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Hinweis: Nummerierte Versionen (wie v3.8.0) sind neue App-Versionen aus dem App Store und Google Play. Wegen der Prüfung kann es ein paar Tage dauern, bis sie erscheinen. Kleinere Updates dazwischen kommen automatisch in der App an: Starte die App neu und du bist auf dem neuesten Stand. Web-Updates sind sofort verfügbar.
v3.8.3
November 2026
⏳In Prüfung
A new App Store and Google Play version.
✨Neue Funktionen
- Enclosure sections are now a vertical list with bigger up and down buttons, and deleting asks for confirmation
- The map opens on your own country. Change it under Profile, where you can also set whether the map shows all animal locations or zoos only
- The badge screen now has two sections: Earned and Still to earn
- Contributions you make while at the zoo count a little more
- On Android, treating Lucky to a cola now goes through Google Play
🐛Fehlerbehebungen
- Fixed an Android crash that could happen right after restarting for an update
Zoos per country
November 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
🗺️ See how many of a country's zoos you have visited
🏅 New badge: Country Complete
✨Neue Funktionen
- Country Complete badge: visit every open zoo in a country (at least 3 zoos) and earn it. The number on the badge shows how many countries you have completed, and the badge screen tells you which country you are closest to
💪Verbesserungen
- Country progress: tap a country on the map to see how many of its zoos you have visited, above the bar for all animal locations. A zoo is a location with at least 10 species that is open to the public, so you can now reach 100% of the zoos in a country
- Website: the homepage now shows animal locations, zoos and species separately, updated every night, with the same definition of a zoo
Your own web page
October 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
Available in app version 3.8.2 and in the web app. Still on 3.8.0? Update via the App Store or Google Play. Already on 3.8.2 and don't see it yet? Close the app completely and open it again.
🌐 Your own public web page at zootrack.me/u/your-username
✨Neue Funktionen
- Public web page: switch it on from your profile and get a page at zootrack.me/u/your-username with your statistics, badges, a map and lists of the zoos you visited, your favourite animals and zoos, and your approved animal photos. Share the link with anyone, no app needed
- You stay in control: the page is off by default, only available from age 16, and you can switch it off at any time. Your name, email address, profile photo and the dates of your visits are never shown
- Search engines: you decide whether your page can be found on Google. On by default from age 18, off for ages 16 and 17
- The page refreshes once a day, so it never shows where you are right now
🐛Fehlerbehebungen
- Leaderboards and other long lists no longer skip a block of entries when you scroll quickly
v3.8.2
October 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
A new App Store and Google Play version. Everything from the October update is included. Already on 3.8.0? You keep receiving updates automatically, but the store update brings the security fixes below.
🎨 The renewed design, now in the store version
🔒 Security updates
💪Verbesserungen
- Renewed design: the calm look from the October update is now part of the store version, with the new profile, cards with a thin turquoise edge and dark pop-ups
- Security updates and maintenance under the hood: updated app components and cleaned-up dependencies, also making the app smaller to download
- iPad and landscape: menus and buttons settle immediately after rotating, the title no longer hides behind the buttons, and labels such as "Zoos" are no longer cut off
- Animal page: language labels fit on one line on tablets
🐛Fehlerbehebungen
- iPad: the app could hang at startup when the screen was rotated while starting
October update
October 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
This update comes to you automatically when you open the app, no App Store or Google Play download needed. Don't see it yet? Close the app completely and open it again.
