Press

The press kit, all in one place.

Facts, images and the story behind Biotadex. Everything here is free to use in coverage of the app. For interviews or a demo in a park, write to carlos@biotadex.app.

About Biotadex

Biotadex turns going outside into a collecting game. Players photograph a plant, bird, bug or mushroom, the app identifies it in seconds, and it becomes a new entry in their own field guide. Crates at real landmarks hold numbered stickers to collect and trade, and a five-second listen names the birds and frogs calling nearby. It is free on iPhone and Android.

The founder

Carlos Zuluaga is a founder and dad in Loveland, Colorado, with a background in marketing, branding and building businesses. He built Biotadex on his own, with AI as his main development partner, because he wanted his family looking at the world around them instead of at their phones.

What it is: A free iPhone and Android app that turns finding real plants, animals and fungi into a collecting game.
Launched: October 2026, on the App Store and Google Play
Price: Free, with 10 scans a week (15 in a new player’s first week). Optional scan packs and Biotadex Pro, $39.99 a year.
Made in: Loveland, Colorado
Founder: Carlos Zuluaga
Languages: English and Spanish
Press contact: carlos@biotadex.app

What it does

Snap it, name itPoint the camera at a plant, bird, bug or mushroom and get an identification in seconds, with an honest confidence score. Uncertain finds go to the community to confirm.

ListenHold the phone up for five seconds and Biotadex tells you which birds and frogs are calling nearby. The audio is processed and discarded, never stored.

A field guide of your ownEvery species becomes an entry, graded from Common to Very Rare. Rarer finds score more.

A living mapCrates at real landmarks hold numbered collectible stickers with fixed print runs. Players trade spares with friends.

SanctuariesPlayers claim real parks by documenting the species that live there.

Look, don’t touchAn identification in an app is never a reason to eat, handle or disturb anything. Biotadex is for noticing.