An active iOS beta on TestFlight. The features that shipped this past month came from real apiary tests, not whiteboard plans. Bring your hives. We bring the app, an onboarding call, and a direct line to fix things in days — not quarters.
The cohort is hobbyist and small-scale — not commercial operations. The features and the AI are tuned for the way recreational and side-business beekeepers actually work.
Backyard or rooftop keepers serious enough to want real records. The bar for usefulness here: does Waggl make my Sunday inspection faster and better-remembered?
Running enough hives that notes are a real problem. We especially want feedback on per-yard memory, varroa planning across the apiary, and the Bluetooth headset workflow.
Bee schools, mentor programs, master beekeeper coaches. Help us shape how Waggl handles shared apiaries, club nucs, and hive transfers between accounts.
What shipped this past month came from beta tester feedback, not whiteboard plans. Bugs get fixed in days, not quarters. You’ll know the human on the other side of the app.
Future pricing is being worked out, but beta participants get grandfather treatment when the paid version ships. The target is something a backyard keeper can absorb — think the cost of one nuc per year, max.
The clip-on Waggl Node (camera + mic on your veil) rolls out to beta testers first, with significantly subsidized hardware for early adopters. Hands-on-frame photos, voice-triggered captures, all-day battery.
The cohort is hobbyist and small-scale. Features, AI prompts, and the treatment planner are tuned for recreational and side-business beekeepers — not commercial operations chasing pollination contracts.
Beta keepers shape what ships next. Here’s what’s on the bench right now.
Clip-on camera + mic for your veil. Photos triggered by voice as you point at a frame. USB-C power, all-day battery. Same app behavior, better mic placement, hands-on-frame photos.
State-level patterns from USDA NASS and Bee Informed Partnership, refreshed quarterly. Privacy-floored at five apiaries per state. “Mite loads in your state are tracking 30% above last year.”
Same feature set, same backend, same AI pipeline. Ships after iOS stabilizes. If you want to be on the Android testers list, mention it on the form below.
We review applications weekly. If you’re a fit for the current cohort, you’ll hear back within 5 business days with a TestFlight link and a calendar for the onboarding call. If we’re full, we’ll let you know which cohort you’re queued for.
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Boilerplate: Waggl is a voice-first AI companion for beekeepers. It listens during apiary inspections, organizes spoken observations into structured per-hive records, and surfaces what each colony needs next. Currently in private iOS beta with hobbyist and small-scale keepers across the US.