Taxonomist
Discover all species on Earth
$3.99
2.5for iPhone, iPad
Age Rating
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About Taxonomist
Taxonomist is the best way to discover taxonomy. Learn more about the origin of the species and their connections in a simple and visual way. This carefully designed app is a perfect complement for biology and natural science students.
GET THE MOST UPDATED INFO
Taxonomist is a unofficial client for the NCBI's Taxonomy database, so it uses the most active and complete source among the scientific community. This way, you'll always be up to date!
HAVE FUN
Give it a try and tell me what you think. You're ready now, become a taxonomist!
LET ME KNOW
Thank you for your interest in Taxonomist. I would love to hear any and all feedback —ideas, complaints, suggestions, requests, or even just a friendly "hello!"– from you, so feel free to contact me at: https://gservera.com/apps/taxonomist/support/
In addition, if you enjoy software development and would like to collaborate in this or a similar project, remember that the code of TaxonomyKit, the open source library that powers Taxonomist, is available at GitHub (https://github.com/gservera/TaxonomyKit/).
PARTICIPATE
Found some localization error or missing your language? You can definitely help me translate this project via POEditor at: https://poeditor.com/join/project/q7bu1agpCc
Visit the NCBI's Taxonomy database portal: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy
GET THE MOST UPDATED INFO
Taxonomist is a unofficial client for the NCBI's Taxonomy database, so it uses the most active and complete source among the scientific community. This way, you'll always be up to date!
HAVE FUN
Give it a try and tell me what you think. You're ready now, become a taxonomist!
LET ME KNOW
Thank you for your interest in Taxonomist. I would love to hear any and all feedback —ideas, complaints, suggestions, requests, or even just a friendly "hello!"– from you, so feel free to contact me at: https://gservera.com/apps/taxonomist/support/
In addition, if you enjoy software development and would like to collaborate in this or a similar project, remember that the code of TaxonomyKit, the open source library that powers Taxonomist, is available at GitHub (https://github.com/gservera/TaxonomyKit/).
PARTICIPATE
Found some localization error or missing your language? You can definitely help me translate this project via POEditor at: https://poeditor.com/join/project/q7bu1agpCc
Visit the NCBI's Taxonomy database portal: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy
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What's New in the Latest Version 2.5
Last updated on Oct 8, 2018
Old Versions
- Support for the amazing new iPhone models.
- Made a typo? Yep, scientific names can be tough. Now the search engine is smart enough to find your species even if you misspelled that wonderful unpronounceable name.
- Have fun with tons of new preloaded species and up to 2000 new translated names.
- Fixed visualisation in landscape on Plus and X devices.
- Smashed some small but itchy bugs.
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
- Made a typo? Yep, scientific names can be tough. Now the search engine is smart enough to find your species even if you misspelled that wonderful unpronounceable name.
- Have fun with tons of new preloaded species and up to 2000 new translated names.
- Fixed visualisation in landscape on Plus and X devices.
- Smashed some small but itchy bugs.
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
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Version History
2.5
Oct 8, 2018
- Support for the amazing new iPhone models.
- Made a typo? Yep, scientific names can be tough. Now the search engine is smart enough to find your species even if you misspelled that wonderful unpronounceable name.
- Have fun with tons of new preloaded species and up to 2000 new translated names.
- Fixed visualisation in landscape on Plus and X devices.
- Smashed some small but itchy bugs.
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
- Made a typo? Yep, scientific names can be tough. Now the search engine is smart enough to find your species even if you misspelled that wonderful unpronounceable name.
- Have fun with tons of new preloaded species and up to 2000 new translated names.
- Fixed visualisation in landscape on Plus and X devices.
- Smashed some small but itchy bugs.
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
2.4
Jun 2, 2018
- Have fun with 105 new preloaded species and up to 1617 new translated names.
- We also included some cool bug fixes.
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
- We also included some cool bug fixes.
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
2.3
Jan 27, 2018
We say hello to the new year with some cool bug fixes and a ton of new species. Have fun!
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
2.2
Nov 20, 2017
Learn more with phylogenetic trees on your iPad! This release allows you not only to build your own tree of life using drag and drop, but also select and compare two or more species. Discover who their closest common ancestor is or how many years ago they diverged. And there’s more, the new Taxonomist comes with:
· Taxonomist will now look great on the new and shiny iPhone X.
· Spotlight integration: Now you can find any taxon you’ve been working with and show more details about it instantly.
