Comparison

iRecord App vs ObsIdentify

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

iRecord App

Contribute species sightings with GPS data and descriptions to aid scientific research and nature conservation. Your observations help gather vital biodiversity information, supporting conservation efforts, planning, research, and education.

Highlights
  • Record species sightings with GPS
  • Offline functionality
  • Supports all UK species
  • Automatic data checks
  • Expert review of sightings
  • Share sightings with community
  • Contribute to science and conservation
Features
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iRecord App enables you to get involved with biological recording. Contribute your species sightings with GPS acquired coordinates, descriptions and other information, thus providing scientists with important new biodiversity information that contributes to nature conservation, planning, research and education. Your data will be kept secure and will be regularly backed up. Automatic checks will be applied to your observations to help spot potential errors, and experts can review your sightings. All wildlife sightings for non-sensitive species are shared with other users and will be made available to National Recording Schemes, Local Record Centres and Vice County Recorders (VCRs). • Works fully offline • Record all the wildlife you see - supports all UK species • Add new records with minimal effort • Benefit from automatic data checks and review by experts • Share your sightings with the recording community • Contribute to science and conservation

About

ObsIdentify

Instantly identify plants, animals, and mushrooms from photos taken in Europe or the Dutch Caribbean. Track your discoveries, earn rewards, and contribute to scientific research by sharing your observations.

Highlights
  • One-click species recognition
  • Collect wildlife observations
  • Tips for finding new species
  • Earn badges and join challenges
  • Create and share observations with groups
  • Contribute to biological research
Features
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Recognize nature in one click! Take a photo in Europe or the Dutch Caribbean and find out which species it is. Collect all your wildlife observations in the app. You'll be rewarded with tips to find new species, earn badges, and be invited to join challenges. Create groups with colleagues, family or friends, to share your stunning nature observations. Your observations, and those of others, contribute to biological research and knowledge about nature. Every observation counts! ObsIdentify only recognizes wild animals, plants and mushrooms in Europe and the Dutch Caribbean. Please do not use the app for selfies, people, pets, house or garden plants. The image recognition in ObsIdentify is made possible by millions of observations from thousands of users of Waarneming.nl, Waarnemingen.be and Observation.org. ObsIdentify is a product of the Observation International Foundation, in collaboration with Naturalis Biodiversity Center (The Netherlands) and Natuurpunt (Belgium).

Screenshots

iRecord App4 screens
ObsIdentify4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: iRecord App at 93% against ObsIdentify's 58%. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
iRecord App versus ObsIdentify: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriRecord AppObsIdentify
PriceFreeFree
Rating—2.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.4% of reviews — better58.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCentre for Ecology and HydrologyObservation International

Customer experience

iRecord App

Written reviews61 reviews
Positive93.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.6%

ObsIdentify

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews108 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral9.3%
Negative32.4%

Bugs and requests

iRecord App

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Records vanish
  • Observations have vanished
  • Unable to login since iOS upgrade
  • Edit function on website freezes
  • Map disappears on edit page
Show 7 more
  • Submit button dead on edit page
  • Wrong date/name shown in app after editing
  • Clunky and unwieldy website for editing/deleting entries
  • Past records lost after logging in again
  • Records buffered when submitting for a week
  • Records don't transfer over when updating phones
  • Logging out of the app deletes all records

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add short videos
  • Add an explore function to view nearby records
  • Add species profile for comparison
  • Link across devices/sync records
  • Allow downloading from camera without re-downloading library
Show 5 more
  • Option to go back to previous sites
  • Add video clips for extra ID material
  • Add dark mode option
  • Add species profile to compare what you think the species is to the actual species data
  • Allow editing submitted records from within the app

ObsIdentify

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iRecord App

No in-app purchases

None

ObsIdentify

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iRecord App free?
iRecord App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ObsIdentify free?
ObsIdentify is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iRecord App or ObsIdentify have ads?
Neither iRecord App nor ObsIdentify shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iRecord App or ObsIdentify?
iRecord App ships an update every 3 weeks, and ObsIdentify every 3 weeks. Most recently, iRecord App was updated on September 18, 2026 and ObsIdentify on September 26, 2026.

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