# Wild Flower Id British Isles — Automatic Recognition

> Automatic wild flower identification guide for the British Isles. (iPhone/iPad app by Sunbird Images OHG.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wild-flower-id-british-isles/id671592368 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Sunbird Images OHG](https://appshunter.io/developer/1772908503)
- Category: Reference, Education
- Price: $3.99
- Rating: 4.50/5 from 6 App Store ratings · 77 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.2 · 345 MB
- Languages: British English
- Released: 2013-08-04
- Data updated: 2026-09-09
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wild-flower-id-british-isles/id671592368/reviews.md

## What is Wild Flower Id British Isles?

*** with Automatic Photo Recognition *** in this stunning guide to identifying Wild Flowers of the British Isles. Identification can be enjoyed by the whole family and will bring you closer to the natural world around you. For the enthusiast there is anatomical, ecological and taxonomic information too. 

Wild Flower Id can be used to keep a log of your flower sightings making it easy to build a record of all the flowers you've seen. Wild Flower Id has been created by professional published ecologists, and uses a propriety image library created with the specific aim of aiding wild flower identification with images of the flower, leaf, stem and plant.

Wild Flower Id is great fun to use. 

SUNBIRD apps appear in Countryfile's top 10, and have been described as "incredibly useful" by ITV's Seth Conway and "lovely" by Adam Vaughan of the Guardian. 

SUNBIRD field guides are the only products on the market that use the KUSAM species identification methodology. This state of the art method is a modern taxonomic keying system designed specifically for use on mobile devices. 

All content is downloaded when the app is purchased - thus no internet connection needed in the field. Don't forget to keep your app up to date.

The app includes:

- automatic photo recognition - take a picture of the plant and find out what plant you are looking at 
- works completely offline - no internet connection needed 
- 800 images covering the full plant, flower and leaf
- browse through 318 flower species
- keep a log of your flower sightings
- loads of anatomical, ecological and taxonomic information

See our website for further information: 
http://sunbird.tv/de/sunbird-apps-ebooks/

## Key features

- Automatic photo recognition
- Offline functionality
- 800+ images
- 318 flower species
- Log flower sightings
- Anatomical, ecological, taxonomic info

## What do users think of Wild Flower Id British Isles?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 🖼️ Beautifully presented app
- 📚 Informative content
- 🚶‍♀️ Useful for walks
- 📸 Good quality photos
- ✅ Great for common flowers
- 💡 Good identification checklist
- ➕ Ability to add to own list
- 🇬🇧 Comprehensive UK species (over time)
- 👍 Easy visual identification
- ✨ Pleasure to browse and learn
- 👍 Positive developer response to suggestions

