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Collins British Wildlife

Collins British Wildlife

mydigitalearth.com
Released: 2009-10-29
© HarperCollins Publishers
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£9.990%
Version 2.0
4+
Download on the App Store
£9.990%
Version 2.0
4+
Download on the App Store
Released: 2009-10-29
© HarperCollins Publishers

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Description

The Collins British Wildlife Photoguide is an interactive version of the popular Collins Complete British Wildlife Photoguide. This easy-to-use guide features more than 1500 species most likely to be encountered (with photo images and text descriptions). It also describes some unusual species that are striking and therefore likely to attract attention.
CATEGORIES:
Mammals
Birds
Reptiles
Amphibians
Fish
Butterflies & Moths
Insects
Spiders
Molluscs
Crustaceans
Invertebrates
Trees & Shrubs
Wild Flowers
Grasses, Rushes & Sedges
Lower Plants
Fungi

What's New in Version 2.0

Updated app to be in line with latest App Store requirements.
Made the app compatible with iPad devices.
Now swipe left and right to go to next and previous species.

Seller

Name

Cool Ideas LLC

URL

http://www.mydigitalearth.com

Information

Developer

Categories

Version

2.0

Size

36 MB

Game Center

No

VPP Device Licensing

Yes

Rating

Rated: 4+

Compatibility

iOS 10.3 or later

Devices

iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPad (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad (4th Generation) (4G), iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)

Languages

English

App Store: Customer Ratings

Ratings & Reviews

3.0 of 5 (2 Ratings)

App Store: Customer Reviews

2018-12-01

No good

Question: if I see a plant that I am unfamiliar with, how am I supposed to find out what it is using this app?
Answer: You don’t. The only way you could use this app is if you already knew the names of all the plants and wildlife. So...... I really don’t see how this app is supposed to help anyone who isn’t an expert.
Really want my £9.99 back already☹️
PamG84
Version 2.0
2018-07-26

Doesn’t work on iOS 11

See the title
dyygr
Version 1.1
2018-07-24

Wildlife guide

Not working since os11 update.
Annie Oakleigh
Version 1.1
2018-06-17

DON’T BUY FROM MYDIGITALEARTH.COM!

Having paid for this app I didn’t expect to find it no longer functioning after the update. Please can you update the app so the people who have paid good money for it can use it again...or give us a refund perhaps? I would NOT buy any other apps from this company! It’s money wasted as they don’t keep them updated. I can no longer use an app I paid for!
Kayteals
Version 1.1
2018-06-01

Collins ap

Terrible. Your guides are the best wildlife books in the world. This app is a disgrace. Still not updated it, not been working for months. We expect better. Sb
Mercurymania452
Version 1.1
2018-05-01

No longer works, Shame

This was a great app but unfortunately the developers have given up on it
Mustdosomethingelse
Version 1.1
2018-01-21

Disappointed

This app cost me a lot of money and now I can’t use it because it is not compatible with my iPad since I updated it. Come on Collins, your reputation is at stake here!!
LemW
Version 1.1
2017-10-17

Poor app

Not updated to ios11. Rubbish.
niborniab
Version 1.1
2017-09-09

Disappointing

I like this app but have been waiting for a very long time for it to be updated so it can be used on the iPhone. Have contacted the developers who assured me (several months ago) that it was going to be updated very soon. I've had to delete it off my phone as it says it's incompatible with iOS and keeps causing the phone to crash. It was very expensive but that was fine when it worked.
Please, if you're not going to update, take it off the App Store.
Revsy
Version 1.1
2017-05-02

Could have been great

I've had this app for a long time and I can't even remember the last time it was updated. Very limited information available and it could have been a great idea and a lot of routes they could have gone down regarding developing the app. Unfortunately it looks like they have pocketed the cash and given up so I wouldn't waist your money. Google does a much better job
krazy_paddler
Version 1.1
2014-08-25

Collins British wildlife guide

Very disappointing and I feel stung paying out such a lot for a pretty useless app. I don't know the names of most that I would want to look up, why aren't there colour and habitat etc groupings ? Also the picture quality is too heavy and hard to see any detail in, so dark and indistinct it's verging on awful. The whole thing is poor quality and way overcharged, I bought it today and regret it now I've seen the whole thing.
Collins you should be ashamed of this, but you are obviously raking in loads of cash based on your previously good reputation .
How do I get my money back please, it's a swizz.
Mo puss
Version 1.1
2013-07-11

Useless app

Have the book version of this app which has plants categorise by flower colour with 10 pictures to page so dead simple to find plants. On the app you can only find plant by its name, absolutely useless out in the countryside when trying to identify plants and flowers. Better off with separate plant, fish, animal, fungi, tree and bird identification apps
Wild watcher
Version 1.1
2012-11-04

Little use

Poorly designed app. Not very handy to use if you don't already know what something is. Poor pictures and text. Hasn't been updated in a long time.
Avoid.
Logic Troth Pip
Version 1.1
2012-09-21

Disappointing - like old style website

Not a bad app, but not worth the price. It's attempted to be like the book (without the space) and missed the trick of app technologies.
Cyclopath
Version 1.1
2012-07-17

collins british wildlife

not worth the money limited on the number of species
fairdues
Version 1.1
2011-06-26

Not really iPad compatible

It's misleading that this claims to be iPad compatible but only runs in small sized or zoomed and blurry mode. Not really that interactive either
Kymeia
Version 1.1
2011-06-02

4 stars

Great app only let down is the picture quality, hopefully there is an update soon for them I payed enough!!
Mikew_93
Version 1.1
2011-03-20

Disappointing!!

