# BirdsEye Bird Finding Guide — user reviews

> 151 indexed App Store user reviews of BirdsEye Bird Finding Guide by Birds In The Hand, LLC, rated 4.50/5 from 1,871 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/birdseye-bird-finding-guide/id324168850/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/birdseye-bird-finding-guide/id324168850.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,326 · 4★ 354 · 3★ 71 · 2★ 55 · 1★ 65

## What do users think of BirdsEye Bird Finding Guide?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🚀 Useful for finding birds
- 🗺️ Provides location-based bird sightings
- 📷 Good photo and audio resources
- 🔍 Helps identify birds
- 📋 Useful for maintaining life and year lists
- 🌍 Worldwide coverage

**Cons**

- 🐛 Buggy and crashes frequently
- 🔍 Incomplete or redundant species information
- 🔒 Unreliable offline access
- 💰 Expensive subscription model
- 🔄 Slow updates and lack of support
- 🤔 Unintuitive user experience

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Membership not recognized in app
- Frequent download errors and issues
- Inconsistent behavior across devices
- Rare species and location data not up-to-date

**Most requested features**

- Improved offline access and data syncing
- Better integration with eBird
- More detailed species information
- Customizable lists and reporting
- Faster and more reliable performance

## Newest reviews (11 of 151)

### 4/5 — Pretty Women

*2026-06-12, version 2.6.1*

I like the app. I use iBird to help identify birds, and BirdsEye to help find birds wherever I am.  The problems I’m having with BirdsEye is that the sightings don’t load, or they take forever to load. And then when downloading the paid bird packages, it makes me download at least twice. If the developers could keep the app up to date and running better, that would help. It’s actually a very functional and greatly useful app. I do love it, but it doesn’t seem to love me. Such is life with pretty girls and fancy apps.

### 3/5 — Could be great but instead just ok.

*2026-02-27, version 2.6.1*

The premise is great especially for traveling to other places to find target species.  I used this for Costa Rica and it was helpful to see what lifers had been reported in various hotspots that I was visiting.  It worked pretty well for that. Unfortunately, the developers are no longer updating this app.  Recent species renames and splits have not been updated.  It was a bit clunky and required internet access to work.  I had a free trial for a month and used it a bit when I was in CR but ultimately I did not think it was worth $5 a month so I cancelled after the free trial.  The price is way too high for an app that isn’t being regularly upgraded/fixed.   Shame.

### 3/5 — Useful but filter bugs

*2025-05-03, version 2.6.1*

I have enjoyed using Birdseye for years but I find it does not filter locations very well. Sightings are often 100 kms or more from the set filter circle.

### 3/5 — Drives me crazy

*2024-09-23, version 2.6.1*

Generally like this app but it is so buggy I can’t use it half the time. Paid for world birds but rarely can I get it. It helps to close all other apps on the phone but doesn’t solve it. No support. Have sent multiple requests for help through app. No response. Makes me sad. General capabilities are good if you can get it to work.

### 3/5 — Excited for app, support is meh

*2024-04-30, version 2.6.1*

I was really excited to get this app. I got a subscription on their site but it’s never transferred or whatever. I’ve emailed several times from the website and support in the app and haven’t heard back. If I could just get that sorted, I’d be one happy camper….will update review if we ever get this sorted. It’s been over two weeks at this point :-/

### 4/5 — Does things the eBird app doesn’t and mostly works well

*2024-04-14, version 2.6.1*

I’ve used this app since before the eBird app came out. I still find it essential for searching eBird observations that are county-specific and rare & notable observations throughout a large area. The eBird app only allows a 30-mile radius so it’s frustrating when you are planning a road trip and you’re not within 30 miles of your destination. Also, BirdsEye shows checklist comments which is essential for access and specific location of target birds. The app has been quite slow to load in the last few months but still works if you are patient. In short, this is a very useful app that i hope will continue b being updated and improved and i plan to keep using.

