# Cuckoo Bird: Nest Life — Nature's boldest baby bird

> Nature's boldest baby bird (iPhone/iPad app by Andres Wetzel.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cuckoo-bird-nest-life/id6780272618 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Andres Wetzel](https://appshunter.io/developer/733348374)
- Category: Games, Education, Action, Adventure
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 3 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-02
- Data updated: 2026-08-19
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cuckoo-bird-nest-life/id6780272618/reviews.md

## What is Cuckoo Bird?

Meet the cuckoo: nature's boldest little freeloader.

In Cuckoo, you play a newly hatched cuckoo chick dropped into a stranger's nest. Hatch from your egg, make room for yourself, beg your unwitting foster parents into feeding you, grow into a comically oversized chick, then fledge and fly off to find your next host nest. One quick loop, then again — each in a different bird's nest, with new challenges every time.

It's based on one of the most astonishing true stories in the natural world. Every mechanic in the game is real cuckoo behavior, just slightly cartoonish.

WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Tap to hatch, feed, grow, and fledge through quick, satisfying loops
- Raise your chick in 12 real host species, from the tiny reed warbler to the brambling
- Time your begging to get fed before the mother loses patience
- Watch your chick balloon to absurd size next to its pint-sized parents

KEEP COMING BACK
- Earn coins from every run, perfect feed, and daily streak
- Spend them on collectible cuckoo skins and cozy nest decorations
- Take on a fresh Daily Challenge for bonus coins
- Build a daily streak and watch your rewards grow

LEARN SOMETHING REAL
- Six short, beautifully written chapters on the real biology of brood parasitism
- Pass each chapter's quiz to earn coins
- Ace them all to earn your shareable "Small Ornithologist" diploma
- Fill out your Field Guide by discovering all 12 host species

THERE ARE NO BAD BIRDS
Cuckoo celebrates nature exactly as it is. The cuckoo isn't a villain — it's a marvel of evolution doing precisely what it was born to do. No blood, no cruelty, just wonder.

Free to play. No accounts, no nonsense. Just you, a tiny trespasser, and a whole world of nests to discover.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cuckoo Supporter | $1.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1 — 2026-08-11

Fixed a bug where clearing every egg right at the wire could still end the loop in "STARVED," even though you made it in time.
Fixed background music restarting every time you left or returned to a nest — it just keeps playing now.
Fixed the Supporter button sometimes needing two taps to actually start a purchase.
Small fix so "Reset progress" also resets the diploma thank-you prompt.

### 1.0 — 2026-07-02

No release notes.

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