**Cons**

- ❌ Auto recognition doesn't work
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 📉 Poor recognition accuracy
- 🤷‍♀️ Unclear navigation
- 💸 Waste of money
- ❓ Useless for intended purpose
- 👎 Suggests wrong flowers
- 🚫 No way to find info on wrong suggestions
- 🔄 Keeps crashing
- 🚫 Doesn't cover every species
- 🤷‍♂️ Auto recognition not working on newer iPhones
- ❓ Doesn't seem to identify from photos
- 🤔 Suggestions look nothing like photo
- 🚫 Not intuitive
- ❌ Fails to recognise known plants
- ❓ Can't find search button
- 🚫 Takes you out of the app
- ❌ Can't tell common flowers apart
- ⚠️ Only gives % probability, not definite ID
- ❌ Fails to identify easy subjects like dandelions
- ❌ Poor auto recognition
- ❌ Photos recognised by other apps are not recognised here
- ❌ Only gives a few flowers of the right colour
- ❌ Developers need to improve algorithms
- ❌ Crashes regularly
- ❌ Photo ID is hopeless
- ❌ Recognition is hopeless
- ❌ Doesn't work
- ❌ Auto identification doesn't work
- 🤢 Prehistoric UI
- ❌ Poor recognition accuracy
- ❌ App closes unexpectedly
- ❌ Loses image just taken
- ❓ Can't delete individual sightings
- 🚫 No auto recognition on iPhone 8
- ❓ Manual ID icons lack descriptions
- ❓ Key for size descriptions needed
- ❌ Failed on first attempt
- ❓ Not sure how automatic works
- ❌ Nonsense suggestions from manual ID
- ❌ Doesn't do what it claims
- ❌ Doesn't accurately identify common flowers
- ❌ Identification does not work
- ❓ Only a handful of species in library
- ❌ Identified only one out of five plants
- ❌ Virtually all attempts to identify failed
- ❓ Why aren't the flowers I'm seeing featured?
- ❌ Auto ID is useless
- ❌ Does not have a search facility
- ❌ Limited use
- ❓ Order of flowers not clear
- ❌ Wanted app to recognise from photograph
- 🤢 Ridiculous suggestions
- 🤢 Multiple choice answers leave you none the wiser
- ❌ Zero automatic identification
- 📉 Screen size makes it less useful
- 🥶 Froze iPhone
- ❓ Missing species
- ❌ Feeble hit rate with photo ID
- 🤷‍♀️ Suggestions at 95% were amusing
- ❌ Photo recognition does not work
- ❌ Gives random flower completely different to photo
- 📉 Incomplete database
- ❌ First flower looked for not there
- ❓ Why not add more species?
- ⏳ Waiting for promised update for auto recognition
- 😔 Sold a pup
- 📉 Missing auto recognition on older devices
- ❌ Not enough time on quiz to read answer

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App seems jammed on yellow iris
- Keeps crashing
- App crashes when trying photo ID
- App glitches frequently
- Shuts down before being able to ID a plant
- Constantly crashes
- Keeps crashing and simply doesn’t work
- Pressing a button just takes you out of the app
- Crashes constantly
- Loses the image just taken
- Kept crashing
- Was clunky to use
- Auto recognition feature doesn't work
- Poorly designed & coded app
- UI is prehistoric
- App closes unexpectedly
- Auto recognition doesn’t work on iPhone 8
- Manual ID icons lack descriptions
- No key for size descriptions
- Failed on first attempt to offer useful guidance
- Automatic bit doesn't work
- Manual ID gave nonsense suggestions
- Identification does not work
- Only a handful of species in library
- Virtually all attempts to identify met with utter failure
- Auto ID is useless
- App does not have a search facility
- Order of flowers isn't clear
- App failed to recognise even basic types
- Makes ridiculous suggestions
- Photo ID feature failed
- Suggestions were way off
- Results in a multiple choice answer
- Zero automatic identification
- Screen size makes it less useful in the field
- Froze my iPhone
- Photo recognition does not work
- Gives either the same flower or some random flower completely different to the photo
- Promised 'next update' for auto recognition on iPhone 4s has not materialised
- Missing species that are still around
- Fragrant orchids, lesser butterfly, and pyramidal orchids are missed
- Feeble hit rate with photo ID
- Suggestions at 95% were amusing
- Incomplete database
- First flower looked for was not there
- Not enough time on the quiz to read the right answer

**Most requested features**

- More species needed
- Add more plants to the database
- Improve data retrieval and plant recognition algorithms
- Add descriptions to manual ID icons
- Provide a key for size descriptions
- Fix quiz timing for reading answers
- Add a search facility
- Include more species, e.g., Blue Sow Thistle
- Improve auto recognition on older devices
- Allow deletion of individual sightings

## Recent user reviews (10 of 77)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wild-flower-id-british-isles/id671592368/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Excellent guide - easy to use and comprehensive

*2026-08-19, version 9.0*

Has vastly increased my knowledge of wild flowers simply by having it there to hand when I'm out and about. Reliable and simple to use, this is a great app for anyone with an interest in nature and the countryside.

