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…	0	8534	February 7, 2019
Add Folders to organize iNaturalist Journal entries journal-posts	3	101	August 13, 2026
Bring the the side-by-side "Compare with observations" feature to the new iOS app to improve identification accuracy. ios	1	38	August 12, 2026
Add hour-of-day aggregation to the observations histogram endpoint	0	57	August 12, 2026
Require approval for addition of new lexicon for common names	15	2479	August 12, 2026
consider changing default map display for user not logged in	2	167	August 12, 2026
Make captive/cultivated not automatically "no ID needed"	216	14006	August 7, 2026
Display photo timestamp on hover over thumbnail in Identify mode web	5	169	August 7, 2026
Add "like" button to comments on observations	30	1990	August 6, 2026
WITHDRAWN - Quick button to go to other observations of same taxon	3	133	August 6, 2026
Option to use OpenStreetMap in the app android-app , mobile-app	11	646	August 6, 2026
compare button, additional selection optiions	3	163	August 1, 2026
When location is altered, DQA "Location is accurate" should reset and notify downvoters web	18	464	July 31, 2026
Photo detail endpoint for API under-review	10	827	July 30, 2026
Sort by species in while batch uploading web	5	222	July 28, 2026
Indicate overlapping observations for map pins web , android-app , mobile-app	11	1759	July 25, 2026
Eliminate the observation-level "Can the Community Taxon be Improved?" DQA item in favor of an ID-level "Cannot be Improved" flag	13	1147	July 23, 2026
Search and filter identifications web	59	12037	July 23, 2026
Prioritize scientific name over synonym and names in other languages in species search issue-made	14	2141	July 22, 2026
Expanded identify functionality in app android-app , mobile-app	12	1844	July 22, 2026
Create an "identification center" with guides, curated subcategories, events, and more web	54	3212	July 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	94	3173	July 20, 2026
Reset "can the Community Taxon still be confirmed or improved?" after taxon swap	4	967	July 18, 2026
Please create a feature to make flashcards from a selection of species descriptions.. education	6	390	July 16, 2026
Mobile-friendly website (responsive) web	33	3302	July 15, 2026
Add a "Please ID" flag	14	688	July 14, 2026
Enable translation of comments under-review	24	1364	July 12, 2026
Allow Project search API endpoint to count `total_results` higher than 10,000 api	1	65	July 9, 2026
Show heatmaps of our observations and identifications on user profiles	35	3799	July 9, 2026
Add a comment section/"tell me why" section to the annotations	3	224	July 9, 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…