Daily species ID quiz built on iNat’s open photo library, would love feedback
Hey everyone. A couple weeks ago I built something I thought might fit this community, and it’s now on the App Store. Wanted to share it with the people whose work made it possible.
It’s called Wildex Daily. Small iOS app that does one thing: every day at UTC midnight, the same five wildlife species go out to every player worldwide. Photo plus four multiple-choice options each. Identify them, build your dex, keep your streak. One round per day, no retries, no leaderboards, no streak schemes, no ads, no IAP, no tracking, no accounts.
The photos come from iNaturalist. I pull only CC-BY and CC-BY-SA licensed photos through the public API. Every photographer is credited in-app on the screen their photo appears. The license filter is hard-coded, so CC-BY-NC and CC-BY-ND photos are automatically excluded.
It’s completely free on the App Store. No paid subscriptions or anything. You can find it here:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wildex-daily-nature-id-game/id6767213299
There’s currently about 600 species in the pool. Im working to add more. It just takes time. But as I do the game algorithm will improve.
Feedback I’d genuinely value: anything obviously missing from coverage, regional common name issues you’d want flagged, and whether the difficulty feels fair (some species are deliberately confusable, like Green Shield Bug vs Green Stink Bug). Or just general feedback is fine too!
Thanks!