Was better before AI
This app used to make decent identifications of all birds and the occasional squirrel. Now it will only automatically identify birds if you pay to upgrade, otherwise I need to tell it to identify the bird for me. Half its functionality has been downgraded so the company can say it uses AI…
Amazing
I love my Birdbuddy! The quality is wonderful and I love that it can identify the different birds. It truly makes me happy to watch them so closely!
Great feeder
Enjoy the feeder in the morning while I drink our coffee and take pictures.
Need serious work
I have the bird buddy pro. Filling the feeder spills 1/4 as much as you get in the feeder. The provided hanger has the feeder at about a 30 degree angle. Camera is within 20 feet of 2 different nest WiFi’s and I have to reinstall the camera anytime I want to view. Yeah, great picture but it’s not supposed to be a new part time job. If I bought this instead of receiving it as a gift I would return it. I could build a better one cheaper. Nice materials and nice camera. That’s it. Open the app and I see what’s happening at someone else’s feeder but not my own. Why isn’t my camera the first thing I see I. The app. Can’t view anything on my own camera. And support is non existent. The answers on the site go nowhere except how to set it up. No phone number, no email, no help.
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Never stays connected
If you like watching the circle spin endlessly, this is the app for you. Does not connect to wifi without a bunch of steps that go so slow you get irate. Birds are not that attracted to it anyway. Try a different brand. This one has too much AI stuff to try to make it fancy it just slows it down to being unusable.
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Ruined birdwatching, horrible app
I don't understand how this has good reviews and I think a lot of them are fake. I have the birdfeeder and the app and this is a terrible product. It takes forever to load the livestream even if you lower the quality which you shouldn't have to do. I often can't get it to load at all or it freezes. It almost never tells me when there's a bird at my feeder which is the entire purpose of this thing. I have it on the highest setting to send me the most amount of postcards and I constantly see birds on my feeder and I haven't gotten any kind of alert. Sometimes they'll sit there for five or 10 minutes and I get nothing. Or I'll get an alert five minutes after a bird was there so I can't check it out live. This is seriously a horrible product and I can't at all recommend it. It is ruining birdwatching for me.
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Not a good gift, deteriorating experience
I WOULDN’T BUY BIRDBUDDY AS A GIFT! Update: I just had some deep thinking and felt compelled to further downgrade this app to one star 1️⃣ ⭐️
Overall, I’ve enjoyed using the feeder and app but standard features are now behind THE PAYWALL. Previously, the captured videos were automatically labeled with the species identified. You now have specifically request identification. This is frustrating because, if the species are screened and identified, the app will ignore species you choose to ignore. Why would you want to ignore? Well, I don’t need 20 videos of Cardinals and House Finches every day. I prefer to focus on birds I don’t see as often.
If you want the old features back, it’s simple. Just pay for a subscription. So, you may not want to give Birdbuddy as a gift because what you’re actually giving is a MONTHLY BILL. This is noteworthy because the feeders are expensive to begin with.
Overall, I’ve enjoyed using the feeder and app but standard features are now behind THE PAYWALL. Previously, the captured videos were automatically labeled with the species identified. You now have specifically request identification. This is frustrating because, if the species are screened and identified, the app will ignore species you choose to ignore. Why would you want to ignore? Well, I don’t need 20 videos of Cardinals and House Finches every day. I prefer to focus on birds I don’t see as often.
If you want the old features back, it’s simple. Just pay for a subscription. So, you may not want to give Birdbuddy as a gift because what you’re actually giving is a MONTHLY BILL. This is noteworthy because the feeders are expensive to begin with.
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Bait and Switch
Used to be great but they continually limit functionality of this app. Now automatic identification of birds is behind a paid subscription - the headline feature the product was ADVERTISED WITH when I bought it.
Complaint made and we’ll see how they handle it, but ultimately it makes me wonder what they’ll take away next when they want more money or more interaction with their app.
Not a trustworthy company. Look at the alternatives.
Complaint made and we’ll see how they handle it, but ultimately it makes me wonder what they’ll take away next when they want more money or more interaction with their app.
