alt Hacker NewsiNaturalist is great for identification and information, but it lacked the fun and soul we were looking for.
It doesn’t feel like you’re playing when you use it, it feels like you’re in biology class (no hate to them).
Wildex gives you cute fun facts and lets you build up points for rare species finds. It feels like a completely different experience.
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jacquesm • yesterday at 10:16 PM
> It doesn’t feel like you’re playing when you use it
That's a feature, not a bug. Gamifying nature is a bad idea. It's tourism, but with the worst kind of tourists.
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iNaturalist specifically has a gamified Seek app for new users which is more approachable and has more 'fun' elements than the main iNaturalist app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/seek-by-inaturalist/id13532241...