Picture Insect: Bug Identifier

August 95

3 years ago

Amazing and Perfect! I just put a photo of a bug and it tells me what it is! Even old pictures of random bugs i thought were cool from months ago sitting in my phone gallery. Instantly and correctly identified. So far it's worked for bugs in different life stages such as a caterpillar that becomes a moth. It tries to get you to buy premium, but i just closed the pop up and it seems to work just fine for free so far! Love it!

Antonio HaileSelassie

4 years ago

They force you to do an expensive annual 7-day trial to try. I tried it and it got the bugs I was looking for wrong (although, I think it works as a decent app for bug checking, in general). So, I immediately (same day) went to cancel, but it says I've signed up for a year. If I find that I do not get charged and don't have to contact Google, I will change this rating and comment. UPDATE: I had to request a refund from Google. This might just be a mistake in the way they setup their subscription.. but, I see there's other reviewers with the same problem. They should fix it.. or simply not offer the trial.

COWGIRL JANE

3 years ago

Great app. Hardly ever wrong. Most of the time when there was a mistake, it was because the picture was not clear enough. But they do offer three or more other options that it could be. The only complaint is ... with over 10,000+ pictures, it would be nice to be able to be start the search where I left off ... in my bug id folder ... instead of having to scrooooooooooollllll through them all at the beginning again.

Krista Brown

3 years ago

I used it for 6 months and it was okay, but now it freezes up when I try to upload a photo, and I am being asked to subscribe to a free trial or "continue with limited version." The "continue with limited version" button does not work It is impossible to initiate a free trial without credit card information being retained. And I don't trust Google. I do not think it is accurate enough to charge $19.95/year. 50% accuracy in my experience.

Keith Komarnicki

3 years ago

Spot on... so far it's identified everything I've thrown at it and it does so pretty dang fast! It also has a pretty impressive amount of amplifying information for each "bug" you identify. It's simple & straightforward; it does everything it says it can do and even a little more. $20 a year is a pittance compared to the knowledge it delivers almost instantly. I love it... Great download! 👍

Jessica Warrant (Jessi)

2 years ago

I absolutely love this app.! it has successfully identified every insect I have taken a picture of so far. The app is beyond easy to navigate. I have tried a few other apps to identify household creepy crawlers but they didn't work all that well. They either misidentified the insect or saw too many ads to successfully pinpoint what kind of critter I was taking a picture of. Ads are a big turn off LOL. I would definitely recommend this app to anyone looking to identify any kind of insects.

Kathleen Rossie

2 years ago

The app is very good at its main job of identifying bugs. Sometimes when there are many similar species it doesn't get it exactly right or even have them all in their database, so you have to pull in other sources when a 100% sure ID is important. This would be a 5 star app if they improved the collecting aspect of the interface. I'd love the ability to add notes as well as tags or create albums. Also, ID correction seems to go into a blackhole and does not update the title in your collection.

EJ Wessel

3 years ago

I like the app, but it does tend to be inaccurate. There used to be a cool feature where you could browse insects people around you had found on a map, but theyve removed it. There was also a feature where you could ask everyone for ID help, which was fun. I wish they would come back. A location feature would be nice to check for insects found in your area. I am in Germany and get false IDs for bugs not in europe. I do like the app overall tho.

Sabrina Gibau

3 years ago

I really like the app. Upon closing, I wish that the app would allow you to leave something as unidentified when you're unsure of the actual identification out of the choices given. I also wish that the app would show more stages in the growth cycles of the bugs that you're trying to identify. Other than those two things, I think that the app is an awesome tool.

Travis Terrell

3 years ago

This app is SUPER impressive. I'm not sure which AI library they use, but it's clearly very good. It seems to accurately differentiate between similar species very well, and even works when the picture isn't great quality and/or at poor angles (as is often the case when capturing bugs.) There are some premium features, but thankfully basic image recognition is free! (Click the "Continue with limited version" button on the start screen.) Thankful ad-free is an option, though.

Dakota Leitow

2 years ago

Update: the in-app camera is very slow and unresponsive. It takes 2-3 seconds for the camera to actually take a picture and by then, the insect has usually moved or the camera loses focus; both result in a blurry image and poor results. It makes using the app frustrating. It's awesome when you do get a good picture though! It's fun discovering the bugs around you!

kiki animeokamidrawer

5 years ago

Great idea! Bad execution. Love everything about this! I just wish you could add more then one picture especially. It would make identification easier. Sometimes one angle just isn't enough. Also being able to give a description with each photo could be helpful as well. Since some cameras aren't the greatest. Maybe a "other defining features" option where posters can verify the colors or anatomy of the insect if the camera can't quite get it all in its glory. Otherwise love the app!

Lyndsey Seymour

1 year ago

There must have been some updates bc the app is free to use. I've been using it free and it has correctly identified the 3 spiders I submitted a picture of. Yes, it does pop up an ad to subscribe when I open the app but I just simply hit back and it goes back to the main screen. Also, I saw other people in the reviews saying it's like $25 a month, but on my app it's $3 a week, $6 a month, or $30 for a year (which equals out to $2.5/month) so that price update is excellent.

Sierra Imhoff

1 year ago

I absolutely love bugs and insects (and this app). It is almost always completely on point (I have the free version, so not sure if that makes a difference) and is more specific than other apps I've tried which are more generalized. The only thing I wish is that we could take pictures offline and save them to search when we're online again. I don't currently have a phone plan so I run on wifi, but I'm always seeing so many insects I want to learn about on the go.

Beth Jones

1 year ago

It's very useful for the insects it knows. It's wrong frequently. However, when it's wrong you can only tell the app it's wrong if you know the right answer. So if I get results that are clearly not accurate but I still don't know what it is, I can't communicate that to the app. Then is labels it with one of the incorrect guesses. This is probably adding to the inaccurate data.

Danny Kirby

1 year ago

Careful when first opening this app! There are two (yeah, 2) pop ups pushing the "7 day free trial". If you click the "start trial" button and agree to the subscription, even if you uninstall it, it will charge you $29.99 for the year. Click the X in the top right hand corner (of any popups), it'll then be free to use. The free version works great. It's just lame that they have to use such tricky tactics to get subscriptions. Don't fall for it. Be vigilant when DLing apps or you'll get screwed.

Jason Kirkwood

11 months ago

I love this app. Today, I was checking on some insects I'd photographed as well as a new one I found, and I thought, "I should just go ahead and buy this and support them." So I went to purchase, and unfortunately, all the options are subscriptions. I can't justify a subscription for an app I use less than once a month. But, if y'all ever want to offer a one-time premium upgrade for a decent price, I'm in!