# New iPhone App - can only search iNaturalist Places

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/new-iphone-app-can-only-search-inaturalist-places/64885>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** mobile-app\
**Created:** [April 25, 2025, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/new-iphone-app-can-only-search-inaturalist-places/64885 "2025-04-25T07:42:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/new-iphone-app-can-only-search-inaturalist-places/64885/2 "2025-05-07T22:03:48Z")

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Moved this from [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-next-app-soft-launch-for-iphones/55277](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-next-app-soft-launch-for-iphones/55277)

This is something we discussed this week and you’re correct - it currently only searches [iNaturalist Places](https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000175028). We want to add more search options liek getting locations from Apple/Google Maps and allowing coordinates to be entered.

Curious, what’s your use case here? When making new observations, or using the Explore screen, or for something else?

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