# Bird Codes — user reviews > 42 indexed App Store user reviews of Bird Codes by Nemesis Code, rated 4.80/5 from 95 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bird-codes/id500496362/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bird-codes/id500496362.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 83 · 4★ 8 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (12 of 42) ### 5/5 — Birrfect!!!! *2014-09-29, version 2.1* awesome app, I use it constantly!!! Convenient and functional!!! A must have for every serious birder!!! ### 5/5 — The best at what it does *2014-09-18, version 2.1* Gets the job done if you need to know the codes. ### 5/5 — Simple and handy *2013-11-19, version 2.1* Easy to use and a handy way to check some of the exceptions to the code when they come up. ### 5/5 — Quick and Easy *2013-05-02, version 2.1* Great tool, and super user friendly. ### 5/5 — Great reference *2013-04-09, version 2.1* Use this all the time! ### 5/5 — Handy *2013-04-06, version 2.1* A very handy reference when I'm birding and working in a different part of the country where I'm not as familiar with the codes. It also came in handy when I had to update some of the bird codes on spreadsheets done last century. If I wanted to double-check I was entering the correct code, I just checked this app which I kept besides me. ### 5/5 — Perfectly finctional *2013-03-16, version 2.1* Does just what you got it for, spartan, simple, fast ### 5/5 — Great *2013-03-02, version 2.1* Easy to use, solid info. ### 5/5 — Bird an *2013-03-01, version 2.1* Excellent! ### 5/5 — Just what I needed *2013-01-30, version 2.1* Perfect! ### 5/5 — Great app! *2013-01-22, version 2.1* This is one of my favorite & reliable apps for field work. Great job! ### 5/5 — Bird Codes is a great app! *2013-01-21, version 2.1* Never miss a code again, especially when two or more "intuitive" codes collide, such as Northern Shrike (NSHR) and Northern Shoveler (NSHO)! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Keeps closing *2021-04-14, version 2.2* I have the latest iPhone update and this app won’t open. ### 2/5 — Never updated *2020-07-14, version 2.2* Names and codes need to be updated regularly. These are not, so it’s useless. ### 3/5 — UPDATE THIS APP *2023-11-03, version 2.2* This app has not been updated for 6 years. There have been numerous taxonomic splits, lumps, & renames in that time & this app is woefully behind the times. If it was regularly updated, I would give it 5 stars. As it is right now, it’s a 3. ### 3/5 — Adequate *2013-06-12, version 2.1* Slow, simple, but does the job. Very low production values. Strikes me as project probably of an Intro to App Development class. This seems like such a simple task I don't understand why it's so slow! ### 4/5 — Terrific app, needs taxonomic update *2022-03-29, version 2.2* I rely on this app (ver. 2.2) as the quickest way to search for band codes and proper scientific names but it is out-of-date. It could benefit from adding new US birds (accepted vagrants) and a taxonomy update, reflecting splits: - Western Scrub-Jay to California and Woodhouse’s in 2016; - Clapper Rail to Clapper and Ridgway’s in 2014; - genus split for the North American cormorants in 2021. - et al. ### 4/5 — Fast & easy *2013-06-21, version 2.1* I struggle with remembering all of the bird codes. This is a handy app that I rely on almost daily. Does what it says. No bells and whistles. We can leave that for the birds! You must know the correct spelling. It will not guess for you. ### 4/5 — Bird Codes *2013-01-26, version 2.1* Nice app! I use it often. ### 4/5 — Simple app. *2013-01-21, version 2.1* Nice and simple. It "stutters" a little, slow to respond. Otherwise ok. ### 4/5 — Fast and accurate *2012-08-21, version 2.0.1* I am on a birding text service and this app is a fast way to find and check codes, ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2023-04-14, version 2.2* Perfect--just what I needed to find these codes. I refer to it often. ## Most praised reviews (9 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Excellent *2022-04-19, version 2.2* So easy to use , thank you ### 5/5 — It’s the conflicts I want to know *2022-03-23, version 2.2* CEWA was my first. More recently NOSH surprised me. So many wrens it was bound to happen, so we skip CAWR. It takes time ( maybe many years) to encounter them. So it would be nice if the app displayed species in conflict when you enter a guess that’s not a legitimate code. ### 5/5 — Functional *2021-09-25, version 2.2* No bells and whistles. Just exactly what you need to confirm a banding code. ### 5/5 — Easy Banding codes / 4 letter codes *2017-09-27, version 2.2* Next time you want to make sure you’re not crazy, that there isn’t anything normally called a YHBB or a CEWA, you can check here instantly. One thing well. ### 5/5 — Pleasantly surprised *2017-05-06, version 2.1* There really is an app for everything.. ### 5/5 — Please update... *2015-05-26, version 2.1* Great app, please update for larger screen. ### 5/5 — Does the job without much fuss *2015-01-01, version 2.1* Especially good for people who make up codes when posting their sightings. Using codes is controversial, but if you are going to do it you should use the correct code. Not all of them are obvious because of duplications. ### 5/5 — Quick and easy *2014-12-17, version 2.1* A comprehensive, user-friendly solution. ### 5/5 — Very handy *2014-11-28, version 2.1* Since learning about these codes I've been using them to both enter sightings more rapidly in eBird and to code my photos. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-03.*