Built in Missoula, Montana.
Nature Tools is a small software studio building field-ready tools for people who pay close attention to the natural world.
We build apps and Lightroom Classic plugins for naturalists, birders, wildlife photographers, geologists, educators, field professionals, and curious travelers. The common thread is simple: better context produces better observations, better records, and better decisions.
Software should help you notice more.
Nature software often stops at a map pin, a species name, or a generic forecast. We are interested in the richer questions: What lives here? Why here? What changed through time? What evidence supports this identification? How should this photograph be organized so its scientific and geographic context remains useful years from now?
Field-ready
Useful in real conditions: weak signal, changing weather, muddy boots, large photo catalogs, and limited attention.
Evidence-aware
Sources, uncertainty, limitations, and data age should remain visible instead of being hidden behind a confident interface.
Local-first
Your observations, photographs, and field records should remain yours. Offline capability and restrained data collection are design requirements.
One connected field toolkit.
Montana Field Guide, Flyway Birding, iNat Publish Pro, GeoPlace, and Missoula Ice Age Floods Simulator are available now. Fieldmark, Place, NaturalistTripper, and Bedrock are in active development. Each product solves a distinct field or catalog problem while sharing the same approach to data, privacy, and practical design.
Nature Tools is rooted in the Northern Rockies and built for naturalists everywhere.