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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Love seeing birds but the software needs work
This is my second bird buddy, the first house was destroyed by squirrels.. RIP. The camera on the newer one is excellent. The AI software is worse at identifying birds than the older version. The option to dress up your bird is weird, I don’t use it. Compared to how the app used to be, I feel like the upgrade is actually a downgrade- minus the picture quality.
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Glad we have it
My husband gave me this as a Christmas gift and I was very annoyed so he set it up and said give it a try and I have to say I have enjoyed every single moment since. We actually are going to get one for the front of the house and we’ve given two as gifts already definitely worth getting.
Best hummingbird feeder
I love how the app lets you share with family and keep a collection of the birds you get. I love how it saves videos and lets you name the birds.
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.
