Skein: Nature ID & Food Webs

LiveKatch - Life ID1 app · 90 installsEducationFreeIn-app purchases: $4.99 - $39.99 per itemcom.katchapp.katch

ID plants, animals, birds & bugs, then see the food web they live in.

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Total installs
90
exact · Play shows 50+
Installs / day
0
7-day avg · last day 0
Rating
—★
— ratings · — reviews
Released
15 Jun 2026
4mo ago
Last update
24 Sept 2026
v2.0.0 · 20d ago
Countries
—
not checked yet

Installs per day

gain of the exact counter
01234511 Oct13 Oct14 Oct

Daily tracking since 10 Oct 2026 · history grows every day

Install history

exact counter from Google Play
89909110 Oct12 Oct14 Oct
02040608010015 Jun10 Oct14 Oct

Dashed: estimate from the release date (no daily data before 10 Oct 2026) · time axis compressed before that day

Daily tracking since 10 Oct 2026 · history grows every day

Change timeline

Full history

No changes recorded yet. We compare every crawl with the previous one and list title, icon, screenshots, description, version, price and availability changes here.

Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

Top countries

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We estimate where downloads come from using the app’s position in Google Play’s top charts in about 140 countries. This app is not in any chart we have collected yet; the estimate appears as soon as it is.

Top chart positions

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App manifest

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Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play
  • Shares data with third parties Photos and videos and App activity
  • Collects data Photos and videos, App activity and 2 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can ask for your data to be deleted

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

16 in 7 groups
8 Sensitive1 Notable7 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networks
  • Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networks
  • Use your camera to take photos and record videos
  • Record sound using your phone's microphone
  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storage
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storage
LocationSensitive2

Access to where your device is, using GPS or network signals

  • Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networksapproximate location (network-based) · ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
  • Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networksprecise location (GPS and network-based) · ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
Photos/Media/FilesSensitive2

Access to photos, videos, music and other files stored on your device

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
StorageSensitive2

Access to files, photos and media saved on your phone's storage

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
CameraSensitive1

Access to your camera to take photos and record video

  • Use your camera to take photos and record videostake pictures and videos · CAMERA
MicrophoneSensitive1

Access to your phone's microphone to record sound

  • Record sound using your phone's microphonerecord audio · RECORD_AUDIO
Wi-Fi connection informationRoutine1

Access to details about Wi-Fi networks your device sees or uses

  • See whether Wi-Fi is on and details of the network you are connected toview Wi-Fi connections · ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
OtherNotable7

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

  • Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
  • Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
  • Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration · VIBRATE
  • Check with Google Play that you got this app legitimatelyGoogle Play license check · com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE
  • Read Google service settings stored on your deviceread Google service configuration · com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES
  • Receive push messages sent from the app's servers over the internetreceive data from Internet · com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description
Point your camera at any plant, animal, bird, bug, or fungus and Skein tells you exactly what it is in seconds. Then it does something no other ID app does: it shows you how that species connects to everything else alive around you. There has never been an app quite like Skein. Anything can name a species. Skein captures what they DO together, who eats who, who pollinates what, who lives on whom, and turns your finds into a living web only you have witnessed. IDENTIFY ANYTHING, INSTANTLY Snap a photo and get an answer in seconds, with a confidence score and the science to back it up. Plants, animals, birds, insects, fungi. If it is alive, Skein will have a go. You can even identify birds, frogs, and insects by their sound. SEE HOW LIFE CONNECTS This is the part that changes everything. Snap what you see, then snap what it interacts with, and Skein records the connection: a bee on a flower, a bird taking a berry, a spider and its prey. Each one becomes a connection in your personal food web. You are not just collecting creatures anymore. You are mapping the living relationships around you. BUILD A LIVING FOOD WEB Every creature you catch takes its place in a food web that grows as you explore. See the trophic levels, the predators and pollinators, and the gaps still waiting to be witnessed, verified by the community. CHASE RARE FINDS AND RARE MOMENTS Every catch is scored across seven rarity tiers, from everyday garden visitors to once-in-a-lifetime legends. And the rarest thing of all is not a species, it is catching two of them in the act of interacting. EXPLORE A LIVING WORLD MAP See what other naturalists are finding in the world. Nature is far stranger and more beautiful than you ever imagined. JOIN A COMMUNITY OF NATURALISTS Share your best finds, help verify the interactions others log, and become part of a growing community building the real map of how life fits together. FREE AND UNLIMITED Identifying is free with no daily limit. Collect, connect, and grow your web every day. Skein Pro goes deeper: the full depth of your food web and one-scan multi-species scenes, with no ads, ever. Try it free for 14 days. Start your web today with Skein.

What's new

Skein is here. Katch is now Skein, with a warmer new look throughout. - The Community feed is alive: every catch now shows up, so there's always something new to see. - Verify now shows where a photo was taken on a map, so you can make a sharper call on tricky IDs. - Set your privacy to Private and your catches still appear, but as "Anon" with no name or location. - Judge is now Verify, and other wording is clearer across the app.

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