dobudex
A Pokédex for real animals*
Scan animals and turn them into unique collectible pixel-art creatures, each with its own stats, rarity, and a place in your Dex.
Free on iPhone. Android is on its way.
Three steps to your first catch
No field guide needed — if you can photograph it, you can catch it.
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Scan
Spot an animal and frame it in the scanner. The duck at the pond counts. So does your dog.
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Identify
dobudex works out the species and draws the card: pixel-art sprite, stats, trait, rarity.
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Collect
The card lands in your Dex — and the real game starts: filling it.
Every catch becomes a card
This sea otter came from a real scan. Its card carries the species, six stats tuned to how the animal actually lives, a signature trait, a true biology fact — and the finder’s name.
It’s Rare — hardly anyone has caught one. Go on, give it a spin.
How rare is your catch?
Tiers come from the whole community’s scans: the fewer people have caught a species, the higher it sits.
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Common
The pigeons. The gulls. Your cat.
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Uncommon
A proper look around usually pays off.
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Rare
Now you’re bragging.
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Very Rare
Nobody believes you without the card.
Curious how it compares to Seek or Pokémon GO — or what else is printed on a card? The real-life Pokédex page tells the whole story, we’ve honestly compared all twelve apps in this space, and here’s what ten days of real scans turn into.
The hunt starts outside your door
Grab the app — your first catches are on us.
Download on the App StoreFree on iPhone · Android is on its way
On a laptop? Aim your iPhone camera at this.