Coming soon to iPhone
Know where snakes are.
Coil is a free community map of snake sightings across Australia. Get an alert when a snake is reported near you, report one in seconds and find a licensed snake catcher fast.
What Coil does
See snakes near you
A map of sightings reported within a few kilometres, with photos where people took them. Filter by the last day, week or month.
Get an alert when one is near
A notification on your phone when someone reports a snake within 5 km of you. Or choose 2, 10 or 25 km.
Report one in seconds
Snap it from well back, or report it without a photo. Drop a pin, post it, and people nearby can see it.
Find a snake catcher
Licensed, verified catchers who cover your suburb, with those available now at the top. Call or text in one tap.
Snake alerts
Know when a snake is reported near you
Turn on alerts and Coil tells you as soon as someone nearby reports a snake: what was seen, roughly how far away, and how careful to be.
- Within 5 km of you, or choose 2, 10 or 25 km
- Free, and the same on every plan
- Tap an alert to see the sighting on the map
- Coil only keeps your area to within about a kilometre, never your exact spot
Not getting an alert doesn't mean there's no snake nearby. Treat every snake as dangerous.
Report a snake in four quick steps
You never need to get close. Your report goes on the map for people nearby, and a licensed handler can confirm it.
Snap it from a safe distance
Take a photo or choose one you already have. Couldn't get a photo? You can still report what you saw.
Confirm the pin and add details
Check the approximate spot and when you saw it. Add a place description, like a walking track, and what you think it was, or choose Unsure.
Post it
If there's a photo, AI suggests a species within seconds and colours the pin. Reports without a photo are labelled Unverified sighting.
Neighbours see it on the map
People nearby see an approximate pin, never your exact spot. A pin shows where a snake was seen, not where it is now.
Every pin tells you how worried to be
Coil never tells you a snake is safe. Pins only go green when a licensed handler has checked them.
Suspected dangerous
The AI suspects a venomous species, or a handler has confirmed one. Keep well away and bring pets inside.
Unconfirmed
Not identified yet, or the AI thinks it might be harmless. Treat it as dangerous until a handler says otherwise.
Cleared by a handler
A licensed handler has removed the snake or confirmed a harmless species. Still keep your distance.
Your exact spot stays private
Others only ever see an approximate area, moved to within about a kilometre. The hidden GPS data your phone saves in photos and videos is stripped before anything is shared.
Licensed snake catcher?
Get a verified tick, show up for people in your area when they need you, and share your own referral code with customers. Listings are free during the beta.
Bitten? Call 000 first.
Then keep the person still and apply a pressure bandage. Our first aid steps follow the Australian first aid guidelines and work offline in the app.