Universiteit Leiden vs ObsIdentify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Universiteit Leiden
This app provides students with instant access to their personal study information, including schedules, grades, and educational progress. It also offers features to explore university buildings and stay updated with the latest news.
- Personal schedules
- Grades overview
- Educational progress tracking
- University building exploration
- Latest university news
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The indispensable app for Leiden University students. This app gives you instant access to all your personal study information. Log in once to: • View your personal schedules • View your grades • View your educational progress • Explore Leiden University buildings • Read the latest university news
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.
- 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
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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).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ObsIdentify at 58% against Universiteit Leiden's 0%. ObsIdentify also leads on rating (2.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
ObsIdentify holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ObsIdentify has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Universiteit Leiden's written reviews are positive against 58% of ObsIdentify's.
Universiteit Leiden ships an update every 4 months, ObsIdentify every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Universiteit Leiden | ObsIdentify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 2.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leiden University | Observation International |
Customer experience
Universiteit Leiden
ObsIdentify
In-app purchases
Universiteit Leiden
No in-app purchases
ObsIdentify
No in-app purchases
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