BugJug
See it in 30 seconds
From the garden to your shelf.
Snap a bugBugJug names it, right on your phone.
Meet your petYour find becomes a cute pet.
Keep it in a jarFeed it, pat it, give it a hat.
Let it outTap the cork and it hops into your room.
- 📷8,000+ kinds of bugsInsects, spiders, snails and other creepy-crawlies.
- ✈️All on your phoneIdentification works with no internet, even in airplane mode.
- 🔒No ads, no accountsNo tracking, and your photos never leave your device.
- 🎁Share with friendsGive a bug to a friend with a quick scan, phone to phone.
Catch
Snap it. Know it.
No internet needed.
Point your camera at a bug and BugJug locks on and names it as you get closer. The identification runs on your phone, with models that live inside the app. Nothing is uploaded, so it works just the same in the garden, deep in the woods or in airplane mode.
- ⚡ Auto Catch for bugs that won't sit still: tap once and BugJug watches for up to 10 seconds, picks the sharpest moment, and catches the bug for you.
- Knows more than 8,000 kinds of insects, spiders, snails and other creepy-crawlies.
- No account, no signal, no waiting: your photos never leave your phone.
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Collect
Every bug has a story.
Each catch becomes a pet, with something new to learn about it.
- Meet your bug: its name, how rare it is, and a "Did you know?" fact.
- Your pet is hand-drawn with colours taken from the real bug, plus its own name and personality.
- Fill your Bugdex and see how many kinds you can find.
Care
Little friends on your shelf.
Pat your bugs, feed them and give them toys. They get lonely, hungry and bored, but nothing bad ever happens. They're just happy to see you.
- 🐛→🦋 Raise a caterpillar into a butterfly on a real timeline: it hangs in a J, spends over a week in its chrysalis, then unfolds as a surprise grown-up. Ladybird larvae, cicadas and moths grow up too.
- Dress them up in hats and celebrate their birthdays.
- Grow your friendship one heart at a time.
- Bugs of the same kind share a jar, and every original photo is kept in their field notes.
Share
Give a bug to a friend.
Caught something special? Show your friend a code, they scan it with BugJug, and a copy of your bug moves onto their shelf. It stays with you too.
- Works face to face, phone to phone, with no internet and no accounts.
- iPhone, iPad and Android can all swap bugs with each other.
- Gifts get a 🎁 on the shelf, so you always know who came from a friend.
- Only the pet travels: your photos never leave your phone.
Give Buttons to a friend
On your friend's BugJug: Catch a bug → From a friend's code
Play & explore
Hunt bugs around the world.
Explore 19 places, from the Smoky Mountains to Antarctica, with a bug net, and collect the bugs that really live there.
- Let a bug out into your room through the camera and take a photo together.
- Play fetch, feather and bubbles.
- Make scenes on mountains, beaches and starry skies, or on your own photos.
Free to try. One purchase unlocks everything.
Start with five bugs and one place to explore. A single purchase unlocks the rest, for keeps, with no subscriptions.