Smartschool vs ObsIdentify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smartschool
Stay connected with your school from anywhere with this mobile application. Receive instant updates and notifications about new messages, ensuring you never miss important information. Optimized for both iPhone and iPad, it enhances your engagement with school activities.
- Stay involved with school
- Optimized for iPhone and iPad
- Push notifications for new messages
- Real-time updates
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Met de Smartschool-app blijf je betrokken bij je school, ook als je onderweg bent. De app is geoptimaliseerd voor zowel iPhone al iPad en biedt een grote meerwaarde. Dankzij de push notificaties ben je altijd op de hoogte van je nieuwe berichten. https://www.smartschool.be/apps/app/
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 Smartschool's 14%. Smartschool's advantage is rating (3.8 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (504 vs 5). 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.
Smartschool holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smartschool has 504 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 14% of Smartschool's written reviews are positive against 58% of ObsIdentify's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Smartschool ships an update every 5 days, ObsIdentify every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smartschool | ObsIdentify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (504 ratings) — better | 2.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 14.5% of reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 504 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| 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 | 187 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smartschool | Observation International |
Customer experience
Smartschool
ObsIdentify
Bugs and requests
Smartschool
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes and blocks frequently
- Slow performance and lag
- Delayed task and grade notifications
- Only displays red numbers/grades
- Notifications sent at inappropriate times (23:00+)
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- Inconsistent grade calculations
Requested features
6 requests- Reduce or customize red color notifications
- Add cosmetic skins or customization options
- Make difficulty levels easier
- Implement do-not-disturb for notifications
- Improve grade update timing
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- Add dark mode or alternative color schemes
ObsIdentify
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Smartschool
No in-app purchases
ObsIdentify
No in-app purchases
