NatureDex vs Hooplo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NatureDex
Identify plants, animals, and fungi using AI-powered image recognition. Share your discoveries with detailed notes and location data, and explore what others are finding in a social feed. Engage with a community through comments, likes, and challenges.
- AI-enabled plant, animal, and fungi identification
- Share discoveries with notes and location
- Social feed of user captures
- Follow users, like, and comment
- Complete challenges and earn badges
- Organize captures into collections
- Map view of local discoveries
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NatureDex is an app for exploring and sharing your ecosystem! - Identify plants, animals, and fungi with an AI-enabled camera - Share what you discover, including a description, field notes, privacy-first location, and more - Check out what people are capturing on your For You Feed - Follow other users and like or comment on their posts - Complete challenges to get award badges to display on your profile - View local and global leaderboards to see how you're doing on challenges and streaks - Organize your captures into private or public collections like "Around the Neighborhood" or "In my Garden" - Use map views to see what people have captured around you And so much more! NatureDex is also new -- Sign up today to secure your favorite username and help guide the development of the app. Thanks for trying it out!
Hooplo
Connect with others and share your life through photos, videos, and updates. Discover new people and engage in conversations within a community that shares your interests. Express yourself freely in a dedicated space.
- Share photos and videos
- Post updates
- Connect with a community
- Discover new people
- Engage in conversations
- Express yourself freely
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Hooplo is your space to connect, create, and belong. Share photos, videos, and updates with a vibrant community that matches your interests. Discover new people, engage in conversations, and express yourself freely—all in one place
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NatureDex at 5.0 against Hooplo's 4.2. On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
NatureDex holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
NatureDex ships an update every 6 days, Hooplo weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NatureDex | Hooplo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Co AI, Inc. | Hooplo LLC |
Customer experience
NatureDex
Hooplo
In-app purchases
NatureDex
No in-app purchases
Hooplo
No in-app purchases
