Mycel — Foraging Map & Journal
Mushroom tracker & season
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
New: see where each species has been reported worldwide with GBIF data and discover new ground. Your foraging journal, with weather-based predictions.
Find a good mushroom spot and you'll want it again next season — Mycel makes sure you never lose it. It's the foraging journal that pins every find on the map, tracks every outing, and reads the season from the real weather where you forage, so you know what's coming up and the best day to head out. Set it up for whatever you gather: mushrooms, berries, wild herbs, asparagus, or your own custom species.
LEGAL — Mycel is a tracker, not an identifier. The app does not identify species from photos and does not provide guidance on consumption. Always verify with a local expert before any consumption. Some look-alikes are deadly.
WHAT IT DOES
• Season prediction: it crosses the recent weather in your area (WeatherKit + AEMET) with each species' pattern to suggest what to look for and the best day to head out. Tuned for mushrooms; for fruits and plants, a per-species seasonal calendar.
• Foraging Mode: pin up to 3 species and one tap on the Lock Screen or Dynamic Island logs a find with your location. Without taking the phone out of your pocket.
• Offline spot map (OpenStreetMap) with your finds as colour-coded pins by category. Works with no signal deep in the woods.
• Outing journal: every session keeps your track, finds and notes; group your places into zones and see what you found there.
• 60+ bilingual EN/ES reference pages with description, habitat, season and look-alikes. 10 toxic species with explicit medical warnings (Amanita phalloides, Cortinarius rubellus, Lepiota brunneoincarnata…).
• Custom species and categories: add whatever you forage where you live, even if it's not in the catalogue.
• Apple Visual Look Up: Apple's system — not Mycel — can suggest species from your photos.
• Apple Watch: active sessions show up on their own in the Smart Stack.
PRIVACY
• Your finds in your private iCloud, end-to-end encrypted across your iPhone and iPad. Or fully local-only if you prefer.
• Zero analytics, zero third-party SDKs, zero tracking. Privacy nutrition: "Data Not Collected".
• Photos never leave your library; Mycel only stores Apple's internal photo reference.
PLANS
• Free: 2 full foraging sessions, the map and the full reference, no expiry. (Predictions and bulk photo import are Pro.)
• Lifetime $39.99 one-time: everything unlocked for good, no subscription. Includes every future backend feature (web heatmap, cross-device sync, etc.).
• Annual $14.99/year with a 1-week free trial.
• Monthly $1.99/mo. Cancel anytime.
Mycel is built for Iberian foragers, but the catalogue covers most of European foraging. Coming soon: regional packs (Pyrenees, Galicia, Alps) and professional translation review for German / Italian / French.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://frostdev.eu/privacy
Ratings & Reviews
What's new in 26.7.2:
— New "Where reported" layer (Pro): see on the map where each species has been recorded, using open GBIF data from around the world — a great way to discover new areas to explore.
— Create zones straight from the map: press and hold a spot and choose "Create zone here."
— New "Layers" menu on the map: relief, tracks, heatmap and records, all in one place.
— Expanded reference guide with more wild plants, fruits and greens.
— Stability fixes and visual polish.
Mycel is your field notebook: you identify your own finds. Always verify with a local expert before consuming anything.
The developer, Alvaro Escarcha Esteban, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Alvaro Escarcha Esteban
- Size
- 69.2 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
English and 32 more
- English, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Lifetime Pro $39.99
- Mycel Pro · Annual $14.99
- Mycel Pro · Monthly $1.99
- Copyright
- © Alvaro Escarcha 2026