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Bird Song Id USA songs & calls Positive Reviews

AlmostI like this a lot, but find navigation difficult. There are many times when there's too much other noise to get a clear recording, and the manual look up is cumbersome. Organization by families is not useful for many (probably most) of us. This morning I heard three fledglings with a call that was new to me. My best guess was they were cowbirds. They were gone before I could record. I opened the app- which is organized by bird family and I had no idea what the cowbird family is. No search function on the first page, but an index. So I tried the index, only to find it too is organized by family rather than name- not useful at all!! I started to dig through and finally found the cowbird under Icterid. Too much work!! Only later did I figure out that I had to go through a family to find the Search function. Please either put the search function on the 1st page, or organize the index by name. Re-do this and I'm change my rating to 5 stars. And yes, they were cowbirds. What a curious call!!.HaydngoseekVersion: 8.06

Very useful and accurate!I love this app. As a amateur birder, it’s really helped me learn, discover and enjoy birds. It's made it much easier for me to get that practice in through the automatic recognition feature and by organizing songs into useful groups. Th app contains basic information for each species and beautiful, high-quality pictures. It also includes one song example and call notes per species. The app also really engaging and really goes the extra mile to help you identify birds more easily. I really enjoy how it turns practice sessions into fun quizzes. especially love the way the game plays the song and shows you multiple choice answers while also giving you an option to get a hint for the song. The game also gives you a sense of achievement by tracking your score and comparing it with other users so you can check on your progress. Love it and really recommend it!.Laureline111Version: 8.06

Great concept!What a cool concept to record and compare bird sounds! Yes, I agree with others, it is a bit unfriendly, but I just played around with it to see how things work. I’m still learning the system, but over all it is doing what it says. Sometimes the recording quality message appears and I don’t know why, perhaps because there are multiple birds calling at once. I hope the developers keep working on it! This, in conjunction with the Audubon app are going to make spring and summer much more fun!.Avenir1961Version: 8.06

YES!I read some reviews before purchasing that made me skeptical of the abilities that this app would have. However, they were completely off!! This app is a genuine pleasure to use. I mostly enjoy it because it's convenient and extremely helpful. The quiz function is probably a favorite because I love learning new things by being quizzed! It identifies the birds the birds that I hear very rapidly as well! Learning bird sounds is probably the single most important skill in moving from beginning birding to intermediate birding . This app is worth all the money in the world and I was more than glad to pay just $5..VpryyaVersion: 8.06

Most incredible bird ID app everI really enjoy birdwatching and this app is the only app I am aware of that will record and identify bird calls and songs. It is truly incredible. Several birds in my backyard have been elusive with their calls, and this app help me not only identify them but archived the recording for future playback. I also discovered the birds in my backyard love to hear birds of their kind calling, it is so fun to play bird calls back on a loop in the app and watch the birds in my backyard flit around in excitement as they hear the bird calls from the app. 10 out of 10!.Clevelandrunner@Version: 8.06

Very cool!This is a great app for deciphering bird calls. It's extremely accurate...actually, mind blowingly accurate. I would highly recommend this app to anyone who enjoys learning about different birds as they come and go each season. My only suggestion to the developers would be that they reorganize some of the features as they can be a bit tricky to land on, especially when time is of the essence which is often the case when trying to capture a bird's song or call..SiegristVersion: 8.06

Pretty good but could use a search functionAs somebody who doesn’t know bird families (which family is the mockingbird in?) and sometimes not full official names (is it the “Eastern Barn Owl” or just “Barn Owl”?) I could really use a search function to complement the index. Also, the song recognition could benefit from a differentiation between calls and songs as there is in the rest of the app. What is there is good, but it could be better..DelegatorRFSVersion: 8.06

The Shazam of bird songI really enjoy this app. It does have issues when multiple types of birds are singing, overall it really can help you figure things out. I like that it gives you a percentage match rate and easy access to all the possible birds photos and details. Another great feature is the ability to add onto your recording to get a better match possibility..CincinpankyVersion: 8.06

