eBird User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience36.6% of reviews
Neutral18.6% of reviews
Negative experience44.9% of reviews

~ Based on 361 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is eBird Safe?

eBird appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for eBird is 76/100.

This assessment is based on 803 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.8/5.

Safety Analysis

67.9% of ratings point to a safe experience
9.7% of ratings suggest some concerns
22.4% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 803 App Store ratings for eBird.

Is eBird Legit?

eBird appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for eBird is 95/100.

Based on 95 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

2:24

Made me reset my password 10 times. Then finally accepted the password. When I tried to sign in with the saved password, it said I did not have authorization. Its a birding app….for christ’s sake, not fort knox.

A1

Best birdwatching app

New to the app

It serves well for reporting birds I see, and I’m trying to change to the app more often. I usually forget to use it while out walking and birding.

Haven’t been able to access my account for days.

No way to email for help that I can find on their site and I can submit any reports because I keep getting a connection error

Glitchy and unreliable

The apps keeps trying to auto update even when you have zero service and when it’s trying to update you can’t make any lists, keeps pestering you to update packs and when I finally did the app glitched out and going back in I lost 100+ unsubmitted lists (didn’t have service), they just disappeared, what a joke of an app, extremely disappointing (or maybe this is expected given how broken the Merlin app is as well)
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Faulty app doesn’t install fully

Tried to install this but fails to progress/allow installation of bird packs. It doesn’t list any.
Tried reporting to the developer and got no response.
I’d give this a hard pass.

Does not work

The app doesn’t allow me past the download packs screen, so unfortunately, I can’t even use the app at all.

Interesting app

Separate app from Merlin which I have been using for years. Will see how this plays. Always interested in being a citizen scientist observer of nature!

Omg what did you do?

Latest “greatest” version wiped out my recordings from years and more. Forced to create a username and login, I had to begin downloading packs again. Downloading is slow.

What happened to what packages I had that existed before? I had some for other regions in the world. Recordings of those birds lost. Unbelievably sad.

I have zero of my history. Nada.

I am hugely disappointed in this. It was one of my favorite apps. Definitely a bad decision on Cornell’s part to leave users behind.
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Was great, but now stopped working

It was good until it stopped. I can’t submit my checklist. Can’t get support. Looks like we’re finished with this app.

Excellent For Data Collection & Research

1) Good for Observed Bird Data storage
2) Very helpful in Searching species
3) Good tool for Data Analysis & Research
Note : Review and Clearance of Unconfirmed List Processes is too slow!

Incredible app! Please add a widget feature

I’d love to see a widget for easy accessibility

Needs Work.

App is very clunky and difficult to navigate. Need the ability to log a checklist from anywhere in the country instead of only in my close radius. Birds should be sorted by location by showing the most recent birds up top. So much scrolling to find the birds that are actually at the location. Would love the ability to see a profile or photo of the birds by clicking the species in the checklist options.
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Freezes on ‘Install a pack’ screen

Mac desktop app doesn’t work

I love ebird

I love ebird

THE essential birding app for pros and newbies

While EBird’s cousin Merlin is mostly for beginners, (although it is still amazing), it is mostly for newer birders learning still. EBird is the best place for everybody of all skill levels to find birds, report birds, and keep track of the ones you’ve seen

Verbesserungsbedarf

An sich gute Idee, die Hotspots sind super als Übersicht über Vogelarten in der Nähe. Leider aber einige Fehler, wie dass die Namen der Vögel leider weiterhin auf Englisch angezeigt werden. Außerdem lädt das Sprachpaket, welches man zu Beginn runterladen muss, sehr sehr langsam.

Not compatible with ipad

I often go birding with my ipad because i have a keyboard attached. I like the larger screen. This is not compatible with an iPad, and I didn’t see a description that explicitly said that. Too bad, thus the 3 star rating.

My Favourite App

I LOVE this app, plain and simple. The ability to log your sightings while contributing to citizen science is such a powerful tool for conservation! Being able to see recent sightings of each bird in your region can help inform birding outings greatly!

No good

Deleting this app. Can’t get past purchase packs screen. Disappointing.