SURVIVAL APPSThree apps, three pillars of survival
I didn't plan the three apps on paper. They showed up one at a time, each for its own reason. Only later, looking at the whole catalog together, did I see the thread holding them together. I didn't draw it. It was already there.
One catalog, not three scattered ideas
It's not enough to be prepared for the worst; you also have to know how to keep the worst from showing up. Three apps are on sale on Survival Apps today: BioRadar, EcoSurvivor, HotSummer. Same price, same model. For a while I thought of them as three independent products, each with its own niche. But "survival" in the project's name isn't just a cyberpunk aesthetic painted on top: it's an idea with precise content, and the three apps end up illustrating three different faces of it. Three pillars.
First pillar: know and respect the nature around us
You survive better in an environment you know. It's the oldest principle of all, and the most forgotten by people who live in cities: you can't recognize a plant, a mushroom, an animal you cross paths with on the street, and you think tuna comes from a can ... — you don't know if it's harmless, if it's rare, if it's telling you something about the state of the place you're in. BioRadar was born from there: a scanner that queries real data from the iNaturalist community in real time and shows it on a radar, so what used to be a question mark becomes a name, a card, a bit of context. Respecting nature starts with recognizing it — the rest comes after.
Second pillar: don't waste resources, starting with our own
Before any physical stockpile, the first resource we waste is money: cash going out without you quite knowing where, month after month, until a real emergency finds you with no reserves. EcoSurvivor tackles exactly this, dressed up as a survival manual but with a real method inside — the Japanese kakebo, reserves and rations in place of anonymous spending categories. It's not an app for making more money. It's an app for no longer wasting it without noticing, which is the first form of prevention there is.
Third pillar: face change and extreme factors
The third pillar is the most uncomfortable because it doesn't depend on you: the climate is changing, and extreme heat waves are no longer a textbook exception but a season that keeps coming back. HotSummer was born from one specific summer[1], to turn a generic weather alert into concrete action: when to go out, how much to drink, when to stop, where to find real shade near you. Surviving extremes doesn't mean passively enduring them: it means having a tool that tells you what to do (and helps your own common sense grow), not just that something is happening.
- BioRadar — know what surrounds you, real iNaturalist data
- EcoSurvivor — don't waste resources, offline kakebo
- HotSummer — face the extremes, personalized heat risk index
> titles: 3 (bioradar, ecosurvivor, hotsummer)
> model: one-time purchase, lifetime license
> common thread: CONFIRMED IN HINDSIGHT
Frequently asked questions
What are the three pillars of the Survival Apps apps?
Knowing and respecting nature (BioRadar), not wasting resources (EcoSurvivor), facing change and extreme factors (HotSummer) — three different faces of the same idea of survival.
How did the three apps come about?
One at a time, not on paper: the HotSummer concept came from Transmission 017 and became a product in Transmission 020; the build logs for EcoSurvivor and BioRadar tell the same story for the other two.
Do all three apps cost the same?
Yes, same price and same model: a one-time purchase at 7.99 €, lifetime license, no subscription.
Three apps, three pillars, one catalog: all the titles are here. May your code survive the apocalypse.
Notes
- One specific summer — the HotSummer concept came from Transmission 017, then became a product in Transmission 020. ↑ back to text