Work in progressThey're getting there ... but still have a ways to go before the ID feature is easy & reliable. To be fair, recording quality from a phone with lots of background noise is not great. Plus, birds have accents. A titmouse in DC doesn't quite sound like the titmouse in the recording. That makes the problem fundamentally different than music ID apps like Shazam. Still, the developers make *usage* difficult an unintuitive. That, they have control over ... and should work to improve..Gbd_15Version: 8.06

YesI agree with the comment, automatic recognition should be a right up front button for record/recognize so that one can capture the song; often only brief songs are available, and the bird and its song are gone before the, frustrating attempt to record it, is accomplished. Recognize should be a simple button that records instantly, and asks questions secondly..RibeyremdVersion: 8.06

Like the app butI like the app. I sit in the backyard watching the birds at the feeders. I see a bird and quickly start scanning the bird pictures for him/her. By the time I think I found it the bird had flown away. Never get a chance to record the sound it is making. I’m slow and don’t know the category of birds yet. Wish they had pictures of both male and female side by side..Ed3450Version: 9.0

Not the most user friendly - Helpful neverthelessAlthough this is not the most user friendly, as mentioned - it is still very useful and does what it advertises. I too would like a better system to guide the user and update their sound recognition software to keep it in line with the ever improving technology. Otherwise I would have added the fifth star..MchenfamVersion: 8.06

Great ID if you have clear loud audioMain feature is the song ID, which works great if - and it is a big if - you can get a clear, loud recording. The UI could use a lot of help, but this is a free app, so it gets a big break on the rating there. Even without automatic birdsong identification, the app is a lot of fun to play with to listen to bird calls and learn to recognize them by ear..FreedomandchocolateVersion: 8.06

Good for most common birdsWe have used this app to identify, or verify our hunch about, perhaps 4 or 5 common birds in our area. However, there are still some that just are not in the database. We don’t use the recording feature, instead we browse the listing making best guesses as to the type of bird. I’d like to see the number of birds identified increased..BmtndogVersion: 8.06

Priorities Mixed UpI bought this app to ID bird calls FIRST AND FOREMOST, and that should be what I see FIRST! The first time I tried to use it, the bird was gone before I could find the REAL purpose of the app. While listening to bird calls is informative on the app, it's NOT why I purchased the app! Please upgrade the app to have its Advertised Function front and center! It does work, just not easily while in the field and that was its advertised function..Thrasher-RasherVersion: 8.06

A learning toolI recently lost most of my eyesight. I knew all the birds by sight, but I can’t see them any more. This app is helping me learn them by sound and I can put my remembered “picture” with the newly learned sound, and I’m back to being in touch with the outdoors..IbisflightVersion: 9.0

Singing companionsWe moved to a 4 1/2 acre farm. There are several bird families here. With this ap we are able to identify them from their song. That allowed us to look them up in the picture identity. Now when we see them we know who they are and their song..Sir Bors De GanisVersion: 8.06

Love it but want moreIt’s great. As you improve over the coming years, please make a version that continuously listens, shows likely birds from the last analyzed audio segment in a scrolling fashion and keeps summary statistics by location. We live on a migratory fly way and have so many birds in our yard..WicohiVersion: 8.06

Great Song ID AppThis is a great app to help ID bird songs. You can record the song and have it ID the bird or you can play the birds songs/call. Only thing I am worried about is the app hasn’t been updated in over a year. So have the developers left the app or is the app that good it doesn’t need updating?.CraftyncerVersion: 9.0

Great tool for identifying neighborhood birdsI hear interesting bird calls and song without being able to see the birds clearly. This helps me narrow down the possibilities much better. I’m looking forward to recording some that I hear regularly. I would appreciate more detailed information on the birds’ seasonal distribution..FeatherlessfriendVersion: 8.06

Delightful app!For someone who grew up surrounded by northern song- (and other) birds, I've always felt woefully ignorant about their songs. This app has helped me to begin to match up the birdcalls I hear with those I can identify visually, as well as to identify those whose names I only knew. Very pleasing—thank you!.LXJBUPVersion: 8.06