🦁 A brand new profile page, on your phone and on your computer
✈️ "I'm going to...": share your upcoming zoo visit
🛠️ Your contributions and photos now show up in your recaps
🏆 Rank your favourite animals in your own top list
🎨 The whole app in one calm new look
✨Neue Funktionen
- New profile page: your profile and those of your friends got a complete makeover. Six key numbers at the top, followed by "My zoo adventure" with a world map of everywhere you have been, your top countries and a few fun facts, such as the parks you visited in the last 30 days and your longest streak. Below that your favourite animals as photo cards, your favourite zoos, your photos, your badges and your recent visits. It works on every screen size: on a computer everything sits side by side, on your phone you swipe through the rows
- "I'm going to...": make a card for an upcoming zoo visit or a trip past several zoos, with your own photo or one of our artworks, fun facts and the animal you hope to see, and share it with your friends
- Contributions in your Zoo Day Recap: pick "Contributions" or "Photos added" as a highlight to show what you added to the zoo since your visit, even if you did it at home afterwards
- Contributions in your Travel Recap: add "contributions" or "photos added" as a statistic on the cover, counting everything you contributed during your trip
- Opening and closing year: zoo pages and the map now show when a zoo opened and, for zoos that have closed, the year they closed. You can suggest the opening year for any zoo; suggestions are checked by our moderators
- Top list of animals: next to your top list of zoos you can now rank your favourite animals, including ones you have not seen yet. Search all animals by scientific, English or local name, or pick from the ones you have seen, your favourites or your wishlist. Your profile shows both lists as cards, with a link to the full list
💪Verbesserungen
- The whole app now has the same calm look as the new profile: one quiet background, cards with a thin turquoise edge and dark pop-ups. The map card, the menus, the family tree and the sign-in screens came along
- The round menus show their labels in your own language underneath the icons
- Works better on tablets and computers: animal photos no longer fill the whole screen, menu icons are spread evenly and long page titles are no longer cut off
- Large text: if you use a bigger text size on your phone, ZooTrack grows along up to a point, so everything stays readable and buttons no longer overlap
- Everything just for you is now grouped at the bottom of your profile under "Your ZooTrack": friends, statistics, Trip Recap, "I'm going to...", the leaderboard, your contributions, help and log out
- People who are allowed to see your profile (because it is public, or because they are your friend) now also see when you last visited a location. The description of the public profile setting says so
- The numbers on your profile, in your statistics, your recaps and the leaderboards are now all counted the same way
- For rangers: the AI check on name suggestions now tells you whether a name is known, probably wrong (and why) or cannot be confirmed, instead of showing a percentage. It only suggests a name when it is sure
- Website: animal pages now tell Google where to see the animal, naming the first zoos; zoo pages list species per group and the most spotted animals in their search description
- Website: new "Zoo Animals List" page with 100 common zoo animals from A to Z, and every zoo page now shows the five most spotted animals per group, with the rest waiting for you in the app
- Website: country pages list their zoos alphabetically with a letter index, zoo pages show the opening year when known, and the most visited zoos page explains how its ranking is made
🐛Fehlerbehebungen
- On the web, opening the compare page directly now shows yourself and your friends again
- The "permanently closed since" label on the map no longer cuts off the year
- On Android, the share button sometimes did not respond for a few seconds after closing the share sheet
- Zoos that have closed no longer appear as open zoos on the ZooTrack website
- Map card: long zoo names are no longer cut off and the membership labels have even spacing; on the zoo page, Favourite and Wishlist are the same width as the other buttons again
September update
September 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
This update comes to you automatically when you open the app, no App Store or Google Play download needed. Don't see it yet? Close the app completely and open it again. Please note: app versions older than 3.8.0 are no longer supported and no longer work. Still on an older version? Update ZooTrack in the App Store or Google Play.
🏅 New badge: Home Zoo, for the zoo you keep coming back to
✨Neue Funktionen
- Home Zoo badge: shows how often you have visited your most visited zoo. You earn it from 5 visits and it grows through 13 levels up to 1000 visits. Several visits on the same day count as one
- Classification: every animal page shows its class, order, family and genus. Tap a group to see all its animals and how many you have seen
- Merge a visit with a friend: visited a zoo together? Copy the animals your friend has seen there to your own list
- My top list: put the zoos you have visited in your own order on your profile. Two zoos equally good? They can share a place. The list follows your existing privacy settings
- Sub-enclosures: large enclosures can be split into sections, so you can see which animals live in which part
- Zoo memberships: see which organisations a zoo belongs to (EAZA, AZA, WAZA and more), and filter on them in the zoo lists and on the map
- Rangers: trusted community members now pre-review new photos, name suggestions and zoos, so contributions are processed faster
July update
July 17, 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
This update arrives automatically inside the app, no App Store or Google Play download needed. Make sure you are on version 3.8.0.
