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Picture Insect: Bug Identifier
Next Vision Limited · 42,542 ratings · ★ 4.6
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Top complaints - extracted from 17 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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"picture"
5 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The app is wrong about 50% of the time. I take macro photographs of insects and have a decent amount of entomology experience. This app is pretty much useless to me due to its high rate of misidentification. For me, it’s up around 50%. These aren’t obscure insects either, in m…" - Why can't i post this without coming up with a nickname? Dumb.
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"trial"
4 negative reviews mention this · 24% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Trash!!. I’m disappointed in the fact that I can identify bugs or bites only if I pay for it! Where and what happened to the opportunity of seeing things firsthand testing them out and then paying for monthly services for something you might not eve…" - Hooppty
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"insects"
4 negative reviews mention this · 24% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The app is wrong about 50% of the time. I take macro photographs of insects and have a decent amount of entomology experience. This app is pretty much useless to me due to its high rate of misidentification. For me, it’s up around 50%. These aren’t obscure insects either, in m…" - Why can't i post this without coming up with a nickname? Dumb.
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"insect"
4 negative reviews mention this · 24% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The app is wrong about 50% of the time. I take macro photographs of insects and have a decent amount of entomology experience. This app is pretty much useless to me due to its high rate of misidentification. For me, it’s up around 50%. These aren’t obscure insects either, in m…" - Why can't i post this without coming up with a nickname? Dumb.
5
"something"
3 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Trash!!. I’m disappointed in the fact that I can identify bugs or bites only if I pay for it! Where and what happened to the opportunity of seeing things firsthand testing them out and then paying for monthly services for something you might not eve…" - Hooppty
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"seven"
3 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Trash!!. I’m disappointed in the fact that I can identify bugs or bites only if I pay for it! Where and what happened to the opportunity of seeing things firsthand testing them out and then paying for monthly services for something you might not eve…" - Hooppty
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"know"
3 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Trash!!. I’m disappointed in the fact that I can identify bugs or bites only if I pay for it! Where and what happened to the opportunity of seeing things firsthand testing them out and then paying for monthly services for something you might not eve…" - Hooppty
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"wrong"
3 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The app is wrong about 50% of the time. I take macro photographs of insects and have a decent amount of entomology experience. This app is pretty much useless to me due to its high rate of misidentification. For me, it’s up around 50%. These aren’t obscure insects either, in m…" - Why can't i post this without coming up with a nickname? Dumb.
9
"gave"
3 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Wrong/mixed results for tiny bug. Granted, the specimen was very tiny, but it gave me a different result. Every time I took a picture. I subsequently downloaded Lens Scan, and who knows if it’s results were correct, but at least they were consistent. I could also tell a big…" - Msjezzi
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"different"
3 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Wrong/mixed results for tiny bug. Granted, the specimen was very tiny, but it gave me a different result. Every time I took a picture. I subsequently downloaded Lens Scan, and who knows if it’s results were correct, but at least they were consistent. I could also tell a big…" - Msjezzi
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"subscription"
3 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Greedy. I shouldn’t have to pay a MONTHLY subscription for knowledge. It should have been a one time purchase of the app. Never using I’ll use google since they at least care." - Nsejfhdidi
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"free"
3 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Stupid app!. This stupid app gave me a free trial and was not supposed to charge me for a subscription! And then come to find out they took $39.99 out of my account and now I don’t even have money to buy what I need. Why would I pay $40 for something wh…" - NEed it 777
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Trash!!
I’m disappointed in the fact that I can identify bugs or bites only if I pay for it! Where and what happened to the opportunity of seeing things firsthand testing them out and then paying for monthly services for something you might not even want or ever use again, and don’t give me that seven day trial sign up and then cancel bs because we all know there are so many hidden clauses where you’re gonna pull out extra money that you don’t deserve..
The app is wrong about 50% of the time
I take macro photographs of insects and have a decent amount of entomology experience. This app is pretty much useless to me due to its high rate of misidentification. For me, it’s up around 50%. These aren’t obscure insects either, in may cases they are native Wyoming species. I run into the same problem with identifications from around the world on iNaturalist. The app is wrong about 50% of the time on those, too.
I see A LOT of rave reviews about how accurate this is. It makes me wonder how other reviewers are so certain it’s accurate. My guess is that the insect looks something like the Picture Insect photo, and therefore, it must be accurate.