Potentially Great!Once I learn how to navigate this app and access all it has to offer this will be a 5+ rating & review. It’s not very intuitive to use and I’ve gotten lost in areas I didn’t intend to be in while researching fairly simple pursuits on my backyard birds. Hoping it will continue refining & improving. I’m a fan!.Music HenVersion: 8.06

AwesomeConvenient and helpful. This has helped identify birds that we have not seen before. Matching the song is so much easier than trying to read the books with musical representations. Keep adding those songs!.Ace1981rtVersion: 8.06

My favorite appI'm a photographer who recently started photographing birds. This app is great and identifies my little friends and then lets me play back their songs and calls. The interface could use a little work but still my favorite app!.MenabeansVersion: 8.06

InterestingThis is an interesting app - the only clunky thing about it so far is that it takes more keystrokes than makes sense to access the record function. The birds don't tend to wait around as you look for the function..SquidapultVersion: 8.06

Pretty good!Just started using the app and its helpful but doesn't have all the songs or calls. I wish I could look up by call or song signature. When I hear a song and can't see the bird, I would like to find which bird sings by its song..New to birdwatchingVersion: 8.06

Very good!There are all kinds of apps, but there are few, in my opinion, that brings us closer to nature than those that help remind us how beautiful nature can be. Thanks to the Ornithologist at Bird Song for bringing us closer to that natural beauty of the original "song.".BayoucajunboyVersion: 8.06

Great app for visual learnersI use this app to learn bird songs before I go out in the field. I can look at the picture and hear the song. I am just a beginner so it might not be a good tool for a more advanced birder to identify an unfamiliar song heard in the field. I use it and enjoy it-thanks!.CarolingianQueenVersion: 8.06

Mad Moose AlI like the app in theory. I haven’t used it enough to really rate it effectively. The one problem I’ve had is getting clear recordings. Years ago I got a parabolic reflector and recorded songs with a camcorder. The problem was matching the recordings with typical published bird songs. I am upgrading to a microphone designed for use with iPhone. If it works with the parabolic reflector and app it should solve both problems. Keeping my fingers crossed..Mad Moose AlVersion: 8.06

It's goodThe app is fun.HjjhjjjjjkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkjkkVersion: 5.06

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Bird Song Id USA songs & calls Negative Reviews

IneffectiveI got this app because I was trying hard to identify a bird that I keep hearing a unique call sound for but can never see the bird. I find this app rather picky about the quality length and loudness of the recording made. I did not have trouble finding the record button like some have complained about. But I have made sample after sample of the bird song and I keep getting warnings about too short, poor sound quality, not loud enough, and then when I think I got one that matches their picky criteria it comes up with a list of birds that have no resemblance to what I recorded. The UI/UX is clunky and strange at best. Sometimes the play button has no stop button, and sometimes it does. There’s no way to edit the length of the song sample to eliminate other birds that are chiming in. After you have it analyzed the song it gives you a list of bird choices. If you pick one to listen to their recording of it and decide that’s not the one... if you go back, your choices are add it to the library or you can listen to your recording again but you can’t analyze it and get your list back it appears. If you close this window because you’re not ready to add it since you didn’t find the bird, it will toss your recording. lt’s just a wacky app and a waste of five dollars. I wished I could get my five dollars back as it couldn’t even ID one bird call..The TeamanVersion: 8.06

NopeThis App purports to be Bird Song ID, yet that feature is buried after several screen taps under My Recordings. Even when you tap "My Recordings," nothing is obvious about what to do next. So you fumble around finding Add Recording. Finally you see a tab that says Automatic Recognition. It is simply not Field Friendly. "Automatic Recognition" should be the first thing you see when you open up the app...a big button to hit like Shazam. When you hear a bird you can't identify, it does not give you the time to 1. Get the phone out, 2. Find the app on your phone, 3. Then wade through screens until you find the hidden buttons to do what you need. By that time, the bird has flown. There are other inexplicable aspects of the App: Bird Families. Here's what I see on the first screen, stuff like Cardinal (not a bird family), Chickadee (not a bird family), Chachalaca (really? on the first screen? What are my chances of happening across a Chachalaca?) Good idea, but ill-conceived. Developers should make the primary function of this App "Auto Recognition" then put a large button in the middle of the screen that starts that process with a single tap..VorticityVersion: 8.06

