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	8481	February 7, 2019
Mobile-friendly website (responsive) web	33	3195	July 15, 2026
Add a "Please ID" flag	14	615	July 14, 2026
When location is altered, DQA "Location is accurate" should reset and notify downvoters web	14	364	July 13, 2026
compare button, additional selection optiions	1	113	July 13, 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	83	2770	July 12, 2026
Enable translation of comments under-review	24	1355	July 12, 2026
Expanded identify functionality in app android-app , mobile-app	11	1807	July 9, 2026
Allow Project search API endpoint to count `total_results` higher than 10,000 api	1	58	July 9, 2026
Show heatmaps of our observations and identifications on user profiles	35	3742	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	13763	July 7, 2026
Upload Observation Templates under-review	3	548	July 7, 2026
Add "Analyze unintended disagreements" to taxon merge drafts web	0	142	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	173	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	370	June 30, 2026
Accept compressed raw audio files (FLAC)	11	412	June 28, 2026
Edit location text without always showing a map	8	187	June 26, 2026
Option to use OpenStreetMap in the app android-app , mobile-app	6	548	June 24, 2026
Stay within your iNat Network Affiliation domain when clicking links to other iNat Network sites	24	2815	June 24, 2026
Search for native taxa in the user interface web , search	12	1872	June 24, 2026
iNaturalist Missions but for projects web , android-app , projects , mobile-app	7	266	June 23, 2026
Add interactions to species pages	54	10977	June 23, 2026
Make computer vision include hybrid taxa on an opt-in basis	66	3051	June 20, 2026
Incorporate basic image editing tools (crop, rotate) web , android-app , mobile-app	55	6857	June 19, 2026
Add ability to add/take notes on audio recording web , audio-observations , sounds , mobile-app	11	218	June 17, 2026
Add toggle for not saving photos automatically to camera roll seek	2	136	June 17, 2026
Switch from COL 2012 API to Checklistbank to reduce curator load for new taxa addition taxonomy , issue-made , curator	10	347	June 11, 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…