# Bird Song Id USA songs & calls — user reviews > 105 indexed App Store user reviews of Bird Song Id USA songs & calls by Sunbird Images OHG, rated 4.20/5 from 1,370 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bird-song-id-usa-songs-and-calls/id681091523/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bird-song-id-usa-songs-and-calls/id681091523.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 764 · 4★ 390 · 3★ 72 · 2★ 33 · 1★ 111 ## What do users think of Bird Song Id USA songs & calls? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🚀 Convenient for birding - 💡 Helpful for learning bird sounds - 🚀 Good resource for playing bird calls **Cons** - 🐛 Unreliable song recognition - 🤔 Difficult to navigate and use - 🤔 Limited database of bird songs - 🐛 Recording quality issues - 🤔 Unintuitive interface **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when trying to use auto-record - Recordings disappear or cannot be accessed - Fails to identify common bird songs **Most requested features** - Improve song recognition accuracy - Add more bird species to the database - Enhance user interface and navigation - Implement search functionality - Allow editing/trimming of recordings ## Newest reviews (10 of 105) ### 4/5 — Listening with friends *2022-09-22, version 9.0* When we travel we like to try to identify the areas morning songbirds over coffee ### 2/5 — Deleting *2022-07-14, version 9.0* I 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. ### 4/5 — Premature. *2022-06-01, version 9.0* The ask for review should come after you try the app, not after you first open it. ### 4/5 — Great Song ID App *2021-09-11, version 9.0* This 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? ### 2/5 — Difficult to ID songs *2021-06-25, version 9.0* I try to search birds to match the song I hear to the bird, but invariably the app can’t find the bird I search. Even with correct spelling, The app can’t help. This app is very frustrating! ### 4/5 — Like the app but *2021-05-17, version 9.0* I 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. ### 2/5 — Not accurate *2021-04-22, version 9.0* Not very accurate, even with the most common and clearly recorded birds in east central FL. ### 1/5 — For the birds *2021-04-18, version 9.0* Waste of money. Non-intuitive, vague instructions, can’t”recognize” anything, admits it’s “in development.” What a fraud. ### 1/5 — The free apps are better.... *2021-03-27, version 9.0* This app couldn’t recognize any bird in SW Florida. ### 1/5 — Only good for listening to its list of calls *2021-03-25, version 9.0* I 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. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — not useful waste of money *2026-06-01, version 9.0* One star is being very generous - unlike other recognition bird song apps, you must first record your bird, and then I guess play it back and then supposedly you were told what it is- but searching their database there are many birds in the USA, which are not listed in the bird app for instance American bitterns under tanagers there are none listed Western Scarlet, etc. there are no sparrows listed outside of a house sparrow. There are no warblers at all. I guess US doesn’t have any - in any case without any instructions or info, it’s an absolute waste of money don’t bother ### 1/5 — No longer works *2023-10-28, version 9.0* I loved this app but after a couple of updates on my Apple phone it no longer works.. what happened? ### 1/5 — terrible app *2023-05-23, version 9.0* The song record does not work. It keep saying the app cannot use the mic. Also the app skin is awful. You don’t see if you pushed a button. The app looks like it was from the 2nd generation iphone. There are much better apps for song recognition for free, such as Merlin. ### 1/5 — Disappointing *2023-04-05, version 9.0* Recording fitful and no recognition. Was expecting equivalent in USA to Chirpomatic App in UK ### 1/5 — Out of business? *2023-03-14, version 9.0* Since upgrading to iPhone 14, when trying to record bird calls, a message says not able to record with this device. I attempted to reach the developer. The link leads nowhere. ### 1/5 — Not Working *2022-06-11, version 9.0* I want my money back this app is unusable to identify bird songs. Can’t even see how to record a song. The free apps I have are better. ### 1/5 — Terrible menus *2021-10-24, version 9.0* I doubt the programmers that designed the user interface ever actually used the app for bird id in the field. Ridiculous. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work for me *2021-07-10, version 9.0* Will not record. Disappointing ### 1/5 — Epic fail *2021-05-27, version 9.0* I 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... ### 1/5 — Recording *2021-05-26, version 9.0* App worked once. Now won’t record ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fabulous *2026-05-26, version 9.0* Nothing like enjoying the birds’ chattering and learning what birds they are. A fANTASIC app! ### 5/5 — Wonderful app *2024-04-29, version 9.0* I love this app! Great variety of birds and bird songs/calls! Easy to use! ### 5/5 — A learning tool *2024-03-17, version 9.0* I 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. ### 5/5 — Good app to have *2023-01-03, version 9.0* This little app doesn’t take much room on my iPhone 10, and has a lot of data. We live near Tampa bay & have id’d All the wading birds & the big flocks of robins here now. Thanks! ### 5/5 — Dbjm488 *2022-09-09, version 9.0* I am really enjoying this app. I can identify so many birds sons now. Thank you for making the app so easy ### 5/5 — BirdSongId *2021-11-25, version 9.0* Excellent site ! ### 5/5 — Help on the bird walks *2021-10-05, version 9.0* I take my iPhone on my birding walks and having this app is so helpful. I can identify a bird in the moment and not have to carry a heavy field guide. ### 5/5 — Bird ID *2021-08-03, version 9.0* Love this app ### 5/5 — I like it! *2021-04-12, version 9.0* Now if it could persuade the birds to sit still ### 5/5 — Good for playing bird calls *2021-03-21, version 9.0* This app may not be great for hearing bird calls and identifying the bird, but it’s a nice quick resource for playing bird sounds. --- *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 2026-08-26.*