Picture Fish - Fish Identifier Reviews

I tested PictureFish on a fish I already knew and already did research on and PictureFish didn’t give me the result I expected. It gave me 3 different pictures, which for a fact didn’t even come close to what my fish looked like, and it gave me a very specific name for the picture of my fish but when I searched that fish name up on Safari, the result was completely different than my fish so it was really weird.
Although, I did try again with 2 other fish and got the correct results once I did research again.
PictureFish is very useful but due to the fact that I got different results from PictureFish than my research, I must remain concerned about whether or not I’ll get the correct information for my fish through PictureFish .
Thank you!

I signed up for a free trial of the premium service when I downloaded PictureFish (because it wasn’t clear how not to - I didn’t really want to). When I first used PictureFish , it did not accurately identify a fish for me, so I decided the first day to cancel the trial. I have been trying to cancel the trial and subsequent subscription since then, but I have received no response to 2 messages to their VIP support center, and the email address listed in PictureFish store for support is not working (I get bouncebacks). It is unacceptable that they don’t have a way to cancel the subscription in PictureFish , AND that they won’t reply to my messages. I think this is probably a combo of poor service and design... but it feels a lot like a trap, or scam. Not happy. Will be reporting them to my credit card company.

I went on a fishing trip this summer and wanted to know what type of fish I was catching in the rivers and lakes around. I uploaded a few pictures and most of them checked out to be what I caught. However, there are about 3 fish that I have perfect pictures of and PictureFish says they are freshwater drums or white suckers. I know these fish aren’t white suckers because of the mouth, and aren’t drums because of the smaller size and shape. It did identify northern pike, rainbow trout, and black crappie successfully though. Please fix this problem:).

Thanks!

I have been exploring the creek near us. Found a lure that works and caught several of the local inhabitants. Small Mouth, creek Chubb, Rock Bass. App is easy, fast and accurate! Even keeps a running library, with date stamp, of what I’ve caught! Since I am a total newbe, without it I would be left looking up pictures

Out of all of the fish I’ve tried to identify. Whether it be my own pets. Catches. Online photos. Or even the picture on my fish food container. Only one single identification out of all of the ones I have ever done has been correct. I believe it could work. But when I take a picture of a banded killifish I caught. To see how well PictureFish works. And it gives my first possible identification as a whale shark? I lose all hope of PictureFish working. As said, have tried using PictureFish on numerous occasions. And it doesn’t work.

Yesterday, we were diving in surge and just shooting pics as we drifted by creatures in the underwater world! We saw a nudibranch new to us and you identified it! In another pic, it identified something I did not see but clearly see now! So far, just fabulous!

I tested a bunch of local fish photos to see how it worked. It’s easy to use and accurate. I’m delighted I’ll be able to identify the fish I catch now because I’m horrible about knowing what I caught (northern pike vs small sturgeon or walleye vs bass) and want to make sure I’m following DNR regulations.

PictureFish developer is also prompt to respond to issues and correcting them. Thank you!

Old review:
I installed PictureFish , and it’ll flash but not open. After several attempts, I uninstalled and reinstalled. It still won’t open.

It is very good and very accurate every thing worked and even though it’s supposed to identify fish I used it around the house and on people and the results were pretty funny but over all it is a good app

I know the breed of my fish I just wanted to know if PictureFish told me his specific breed he is a redeye tetra, the first pic I did it said he was an puffer fish and the second was an goldfish clearly it could see my fish then I accidentally took a pic of my foot , it said my foot was an Siamese fighting fish or for what we usually call them, bettas . Please fix PictureFish I have tried other items and my other fish but the answer was totally wrong

If this is community driven, why isn’t it free? I have a question about one fish and rarely need to ask so this seemed like a great tool but I’m not paying more than I did for the fish to find out a more detailed description given to me by the community of aquarists.

The automatic description finder kept telling me my African cichlid was a goldfish too.

Guess I’ll head to (Free) Facebook for a more sensible community driven answer. Thanks anyway

This game is pretty cool so I can tell that the fish is right but half of the time it’s wrong I took a picture of my wall and it said it was a tree frog I took a picture of one of my Legos it said it was a A lionfish!!!😤🐟🦈🐠🐡🐋🐳🐬

Downloaded PictureFish and used it for 1-2 days during the free trial which makes you sign up for an annual subscription after 2 weeks. I canceled my subscription within 4 days of downloading and they sent an email that was unclear. I assumed I was confirmed because I got the email but now I am a member for the next 12 months. Make sure you cancel the subscription through Apple.

Seems to get the picture

This is so awesome for tracking species. It’s also help me to identify species I’ve really been trying to figure out for a while. I’ve never wrote a review on anything before until this. Haha

It doesn’t always work but it can be funny. Sometimes I take pictures of my living room😂😂😂😂😂😂.

It does exactly what it’s supposed to. I also like to facts included with the fish. You learn quite a bit, which for me was kind of the point.

You need to add pleco identification because i put my pleco’s picture in, and it came up as an entire different species of fish. Also, it keeps saying that my tetra is a guppy! I followed the instructions and it still came up wrong, I do not recommend PictureFish for the people who truly want to know their fish species.

Works like a charm unless your picture has absolutely horrible quality.

This has made fishing even more fun and it’s unreal how quick and accurate it is. I’m so glad I got PictureFish totally worth it!

It’s a great app I really like it but it will mess up on some pictures so if you can get many different angles of the fish.

I downloaded PictureFish to try and identify one of my fish (obviously) and I took pictures if the fish multiple times, and it never came up with the right answer. I tried taking a picture of a really easy fish to identify, and PictureFish got it wrong. I can’t believe it.

I give this a 3 star based on the idea of PictureFish but PictureFish needs a lot of work identifying fish correctly. I took 10 good pics of 10 different fish and only got one of them right

Very simple to use, and fairly accurate. Only had one time it miss identified, but it was an issue of lightning.

I have yet to get a correct identification from PictureFish, which is a pretty big let down since it’s a yearly subscription. It’s not even that the fish I’m looking at aren’t in the database, this just does not correctly identify them. I’ve tried mostly on freshwater fish. Just not happening for me.

Don’t know how but gets it right every time

I recently bought some fish and I decided to check what kind they were so I downloaded PictureFish but it gave me completely wrong information! I had a tropical fish and it had showed me a goldfish and a shark! Don’t get PictureFish because it’s completely false!!

So far it’s done it’s job right 👍👌

Try to couple fish, even some from clear pictures that identified fish on the Internet. App keeps identifying different types of fish. Not worth the $20 a year in my opinion to pay for an app that cannot identify even common fish.

I’ve submitted 4 different photos of 4 different fish and not one identification from PictureFish was correct. An “Atlantic striped dolphin” was a cobia and then submitted again and it was a blue fin tuna.... nope. They truly need to update their database and identification points.

I’ve used PictureFish on at least 20 of my different fish species. Never got close. Once it got the right fish in the background but not the one in the middle.