Recorder is uselessI bought this to identify my backyard birds from their songs, and for that purpose this app is a complete waste of money; it has yet to accurately identify a single bird song from my recordings. The app complains that the quality of my recordings is poor and it seems unless the bird is singing directly into your phone this will be the case, because even if it’s just the one bird singing fairly loudly and no other background noise, my recording is still not good enough. There is no way to edit your recording to cut out extra birds, and even their own recorded examples will sometimes have extraneous birds chiming in so you don’t know what you’re supposed to be hearing. The manual ID feature is a joke; I’ve gotten wide-ranging suggestions from owl to heron to sparrow for a single entry. I don’t know how they come up with their percentage accuracy but these too are a joke because they are wildly inaccurate. I also know that some birds have multiple calls/songs but the app does not give more than one of each. Don’t waste your money on this one..Clark02176Version: 8.06

Not an accurate app whatsoever.I had high hopes when I got this app, but I was greatly disappointed when I realized the app was essentially just guessing the most common birds around me. To test this, I played a variety of different bird calls from another phone and had this app try to identify them; sure enough, it just kept suggesting common birds like the cardinal, goldfinch, and robin. I suppose the app is probably right some of the time, given how common those birds are... but it’s purely because of luck. I will say though, at least you can play the bird calls on this app to check if it sounds the same. (Though the answer is usually no.) That’s the only thing saving this review from being 1-Star. I wasted money on this app. If you’re an aspiring birder, it seems there is still no great method to identify bird calls other than just looking up possible candidates the slow way..WalcmanVersion: 8.06

Missed distinctive Whip-poor-willI have tried this app for several weeks, and it has successfully identified a bird only once. I live in the woods with little background noise, so recording bird song is fairly easy to do. Identification using this app is not. Last night, I recorded a single bird sound from a short distance. I knew it was a whippoorwill, but the app didn’t, even though the recording was strong. Turns out, the distinctive whippoorwill is not in its database. Why does my database list only 183 bird sounds, not the 240+ advertised? I thought the app would save my recordings, so I could replay them later for friends, but “my recordings” is empty. Why? The app is not user-friendly at all, but I hope the developers answer my questions so I can get more enjoyment from their app..Forest SpringVersion: 8.06

A real disapointmentI’ve used this app off and on for over 6 months and I’d guess 65% of my recordings come back as poor quality even though the bird is singing in the tree next to me. Maybe an auxillary mic would help. But when I get a good recording, which is about 1/3 of the time, it has never correctly identified the bird. I mean never as in not even once. This week I play some simple bird songs (the Easter Phoebe for example) from Merlin (another app) and this app couldn’t identify even perfectly recorded bird songs. My only advice is if you use it, and you don’t know your birdsongs, don’t trust this app to help you. You’d be better off taking the results and using them to eliminate what bird you heard. And FWIW, I’ve never rated an app 1 star before. As I said, this is a real disapointment..Greybeard in VAVersion: 8.06

Epic failI got the app a couple of years ago and was disappointed at the time but thought I would try again. I live in a fairly secluded quiet area and use an iPhone 10. Even When there is no background noise and the birds are very close I have only once had the app say recording quality was “good” it is almost universally “fair” even when I play the recording back and it is crystal clear. This app is limited to only 183 birds when it advertises 240, and the bird in the app often have only the song or the call, not both. This app have never successfully identified any bird I have recorded. I am very disappointed that I am still unable to identify any of the hidden treasures in my back yard using this app....LillostkittenVersion: 9.0

No, it’s not Shazam for birdsI can’t believe I paid money for this app. The description that they put in had a quote saying it was Shazam for birds. It isn’t. I’ve tried recording 4-5 different times, all loud recordings with minimal noise in the background (crickets, birds much farther away, an occasional car from a road farther away), and not one ever got analyzed. When I looked at the list that’s included in the automatic recognition, it’s so minimal. There is no way you at this is Shazam for birds when that list is so short. There is a much larger database included in the app with recordings, but unless you want to scroll through a hundred or so birds and listen to each one, you will not find what you are looking for. I feel like I got swindled and I want my money back..LauraeS04Version: 8.06