Not a trustworthy company. Look at the alternatives.
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Deteriorating Experience
I WOULDN’T BUY BIRDBUDDY AS A GIFT!
Overall, I’ve enjoyed using the product and app but standard features are now behind THE PAYWALL. Previously, the captured videos were automatically labeled with the species identified. You now have specifically request identification. This is frustrating because, if the species are screened, the app will ignore species you choose to ignore. Why would want to ignore? Well, I don’t want 20 videos of cardinals and House Finches every day. I prefer to focus on birds I don’t see as often.
If you want your old features back, it’s simple. Just pay for a subscription. So, you may not want to give Birdbuddy as a gift because what you’re actually giving is a MONTHLY BILL.
Overall, I’ve enjoyed using the product and app but standard features are now behind THE PAYWALL. Previously, the captured videos were automatically labeled with the species identified. You now have specifically request identification. This is frustrating because, if the species are screened, the app will ignore species you choose to ignore. Why would want to ignore? Well, I don’t want 20 videos of cardinals and House Finches every day. I prefer to focus on birds I don’t see as often.
If you want your old features back, it’s simple. Just pay for a subscription. So, you may not want to give Birdbuddy as a gift because what you’re actually giving is a MONTHLY BILL.
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Misses SO many birds
I love the ability to connect with nature, but Multiple times a day, I see all sorts of birds at the feeder that I don’t get any postcards for. Not to mention, I’ve constantly got a notification in-app that shows me nothing. The competitors apps work much better, which is disappointing considering how long Birdbuddy has been in the game.
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Never stays connected
If you like watching the circle spin endlessly, this is the app for you. Does not connect to wifi without a bunch of steps that go so slow you get irate. Birds are not that attracted to it anyway. Try a different brand. This one has too much AI stuff to try to make it fancy it just slows it down to being unusable. 1 month and I have 1 video.
Update 8/12/26. New location new wifi. Still no pictures of birds! Birds visit. I take more pictures of them myself with my phone visiting this feeder than this thing takes. Zero new pictures since last review. It should not be this difficult and complicated. Buy something else.
Update 8/12/26. New location new wifi. Still no pictures of birds! Birds visit. I take more pictures of them myself with my phone visiting this feeder than this thing takes. Zero new pictures since last review. It should not be this difficult and complicated. Buy something else.
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Can’t cancel at all
Hard to use, very expensive membership plans and not possible to cancel in the app at all!
So much fun!
I love watching the birds and the labeling seems quite accurate
Not what it used to be
Seems to misidentify birds that it had no problem with in past years. Some glitch with recent database upgrades?
Birds
These precious creatures are so very interesting! Love to keep up with them!!!
Too many notifications!!
Even with the “smart” notifications, there are TOO MANY annoying notifications! I will look in the app when I am ready!
If I don’t open the app on the first notification of a bird sighting, I will get several more notifications within the next 15 minutes for the same sighting! One notification is enough!
These pushes need to be rate limited. This is ridiculous.
If I don’t open the app on the first notification of a bird sighting, I will get several more notifications within the next 15 minutes for the same sighting! One notification is enough!
These pushes need to be rate limited. This is ridiculous.
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Hid features behind paywall
When I first got Birdbuddy, it was great but now I can’t filter out unwanted sightings because it’s no longer automatically tells you what kind of bird is on the feeder. Shameless cash grab and it amounts to a bait and switch.
Solar Panel Issues
Since I open the box in Dec 2025 the solar panel has not worked properly.
Ok but……
Good quality product but only one device can view the live stream at a time unless you pay a hundred dollars a year!
Not worth it and very disappointing!!!
Not worth it and very disappointing!!!
Never stays connected
If you like watching the circle spin endlessly, this is the app for you. Does not connect to wifi without a bunch of steps that go so slow you get irate. Birds are not that attracted to it anyway. Try a different brand. This one has too much AI stuff to try to make it fancy it just slows it down to being unusable. 1 month and I have 1 video.
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