Frequently asked questions

Spot a creature, snap a photo in the app, and Animalis identifies the real species. Use a Net to capture it and it joins your team and your encyclopedia, complete with real taxonomy, habitat, and conservation status. Different real places turn up different species: a city park, a forest, a beach, and a riverside each have their own wildlife.

Animalis identifies the animal in your photo, so any real species you can photograph can be caught, from beetles and garden birds to sharks and crocodiles. Players have found over 2,100 species so far, across 170 orders of the animal kingdom, and the number grows with every catch.

The animal family tree turned into a ladder of positions: species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom. Install a team of your own animals on a rung you own, beat the position below you to unlock the next one up your branch, and hold positions to earn badges, one-off rank rewards and Leaves every day. It works from anywhere; you don't need to be in a park.

Limited-time wildlife events matched to what's genuinely happening in nature near you: migrations, births, insect emergences, gatherings, spawning runs, the rut. Each is tied to a real animal, a real region and its real dates. Catch the featured animal while the season is live and you're in the region to earn its badge, Leaves and an item. There are hundreds of them around the world.

Goals you complete anywhere in the game — win battles, catch animals, raise a young one — then claim at a real building nearby: a library, hospital, pharmacy, café or fitness centre. Claiming pays out items and Leaves , earns a badge for your trainer card and unlocks a new kind of item to buy at Shops for good.

List one of your animals, say what you want back — a minimum level, and optionally a type, a family or species, or a sex — and any player with a matching animal can take the trade, from anywhere. It unlocks once you have caught two of the same species. A listing lasts up to 30 days, and both animals go to their new owner's Storage.

Animalis is a paid game. Catching animals needs Animalis Unlimited: £3.99 a month, £24.99 a year, or a one-time lifetime unlock. Prices vary a little by country and store; the exact price for your country is shown in the app before you buy, and a subscription can be cancelled any time. No ads, no coin packs, nothing else to buy.

On the App Store for iPhone and Google Play for Android.

Yes. Animalis works worldwide. Your local parks, rivers, and streets shape the game world, so wildlife appears wherever you are on Earth.

No, never. A photo from a respectful distance is all it takes. Observe quietly, keep your distance, and leave every animal exactly as you found it. Finding endangered species even earns bonus Leaves: the game rewards awareness, not interference.

Ask on the Animalis Discord, head to the support page, or read why Animalis exists.