· Thumbnail generation for Taxonomist documents in the Files app.
· Many new built-in species to offer you better search suggestions.
· And many more fixes and performance improvements!
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
· Taxonomist will now look great on the new and shiny iPhone X.
· Spotlight integration: Now you can find any taxon you’ve been working with and show more details about it instantly.
· Thumbnail generation for Taxonomist documents in the Files app.
· Many new built-in species to offer you better search suggestions.
· And many more fixes and performance improvements!
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
2.1
Oct 12, 2017
Say hi to the biggest Taxonomist update ever! This release is all about documents, the iPad and all the great new features in iOS 11. Here are some of the new improvements:
· Now you can work with multiple taxa in a single document which can be saved to your device or in the cloud and shared with other people. Moreover, this means you can work with several documents and even sync them across all your devices.
· Build your own tree of life. With the amazing new drag and drop capabilities in iOS 11 on the iPad you can now drag a species (or even more than one!) over the currently selected species to create a lineage alignment where you’ll be able to learn more about how these species have evolved over time.
· Yes: iPad, iPad and iPad. I’ve completely redesigned the app’s iPad user interface so as to take advantage of all the screen size available on this devices. And why not? Now you can combine split view and the new drag and drop feature to, for instance, compose an email with your latest findings :)
· The Wikipedia abstracts for your taxa are now displayed using rich text when available.
· You can now choose to see common names instead of scientific names in lineages when available.
· Taxa are now cached so they don’t have to be downloaded again each time you add them to a document.
· Support for Galician language.
· And many more fixes and performance improvements!
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
· Now you can work with multiple taxa in a single document which can be saved to your device or in the cloud and shared with other people. Moreover, this means you can work with several documents and even sync them across all your devices.
· Build your own tree of life. With the amazing new drag and drop capabilities in iOS 11 on the iPad you can now drag a species (or even more than one!) over the currently selected species to create a lineage alignment where you’ll be able to learn more about how these species have evolved over time.
· Yes: iPad, iPad and iPad. I’ve completely redesigned the app’s iPad user interface so as to take advantage of all the screen size available on this devices. And why not? Now you can combine split view and the new drag and drop feature to, for instance, compose an email with your latest findings :)
· The Wikipedia abstracts for your taxa are now displayed using rich text when available.
· You can now choose to see common names instead of scientific names in lineages when available.
· Taxa are now cached so they don’t have to be downloaded again each time you add them to a document.
· Support for Galician language.
· And many more fixes and performance improvements!
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
2.0
Sep 19, 2017
Say hi to the biggest Taxonomist update ever! This release is all about documents, the iPad and all the great new features in iOS 11. Here are some of the new improvements:
· Now you can work with multiple taxa in a single document which can be saved to your device or in the cloud and shared with other people. Moreover, this means you can work with several documents and even sync them across all your devices.
· Build your own tree of life. With the amazing new drag and drop capabilities in iOS 11 on the iPad you can now drag a species (or even more than one!) over the currently selected species to create a lineage alignment where you’ll be able to learn more about how these species have evolved over time.
· Yes: iPad, iPad and iPad. I’ve completely redesigned the app’s iPad user interface so as to take advantage of all the screen size available on this devices. And why not? Now you can combine split view and the new drag and drop feature to, for instance, compose an email with your latest findings :)
· The Wikipedia abstracts for your taxa are now displayed using rich text when available.
· You can now choose to see common names instead of scientific names in lineages when available.
· Taxa are now cached so they don’t have to be downloaded again each time you add them to a document.
· And many more fixes and performance improvements!
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
· Now you can work with multiple taxa in a single document which can be saved to your device or in the cloud and shared with other people. Moreover, this means you can work with several documents and even sync them across all your devices.
· Build your own tree of life. With the amazing new drag and drop capabilities in iOS 11 on the iPad you can now drag a species (or even more than one!) over the currently selected species to create a lineage alignment where you’ll be able to learn more about how these species have evolved over time.
· Yes: iPad, iPad and iPad. I’ve completely redesigned the app’s iPad user interface so as to take advantage of all the screen size available on this devices. And why not? Now you can combine split view and the new drag and drop feature to, for instance, compose an email with your latest findings :)
· The Wikipedia abstracts for your taxa are now displayed using rich text when available.
· You can now choose to see common names instead of scientific names in lineages when available.
· Taxa are now cached so they don’t have to be downloaded again each time you add them to a document.
· And many more fixes and performance improvements!