✨Neue Funktionen
- Search animals with your camera: tap the scan button in the search field and point your camera at the sign by the enclosure, the scientific name is read from the sign and filled in for you
- Compare visited locations with a friend: a friend's profile now has a "Compare on the map" button, showing both your visits side by side
- The enclosure view now shows how many species live in the enclosure
💪Verbesserungen
- The enclosure view got a cleanup: animal names get the full width, the conservation status sits right next to the name, and the main buttons are lined up in a single row
- Animal lists are now sorted alphabetically by the name as you see it, in your own language or scientific, whichever you've set
- On your profile, "Visited zoos" is now "Visited locations", the counter includes all locations
🐛Fehlerbehebungen
- The "Seen" button in a zoo's animal list responds instantly again
- Newly added animals show up in the list right away, no refresh needed
- Tapping a button on the map sometimes opened the enclosure underneath it
- Various small display glitches in buttons and the animal grid
v3.8.0
July 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
🧳 Travel Recap: turn your zoo trips into a shareable story!
✨Neue Funktionen
- Travel Recap: pick your travel dates and get auto-generated story pages with your stats, highlights and every park you visited
- Cover page with your own photo, a personal message, trip statistics and a map of all parks you visited during the trip
- Add up to four of your own trip photos and position each one exactly how you want; pick your favourite spotted species and most memorable parks
- Export a single page, all pages or one wide image, or save everything straight to your photo library
- Drafts are saved automatically for 7 days, so you can continue on any device
- Trip photos are private: only you can see them, location metadata is removed on upload, and they are deleted automatically after 7 days
- Moderation: set a new main photo directly from photo review, and edit zoo details during review
💪Verbesserungen
- Animal name scanner upgraded, with better results on iOS
- More reliable photo uploads
- Upgraded to Expo SDK 57
🐛Fehlerbehebungen
- Fixed friend request notifications opening the wrong profile
- Various bug fixes and security patches
v3.5.5
June 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
📡 Animal Radar: discover animals nearby, experimental feature
🌳 Tree of Life: explore the animal kingdom, experimental feature
✨Neue Funktionen
- Animal Radar: see which animals are located near you (experimental)
- Tree of Life: browse and explore the taxonomic tree of the animal kingdom (experimental)
- Guest mode: browse public zoos, animals, and leaderboards without an account
💪Verbesserungen
- Notification messages are now more detailed and informative
🐛Fehlerbehebungen
- Fixed sign-up issues that prevented some users from creating an account
- Various bug fixes
v3.2.0
March 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
📣 Friends Activity: see where your friends are going, what they're spotting, and who's the most active!
✨Neue Funktionen
- Friends Activity feed with visits, photos, and group highlights
- Friends Stats: see total visits, most active friend, popular zoos, and top species across your friend group
- Friends Photos tab: browse recent photos uploaded by friends
- Invite friends via QR code or shareable link (with configurable expiry)
- Privacy setting to control whether friends can see your recent activity
v3.1.0
March 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
👥 Friends: add friends, manage friend requests, and filter leaderboards by your friend list!
✨Neue Funktionen
- User photo gallery on profiles (your own and public profiles)
- Photo leaderboard
- Suggest local animal names in your own language
- Moderation: review, approve, and edit suggested animal names
- Navigate to an animal directly from the animal detail page in a specific zoo
💪Verbesserungen
- Friend privacy settings to control profile visibility
- Leaderboards extended with friends filter and photo ranking
- User profiles: expanded stats and improved avatar display
- Zoo Recap: various fixes and small adjustments
🐛Fehlerbehebungen
- Poll voting fix
- Various small bugfixes in leaderboards and profile pages
v3.0.0
March 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
🗺️ Map Filters & Zoo Recap: filter the map your way and relive your zoo visits!
✨Neue Funktionen
- Zoo Recap: get a personalized recap of your zoo visits
- Map Filters: filter the map by species, enclosures, and more
- Leaderboard: longest zoo visit streak
- New badges: Streak Champion and Photographer
- Report animal link: flag an approved animal link as incorrect with a reason
💪Verbesserungen
- Upload multiple photos per animal
- Filter animals by photo (with or without)
- Leaderboard can now be filtered to show only real zoos (note: not all zoos have been classified yet)
🐛Fehlerbehebungen
- Fixed a memory issue that could cause map pages to slow down or crash on web
v2.9.0
March 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
📸 Everyone can now upload animal photos!
✨Neue Funktionen
- Animal photo uploads now available for all users
- Notifications for rejected or actioned content reports
🐛Fehlerbehebungen
- Fixed edit mode sometimes activating too early, causing the wrong zoo or enclosure to be edited
v2.8.0
March 2026
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📸 Animal photo uploads: see real photos of animals uploaded by the community!
