Leave a Review eGuide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent
Lacking!
There is no audio for any birds! Have not run across this in more than a decade of using bird apps. Some of the bird drawings are just not very good and don’t adequately show key details.bigfish06
Very Basic and not worth the high price
The reviews from 4-5 years ago still hold true. This is an expensive electronic version of the book, but with no dynamic features like sound files of calls, or even the ability to filter likely species by region. A number of species are missing range maps or illustrations, and a couple are switched (text pertains to different species than the one shown). Very shoddy product for the price and in desperate need of some easy upgrades and fixes to make it comparable to other electronic bird guides.Show lessDunelark
Great App - some mistakes
This is a great App, with ease of sightings recording. There are numerous species that are switched (e.g., picture and descriptions/distributions for Small Niltava are those for Pygmy Flycatcher, and vice versa - there are quite a few like this), without picture (e.g., Alexandrine Parakeet, again, quite a few like this), or without distribution map (e.g., Indian Peafowl, would you believe!, which also misses out on a picture!). As this is basically a carbon copy of the excellent handbook, these errors should be readily fixable.
A request - please add in calls for the various species - the vast majority can be sourced through one or other internet repository. It would be really helpful to click on a Phylloscopus species and hear its call shortly after seeing it to assist in identification.
Otherwise an excellent App.Show lessUnunion
Unusable for identifying birds
Unusable app. Gives you a list of hundreds of birds without being able to see any bird unless you click on it. How are you supposed to identify or even find a bird you've spotted?
Very disappointed and a big waste of money.D_Wombat
It is AWESOME!
This is the best eGuide book of Indian Birds undoubtedly. Everything is so good. But the app would be much better if you added the callings of the birds. It's a request to you, please add sound to this app for the upcoming version. Please!Emamul Hossain
Not much use unless up already know the bird
This is a very frustrating application. Unless you know the bird or its taxonomic category you observe and then have to scroll painstakingly through to find it - by which time of course it has long departed. This should allow filtering by size, location, colour and habitat - which is common to almost all other apps I have come across for birds. Pretty useless as it stands unless you just want to look at bird pictures.Show lessDidactylos
Not as useful as the book. Not worth the price!
Hi I am really disappointed in your "APP". It's merely the scanned book..and the book is much easier to use....as you can compare birds that are similar on a page and get to the right bird... In the App you can only search by name...but how do you get the name?
The illustrations are also second rate....the color is bad and detail lost...in this digital version you could have added easily available photos to augment the consistent problems with your plates.
I have been spoiled by ibird pro...and it's amazing search features and the quality of its illustrations... i.e. Ibird with BAM Its easily worth $29. Your app is a real burn for almost $29.
I hope your considering upgrading it soon and the upgrades will be free....But you didn't ask buyers to register...
I would have been so much better off bringing my paperback copy of the book with me to India...Show lessweare1us
Bad value
No good compared to the Australian app. There are no calls and no ability to filter areas. Not good value given thisGypsy Twitchers
Poor search
Really poor search facility. I wish I stuck with my book. This app has the same functionality as a good book.72suggy72
Not there yet
The app has, as far as I know, a lot of info regarding birds in the area.
Where it is lacking, however, is a “Smart Search” feature (like the South African eBirds Guide) as well as location-based search. With the large number of birds, it is always helpful to narrow down the search possibilities when trying to identify different species.
I’m looking forward to an update - soon - on making very good use of the data it already holds.
Holding thumbs!Show lessdonpackett
