Species

Surprise and delight, on any device.

Species is a small creative studio based in Boulder, Colorado. We partner with you to reach your audience where your story resonates most: on the commute, at work, at play or at home at the end of the day.

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

Available on iPhone and iPad

View on the App Store
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AudioFly

Audiofly sonora

Lossless streaming, audiophile-grade correction, on any device

  • Streams your own collection in full lossless and hi-res quality
  • DSP plugins: room (or car) correction, EQ and loudness compensation
  • Visualizers: a Studer tape deck, VU meters and a spectrum analyzer
  • Your music stays on your own server
AudioFly on the web, two iPhones, an iPad and a CarPlay in-dash screen: the Demon Days album page, the Four Tet artist page, Heroes by David Bowie playing, the Signal Chain loudness curves and the Ringer track list in CarPlay. Behind them, a wall TV plays the Studer tape-deck visualizer, and the AudioTap Mac app runs its Jasper visualizer.

Available on iPhone, CarPlay, Mac, Apple TV and web

Coming to the App Store
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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
  • Mobs you capture in AR show up in your own Minecraft game
  • Drop mobs for friends and climb the leaderboard
  • Scan physical NFC tokens to compete on leaderboards
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

Available on iPhone, Apple Watch, custom hardware and web

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

Available on iPhone and iPad

Coming to the App Store
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MonkeyBrains

Simius sapiens

Reading and math for young kids

  • Cartoon animals ask simple reading and math questions
  • Adaptive difficulty keeps things interesting
  • Report card dashboards for parents
  • Right answers unlock new animal friends
MonkeyBrains on three iPads: the home screen, a build-a-sentence reading question about a zebra with adjective, verb and adverb choices, and a new animal friend unlocking

Available on iPad, Apple TV and web

Coming to the App Store

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