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Looks great so far
Just started, bought a core package. Birdsong is not my strong suit, hoping to correct that. Check out the free version, it’s worth it!Igvddhh
Love this app but…
This is a very useful app and is really helping me to learn some bird songs quickly. I bought the core version and wish there was a way to upgrade to the full version without having to pay full price again. This is a design flaw that discourages users from upgrading their set.Asdfgfqwerty
Bird songs clarified!
Fabulous training technique. We play cooperatively on long drives and learn many birds.
We liked the older visual format bett, but this works fine.minstrelm3drawing
Sharpen Your Birding Ear
Every year I struggle with identifying uncommonly heard spring migrants. Many bird song apps are limited to common birds and aren’t much help if you are an intermediate (or above) birder. In addition to covering all the regional birdsongs (with several song variants for many species), this app allows you to specify playlists of species or groups. Being able to focus on “problem” songs has been enormously helpful to me.
The only feature that the app lacks is the ability to display spectrograms. Visualizing sound with spectrograms can be especially useful in demonstrating differences in similar-sounding songs (and hopefully committing them to memory).
Otherwise, this is a nearly perfect app for beginning to advanced birders wishing to improve their birding-by-ear skills. Highly recommended!Show lessc5nest
Developer Response
Thanks so much for the kind words and thoughtful review! Spectrograms is a great suggestion ... duly noted!Full of bugs, not just birds
Repeats same bird or pair of birds to exclusion of others in group (well over 50 times). Notes low percent correct identification even when I’ve correctly identified ALL. But at least I’ve not noticed any erroneous pairing of sounds with species!Even Bigger Daddy
Learn
If you’re going to play a game to pass time you might as well learn. Great app.ozarkhellbender
Excellent app, excellent customer service
Hands down, the best app I’ve used to systematically learn bird identification through sounds. Customer service is also very responsive and helpful.Common Merganser
Great for learning bird sounds
Love this app. Addictive, like a video game. Identifying real birds in a real environment is really really hard. Practicing with Larkwire gives you a chance!armadillo1978
Great tool
It takes years to develop birding by ear skills in the field. You have to be able to spot the bird while it’s vocalizing and most birds have multiple calls and songs. This app is a wonderful learning tool. You can allow the game to choose birds for you or you can set any particular bird or group of birds you want from one of their lists or make your own, or just sit and study by listening to the sounds while you see the bird. You can adjust the level of difficulty. I have tried apps which claim to ID bird sounds for you in the field using the mic on your phone. Sounds great but I haven’t found one which actually works reliably. You will have to put in the effort and Larkwire gives you a chance to do that and will give you a big “leg up” out there.Show lessjimmyfritz
Developer Response
Thanks so much for the thoughtful review!Great software, one annoying bug
I love this app, and I’m learning a ton. My only complaint so far is that occasionally a song fails to play (despite repeated toggling between play and pause) meaning that I have to guess blindly. Can be a very frustrating setback when it happens near the end of a tough round. Need to fix this bug!RR461839
