Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Wildex – Pokémon Go for real wildlife
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.
Wildex is a wildlife identification app that combines species collecting with educational content. Users photograph plants and animals they encounter in nature and build a collection while learning about different… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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wildbirds▲106Birdwatchers app to share and discover birds socially
Jun 2026 · wildbirds.io · its alternatives →
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Offline maps, species ID, and survival tools in one app
2025 · wildscope.app · its alternatives →
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Wildicons▲16Wildlife animals icon set with a pixel art style.
2020 · wildicons.fun · its alternatives →
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Bugsy▲95Give a voice to insects and build your collection
Apr 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Strollhunt▲113Ditch travel & tour guides, play fun city exploration games
2023 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Capture, Identify and Collect the Animal Kingdom
Jun 2026 · animaldex.app · its alternatives →
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Hey Folks, I’ve been really annoyed with the search part of finding gifts. It’s hard to use keyword search for something when it’s an “I’ll know it when I see it” kind of deal. So I thought, what if we scraped/indexed TONS of products and then just focused on removing the things we don’t want and then see what’s left to see if there’s anything cool? I built it in Flutter so it's both iOS and Android but it could be web too. I’ve only just started the scraping/tagging of products and if anyone has suggestions for bulk tagging images/content I would love to hear them. That’s the…
2022 · givetheperfectgift.co · its alternatives →
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Turn every walk into a wildlife collecting quest
Jun 2026 · wildcarddex.com · its alternatives →
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Gardex▲78A magical plant & animal identifier that's loads of fun
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hi! I'm Marcell, and I'm working on FetchFox (https://fetchfoxai.com). It's a Chrome extension that lets you use AI to scrape any website for any data. I'd love to get your feedback. Here's a quick demo showing how you can use it to scrape leads from an auto dealer directory. What's cool is that it scrapes non-uniform pages, which is quite hard to do with "traditional" scrapers: https://youtu.be/wPbyPSFsqzA A little background: I've written lots and lots of scrapers over the last 10+ years. They're fun to write when they work, but the internet has changed in ways…
2024 · fetchfoxai.com · its alternatives →
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Trick your friends into thinking that you found rare Pokemon
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Dododex▲79Companion app & taming calculator for ARK: Survival Evolved
2019 · dododex.com · its alternatives →
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Experience hassle-free high-quality wildlife trails in India
2017 · its alternatives →
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WildAR▲12augmented reality experience for wild animals, dinosaurs
2025 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Tinder-like Pokémon GO app to catch your Brock or Misty.
2016 · poke-match.com · its alternatives →
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iNaturalist▲11Real life Pokemon - identify/share plants and animals nearby
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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