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Show HN: Wildex – Pokémon Go for real wildlife

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Dear HN,

My wife and I both love nature and have always wanted a Pokémon go style app, to collect and learn about different species we find.

All the usual species identifying apps were didn’t feel fun enough, so we designed and built one together!

Would love for you guys to give it a try and share any thoughts you have.

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Why not iNaturalist?

iNaturalist 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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Can we get a paid version with no linking? Your 3rd party ad / tracking isn’t compatible with my desires. Otherwise looks fun!

Definitely soon, we just wanted to build a version that everyone can use regardless of income.

Unfortunately inference costs means we needed something (ads) to keep the servers online.

Out of curiosity what would you say is a fair price for this?

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post #3

Can we get a paid version with no linking? Your 3rd party ad / tracking isn’t compatible with my desires. Otherwise looks fun!

Definitely soon, we just wanted to build a version that everyone can use regardless of income. Unfortunately inference costs means we needed something (ads) to keep the servers online. Out of curiosity what would you say is a fair price for this?

I would not pay monthly but I would pay lifetime like 10 or 20 bucks.

Seek is free and good so if I’m paying for the fun aspect I would probably cap out around $20

Edit: might even be able to pull off like $10/yr but I’m increasingly tired of those as well

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Someone asked for the model you use but I am also curious how you handle ambiguous IDs. Not everything is clear cut especially when it comes to fungi and bugs.

Inaturalist uses second opinions what's your solution?

Edit: cool idea for the app btw, I always call inaturalist my Pokémon deck already so I think it's a nice new angle :)

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