Frustrating and inaccurateI appreciate that the developers are trying to do something very difficult. It's also a very cool idea! I liked the interface they developed; the graphics were good, and I think it might have become fairly easy to use once you got used to it. But- 1. It was really hard to figure out how to record a bird's song from the main screen. That's what I bought this app for! 2. Once I got to where I could record birdsong, the app failed to record. Seriously, the on board voice memo app did better. This app requires you to record for 30 seconds, but it shuts down in less than a second with a failure message. For the record, what I was trying to record was a house wren singing nearby. If you know those little guys, you know how loud they are! The voice memo app recorded him perfectly. 3. Then I randomly looked up "Osprey". The range information given was not accurate. I hope iBird Northeast will still work after the latest iPhone update. That's a solid, simple app with accurate information. This one is a great idea that doesn't work well in practice..Maryj59Version: 8.06

Largely UselessAs consistent as bird sings tend to be, and with apps like SoundHound able to pick out and match even obscure tunes, you would figure that someone would develop an app to identify birds. Well, worry no more: if it exists, this isn’t it! BirdSongID is so picky about the quality of recordings to the point where they certainly can’t be blamed for failing to identify even the most basic bird calls. Record for a minute and it’ll warn you you need to record for thirty seconds. And short of crawling up in the tree and being right next to the bird, it will tell you your recording quality is poor. Its ability to discriminate bird songs from one another is non-existent. Don’t bother with this app: it’s a waste of both time and money..Closet0takuVersion: 8.06

User unfriendlyI specifically bought this app to ID bird songs in my backyard and assumed it would do just that since "ID automatic recognition" is in the app's title. Unfortunately, it took me a while to figure out how to create a recording in order to identify the song. The ID function is there, but buried under layers of taps, so it's definitely NOT the primary function of this app. If you were to put the ID/auto-recognition function on the home page and readily accessible that would be an improvement. For now, I feel that I have wasted my money..Sparky060Version: 8.06

Doesn't work. Fake reviews.This app completely fails on identifying Bird songs. I can only surmise that any positive review was from employees or paid reviewers. The positive reviews do sound like ads not real people. I lead bird walks and help teach bird ID and this app can't even get common, clear, obvious Bird songs right. The layout of the app makes it look like someone in a 3rd world country put it together that never even has been to USA. Chachalaca as a bird family? As someone that communicates with thousands of beginner birders on a regular basis I will let them know to steer clear of this app..May Cheetah Lee AnnVersion: 8.06

Not as helpful as I hopedI have tried this a few times and the system always claims poor audio quality on recording and no match. Twice I was right next to the bird and they had loud distinct calls. Maybe the recording in a typical neighborhood is the issue. Phone mic tests showed clear recording. I then reviewed entire list of birds in library and found selection for my state (AZ) to be very limited. I am better off finding what I need on internet lookup. Nice idea, but for me, product not developed enough..Jbjb999Version: 8.06

Very confusingI’ve used the app a number of times now but still find the interface bizarre and confusing. What is with the quiz screen in manual ID with the eye and numbers in the corners? Where did my recording go? Why did all the bird options for my automatic recognition disappear after I played the first one? I’ve managed to ID some birds by listening to the recordings and so the catalog of bird songs is useful, but otherwise this is very frustrating. Please fix the interface..Tiny346Version: 8.06

Only good for listening to its list of callsI don’t recommend this app. It is difficult to use, no help icon & not logical. As others have said, it can’t identify your clear recordings. You can look at pictures of birds & hear their calls is the only use for it. Sometimes my recording just disappear. If you find the name of a bird you recorded & try to add it, it is almost impossible using the “change “ button; as that closes the app. It is very frustrating & time consuming to use..NC-GirlVersion: 9.0

Not worth itOn three separate occasions, I recorded the song of birds I was literally looking at and could easily identify. They were a Carolina Wren, a crow, and an Eastern Bluebird. The audio quality of the bluebird recording may have not been great, so I’ll even give a pass for that one, but the other two were very close and crystal clear, especially the wren. This app misidentified all of them. This completely shot my confidence in the apps ability to accurately tell me what bird I was listening to. Don’t waste your time..MommybosticVersion: 9.0

