Dragonflies & Damselflies

I find this App harder to use since the update when trying to compare similar species. It was so much easier when you could see the key ID features on the same frame.

This app has been very good since it first came out but the recent update is fantastic. It looks a lot more modern and it’s much easier and quicker to navigate.

This is clearly a book that has just been transferred on to an app. My advice would be but the book or something similar. Difficult to use if an amateur, just a list of species and if you are new difficult to guide around. Expensive, how do you get a refund?

Thank you developers. This is an update to my review of three years ago below. This new upgrade now includes full details for Southern Migrant Hawker. Plus the new layout results in a slicker look and easier to use interface which I absolutely love. Sadly the table of flight periods that was in the previous version (in the Introduction - When to look) is now missing. So, sorry but my 4 stars have to stay. BTW the preview screenshots on the App Store are for the previous version of this app . . they need updating if the developers want people to buy this app!

Can Southern Migrant Hawker be added to the species list? 14/12/21 Excellent new updates. Many thanks.

Well all the information is there, photos are great etc. but it is just not user friendly! No ability to compare, text/information is clumsy to access. On my iPhone 6 the whole app is made smaller with a thick black border around the outside. Really wish I had bought the book instead, which looks great!!

A beautifully presented app with a wealth of relevant information and superb photos. Crucially, it provides the level of detail necessary to really get to grips with identifying these charismatic creatures. Wish my eyes were good enough to actually make out the distinguishing features on blue damselflies, but at least this app shows me what I should be looking for!

A splendid app and covering almost all the Dragonflies & Damsels we get, but no Southern Migrant Hawker?? If you can kindly add that then I'll gladly give a 5 star rating. Great reference app when out and about.

This really is an excellent guide which show cases the advantages of having an ID guide in app form. The information is comprehensive, the photographs beautiful and the identification drawings both clear and usable. The ability to compare similar species is very handy and saves the old fashioned way of having to flick back and forward between pages, remembering the specific details. This would be useful for anyone wanting to get to know dragonflies as well as anyone with a more serious interest in identification. I got this for £4.99 during dragonfly week but I would at it is worth the full price.

Very impressive! Great photos/diagrams and lots of info for identifying what you find. Particularly impressed with the filtering feature, a brilliant idea for narrowing down the possibilities - could this feature be added to the Moth and Butterfly apps? If only all natural history apps were this good. Next on my wish list would be an app for Shieldbugs and Bees please!