✨Neue Funktionen
- Animal photos (initially for moderators & admins, coming to all users soon)
- "Where to find": animal detail page now shows which zoos have this species
- Report button on user profiles
- Recently visited zoos overview in Statistics
💪Verbesserungen
- Zoo markers now visible at more zoom levels before grouping into country markers
- Migrated to new dedicated server for improved performance and reliability
🐛Fehlerbehebungen
- Fixed seen/unseen status not updating correctly in some cases
- Fixed rapid "Seen" tapping causing errors
v2.7.0
February 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
🔴 IUCN Conservation Status: see the Red List status for every animal, from Least Concern to Critically Endangered!
✨Neue Funktionen
- Historical animals can now be added manually
💪Verbesserungen
- Well-documented zoos (20+ approved animals) are now showcased on the website
- Map styling now runs locally for better performance
- Improved GPS accuracy
🐛Fehlerbehebungen
- Various bug fixes for historical animals
- General stability improvements
v2.6
February 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
🌍 Animal names in your language: local animal names powered by GBIF and Wikidata!
✨Neue Funktionen
- Animal names in your local language (Dutch, German, and more) using data from GBIF and Wikidata (BETA)
- Switch between local names, English names, and scientific names
💪Verbesserungen
- Weekly heroes now shows a rolling 7-day window instead of calendar weeks
- Stats carousel shows at most once per hour instead of every time you open the map
- Edit mode on the map now turns off automatically after editing a zoo or enclosure
- Lucky mascot scales properly on all screen sizes
- Confirmation dialog when downvoting an animal listing, prevents accidental votes
- Pending badges on animal links are now visible
- Compact "Seen" button with thumbs-up hint for unapproved animals
- Better responsive layout when adding zoo visits on small screens
- Better error messages for missing required fields in settings (e.g. last name)
- Fewer unnecessary API calls for private profiles
🐛Fehlerbehebungen
- GPS location now updates continuously again instead of only at startup
- Downvote and "Seen" votes now correctly override each other
- Country names in the country selector did not update when switching app language
- iPad: "ZooTrack" title was partially hidden behind an overlay
- Validation errors during sign-in (e.g. invalid email) no longer reported as crashes in Sentry
v2.5.13
February 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
🎠 Discover carousel: see what's happening in the ZooTrack community!
✨Neue Funktionen
- Discover feed with trending zoos, recent species, and community activity
- Weekly Heroes spotlight for top contributors
- Interactive polls to engage with the community
💪Verbesserungen
- New Statistics page with detailed tracking insights
- Enhanced user profile with contribution stats
v2.5.12
February 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
✨Neue Funktionen
- View visited zoos on user profiles
🐛Fehlerbehebungen
- Date picker year selection now works correctly
v2.5.11
January 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
✨Neue Funktionen
- Added zoo categories (zoo, aquarium, petting zoo, etc.)
🐛Fehlerbehebungen
- OCR scanner improvements for iPad and Android
v2.5.4
January 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
✨Neue Funktionen
- See how many users have visited each zoo
💪Verbesserungen
- When adding a zoo visit, you can now select a specific date
- Clearer error message when GBIF species database is temporarily unavailable
🐛Fehlerbehebungen
- Historical animals now display correctly in zoo progress overview
- Curaçao and other overseas territories recognized as separate countries
- Various stability improvements
v2.5.3
January 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
💪Verbesserungen
- Approved zoo markers can no longer be relocated by regular users, use Report if you believe a location is incorrect
v2.5.2
January 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
🐛Fehlerbehebungen
- Inappropriate username filter was too strict, some normal names were incorrectly blocked
- Zoo visit progress now correctly includes historical zoos
v2.5.1
January 17, 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
✨Neue Funktionen
- FAQ section added to the app
- Search zoos by country
💪Verbesserungen
- Better guidance when adding new zoos
- Clearer indication when a zoo is allowed to be added
- Improved info page ordering
🐛Fehlerbehebungen
- Language preference now saves correctly
- Zoo website links are now visible
- Username validation shows clearer error messages
- Mobile menu on website is now readable
v2.5.0
January 16, 2026
✓Veröffentlicht
🎉 Official launch on App Store and Google Play!
✨Neue Funktionen
- Track your zoo visits and animal sightings
- Life list: see all species you've ever spotted
- Interactive zoo map with enclosure details
- OCR scanner for animal info boards
- Community leaderboards
- Badge system for achievements
- Find which zoos have a specific animal
- Historical animals tracking
- Multi-language support (English, Dutch, German)
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