A small studio that listens to birds
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.
From a weekend project to 60,000 listeners
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.
Where the songs come from
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).
Who makes it
Six people. Everyone answers support emails one day a week.
Ada Mensah
Founder, sound and matching (sample)
Tomas Lindqvist
iPhone and Android app (sample)
Priya Raman
Design and accessibility (sample)
Owen Clarke
Field recordings and song packs (sample)
Lucia Ferreira
Support and community (sample)
Kenji Mori
Data and privacy (sample)
How we build it
Recordings stay on your phone
Always
Adverts and tracking
None
Account needed
Only for backup
Accessibility check
Every release
Hear a bird? Ask Songlark.
Free on iPhone and Android. The song pack for your region works with no signal (sample).