### 1/5 — Doesn’t seem to work

*2026-07-20, version 9.0*

Shouldn’t even be one star. App seems jammed on yellow iris. I tried importing photos of wild flowers to identify but app doesn’t work – still lists yellow iris when the flower clearly isn’t. Waste of money so far. Keeps crashing. Suggests flowers that look nothing like the photo imported. No way to find information on the wrongly suggested plant. Utterly useless.

### 4/5 — Informative & useful

*2026-03-20, version 9.0*

Useful tool to help identifying wild flowers and getting information about them on-the-go

### 4/5 — Really great but needs more species

*2025-07-14, version 9.0*

Such a good app for testing ID skills but gets a bit repetitive and doesn’t cover ever species

### 2/5 — A year on

*2024-03-29, version 9.0*

I have had this app for a year and it is great at the common flowers. The identification checklist is excellent and makes you look at the flowers carefully. The ability to add to your own list is good. However the automatic recognition does not work even on a 2022 iPhone SE.

### 5/5 — Visual and Informative

*2023-08-12, version 9.0*

This is an app that's beautiful to behold, enabling easy visual identification - even between closely related varieties. IPhone app best useful on walks but iPad app such a pleasure to browse and learn from. Over time (I've had it for some years) the app has grown to include most UK species and the developer responds positively to suggestions for improvements and inclusions. One of my "essentials".

### 4/5 — Wildflower uk

*2023-07-02, version 9.0*

Took a few minutes to learn how to use is but a great learning tool and fun to use

### 1/5 — Great idea poor app

*2023-06-09, version 9.0*

Certainly on my iPhone 7 (up to date iOS) it keeps crashing when you try photo id. Now hardy use it after buying about 3 years ago.

### 1/5 — Useless

*2023-05-20, version 9.0*

I honestly don’t know what this App is for…. I thought you could photograph the plant in question and get an answer but that doesn’t seem to be the case. It’s useless and I’d love to know how to get my money back.

### 1/5 — Glitchy

*2023-05-11, version 9.0*

This app glitches frequently. The majority of times that I have used it, it has shut down before being able to ID a plant. I can’t believe I wasted money buying it

## Frequently asked questions about Wild Flower Id British Isles

### What does the Wild Flower Id British Isles app do?

This app helps you identify wild flowers of the British Isles using automatic photo recognition. You can take a picture of a plant, and the app will tell you what it is. It also provides detailed information about each species and allows you to log your flower sightings.

### How does the automatic photo recognition work?

The app uses a proprietary image library created by professional ecologists, specifically designed for wild flower identification. When you take a picture of a plant, the app analyzes it using its state-of-the-art KUSAM species identification methodology to determine the species.

### Does the app require an internet connection?

No, the app works completely offline. All content, including images and information, is downloaded when the app is purchased, so you don't need an internet connection in the field.

### What kind of information is included in the app?

The app includes over 800 images covering the full plant, flower, and leaf for 318 flower species. It also provides anatomical, ecological, and taxonomic information for enthusiasts, along with the ability to log your flower sightings.

### Is this app suitable for beginners?

Yes, the app is designed for identification to be enjoyed by the whole family. While it offers in-depth information for enthusiasts, the automatic photo recognition makes it easy for beginners to identify flowers.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 9.0 — 2020-06-22

- Updated to the latest iOS Version
- minor corrections
- improved performance

### 8.9 — 2017-08-24

- improved automatic recognition

### 8.8 — 2017-05-24

Automatic recognition is back! Huge improvement: The algorithm works offline now, so you can use this function while taking a walk in the countryside with limited internet access!

Hope you like our new icon + minor bugs fixed

The app will be further improved and more species will be added in the future.

### 8.05 — 2015-11-03

More Wild Flower species and additional images.
Works beautifully on all your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch Devices.

### 8.03 — 2015-06-25

Automatic Recognition ! Also more Wild Flower species and additional images.
Works beautifully on all your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch Devices.

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