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ObsIdentify
Observation International · 1,817 ratings · ★ 3.4
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Top complaints - extracted from 15 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"location"
4 negative reviews mention this · 27% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I need help. When I take a photo within the app I am able to upload it with a location. when I take a photo just on my normal camera and upload it though obsidentify I am unable to upload it as it says I do not have a location for the photo" - Kizzi Bennett
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"wrong"
3 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Got every identification wrong" - Brog
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"answer"
3 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Nice application, but it fails to get the location from the phone. It does access the location, because the icon is showing when using the application. After almost one year there is still no fix for this. So lost another ⭐ Thanks for the a…" - Jeanine Velthove-van Velzen
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I need help. When I take a photo within the app I am able to upload it with a location. when I take a photo just on my normal camera and upload it though obsidentify I am unable to upload it as it says I do not have a location for the photo
Got every identification wrong
It's generally a good app but lately it hasn't been working, I keep getting "Oops something went wrong!" whenever I try and identify something.
Couldn't ID a simple insect.
Een zwever heeft mijn telefoon gestolen en daarna heeft hij deze app geinstalleerd
Looks good, but can't be trusted. It confidently identified one fly but didn't indicate that there is a confusion species which needs microscopic examination to separate. More worryingly I showed it Hemlock Water Dropwort, Britain's most poisonous plant, and it told me it was a European member of the same family which doesn't occur in Britain. No warning about risks of misidentifying toxic plants. Imagine if a novice forager had used this. Might be useful to get you to family but be wary.
Worked 1 out of 5 times, so gets 1 out of 5 stars
When taking a picture for an observation, the app resets almost every time. It's becoming impossible to add observations
It appears that since your latest update, I cannot upload photos as no location is given. When I check there is always a location on the photos. When Obsidentify works, it is brilliant.
Ok for common species, but no way to correct misidentifications or add a location to photos without exif data. Makes it much harder to use consistently than inatutalist.
Nice application, but it fails to get the location from the phone. It does access the location, because the icon is showing when using the application. After almost one year there is still no fix for this. So lost another ⭐ Thanks for the answer. But this issue is there already for a long time now. Maybe enable manually entering a location would simplify this and make it less frustrating
Hilarious. Tried twice on live basilicum. On both occasions i received 3 different possibilities, the correct answer was never there. Tried on the leafs of a tomato plant, also 3 possibilities not oncluding the correct one. The housecat was recognized correctly though 🙄
Seems to work fine, but there is no option to manually select the language in the app. It will always use the default phone language. A simple settings toggle would be very useful. Now i only see the Latin names of plants and animals since my phone is set to English. I want to see the dutch names of these animals.
Out of six tries, three identifications were absolutely wrong. The last one gave a 100% certainty on the wrong answer. The app lacks a feedback option to learn how to do better.
Mooie app, maar erg jammer dat je de taal nog niet in de app in kunt stellen. Dat beperkt het gebruik toch wel enorm.
Sentiment summary
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