch companion for hands-free sighting checks • Offline-friendly saved plans with prefetched photos • Optional alerts when fresh sightings appear near a saved plan • Tap any species for an ID sheet with photos, recent sightings, and how to tell it apart EXPORT YOUR PLANS • GPX & KML files with species hotspot waypoints, ready for Garmin, Gaia, or your favorite trail app • Trip Itinerary and Plan Dossier PDFs with embedded map snapshots and species photos • Wantlist field checklist PDF for the pocket PRIVACY Your location stays on your device. We don't sell data. We don't track you across apps. See our privacy policy for the full story. FREE FOREVER • All four planning modes (Pin, Area, Route, Target) • iNaturalist data in every mode; eBird & GBIF in your monthly Route + Target plans • 2 Route plans / month and 2 Species Finder plans / month • 2 years of observation history per search • Unlimited saved plans • 25-entry Wantlist • Sun & moon Conditions card on every plan NATURALISTTRIPPER PRO ($2.99/month, or $29.99/year with a 7-day free trial) • Unlimited Route and Species Finder plans • eBird + GBIF data in every mode • Up to 20 years of history and full fetch depth • Unlimited Wantlist • Multi-stop Trips with Combined Species view • Sun & moon conditions on the plan summary • Offline downloads with photo prefetch • Sightings Alerts for fresh observations near your saved plans • Plan Dossier and Trip Itinerary PDFs with embedded map snapshots and species photos QUESTIONS, BUG REPORTS, FEATURE IDEAS support@nature-tools.com — a real human reads every message. Subscriptions auto-renew at the standard rate unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID Subscriptions. Privacy policy: https://nature-tools.com/privacy Terms of use: https://nature-tools.com/terms ## Version history (last 2 releases) ### 1.0.1 — 2026-07-07 Offline maps • Real offline map tiles — new OfflineMapTileService.swift (239 lines) actually downloads and stores map tiles, and fixes a false "offline" badge that showed when tiles weren't really cached. • Offline download surfaced on Saved Plans rows so you can grab a plan for offline use directly from the list (SavedPlansView.swift, +164 lines). Updated the offline help copy to explain downloadable tiles (HelpLibrary.swift). PDF export overhaul • One continuous page for plan, Trip, and Wantlist PDFs instead of paginated output; dropped the "Dossier" label throughout. • Two-column species layout across all PDFs, filled row-by-row, with a column divider rule. • Big rewrites of PlanDossierPDFRenderer, TripItineraryPDFRenderer, and WantlistPDFRenderer. Planner UI / navigation redesign • Replaced the mode/species/location FABs with a Liquid Glass tab bar; renamed the "Location" tab to "Current." • Moved the map-tools dock to top-trailing (opens downward), height-matched to the search bar. • Relocated status/error banners under the search bar, restyled them as glass cards, and fixed the "View List" button overlapping the banner stack (now bottom-left on iPhone). Most of this lands in PlannerView.swift (+494 lines). Monetization & App Store compliance • First-launch Terms of Use gate (TermsGateView.swift + TermsPreference.swift) responding to App Store rejection 1.2 / 2.3.6; added review notes. • Softer Pro pitch: a "Go Pro" CTA now always appears on the monthly-limit banner, and the upgrade prompt waits until you've hit the free limit twice. Ranking & data quality • Merge same-species records across sources in the RankingEngine so a species from multiple sources shows once. • Resolve common names + thumbnails for GBIF species (RankedResultImageEnricher, TaxonMetadataCache). • Stopped a spurious "Could not get your location" banner appearing on navigation pop. • New tests added: OfflinePlanStoreTests.swift (+99) and additions to the Core test suite. ### 1.0 — 2026-07-03 No release notes. ## More apps by MARTY RADD ICENOGGLE - [Montana Field Guide](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/montana-field-guide/id6761426711) - [Missoula Ice Age Floods](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/missoula-ice-age-floods/id6768124055) All apps by MARTY RADD ICENOGGLE: https://appshunter.io/developer/1889552803 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-17.*