Zooniverse vs PolliNation ID
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zooniverse
Participate in real scientific research by classifying data for projects across various disciplines. Contribute to discoveries and datasets that advance knowledge, all from your mobile device. This platform connects volunteers with professional researchers for impactful citizen science.
- People-powered research platform
- Volunteer opportunities
- Access to mobile-friendly projects
- Push notification updates
- View publications
- Contribute to scientific discoveries
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The Zooniverse is the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research. This research is made possible by volunteers—hundreds of thousands of people around the world who come together to assist professional researchers. Our goal is to enable research that would not be possible, or practical, otherwise. Zooniverse research results in new discoveries, datasets useful to the wider research community, and many publications. The Zooniverse Mobile App provides push notification updates about our projects, as well as access to our most mobile-friendly projects and publications.
PolliNation ID
Contribute to a citizen science project by identifying and documenting native pollinators. Learn about their habits and habitats, and submit photos to help researchers understand their distribution.
- Identify native pollinators
- Learn about habits and habitats
- Submit photos of findings
- Contribute to citizen science
- Increase awareness of pollinators
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Bees and other native pollinators around the globe are disappearing at a shocking rate; it is clear that we need to act right away! The PolliNation Project is a citizen science initiative sponsored by the University of Michigan-Dearborn to increase awareness of native pollinators and to better understand their plight. Become part of this initiative by using this app to identify and submit accounts of the native pollinators that you see in your neighborhood. Here you’ll find all the tools that you need to identify common Michigan pollinators and other insects that share their homes as well as learn more about their habits and habitats. You can also submit pictures of the pollinators that you find to help us learn more about the distributions of these important insects. To learn more about the PolliNation project, visit our website.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Zooniverse at 59% against PolliNation ID's 0%. Zooniverse also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (37 vs 1). PolliNation ID's advantage is iOS requirement (13.2 vs 15.1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Zooniverse holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zooniverse has 37 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Zooniverse's written reviews are positive against 0% of PolliNation ID's.
Zooniverse ships an update every 2 months, PolliNation ID every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zooniverse | PolliNation ID |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (37 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Zooniverse | The University of Michigan |
Customer experience
Zooniverse
PolliNation ID
In-app purchases
Zooniverse
No in-app purchases
PolliNation ID
No in-app purchases
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