Worst app ever! I want my money back!Sitting in my backyard with birds chirping and it cannot even identify a common Robin. 90% of the time it doesn’t even pickup the chirps (which are very loud). This app wants you do record for 30 seconds and try to get only one bird call! REALLY! I’ve tried to tell the other birds to hush but for some reason they just don’t listen to me! Believe me it’s not my phone or my settings, I’ve checked them multiple times. DO NOT WASTE YOUR HARD WARNED $$ ON THIS APP....NO MATTER WHAT PRICE IT IS, EVEN IF ITS FREE!.SailingdarcyVersion: 8.06

Basically never identifies correctlyEven in the rare case when it deems a recording good enough it more or less always thinks any sound is a Brown Thrasher or often other birds not even present here (and yes app knows my location and many of the birds are loud and clear). The UI is also a bit weird... keeps going to the save recording page with no back button and similar bad navigation design. I am going to uninstall so I stop wasting my time with this app..SD DisappointedVersion: 8.06

DeletingI tried to use this app several times over the years to record and identify birds. I never did get it to work. I guess the problem was background noise. I did enjoy the sample songs and calls, however, and the beautiful pictures of birds. However I’m deleting this one today and I’m going to try another. Sorry..BirderwannabeVersion: 9.0

I want my $5 backI am having exact same experience as the other negative reviewers. The calls couldn't be clearer yet the app is unable to identify a single COMMON bird. I even played a call on my computer in a quiet room with the app on record. That is an ideal lab condition. It failed. So if anyone else buys this app after reading this review it must be because you want to waste $5. This app is beyond awful. Developers did not test it. I want my money back!!!!!!!.FrustatedBirderVersion: 8.06

Very finickyWhen you are able to get a good ID it’s great, however it’s very few and far between. There cannot be any background noise at all otherwise you’ll get a poor recording error, which fir me seems to be most of the time. I’ve also noticed it favors certain birds, tho if you listen to their songs they sound nothing like the bird I’m hearing whatsoever..Mmf5153Version: 8.06

Doesn’t workThis is NOT the Shazam for birds. Difficult to figure out how to even record the sound. Always says poor sound quality even deep in the woods with no wind and the bird close by. Few birds are in the library, so even trying to play samples doesn’t work. Manual ID section is not user friendly (what IS a short/med/long birdsong length?) Perhaps having samples of each for someone to choose from would be better..Love the LouvreVersion: 8.06

Could not recognize birdsDoesn’t work. Had perfectly clear sound to record. Suggested few birds with sound not even close..AloneAlienVersion: 8.06

Dissappointed in every aspectI purchased this app hoping that it would help me and my wife to identify the birds that we commonly hear from our window. We live in Eastern Canada and the app failed to recognize most calls and songs. Navigating through the bird lists proved unnecessarily cumbersome, and the bird families groupings are not complete enough to be useful. Also, many recordings are either missing, or are too quiet to be of much use. In the end, I choose to delete this app despite having paid for it because it isn’t useful enough to justify the large quantity of storage space (>270MB) that it consumes..Guitar_gordVersion: 8.06

Needs big improvementIf you are an ultra amature looking for backyard birds, this mightbe adequate, but it is very poor at recognizing anything remotely unusual. It requires a 30 second recording clip to properly analyze a song. How many birds sing continuously for 30 seconds?? I am afraid I classify this as a total waste of money. We took it on a trip to birding central ie Point Pelee - and it failed completely to recognize anything but a robin, and even that was an uncertain result. It needs to recognize very short songs and recordings to be useful. I couldn't even get it to recognize simple songs from the Cornell site played from my computer..RnM CdaVersion: 8.05

Poor appPretty disappointing. 20 feet away from a loud woodpecker and this app could not identify this bird. I have been unsuccessful at identifying any bird in sight with this app. Need substantial improvement to justify the price..Djpetz123abcVersion: 8.05

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