Oddly Audacious Apps

Now in beta testing

Our newest apps, HabitatLens, FaunaLens and SongLens, together with HabitatLens Desktop, are now in the hands of beta testers, starting with an Ecuadorean NGO. Follow along on our weekly blog. Want to hear when they are available to everyone? Write to us and we'll let you know.

Our apps

Fieldwork

Field-ecology tools for students, researchers and conservation teams. More at gethabitatlens.app.

How our suites work. The HabitatLens suite is made of independent apps. Each one does a useful job on its own, so you can start with just the one you need. Used together, they become even more powerful: camera-trap sessions from FaunaLens and recordings from SongLens flow into HabitatLens on the phone and into HabitatLens Desktop, where everything from a site comes together for analysis and reports.

• HabitatLens Coming soon Count, map and describe habitats in the field. In beta testing
• FaunaLens Coming soon Turn a phone into a camera trap. In beta testing
• SongLens Coming soon Record birdsong, frogs and soundscapes. In beta testing
• HabitatLens Desktop Coming soon Open and analyse your field data on a computer. In beta testing

Tools for Teachers

Built in a working classroom, for the teachers and students in it.

• Drivetrain Lab: Classroom Edition Free Compare gas, hybrid, plug-in and electric cars by lifecycle emissions and the local power grid. Lesson plans for teachers
• Gorilla Coming soon The heavy-duty planner for AP® Environmental Science teachers, on the web, iPhone and iPad.

Utilities for Everyone

Small, useful tools for everyday decisions and shared work.

• Drivetrain Cost Lab for Car Shoppers Free Price out EVs, hybrids and gas cars with your own loan or lease, insurance and driving, and see their emissions.
• Clear Skies: Is Solar Right for Your Home? Coming soon Find out whether solar makes sense for your home: compare installation quotes with your current bills, financing options, local sunshine and utility incentives.
• Many Hands Coming soon Divide repeating or one-off chores fairly in any group. March 2027
• Carryall Coming soon Everything a freelancer carries: bookings, clients, invoices, equipment and tax set-aside, set up for your trade.
• ChargeMinder Coming soon Ever have your phone’s battery die on you at a critical moment, or leave your watch at home on the charger? ChargeMinder checks your calendar and your devices’ batteries, reminds you to charge your laptop, phone and watch before you head out, and catches anything left on the charger.
• Tab Diver Coming soon A browser extension that shows every open tab across all your windows in one place, so you can find duplicates, regroup tabs and close the stale ones.

About the maker

Chris James is an ecologist turned high school teacher, with his fingers now in app development, and always a conservationist. That focus shapes the apps he develops for field work, for teaching and for everyone.