Feature Requests

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Feature Requests category - please read before posting! Use this category to post new feature requests for iNaturalist, and to vote for existing feature requests. Requests To make a feature request, start a new topic with the request as the topic’s title. Please take a minu…	3	8343	August 23, 2019
Allow saving photos from iOS app mobile-app , ios	1	439	May 22, 2026
Expanded identify functionality in app android-app , mobile-app	8	1636	May 22, 2026
Switch from COL 2012 API to Checklistbank to reduce curator load for new taxa addition curator , third-party-tools	1	82	May 22, 2026
Upload videos web , android-app , under-review , mobile-app	41	8413	May 19, 2026
Observations by suspended users should indicate the user is suspended web , mobile-app	27	1016	May 18, 2026
Add ability to add/take notes on audio recording web , audio-observations , sounds , mobile-app	9	149	May 18, 2026
Photo detail endpoint for API under-review	9	752	May 18, 2026
Create computer vision model saliency maps web	11	222	May 18, 2026
Make captive/cultivated not automatically "no ID needed"	205	12492	May 16, 2026
Allow offline access to observation data and map mobile-app	5	1096	May 16, 2026
Sort projects in an umbrella project by descending alphabetical order or descending date created web	1	47	May 13, 2026
Introduce new geoprivacy option "hide EXIF geolocation" web , mobile-app	25	644	May 12, 2026
Add ability to sort charts for a species by year annotations	2	254	May 7, 2026
View true locations on maps for observations with trusted hidden coordinates web , mobile-app	56	6765	May 6, 2026
Add option to include captive observations in seasonality charts	11	1133	May 6, 2026
Download taxonomy with synonyms web	12	1511	May 6, 2026
Change how the site handles hybrid taxa	32	2253	May 2, 2026
Share observations between users very-challenging	84	9248	May 1, 2026
Send iNat user id to GBIF to make observations searchable by unique user	11	264	May 1, 2026
Use user-drawn polygons as search parameters for projects web	3	436	May 1, 2026
Prevent duplicate identifications	34	3052	May 1, 2026
Allow users to hide casual observations from phenology graphs	12	377	April 29, 2026
Generating temporary observation ID while offline in the field	6	755	April 28, 2026
Add Ability to Remove Observations from Projects in Identify Module web , identify	3	207	April 28, 2026
Filter searches by number of photos or sound files attached web	12	572	April 22, 2026
Regularize text formatting in notes/comments, etc. across platforms mobile-app	11	341	April 21, 2026
Option to remove leaderboards from projects	27	1593	April 23, 2026
Color code the pins for subspecies when looking at maps of species	11	1598	April 21, 2026
Force computer vision to back off on the specificity of suggested IDs in regions with cryptic or hard-to-identify species identification , computer-vision	71	2181	April 17, 2026

About the Feature Requests category - please read before posting!

Use this category to post new feature requests for iNaturalist, and to vote for existing feature requests. Requests To make a feature request, start a new topic with the request as the topic’s title. Please take a minu…