A community app for sharing wild otter sightings in Singapore — with approximate, delayed map pins so no otter family can be followed in real time.
No app or account needed to look around. On Android? Help test the app. Or see the plain map.
No. Open the app and the map shows recent sightings straight away. You sign in with Google (or Apple on iPhone) only to post, react, comment, report or follow an otter family.
To protect the otters. Everyone sees a pin snapped to an area about 150 m wide, 15 minutes after a sighting is approved, so no family can be followed in real time. Where a family has young pups, sightings appear 3 hours late and as an area about 450 m wide. The exact spot stays on our server; after 7 days it is unlinked from the spotter and kept for otter research (see the privacy policy).
Every sighting is checked first. Most go on the map about 15 minutes after you post. If our checks aren't sure it's an otter, trusted spotters take a look, which usually takes a few hours. You can see where yours is under You → My sightings.
Follow Singapore's otter families through chapters made from community sightings. A sighting joins a family's story once two trusted spotters agree, a week after it was seen, and stories have no map.
Sp-Otter for Android is in a closed test on Google Play. Google asks for at least 12 testers who stay in for 14 days in a row before the app can go into the Play Store; we're looking for 15 or more, so nobody's days are wasted if a few drop out. Android only for now; the iPhone version comes later.
Please stay a tester for 14 days in a row; leaving early stops your days counting. Use it as you like, and post when you see otters.
Stuck?
Questions or feedback: [email protected].
Email [email protected]. We read every message.
Open the sighting, tap ••• and choose Report. Several reports hide it automatically; trusted spotters and moderators review it. Wildlife crime should also be reported to NParks on 1800-476-1600.
On their sighting, tap ••• and choose Block. You won't see their sightings or comments again.
In the app: You → Settings & privacy → Delete account. It removes your account, sightings, photos, comments and reactions immediately.
Without the app: email [email protected] with the subject “Delete my account”, from the email address on your account or with your @handle. We confirm it’s you, then delete the same data. Moderation logs are kept without your account attached, as the privacy policy explains.
Without the app: email [email protected] with the subject “Delete some of my data”, your @handle and what to delete. We confirm it’s you first.
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