Natural Apptitude

Natural Apptitude is a software company in Bristol that builds smartphone apps and websites to collect environmental data. Much of its work supports citizen science projects, where members of the public contribute observations.

What Natural Apptitude offers

• Bespoke apps and websites — user-focused builds for ecological and conservation projects.
• Coreo platform — its own tool for creating and collecting data, aimed at people who do not write code.
• Project stages — product discovery, user-centred design, development and support after launch.
• Project management — running citizen science projects on behalf of clients.

Who it works with

Conservation groups, museums and research projects. Past work covers UK mammal conservation, marine protection by a coastal community, butterfly and moth recording and a bird song app that uses AI to recognise sounds. It has also worked in medicine, biology and tourism.

Key facts

• Based in: Bristol
• Own platform: Coreo