Here are some other fun and engaging apps you might enjoy using during outdoor adventures with participants or your own kids, adults or your participants:
📱 Make It Easy is an app that changes hard words from anywhere into easy words. https://makeiteasy.com.au
🔤This helps people who find words hard.
📖 It makes reading and understanding information quick and simple.
With Make It Easy, you can:
✅ Take a photo of a document, sign, or menu and get an easy-to-read version.
✅ Upload a file or copy and paste text from emails, websites, or apps.
✅ Choose from three levels of simplification to match your needs.
✅ Have text read aloud for people who prefer to listen.
✅ Share the results with friends, family, or support workers using email, text, or messaging apps.
Our goal?
To make the world more accessible. Whether you’re reading legal documents, government letters, or just everyday information, Make It Easy ensures everyone can understand and participate.
🚀 Making life simpler, one translation at a time. https://www.facebook.com/makeiteasyglobal
From Sam at The Growing Space www.thegrowingspace.com.au.
🌿 Nature & Exploration Apps
Seek by iNaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app
Uses your camera to identify plants, animals, fungi, and insects in real time. Great for learning and biodiversity challenges.
Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab
https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org
Identify birds by photo, sound, or description. Fun and educational for bird-watching outings.
PictureThis
https://www.picturethisai.com
A plant identification app with rich info about care, safety (e.g., toxicity to pets), and species facts.
Adventure, discovery, treasure…
🗺️ Adventure & Treasure Hunt Apps
Adventure Lab by Geocaching HQ
https://labs.geocaching.com or https://www.geocaching.com/play
Similar to Geocaching but focuses on location-based challenges and learning experiences, often with local historical facts.
Pokémon Go
https://pokemongo.com
Catching Pokémon is one way to collect them! You can also collect them by hatching Eggs and trading with other Trainers..
🧗 Activity Tracking & Challenges
AllTrails
https://www.alltrails.com
Find and track hiking, walking, and biking trails near you. Includes difficulty ratings, reviews, and maps.
Strava
https://www.strava.com
Great for tracking walks, hikes, or rides. Includes fun challenges and the ability to compare routes with others.
🧠 Learning Through Play
QuestaGame – Guardians of Earth
https://questagame.com
Mobile game that takes you outdoors to discover, map and ultimately help protect life on our planet. Your sightings contribute to real research and conservation.
Agents of Discovery
https://www.agentsofdiscovery.com
An educational augmented reality app with missions tied to real-world locations (often used by parks and museums).
SkyView or Star Walk
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/skyview/id404990064
Explore constellations, planets, and satellites during night outings. Interactive and magical for kids.
Orna app – GPS meets the classic RPG
https://playorna.com/gps
In this unique GPS powered multiplayer RPG, enjoy turn-based combat, collect and upgrade your weapons and armor, compete in PvP battles, battle through dungeons, slay dragons, and claim real world landmarks online with your mobile device, wherever you are.
🏃🏽Fitness
Zombies, Run!
https://zombiesrungame.com
Run in the real world. Become a hero in another.
ZRX is a fitness app like no other. We make YOU the hero of thrilling immersive stories.
Get motivated to move by incredible audio storytelling that draws you into the zombie apocalypse and other epic adventures. It’s so much fun you’ll forget you’re working out!
Marvel Move
https://zrx.app/marvel
Begin your Super Hero fitness adventure – It’s time to MOVE!
Walk, jog and run alongside Super Heroes like the X-Men, Thor, Hulk, Daredevil, and Doctor Strange in thrilling interactive audio adventures!
👀 Vision
Be My Eyes connects blind or low vision users who want assistance, with volunteers and companies across the world, through live video and AI.
https://www.bemyeyes.com
🔭 Astronomy
Star Walk 2 – Best Astronomy App
https://starwalk.space/en