Downloaded this thinking it would give you lots of interesting information about GB species (body length, pug-marks, species sounds etc) but it has a tiny bit of writing not saying anything useful at all. Waste of money!!!
Cazy85
Version 1.1
2010-10-17

Ok but could be better

As useful as this App is it could be even better. It is rather surprising that a major publishing house doesn't adhere to the DDA act. Trying to read a very small description without the ability to increase the font size is a poor show. Also, equally it would be nice if you could zoom into the images to see more detail. Some of the images in some sections seem to lack in quality and are rather dull. Some subjects, for example, trees and shrubs would benefit in having two sets of images, a close up view of leaves and/or fruit and a whole view of the tree/shrub. On the basis that this is effectively an e-book and not a print version all of these points are easily implemented. If this could be done I would rate it much higher and would even pay more for the App. Even so, I still find it easier to
carry in the field than a book as I always have my iPod with me and as an on-the-spot reference it is useful.
frankie240
2010-09-01

Collins British Wildlife Photoguide

This is what it says on the label - a photoguide. If you want to identify a wild flower, butterfly or bird then this can't be (easily) done. The application would be great if there was a simple search against key features such as colour, size etc. As it is you would need to flick through scores of photographs ( which are Ok but somewhat limited with only one shot per entry) and spot the match.
lambast
2010-08-17

Disappointing.

Not worth the £5.99 price asked.
It's not that useful for identifying species you're unfamiliar with as there's no key, and the species list (to click on the species you want to look at) is just a written list - no images. So, for example, to identify something I found in a rockpool I guessed at "invertebrate", then clicked the first species listed under "seashore", and scrolled through every species until I'd found it.
Really quite disappointed, given that the Collins wildlife books are pretty good.
InkyBlob
2010-06-08

Amazing app

I love this app ok it could have given more detail but I found it highly informative
bexy boo cake
2010-05-20

Not worthy of the original...

As an owner of the 'Collins Complete British Wildlife Photoguide', I was excited at the prospect of downloading the 'interactive version'...sadly I feel cheated by this interpretation. The photographs are significantly inferior in quality to the original and the 'interactive' capability is laughable. The 'search' facility is seriously flawed and well below par for an app of this price. The developers should take a look at 'iBird Explorer' or 'Birds of Britain & Ireland Pro' and take steps to improve this potentially excellent application...if only I had listened to the reviews!
Weaselferret
2010-05-08

Disappointing

Though reasonably comprehensive this is a poorly executed app. The insect photographs are often blurry and indistinct, the accompanying summary information is only very basic. The user interface is poorly thought through and cheap looking. I can only imagine the high cost of this app has something to do with licensing the content from Collins because it certainly hasn't been spend on development.
rarepleasures
2010-03-04

this is K but is not gd enough for college work

I am studying a countryside man course and downloaded this to help but there are a lot of species missing that should be in it such as more types of falcon and it needs more details and information in it possable a identerfer key and guide for trees showing what grows on them such as the bark and branches and also what the trees look like in winter and examples of leafs and a identfyer for animals but so far is k but needs a lot more species of trees and animals to be added to make this up to a college course standard
callumf
2010-02-16

Ok but not great

A balance of previous reviews. It works pretty well but pics could be better hi res ones. It really does need to be consistent giving poisonous or not for every fungus. It also really needs a database backend so we can search by characteristics. I.e choose catagory then if birds offer search by wing span, colour, size, typical location, etc. It is interesting as but has much scope for improvement.
Doddsy207
2010-02-14

Quick and easy

Runs nice and fast and allows you to browse through a fairly logical breakdown of species and habitats.
Slightly light on features, should be able to swipe back and forward between animals rather than having to use the arrows. Would be good to change the sorting (currently alphabetical by habitat) to something like ordered by size or colour so you can identify an animal you don't know the name of.
magicguppy
2010-01-23

Really not good enough.

As a medium priced app, I hoped for much more.
There is not nearly enough detail for this to be any sort of field guide (For instance, how can you identify a tree using only a picture of its blossom if the tree in question is not in blossom?)
And it is not nearly 'pretty' enough to be simple 'eye-candy'. (the photos are poorly realised; not sharp but fuzzy and colours are somehow 'muted' etc.)
Its scope is large with 1500 species (and I'd be happy to pay much more for an app like this that is more comprehensive), but 1500 pictures that are not pretty and are uniformative are at this price point poor value.
doireallyneedanickname
2010-01-10

Disappointed

If I could get my money back - I would.
Billath
2009-11-24

Lacks polish

Has the potential to be a must have app but has been lazily implemented.
Page navigation should be possible ny swiping rather than just buttons. Would be nice to see thumbnails in the list view to aid identification (see the app birds). Also theres only a single image per entry why not have male, female and juveniles or trees and leaves.
Please update to make this worth the relatively high purchase price.
Hoplophobic
2009-11-21

Quite good but a little disappointed

This could have been an excellent app but I am disappointed with the quality and clarity of many of the photographs. They look as if they were taken quite a few years ago on film and it seems they haven't been transferred well from the book to this app. What is needed is a refresh with hi res digital photos. Image quality is most important particularly for an app of this price. Additionally the amount of information for each subject seems to vary in depth. However a very useful app as a field guide.
Tony Lever
2009-11-07

Nice

Very nice but would be interesting if users could add content such as more
images and further notes, and new entries.
Amrgardner
2009-11-04

Brilliant App

Brill App and very informative but why doesn't it tell you which Fungi are poisonous and which are ok?? I think this should be added in an update as I expected this information to be included for £5.99.
Crysta80