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It does exactly what it says it does, and it does it very well. Audubon is continuing their tradition of excellence. EDIT: I upgraded to a new phone, and with the new phone comes a new version of this app. It is frustrating to use now. The new UI in the "Bird ID" section is terrible. The old UI was simple and intuitive. Also, it suggests birds that do not live in my area. Very disappointed in this change. 1 star until problems are corrected.
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easy to use; very helpful
Developer reply
Hi Christopher, thanks for the five stars! Easy and helpful is what we’re going for, glad to hear the app is working for you. Happy birding!
used to work great, now the filter for tree climbing on the bird ID immediately rules out all birds.
Developer reply
Hi Tyler, thanks for flagging this — we’re investigating and will update you here as soon as we have more details. Happy birding!
cannot add any sightings, cannot add any locations, app is totally non functional
1 people found this helpful
Developer reply
Hi Melissa, we’re sorry to hear the app is unusable for you right now – those issues are not typical, so please email us at beta@audubon.org with your account details and we’ll do our best to figure out what's going on and get it resolved quickly.
Can't post any bird sightings because the location defaults to the US every time. I put in a Canadian location and it resets to random places in America.
1 people found this helpful
Developer reply
Hi, thanks for reporting this — we’ve passed this bug along to the team and it’s being investigated. If you could email us at beta@audubon.org with your account details, that would be really helpful. We appreciate your patience and happy birding!
awesome app for birding. I hope I get access to the sound ID beta!
1 people found this helpful
Developer reply
Hi Philip, thanks so much for the five stars! We’re admitting new users to the Sound ID beta every week, so you should get a chance to try it soon. Stay tuned and happy birding!
New UI for bird ID is terrible. crowded, impossible to navigate, things are obscured half the time, it was great before and I have no idea what the devs were thinking with this. The app also forces restart for "update available" every single time I open it. Why do these devs take apps that work and say "let's ruin this"?
14 people found this helpful
Developer reply
Hi, we’re sorry the new layout isn’t working for you. The new design was meant to give the bird list more room and allow you minimize the filters when you don’t need them, but your feedback helps us keep improving it. On the update notifications — we’re working on making those less disruptive. Happy birding!
latest update has made app unusable and nonfunctioning.
2 people found this helpful
Developer reply
Hi Carl, we're sorry to hear that! We'd like to understand more about the issues that you're experiencing — please email us at beta@audubon.org with your device details and we'll look into it right away.
love being able to know what bird I'm searching for.
Developer reply
Hi Brook, thanks for the five stars! We're so glad the app is helping you put a name to the birds around you. Happy birding!
This is a good app but the last update made it so that when you put in your first sighting it says the previous day and the time is wrong too. You have to change it twice to the right day and time for it to stay correct and then the date is fine with every sighting after that but the time stays wrong
7 people found this helpful
Developer reply
Hi April, thanks for sharing these details — we're aware of the issue and working on a fix. We appreciate your patience and happy birding!
From 257 saved reviews since 21 Sept 2018, all countries.
Share of the 78 negative reviews that mention it
“Crashes often, especially when trying to add sightings.”
“Now I find I have to create an account and password to access the information (that I did pay for once upon a time)?”
“Couldn't press any buttons, it wouldn't respond.”
“TL;DR "Completely redesigned to be easier and more fun to use." Translation = We've taken a useful offline database and turned it into an online social app.”
“Pinning a location of a sighting is extremely difficult and often doesn't work at all.”
“UPDATE: Purchased this app years ago.”
Share of the 140 positive reviews that mention it
“I really enjoy using the Audubon Bird Guide app to track what birds I have seen!”
“You can put in a bunch of different information about a bird you see (location, colors, size, type of call, etc...) and it gives a list of possible matches.”
“Very informative, easy to use, and accessible for those with little to no experience birdwatching.”
“And no ads!!”
“I just started using this when I was on vacation, and I think it's great.”
A drop after an update usually means the update broke something.