# Zoo Animal ID by Photo — Snap it, name it, save it.

> Snap it, name it, save it. (iPhone/iPad app by AKIHIRO MATSUYAMA.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zoo-animal-id-by-photo/id6806596669 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [AKIHIRO MATSUYAMA](https://appshunter.io/developer/6789115438)
- Category: Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 88 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Japanese, Korean, European Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish, Vietnamese
- Released: 2026-09-01
- Data updated: 2026-09-20
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zoo-animal-id-by-photo/id6806596669/reviews.md

## What is Zoo Animal ID by Photo?

Ever wondered exactly what species you're looking at on a day at the zoo? This app has AI identify the animal from your photo, right on your device, and turns it into your own field guide of 118 species.

Please do not reach into enclosures, touch the animals or feed them. The zoo's own rules always come first.

- Eight specialist AI models under the hood
Alongside African grazers, world primates, wild dogs and Japan's own wildlife, this update adds three dedicated models for weasels, tortoises and turtles, and squirrels. Look-alike-heavy groups each get their own trained model. Together they cover 118 species — and that is the limit of what this app can identify.

- It never fakes confidence
At most three candidates, never a single forced answer. Each one comes with a three-level confidence label ("a strong match" / "a match" / "possibly a match"). When it isn't confident enough, it offers no candidate at all rather than guessing. The same photo always gives the same answer.

- Every card is a real read, camera or not
All 118 species have write-ups made from scratch: appearance, what to look for, how they live, fun facts and watching tips, sourced from Wikipedia in Japanese and English. You can read the whole guide without ever taking a photo.

- A new 4-choice photo quiz
Test what you've learned with a photo-based quiz. Three free questions a day. Choosing which pool to draw from — all species, only ones you've found, or only ones you struggle with — is unlocked with purchase.

- Your records stay on this device
Free accounts still see their last 10 records in the list (older ones are kept, not deleted, and unlock in full with purchase). Tagging a record with a location is entirely optional — turn it on only if you want to — and viewing it on a map opens your device's own maps app. Records can be exported as CSV.

- No server behind this app
Identification runs entirely on this device. There's no server to keep running, so there's no monthly fee. No account required, no ads.

- Pricing
The app, all 118-species identification, the field guide and 3 daily quiz questions are free. A single one-time purchase unlocks the detailed photography and recording tips, unlimited quiz play with pool selection, full record history, the map view and CSV export — all at once. It's not a subscription, and there's nothing more to pay after that. "Restore Purchase" carries it to a new device.

- About the training data
The identification model was trained only on photos shared as CC0, CC BY, or public domain. No share-alike-licensed photos (such as CC BY-SA) were used. The list of photographers is available in the app's settings.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 撮りかたのコツ・記録のヒント | $1.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.1 — 2026-09-14

• Improved how AI confidence results are shown
• Improved startup stability
• Fixed minor bugs

### 1.2.0 — 2026-09-12

• Fixed the share button not responding on iPad
• Minor display and stability improvements

### 1.1.0 — 2026-09-08

The number of animals this app can recognize has grown from 12 to 77 (added antelopes, primates, wild canids, and Japanese wild mammals). Recognition still runs entirely on your device - nothing is sent to any server.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-09-05

• Fixed the share button not responding on iPad
• Minor display and stability improvements

### 1.0.1 — 2026-09-03

• Minor display and stability improvements

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All apps by AKIHIRO MATSUYAMA: https://appshunter.io/developer/6789115438

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