# Sporo: Mushroom Identifier — Fungi ID & look-alike checker

> Fungi ID & look-alike checker (iPhone/iPad app by SOFTPULSE SOFTWARE DESIGN L.L.C.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sporo-mushroom-identifier/id6807345257 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [SOFTPULSE SOFTWARE DESIGN L.L.C](https://appshunter.io/developer/6791923583)
- Category: Reference, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 53 MB
- Languages: American English, Turkish
- Released: 2026-10-29
- Data updated: 2026-10-31

## What is Sporo?

Sporo compares a photo of a mushroom with a curated catalogue and shows you the closest matches, in order. It does not score them, and it never tells you what is safe to eat. It also gives you the rest of the process: the marks to check in your hand, the species it gets confused with, and a place to keep your finds.

PHOTOGRAPH AND COMPARE
Shoot the cap from above, the gills from below and the stem base dug out of the soil, or pick a photo from your library. Sporo returns the closest matches ranked by similarity, together with what the photo actually shows: cap colour, cap shape, underside, stem and habitat. No percentages, no confidence score, no diagnosis.

CHECK IT IN YOUR HAND
Six field questions a camera cannot answer: the volva at the stem base, the ring, gill colour, how the gills meet the stem, the spore print and the cap shape. Answer them and Sporo tells you whether anything you see contradicts the name, and says stop outright when the marks point to a deadly family. The checklist opens from every species page, free.

LOOK-ALIKES, SIDE BY SIDE
Every dangerous species sits next to the one it gets mistaken for, with the mark that separates them in bold.

LEARN THE DEADLY FIVE FIRST
Explore opens with the few species behind nearly every fatal poisoning.

A CATALOGUE OF 27 SPECIES
Cap, gills, spore print, ring, volva, smell, habitat, season and cap diameter for each, following GBIF, MycoBank and the standard field literature. Photographs from Wikimedia Commons, each credited.

ANATOMY GUIDE AND SEARCH
What the cap, gills, stem, ring and volva tell you. Search by common or scientific name, or filter by cap shape, gill attachment or safety class.

YOUR FIELD RECORDS
Save a find with its photos, a note, a place, tags and a date. Location is optional and only taken when you ask for it. Add photos later, or keep a find as "not identified". Export your records to send to an expert; the export carries names, notes, places and checklist answers, and your photos stay on your device.

FOUR SAFETY RULES THAT DO NOT CHANGE
A photograph cannot identify a mushroom. An unsure answer is a no. Never carry an unknown in the same basket. Cooking does not make a poisonous mushroom safe.

FREE AND PREMIUM
Free: one photo identification. Every species profile, every look-alike pair, the in-hand checklist, the anatomy guide, the safety rules and all of your own records stay open with no subscription. Safety information is never behind the paywall.
Sporo Premium: up to 20 photo identifications a day, each with its matches, observations, checklist and a field record. Premium buys more readings, not more certainty. New subscribers can try it free for 3 days.

PRIVACY
Your records and photos stay on your device. To read a photo, only that photo is sent to Sporo's server and read by a third-party AI service (Google Gemini); the photo is not stored, and location and other photo metadata are removed before it is sent.

BEFORE YOU START
Sporo is a comparison tool, not an authority. Identifying a photo needs an internet connection; the catalogue, the look-alikes and the checklist are built into the app. Nothing here is a diagnosis and nothing here is eating advice. If someone has eaten a mushroom and feels unwell, call emergency services and keep a piece of the mushroom for identification.

SUBSCRIPTION
Sporo Premium is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. If a free trial is offered, any unused portion is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. The subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it any time in your App Store account settings.

Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Sporo Terms: https://softpulsesoftware.com/sporo/terms/
Privacy Policy: https://softpulsesoftware.com/sporo/privacy/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly Premium | $4.99 | per month |
| Yearly Premium | $24.99 | per year |


## Is Sporo safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Sporo.

## Is Sporo legit?

Sporo: Mushroom Identifier appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Sporo is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.1.0 — 2026-10-29

No release notes.

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