Songlark Labs (sample) makes one app, from a room above a bike shop in Springfield. We started it because we kept hearing birds we could not name.
Ada Mensah wrote the first version on weekends in 2021, to settle arguments on morning walks (sample). Friends asked for it, then their friends.
Today six people build Songlark, and the free app pays for itself through Plus. There are no adverts and no investors asking us to add them.
Every reference song is a field recording, checked by an ornithologist before it goes into a pack.
Recordings in the packs
38,000
Recordists who contributed
240
Checked by hand
Every one
Figures (sample).
Six people. Everyone answers support emails one day a week.
Founder, sound and matching (sample)
iPhone and Android app (sample)
Design and accessibility (sample)
Field recordings and song packs (sample)
Support and community (sample)
Data and privacy (sample)
Recordings stay on your phone
Always
Adverts and tracking
None
Account needed
Only for backup
Accessibility check
Every release
Free on iPhone and Android. The song pack for your region works with no signal (sample).