Species

We design and build experiences for your phone, TV, tablet or watch.

Or CarPlay, or Apple TV, or Apple Watch. Species is a small creative studio based in Boulder, Colorado. You work directly with the people making your app, from the first sketch to its release on the App Store.

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Apps we've shipped

Some apps we built, from trail training to private music streaming.

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Gainiac

Gainiac ascendens

Elevation training for trail runners

  • Finds local routes that match your race's elevation gain
  • Compares elevation profiles with your race course
  • Explore your area for new routes

iPhone, iPad

View on the App Store
Gainiac on three iPhones: the welcome screen, a trail map with route matches, and a trail compared against a race's elevation profile
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AudioFly

Audiofly sonora

Private, lossless music streaming

  • Streams your own collection at full lossless quality
  • Your music stays on your own server
  • Casts to home speakers and hi-fi gear

iPhone, CarPlay, Mac, Apple TV, web

Coming to the App Store
AudioFly on the web, an iPhone and an iPad: an album page with lossless FLAC badges, the artists list and the album library
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Summon

Summonus venator

A real-world augmented reality (AR) creature hunt

  • Track Minecraft-style mobs with radar and compass
  • Capture them in AR through your camera
  • Drop mobs for friends and climb the leaderboard
  • Scan physical NFC totems

iPhone, Apple Watch, custom hardware, web

Coming to the App Store
Summon on two iPhones and the watch: the pentagram summoning circle with 20 totems nearby, a cow hunt 637 metres away, and the watch radar
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Ansel

Ansel critica

Uses AI to critique your photos in the voice of the world's most legendary photographers

  • Snap a photo or pick one from your library
  • Clear notes on composition, light and tone you can act on

iPhone, iPad

Coming to the App Store
Ansel on two iPhones: the slot-canyon splash screen and a photo critique with areas to improve
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MonkeyBrains

Simius sapiens

Reading and math for young kids, with AI that adapts the difficulty

  • Cartoon animals ask simple reading and math questions
  • AI adjusts the difficulty to each child as they play
  • Right answers unlock new animal friends

iPad, Apple TV, web

Coming to the App Store
MonkeyBrains on three iPads: the home screen with Carrot the dog, a find-the-noun reading question, and a turtle math question

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