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
1.5
Jun 7, 2017
Taxonomist now uses info from the collaborative database at https://open.gservera.com/taxonomy.
This means we've dramatically increased the number of taxa names available in your language.
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
This means we've dramatically increased the number of taxa names available in your language.
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
1.4
Apr 11, 2017
- Awesome pictures from Wikipedia are now included in your search results.
- New Gram staining indicator for bacteria species.
- New IUCN status indicator for red-listed species.
- Dramatically increased the number of taxa names available in your language.
- More than 50 additional popular taxa added to the autocomplete engine.
- Improved support for Italian, French and Swedish languages.
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
- New Gram staining indicator for bacteria species.
- New IUCN status indicator for red-listed species.
- Dramatically increased the number of taxa names available in your language.
- More than 50 additional popular taxa added to the autocomplete engine.
- Improved support for Italian, French and Swedish languages.
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
1.3.8
Mar 14, 2017
- Fixed a bug with the mitochondrial code label.
NEW IN 1.3.7:
- Use the new Wikipedia abstracts to quickly get a brief idea about your taxa without leaving the app.
- More than 50 additional popular taxa added to the autocomplete engine.
- Improved support for Italian, French and Swedish languages.
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
NEW IN 1.3.7:
- Use the new Wikipedia abstracts to quickly get a brief idea about your taxa without leaving the app.
- More than 50 additional popular taxa added to the autocomplete engine.
- Improved support for Italian, French and Swedish languages.
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
1.3.7
Mar 2, 2017
- Use the new Wikipedia abstracts to quickly get a brief idea about your taxa without leaving the app.
- More than 50 additional popular taxa added to the autocomplete engine.
- Improved support for Italian, French and Swedish languages.
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
- More than 50 additional popular taxa added to the autocomplete engine.
- Improved support for Italian, French and Swedish languages.
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
1.3
Nov 29, 2016
- Brand new search suggestions for some popular taxons (even when you're searching by common name).
- Carefully localized. Autocompletion will also work when you begin typing a common taxon's name in your language.
- GenBank names and synonyms (like Uncia uncia for Panthera uncia), are also supported now.
- You can now repeat your recent searches via 3D Touch from the app icon.
- Updated app font for scientific names to match the scientific community consensus.
- Fixed a crash when displaying a too-long name in the lineage view.
- Fixed a crash when navigating back to the previous taxon before the downloading process had finished.
- Improved support for Italian and French languages.
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
- Carefully localized. Autocompletion will also work when you begin typing a common taxon's name in your language.
- GenBank names and synonyms (like Uncia uncia for Panthera uncia), are also supported now.
- You can now repeat your recent searches via 3D Touch from the app icon.
- Updated app font for scientific names to match the scientific community consensus.
- Fixed a crash when displaying a too-long name in the lineage view.
- Fixed a crash when navigating back to the previous taxon before the downloading process had finished.
- Improved support for Italian and French languages.
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
1.2
Nov 14, 2016
- Improved VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support.
- Support for some other accessibility features, including bold text, greyscale and darker colours.
- Fixed a bug in spelling suggestions when the search term was uppercase.
- Improved Italian translation.
- French language added.
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
- Support for some other accessibility features, including bold text, greyscale and darker colours.
- Fixed a bug in spelling suggestions when the search term was uppercase.
- Improved Italian translation.
- French language added.
HEY, YOU ARE AWESOME :)
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
1.1
Nov 7, 2016
- Now you can learn more about your favourite species using the External Resources screen, which presents you the NCBI's LinkOut content related to your search.
- A requested one: Now you can load the suggestion for a misspelled result without having to write it, just tap on the error message and… voilà! Thank you for your great feedback!
- Support for larger text using iOS Dynamic Type feature.
- Italian language added.
- A few more bug fixes and improvements, including the latest version of the TaxonomyKit open source library.
YOU ARE AWESOME
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
- A requested one: Now you can load the suggestion for a misspelled result without having to write it, just tap on the error message and… voilà! Thank you for your great feedback!
- Support for larger text using iOS Dynamic Type feature.
- Italian language added.
- A few more bug fixes and improvements, including the latest version of the TaxonomyKit open source library.
YOU ARE AWESOME
Thank you again for your support. As always, feel free to contact me if you have something to say.
Have a great day!
1.0
Oct 3, 2016
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iPhone
iPad
Taxonomist supports Catalan, English, French, Galician, Italian, Spanish, Swedish
