Not user friendly at all
Firstly, this app is a fail from the very first page after opening it for first time. It prevents you from even registering on it or using the app, if you do not allow location. That is rodiculous. An ID app should not need that info to provide a result. Users should be able to select a location if they so wish but this app is onviously cheating. To prevent use without sharing your location is just poor. I deleted and ised a paid for app which does not for e these practises. This app also only allows id from kive audio! Poor, very poor.
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Very frustrating
On first using the app I was impressed with the recording and level of sound as well as the quick and accurate identification of the birds. However less than a week in and I am increasingly frustrated as the identifications become more random and there is no information given about the bird as to the likelihood that you would hear it in that place at this time of year. The instructions are minimal and the device keeps playing the same recording over and over without me being able to work out why. Do I have to say yes to the identification given before it will stop? Very frustrating - I feel I have to teach rather than learn. Maybe it is a giant collector of mis-identified birdsong. On one occasion it identified something really weird but I can’t get back into see at this point because that is another strange aspect of the app it doesn’t allow me to side swipe the recordings it goes to a black screen and keeps playing the touched listed recording over and over. Not happy…….
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Problems with iPhone
Worked fine until the winter. As I hadn’t used the app for a while it disappeared into the cloud. Upon reinstalling it simply didn’t work - eventually I realised that the “recordings” were silent. The permissions had changed so there was no permission for the microphone, but the app never suggested that. Surely microphone access should be flagged? It went through the motions of “recording” and “checking”, and the troubleshooting just said I was holding the phone wrong or to switch to the bottom Mike.
UPDATE
Sorry developer - you are wrong - if you go to settings and turn off microphone permissions then try to use the app it will look as if there is nothing wrong, “record” a silent recording then tell you it is a lesser spotted woodpecker, skylark or lapwing. In my case the microphone permissions has disappeared without me doing it. There is nothing wrong with my microphone and I did try troubleshooting. The app needs to warn you if it cannot access the microphone. When you restore permissions it works fine, and I know now to check, but it shouldn’t be a possible scenario.
UPDATE
Sorry developer - you are wrong - if you go to settings and turn off microphone permissions then try to use the app it will look as if there is nothing wrong, “record” a silent recording then tell you it is a lesser spotted woodpecker, skylark or lapwing. In my case the microphone permissions has disappeared without me doing it. There is nothing wrong with my microphone and I did try troubleshooting. The app needs to warn you if it cannot access the microphone. When you restore permissions it works fine, and I know now to check, but it shouldn’t be a possible scenario.
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Response from developer
Hello EJanet, I'm sorry that the app isn't working correctly for you. The problem cannot be with permissions or you wouldn't get any recording at all, not even a silent one. The most likely cause of the problem is the microphone so I recommend that you try switching to the bottom microphone, as described in the Troubleshooting section. If that doesn't fix it, please email me so that I can help.