I’m not sure, but I suspect this app takes the entered photo and compares it to other photos and once it finds something similar, it identifies it. There doesn’t seem to be any consideration about where the insect was located, the habitat, its posture, etc. I had one his morning where it misidentified a transverse ladybug for a seven spotted ladybug.
I could be mistaken, but when I try to correct a misidentification, it only corrects it on my ID. I don’t think it lets the developers know that the app is wrong.
If I don’t trust the app, it doesn’t do me any good. There are much better resources available online.
I see A LOT of rave reviews about how accurate this is. It makes me wonder how other reviewers are so certain it’s accurate. My guess is that the insect looks something like the Picture Insect photo, and therefore, it must be accurate.
I’m not sure, but I suspect this app takes the entered photo and compares it to other photos and once it finds something similar, it identifies it. There doesn’t seem to be any consideration about where the insect was located, the habitat, its posture, etc. I had one his morning where it misidentified a transverse ladybug for a seven spotted ladybug.
I could be mistaken, but when I try to correct a misidentification, it only corrects it on my ID. I don’t think it lets the developers know that the app is wrong.
If I don’t trust the app, it doesn’t do me any good. There are much better resources available online.
Can’t find
Can’t find what the bug is
I can’t detect any insects.
Most of the time when I use this app, it just shows random insects and not the real thing.
Inaccurate
I applied a test to the app and it failed ok the very first insect. It confused a beetle with an eastern termite. You are better off studying and learning your local insects or you’ll windup getting the wrong pesticides
Greedy
I shouldn’t have to pay a MONTHLY subscription for knowledge. It should have been a one time purchase of the app. Never using I’ll use google since they at least care.
Phone apps are too expensive
If it was 40 once that would be fine but mobile app developers do the subscription model. As a software developer I can tell you that the app is nice and works but way too expensive
Stupid app!
This stupid app gave me a free trial and was not supposed to charge me for a subscription! And then come to find out they took $39.99 out of my account and now I don’t even have money to buy what I need. Why would I pay $40 for something when I can look up the info on google. Stupid!! I need my money back. Also there’s no way to contact them that I have found so I can’t get my money back. So annoyed rn.
Extremely misleading. This is not a free app. It is a free one week trial.
Just another fake “free app”.
Scam
The app is a scam you need to pay 40 bucks just to take a picture of a bug bite and see what it is
terrible
of course ANOTHER stupid app where you have to pay before you do anything. i'm not paying for a app that i don't even know actually works. bot reviews, bot ratings
Inaccurate
If I could post the photos I’ve taken and then the results I’ve gotten you would understand why I give it 1-star. I’ve taken photos of the same insect from different angles and get completely different results each time.
Free trial is misleading!
I was trying to go for a free trial as your app suggested and selected it and I was going to pay the $2.99 month thereafter. But which it automatically charged my card for $ 39.95 indicating that that would be a per month charge! Ridiculous! And the reason I got the app it doesn’t even do anything to help me out with identifying pests in my home! This is for people who I guess love to learn about insects. But it was not described like that on the description. I was also supposed to get a seven day free trial before my card would be charged and it charged me immediately. I want a refund of the total $39.95 charged to my card. I will never be using this app.
Not even close!
This ap said it is a fruit fly. I wish it was!The picture I researched and found it to be the most disgusting bug I’ve ever dealt with.
It invaded my
Body the female laid eggs in me it’s a CORPS FLY. It will go done six feet when it smells a corpse they like to eat rotting flesh make huge infected spots and are very hard to irradiate.
It invaded my
Body the female laid eggs in me it’s a CORPS FLY. It will go done six feet when it smells a corpse they like to eat rotting flesh make huge infected spots and are very hard to irradiate.
Wrong/mixed results for tiny bug
Granted, the specimen was very tiny, but it gave me a different result. Every time I took a picture. I subsequently downloaded Lens Scan, and who knows if it’s results were correct, but at least they were consistent. I could also tell a big difference between the clarity of the picture looking through the other app compare compared to this one. Not impressive.
Hmmm,
Good app but not for kids
Not accurate
I took a picture of the same insect multiple times and each time it gave me a different name. Very inconsistent.
Sentiment summary
92%
Positive (4-5★)
3%
Neutral (3★)
6%
Negative (1-2★)