Money grab now
I used to love my Bird Buddy, it was fun and I loved seeing the various visitors. But after a few updates many standard features (such as auto identifying) are now blocked and hidden behind costly subscriptions. We used to be able to ignore certain visitors but now you can’t do that unless you pay an exorbitant subscription after already paying a ton for the feeder itself. I didn’t mind the premium on the feeder since the built in features were worth it, but now those features cost extra and the feeder still costs the same… you can’t have it both ways, if you want us to buy into the subscription then the feeder should be half the cost it is now, otherwise go back to providing the same features you used to. I would not recommend anyone buying a Bird Buddy now, I’d say to look at the much cheaper alternatives.
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Video Quality
The video quality is poor especially to others we see in the community. Blurry and jerky movements. Stills are of good quality.
Almost great
I do really like the app, there’s room for improvement for sure. Sometimes the identification is off or wrong, other times I can see birds at the feeder and never get a notification or a postcard. The postcards are not the best either most of them are blurry or the back of birds. I also thing that the app itself has some odd features like the editing of postcards to add hats and scarves lol it’s just not for me. Overall the app works but it’s not as user friendly as I think it could be.
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BB got greedy
I loved my BirdBuddy in the beginning, however, core features such as automatic bird ID are now behind a paywall. After paying $200+ for a bird feeder, I have no interest in paying extra for a subscription. I used to love getting notifications letting me know who was at the feeder. Now I just get generic notifications with additional steps to see which species are there. I rarely even check the app anymore. The downgrade in features previously offered is extremely disappointing.
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No longer identifies automatically?!
We just set up our Birdbuddy and were enjoying the automatic bird identification. Now apparently it is behind a pay wall? We bought it specifically for that feature and it is rotten when a company takes away something that was a selling point to begin with.
Penis
Why do the birds not have pen is?
Bird buddy
Loving my bird Buddy. Love how it identifies the birds !
Additional content needs UX improvements
App is crashing when I browse the Collections list of birds, specifically when I am in the E’s. It would be helpful to be able to jump to the different letters rather than having to scroll all the way through the alphabet to browse a specific letter.
Best Mother’s Day present ever
This bird feeder given me lots of joy. I love that I have this new job of taking care of their feeder. I did find I had to add a few accessories to make it work better for my visitors. I got a ledge extender, I bought a baffle to keep the squirrels away, and the seed catcher to keep the messy birds from spread, spreading the seed all over my lawn! Thinking of saving up for the hummingbird version.
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I love the feeder
I love the feeder. It doesn’t always notify when I have a bird and the same bird came more than once yesterday and it identified it as 2 different birds. I also get a few that can not be recognized… even so some of them have already visited.
A wonderful hobby
UPDATED REVIEW 6/30/26:
I love my Birdbuddy. It has awakened an interest in birdwatching that I've never suspected I would enjoy so much. The camera takes gorgeous photos, and is very reliable. I had another brand of camera feeder before, and it was very frustrating because livestream rarely worked, and it would take a video even if a leaf or shadow moved near it. BirdBuddy is the best.
I do hope the developers will continue to improve the app. Overall, it works very well - but several features are urgently needed.
I would ask for two features to be added as soon as possible: 1) I urgently need to be able to delete the two bird nicknames I created. I'm not enjoying that as much as I thought I would, and there is no way to either edit/change or delete those nicknames. 2) I very much like to keep my collected videos sorted and labeled properly, but sometimes I make mistakes, and there is no way to edit the species classification either I or the Birdbuddy app assigned to the photo/video before I saved it.
Please, please add these capabilities soon.
I love my Birdbuddy. It has awakened an interest in birdwatching that I've never suspected I would enjoy so much. The camera takes gorgeous photos, and is very reliable. I had another brand of camera feeder before, and it was very frustrating because livestream rarely worked, and it would take a video even if a leaf or shadow moved near it. BirdBuddy is the best.
I do hope the developers will continue to improve the app. Overall, it works very well - but several features are urgently needed.
I would ask for two features to be added as soon as possible: 1) I urgently need to be able to delete the two bird nicknames I created. I'm not enjoying that as much as I thought I would, and there is no way to either edit/change or delete those nicknames. 2) I very much like to keep my collected videos sorted and labeled properly, but sometimes I make mistakes, and there is no way to edit the species classification either I or the Birdbuddy app assigned to the photo/video before I saved it.
Please, please add these capabilities soon.
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I love the feeder
I love the feeder. It doesn’t always notify when I have a bird and the same bird came more than once yesterday and it identified it as 2 different birds. I also get a few that can not be recognized… even so some of them have already visited.
Hummingbird feeder
This has to be one of the best gifts I’ve ever received.
NY USER
The product is great—until you have a problem. There is zero customer support. The chat is a bot and there is no phone support. So disappointing for a product I really loved.
Wonderful Technology
Buy a bird feeder, nature will heal your soul
Too much locked behind sub
I can’t invite my other family members in the house to connect to the camera without having to pay a subscription free. That’s insane. This is not a cheap device and I expect at least to have my wife also be able to use it. Greedy.
Hummingbird feeder
This was the best gift ever! The joy of getting to see hummingbirds that I might have missed otherwise is wonderful. 😊
Won’t connect to app
Bought this as a gift. I have tried so many times to complete setup. I have used home wifi and my hotspot. I can connect the device to my home internet and hotspot, but the connection to the bird buddy account always fails. Ready to give up because I haven’t heard back from support.
What a waste
$200 for a plastic hummingbird feeder and they’ve still managed to paywall half the useful features for it. Never mind the fact the livestream takes forever to connect with strong signal and the bird “identification” struggles to identify the one kind of bird that shows up. I was super excited to share the livestream with my girlfriend since we’re long distance but that’s an extra tier of monthly membership! Greed knows no limits, buy ANY other product if you’re reading this please
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A birdwatching must!
Birdbuddy is absolutely fantastic! It is a must for bird watchers. We now know the species and numbers of birds in our yard. It is educational too through its AI integration. The only issue is they the user interface is very crowded and seemingly unorganized. If the UI were better and cleaner, it would by 5 stars.
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