### 3/5 — Frustrating

*2024-04-14, version 2.6.1*

Every third or fourth time I open the app ( paid version) it needs to update. Not helpful when you’re in the field waiting for this to complete

### 2/5 — Buggy abandonware

*2024-03-14, version 2.6.1*

Last update was over 3 years ago, and it shows. The app is buggy, not accurate, looks dated, and costs too much when you take into account it has been this long between updates. The eBird app does MOST of what this app does for FREE…and does those things correctly. After using it for a bit, I find this app’s workflows to be very unintuitive. And there are way too many un-ending spinners. It seems to always want to download sightings, rather than simply updating them…and this process takes a minute or two every few times you open the app. For $60/year, I need to see the developer cares about the app with regular updates and customer support responses rather than just sitting back and collecting royalties.

### 3/5 — Criticisms justified?

*2024-03-13, version 2.6.1*

I need to the app, as I am to birding, in the last year. I generally like the app and have found it useful, but it can be frustrating to use, especially when it forgets that I’ve already purchased packages. If, as Danny Sloan right in his review two years ago, a few photographers are manipulating the rating so that possibly better photographs than their own are used for certain birds, this is a problem. Is also a problem if the developer is unresponsive to help requests, as some reviewers complain. I have not tested this, but, as it has been my experience with many apps, I find the reviews that mention this to me credible. Lastly, if the app is not regularly updated as it should be to be kept current, that’s really unacceptable for a paid app.

### 3/5 — Handy but needs update

*2024-01-24, version 2.6.1*

This app is a useful tool for bird funding but is badly out of date. It does not include eBird taxonomy updates and doesn't seem to properly sync with my eBird life list. Questions posted to their support forum go unanswered. I know this is not a big moneymaker but if they're charging $20/year they should make periodic updates.

### 2/5 — Kinda doesn’t work

*2023-11-26, version 2.6.1*

I have the paid subscription and still don’t get all of the species as if I have only the free version.  If I can’t get all of the species reported from the areas I’m visiting what’s the point?

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work

*2026-08-24, version 2.6.1*

The app doesn’t work anymore and customer service does not respond

### 1/5 — Stopped working properly

*2026-06-08, version 2.6.1*

I’ve had this app for a long time and noticed it wasn’t loading some of my regional lists. I tried to delete and re-load thinking the issue was on my end and now I can’t get it to work at all. I paid for another year subscription back in Feb and based on other reviews it sounds like I might just be out on that cost.

### 1/5 — No Updates for Weeks

*2026-06-02, version 2.6.1*

I’m so disappointed. I’ve loved this app for years. Since May 8th, there have been no updates. This is prime birding time. It’s been almost a month. I’ve emailed support several times with no response.

### 1/5 — Used to be fantastic

*2026-05-24, version 2.6.1*

Birdeye used to be amazing, but now it’s stopped working and no one from there will respond. No info at all!

### 1/5 — App no longer updated

*2026-03-11, version 2.6.1*

The app used to be amazing, but is no longer updated. For instance, my last checklist I submitted to eBird had 32 species on it and this app only picked up 26 of them. My life list is also incorrect. You cannot rely on recent info/#’s. Doubt “All” is still correct.

### 1/5 — Horrible user experience

*2024-12-28, version 2.6.1*

Very painful user experience.

When I try to view a bird it’s says you need a subscription. You can’t use the app without paying apparently. I purchased a subscription and then I need to download 15,000+ files. 

So I start downloading but if the phone goes to sleep the download stops and I get a download error. So I plug the phone in and keep it awake by tapping the screen and watch 1000’s of files slowly download. 

After 30 minutes the download finishes. Then I try to view a bird’s info and it tells me to download again. 

So I try to download again and it tells me I’ve already downloaded. 

No documentation other than a pitch to pay for a subscription. No troubleshooting guide. The contact support link is broken so there is no way to get assistance and no way to figure what I did wrong. 

So I delete the the download and try again. Same problem. I’ve been trying to get this to work for hours now. It’s just $3 so it’s not really worth the trouble to try to get a refund.

