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	8495	February 7, 2019
Prioritize scientific name over synonym and names in other languages in species search issue-made	14	2100	July 22, 2026
Expanded identify functionality in app android-app , mobile-app	12	1829	July 22, 2026
Create an "identification center" with guides, curated subcategories, events, and more web	54	3185	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	3065	July 20, 2026
Reset "can the Community Taxon still be confirmed or improved?" after taxon swap	4	961	July 18, 2026
Please create a feature to make flashcards from a selection of species descriptions.. education	6	385	July 16, 2026
Mobile-friendly website (responsive) web	33	3218	July 15, 2026
Add a "Please ID" flag	14	662	July 14, 2026
When location is altered, DQA "Location is accurate" should reset and notify downvoters web	14	372	July 13, 2026
compare button, additional selection optiions	1	116	July 13, 2026
Enable translation of comments under-review	24	1359	July 12, 2026
Allow Project search API endpoint to count `total_results` higher than 10,000 api	1	61	July 9, 2026
Show heatmaps of our observations and identifications on user profiles	35	3758	July 9, 2026
Add a comment section/"tell me why" section to the annotations	3	222	July 9, 2026
Make captive/cultivated not automatically "no ID needed"	213	13788	July 7, 2026
Upload Observation Templates under-review	3	549	July 7, 2026
Add "Analyze unintended disagreements" to taxon merge drafts web	0	143	July 6, 2026
Add tags, observation fields, threatened (status), description choice(s) to populate Collection Projects	19	3648	July 3, 2026
Flag observations from mobile apps android-app , mobile-app	1	174	July 2, 2026
Include lexicon in API Taxa all_names search api	4	946	June 30, 2026
Allow users to choose whether gifs (or videos in future) should run automatically web	17	371	June 30, 2026
Accept compressed raw audio files (FLAC)	11	415	June 28, 2026
Edit location text without always showing a map	8	191	June 26, 2026
Option to use OpenStreetMap in the app android-app , mobile-app	6	552	June 24, 2026
Stay within your iNat Network Affiliation domain when clicking links to other iNat Network sites	24	2818	June 24, 2026
Search for native taxa in the user interface web , search	12	1873	June 24, 2026
iNaturalist Missions but for projects web , android-app , projects , mobile-app	7	267	June 23, 2026
Add interactions to species pages	54	10984	June 23, 2026
Make computer vision include hybrid taxa on an opt-in basis	66	3078	June 20, 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…