Comparison

Seek by iNaturalist vs LoopFox

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

Head to head
About

Seek by iNaturalist

Identify plants, animals, and fungi using your phone's camera. Learn about the organisms around you and earn badges for your discoveries. It's a fun, kid-safe way to explore nature and expand your knowledge of the living world.

Highlights
  • Image recognition for plant and animal identification
  • Learn about local species
  • Earn badges for observations
  • Kid-safe and privacy-focused
  • Uses iNaturalist data
Currently charting
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Use the power of image recognition technology to identify the plants and animals all around you. Earn badges for seeing different types of plants, birds, fungi and more! • Get outside and point the Seek Camera at living things • Identify wildlife, plants, and fungi and learn about the organisms all around you • Earn badges for observing different types of species and participating in challenges OPEN THE CAMERA AND START SEEKING! Found a mushroom, flower, or bug, and not sure what it is? Open up the Seek Camera to see if it knows! Drawing from millions of wildlife observations on iNaturalist, Seek shows you lists of commonly recorded insects, birds, plants, amphibians, and more in your area. Scan the environment with the Seek Camera to identify organisms using the tree of life. Add different species to your observations and learn all about them in the process! The more observations you make, the more badges you’ll earn! This is a great app for families who want to spend more time exploring nature together, and for anyone who wants to learn more about the life all around them. KID-SAFE Seek does not require registration and does not collect any user data by default. Some user data will be collected if you choose to sign in with an iNaturalist account, but you must be over 13 or have your parents permission to do so. Seek will ask permission to turn on location services, but your location is obscured to respect your privacy while still allowing species suggestions from your general area. Your precise location is never stored in the app or sent to iNaturalist unless you sign in to your iNaturalist account and submit your observations. Our image recognition technology is based on observations submitted to iNaturalist.org and partner sites, and identified by the iNaturalist community. Seek is part of iNaturalist, a not-for-profit organization. Seek was made by the iNaturalist team with support from the California Academy of Sciences, the National Geographic Society, Our Planet on Netflix, WWF, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, and Visipedia.

About

LoopFox

Features
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LoopFox uses a spaced repetition algorithm with varied flashcard types based on word frequency to accelerate your language learning. It also teaches essential grammar lessons and allows you to keep track of your immersion with your target language.

Screenshots

Seek by iNaturalist4 screens
LoopFox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Seek by iNaturalist at #173 against LoopFox's unranked. LoopFox's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Seek by iNaturalist versus LoopFox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeek by iNaturalistLoopFox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (31K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings31K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#173 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size218 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiNaturalistJACK MARSHALL GUTHRIE

Bugs and requests

Seek by iNaturalist

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Camera freezes/crashes
  • Incorrect species identification
  • Observations not saving properly
  • Slow performance on older devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Allow manual species entry
  • Add option to post observations to iNaturalist later
  • Implement search/sorting for observations
  • Integrate flashlight for low-light conditions
  • Provide feedback/correction options for misidentifications
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  • Sync observations across devices

LoopFox

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Seek by iNaturalist

No in-app purchases

None

LoopFox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Seek by iNaturalist free?
Seek by iNaturalist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LoopFox free?
LoopFox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Seek by iNaturalist or LoopFox have ads?
Neither Seek by iNaturalist nor LoopFox shows ads.

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