Has potential?
Just recently downloaded your app and the first time I used it, it crashed and now won’t boot. It crashes immediately every time I try to boot it. I have tried clearing ram on my iPhone XS and even rebooted my phone, but same result.
Can’t download
Even though I paid for this app, it won’t download completely. I would like a refund
Great start / feature request
Still a little raw, but a great resource nonetheless. Especially considering it’s free and a side project! My number one feature request right now would be the ability to upload m4a’s from the native iPhone Voice Memo app. I have dozens and dozens of recordings there that I would love to see what the algorithm thinks might be. There are enough additional features on Voice Memo (e.g. pausing and restarting recording) that I’m not ready to start making BirdGram the default app I use to record vocalizations. An upload feature would help with that. Also eventually a moving bar to track what part of the spectrogram is being played (but that’s much lower on the list). Thanks to the developer!
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Nice app but could have a bit more features and information on how to use properly.
I’ve learned the app by now but would have been nice to have a settings page. I wish you could play the recording from the recording page so I know where to trim it instead of having to keep going back and forth pages.
Response from developer
Thanks! Any particular controls you'd want in a settings page? I'm always interested to hear what people would like to do that they can't yet. "I wish you could play the recording from the recording page" — yeah, that's one of the more glaring omissions right now... Definitely on my list to fix! Happy birding!
The Future of Birding
Spectrograms are the future of birding because they give us so much more information than the human ear can detect. Seeing them in real time as you record is really helpful. Yes, the functionality is primitive and the UI isn’t at all intuitive but the developer admits to it in the app description so I’m rating this much higher than I normally would. I hope he follows through on his promise to improve the app because it has the potential to be amazing. Even in its current state, I highly recommend downloading it for recording birds in the field.
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Response from developer
Thanks. :) I hope to live up to the promise! This is very much a side project for me so I can't devote myself to it full time, but I plan to keep improving it to make it something that more people can use. Happy birding!
Amazing!
Such a great resource! I love being able to see each sound as a spectrogram and browse quickly. The ability to ID my recordings and look through all the candidate matches is so much more powerful than other apps out there. I’m a convert.
