ObsIdentify vs The New School App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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).
The New School App
Access school news, blogs, and announcements in one place. View photos, videos, and documents, and stay updated with calendar events and athletic details. Connect with faculty, students, and parents through the constituent directory.
- News and announcements
- Photos, videos, and documents
- Calendar events
- Constituent directory
- Access to student, faculty, and parent portals
- Athletic event details
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The New School app provides parents, students and faculty members with the information they need in one convenient place. The app includes: • Blogs, news and announcements • Pictures, videos and documents • Calendar events • Constituent directory and more • Access to student, Faculty and Parent Portals Download the app today to ensure you are always aware of the most important news, announcements and calendar events, and you have access on-the-go to the most current community directory. Users are able to: • Browse the latest published photos and videos • Filter content and store those preferences for subsequent use • Catch up on current news • Review athletic event details, including opponents, game results, recap commentaries, and more • Browse calendars for information about upcoming events. Filter calendars to see the events most relevant to their interests. • Quickly find faculty, parent, student and alumni contact information • Call or email a constituent directly from your device The information presented in the The New School app is drawn from the same source as the The New School website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The New School App at 5.0 against ObsIdentify's 2.0. The New School App also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). ObsIdentify's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
The New School App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.
ObsIdentify ships an update every 3 weeks, The New School App every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | ObsIdentify | The New School App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Observation International | finalsite |
Customer experience
ObsIdentify
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In-app purchases
ObsIdentify
No in-app purchases
The New School App
No in-app purchases
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