Zooniverse

Zooniverse Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch

Zooniverse is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Zooniverse. Rated 3.7/5 from 38 ratings. Requires iOS 15.1. Updated September 12, 2026.

Rating: 3.7; 38 ratings
Price: Free; on the App Store
Size: 50 MB; Age 4+
Updated: Sep 12; 2026 · v2.17.0

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About Zooniverse

The Zooniverse is the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research. This research is made possible by volunteers—hundreds of thousands of people around the world who come together to assist professional researchers. Our goal is to enable research that would not be possible, or practical, otherwise. Zooniverse research results in new discoveries, datasets useful to the wider research community, and many publications. The Zooniverse Mobile App provides push notification updates about our projects, as well as access to our most mobile-friendly projects and publications.

Ratings & reviews

3.7

38 ratings

5 ★ 39% 4 ★ 29% 3 ★ 5% 2 ★ 11% 1 ★ 16%

What’s new

Version 2.17.0 · Updated September 12, 2026

Bug fixes and performance improvements.

App privacy

The developer, Zooniverse, reported these privacy practices to Apple.

Data Linked to You

The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:

Identifiers: User ID

Used for: App Functionality

Data Not Linked to You

The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:

Identifiers: Device ID
Usage Data: Product Interaction
Diagnostics: Crash Data
Other Data: Other Data Types

Used for: App Functionality

App details

Zooniverse is a free Education app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, developed by Zooniverse. It is rated 3.7 out of 5 from 38 ratings on the App Store, requires iOS 15.1 or later and is 50 MB to download. It was first released on January 19, 2017 and last updated on September 12, 2026.

Category: Education
Rating: 3.7 / 5 (38 ratings)
Price: Free
Version: 2.17.0
Size: 50 MB
Requires: iOS 15.1 or later
Compatibility: iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
Languages: English
Age rating: 4+
Released: January 19, 2017
Last updated: September 12, 2026
Developer: Zooniverse

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