Bushcraft & foraging, gamified
Outdoor skills that stick. Practice between trips, in real weather.
Survivly turns bushcraft and foraging into a game on your phone — iPhone and Android: structured lessons, ranks, and daily quests that follow the real weather. Point your camera at a plant on the trail and WildDex identifies it and logs the discovery.
Not in the app stores yet — founding scouts on the waitlist are first in when it ships.
How Survivly works
Learn
Structured lessons and ranks, plus daily quests that follow the real weather outside.
Carry
A believable pack: weight limits, durability, credits and XP, and hands-on upkeep drills.
Discover
Identify plants from photos with WildDex, log discoveries, and forage step by step on the trail.
01 — Lessons & quests
Learn on purpose
Structured lessons and rank progression keep the path clear: outdoor skills with a light game loop, not a lecture hall. Daily quests respond to the weather, so your next small challenge matches the day outside.
- Structured lessons and clear ranks
- Weather-aware daily quests
- Progression you can return to between outings
02 — Pack & upkeep
Carry it like it counts
Your bag has weight limits, durability, and upkeep. Earn credits and XP, use the shop and player market, and sharpen real skills through short maintenance moments: fire, compass, knots, water filter, first aid, and more.
- Pack weight limits and item durability
- Shop, player market, credits, and XP
- Focused upkeep drills you can repeat
03 — WildDex & vitals
Field rhythm, discoveries, fair play
Comfort, health, and energy shift with the weather and what you carry, with an optional recovery state when you need a reset. WildDex pairs a field guide with photo-based plant identification: point your camera, identify the plant, log the discovery — with optional GPS on first find where supported.
- Vitals loop tied to conditions (optional recovery)
- WildDex: plant identification from photos + field guide
- Step-based foraging with pack-aware limits
- Trust-checked discovery rankings where supported
Patrol mode
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04 — Patrols & Patrol Cup
Train together, compete as a squad
Form a patrol with friends and share a communal stash — campfire, shelter, water, and food that everyone contributes to. Chat in-app, donate resources, browse or create public patrols, and when you want competition, enter the Patrol Cup: async multiplayer battles across steps, fishing, trapping, and clean-water goals. Your patrol's combined activity stacks up against other squads on the leaderboard.
- Shared patrol stash with campfire, shelter, water, and food
- In-app chat, invites, and browse or create public patrols
- Patrol Cup: async battles across steps, fishing, trapping, and water
- Squad rankings and member contributions synced in the cloud
Built for real days outside
Pack discipline, camera plant identification when you are outside, a weather-aware daily rhythm, and optional patrols when you want a shared stash and light competition.
Gear & inventory
Durability, weight limits, shop and player market, credits and XP, so your loadout reflects how you actually use and maintain gear.
Comfort, health, energy
A simple vitals loop that moves with time and weather, with optional recovery when you need a reset, built for habit, not hype.
Patrols & Patrol Cup
With an account: shared stash for fire, shelter, and water, chat, donations, browse and create patrols, and cup-style battles across steps, fishing, and trapping, with rankings synced in the cloud.
Field notes
What you get
A calm, practical loop: learn outdoor skills, carry a believable pack, identify plants from photos when you are out, and optionally roll with a patrol when you want company and a little competition.
- Structured bushcraft and foraging lessons with clear progression and ranks: gamified outdoor learning you can pick up between trips
- Weather-aware daily quests that follow the day you are actually having
- Comfort, health, and energy that move over time with weather and choices, plus optional recovery when you need a reset
- Bag and inventory: weight limits, durability, shop, player market, credits and XP, plus hands-on upkeep drills between outings
- WildDex field guide and plant identification from photos (camera scanner), optional GPS on first discovery, and fair-play discovery rankings on supported devices
- Step-based foraging with pack-aware limits and milestones
- Patrols (with an account): shared stash, chat, donations, browse and create patrols, Patrol Cup-style battles, rankings synced in the cloud
Who it is for
Anyone who wants to learn bushcraft in a structured, lightly gamified way, with plant identification from your phone when curiosity hits on the trail. You do not need to be a hiker or live at the trailhead: curious beginners, weekend bushcrafters, and experienced folks who want a steady loop between trips all fit here. Patrols stay optional when you want friends and a friendly cup.
Before you ask
Frequently asked questions
When does Survivly launch?
Survivly is planned for iPhone and Android. Join the waitlist and we will email you at launch — we use double opt-in, so check your inbox to confirm your spot.
Is Survivly free?
Survivly will be free to download at launch. You can explore in guest mode with limits, and creating an account unlocks the full social and patrol features.
Do I need an account to use the app?
No. After release you can explore in guest mode with limits. Create an account to unlock full social and patrol features. Patrols need a signed-in account so your squad can share stash, chat, and cup rankings.
How does the camera plant identification work?
WildDex pairs a field guide with photo-based plant identification: point your camera at a plant on the trail, identify it, and log the discovery. On first discovery you can optionally save GPS where supported.
Does everything work on every phone?
Some scanner and leaderboard trust checks depend on device support. Where those checks are not available, the rest of the app still works — lessons, quests, pack, and the field guide are unaffected.
What happens after I join the waitlist?
We use Mailchimp with double opt-in: confirm the email in your inbox and you are on the list. You will only get launch updates — no spam, and you can unsubscribe anytime.
Founding scouts
Be first on the trail
The app is not in the App Store or Google Play yet. Join the waitlist and we will email you the moment it ships — double opt-in via Mailchimp, so check your inbox to confirm.
From the field
Survival Journal
Field notes, trip ideas, and bushcraft guides from the Survivly team.