Comparison

MiddSpark vs iNaturalist

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

Head to head
About

MiddSpark

Discover campus events and ways to participate. Filter by organization or activity, and add events to your personal calendar to stay informed about campus life.

Highlights
  • Sort events by campus organizations
  • Find events by activity tags
  • Add events to your calendar
  • Discover campus involvement opportunities
  • Powered by Presence platform
Features
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Use the Middlebury College Events app to find out what events are happening and find out how you can get involved on campus! • Sort by campus organizations hosting events • Find events tagged with your favorite activities • Add events to your calendar so you don’t miss out! Powered by Presence. Presence provides a web and mobile platform to universities and colleges to help increase student engagement, assess involvement, allocate funding efficiently, and improve retention through simplifying and digitizing processes, collecting, structuring, and analyzing involvement data, and provides tools to help reach and engage more students.

About

iNaturalist

Identify plants, animals, and fungi using your camera or imported photos. Get AI-powered species suggestions and connect with a global community of nature enthusiasts to learn more about the natural world and contribute to scientific conservation efforts.

Highlights
  • AI species identification
  • Record species observations
  • Contribute to scientific data
  • Explore biodiversity
  • Connect with nature enthusiasts
Currently charting
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Your photos of plants, animals, fungi, and more can help protect nature all around the world. iNaturalist is free, nonprofit, and community-powered. iNaturalist helps millions of people learn about and document the nature around them. Point your camera at plants, animals, and fungi to get instant identification suggestions, then share your photos or sound recordings as an "observation." Then, see your observation get reviewed by a global community of knowledgeable nature-lovers to turn it into a useful data point for science and conservation efforts. Your everyday moments of curiosity can directly contribute to protecting nature, and you don't need any previous experience or knowledge to get started. iNaturalist is a mission-driven nonprofit dedicated to connecting people to nature and advancing biodiversity science and conservation, and is freely available thanks to the generous support of our community. KEY FEATURES • Identify species from anywhere in the world • Contribute to science by sharing your observations • Keep a record of species you see • Explore and protect biodiversity • Connect with and learn from other nature enthusiasts

Screenshots

MiddSpark3 screens
iNaturalist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MiddSpark at 5.0 against iNaturalist's 4.1. MiddSpark also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). iNaturalist's advantage is ratings volume (707 vs 4) and chart position (#77 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MiddSpark holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iNaturalist has 707 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
MiddSpark versus iNaturalist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMiddSparkiNaturalist
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.1 (707 ratings)
Positive reviews—48.6% of reviews
Number of ratings4707 — better
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#77 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB220 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCheck I'm Here, LLCiNaturalist

Customer experience

MiddSpark

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

iNaturalist

All ratings707 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral8.8%
Negative18.5%
Written reviews451 reviews
Positive48.6%
Neutral15.3%
Negative36.1%

Bugs and requests

MiddSpark

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

iNaturalist

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App freezes when suggesting IDs on audio clips
  • Inconsistent tap responsiveness in search menu
  • Observation time not accurately filling based on upload time
  • Map showing incorrect observation locations
  • Crashes and performance issues on some devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to type in address/coordinates for location
  • Option to add observations to projects during upload
  • Batch editing/uploading of observations
  • More precise search filters (e.g. aquatic, parasitic, migratory)
  • Bring back colored observation markers on map

In-app purchases

None

MiddSpark

No in-app purchases

None

iNaturalist

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MiddSpark free?
MiddSpark is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iNaturalist free?
iNaturalist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MiddSpark or iNaturalist?
MiddSpark is rated higher. MiddSpark averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while iNaturalist averages 4.1 from 707 ratings.
Do MiddSpark or iNaturalist have ads?
Neither MiddSpark nor iNaturalist shows ads.

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