I would rather have not spent so much time trying to get this to work.

There are other apps that do work and don’t charge monthly fees. Try Audubon Birds or Merlin Bird ID. You will need to download bird packs for those but it only takes a few seconds to download.

I strongly recommend you don’t pay for this app when there are much better free alternatives.

### 1/5 — Disappointed

*2024-05-01, version 2.6.1*

App use to be amazing but requires a monthly membership now.  Spend your money on a bird app that is a one time fee and not a membership.

### 1/5 — Disappointing

*2024-01-29, version 2.6.1*

This app doesn’t do anything.  It just keeps spinning the gear cog wheel

### 1/5 — Tech Issues

*2023-11-18, version 2.6.1*

Keeps getting hung up while updating. Freezes all too often. When it does work it’s pretty good but that’s rare! UGH!!  80% of the time it doesn’t work! Will definitely NOT renew and that’s after being a customer for a handful of years and several new iPhones. Very disappointing.

### 1/5 — Used to love it, but they seem to have gone out of business

*2023-11-12, version 2.6.1*

Customer support is a black hole. No response at all.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Very Helpful

*2026-06-15, version 2.6.1*

I really enjoy the App.  It has helped me find birds I wouldn’t have without it.  It was especially helpful in planning trips - until the “Browse By Location” stopped being updated about a month ago.  I really used that function a lot.  I hope it is fixed soon.  
    Glad to see it back on line!!  I use it a lot.

### 5/5 — Doesn’t work anymore

*2026-06-11, version 2.6.1*

I’ve loved using this app for over a decade now. And found it more useful than the eBird and Audubon apps. But lately, I can’t sync my eBird list, and the rare bird alerts don’t load. Not sure what has changed or if this app still has support and development.

### 5/5 — Overall Love, Sometimes Frustration

*2025-08-02, version 2.6.1*

Overall I love the app, but there are some glitches, and a little room for improvement. 

Glitch: about 10% of the time, I open a species search and everything is grayed out, forcing me to select the membership I already have, then back out and start over for it to work. 

Improvement: too many of the species have a lot of redundant pictures. It needs to diversify top, bottom, and variation within species. It does this for most, but there are too many it does not. I don’t need to look at 12 pictures where 8 are virtually identical. 

Overall, I love this app enough to want it to improve.

### 5/5 — Update

*2025-05-10, version 2.6.1*

Love the app! It is a great tool to have for every aspect of my birding. Only improvement needed is to update the species name changes.

### 5/5 — Great App

*2025-04-26, version 2.6.1*

Very easy to use.  I have upgraded to different parts of the world and the app comes in very handy for abundance reports and current sightings.

### 5/5 — Birdseye

*2024-12-21, version 2.6.1*

This is a very good app to help you find the birds in your area. You can move the area to find birds in different areas. This is my go to app when I am leading trips

### 5/5 — Must-have for traveling birders

*2024-06-01, version 2.6.1*

I use this app almost daily for finding birds near my home as well as the best hotspots while traveling.  I highly recommend the paid version.  You can search by species or location.

### 5/5 — Brilliant App

*2024-05-13, version 2.6.1*

This is great for seeing what species have been reported on eBird recently & over longer periods. It helps find new species & improve the chances of identifying others you are not 100% sure of especially if they have been reported nearby. It can however show birds that were recorded but found to be incorrect & changed on eBird. If this could be incorporated into the App it would be even better.
If you are after rare species I would recommend purchasing the subscription especially useful for the months when travelling overseas.

### 5/5 — Very Helpful

*2024-02-09, version 2.6.1*

I really enjoy the App.  It has helped me find birds I wouldn’t have without it.  It was especially helpful in planning trips - until the “Browse By Location” stopped being updated about a month ago.  I really used that function a lot.  I hope it is fixed soon.

### 5/5 — Missing sections

*2023-09-04, version 2.6.1*

The year or life list does not function on my I-phone 14. I only get life list. E-mailed support twice over 2 months. Never heard from them. Poor support

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