# Haikubox — Live Bird Song ID > Live Bird Song ID (iPhone/iPad app by Haikubox.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/haikubox/id6790497087 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Haikubox](https://appshunter.io/developer/1533338035) - Category: Reference, Education - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 18.0 · 205 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-08-03 - Data updated: 2026-09-01 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/haikubox/id6790497087/reviews.md ## What is Haikubox? Haikubox uses on-device neural nets to identify bird species by their calls in real time. Tap Live Detect and any bird singing nearby is identified in seconds. See the species, its confidence, and a scrolling spectrogram of the exact call as it happens. And Haikubox is more than an identifier — it's a community. Haikubox listening stations around the world contribute bird detections to real scientific research at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and to bat monitoring programs. When you join, your backyard becomes part of a continent-spanning acoustic network. VERIFIED BY TWO AI MODELS Most bird ID apps rely on a single model. Haikubox runs two independent neural networks — HaikuNet and BirdNET from Cornell University — and gives you insight into how detections are made. Filter by Low, Med, or High confidence. FREE ON YOUR PHONE • Live Detect — real-time bird ID using your phone's microphone • Silky-smooth scrolling spectrogram with a chip marker on every call • Region and confidence filters so you focus on the species that matter • Dual-model verification built in — every detection is cross-checked • Works offline — no account required to start listening • Help improve the AI: flag any detection as right or wrong, and your feedback trains the next generation of models EXTEND TO 24/7 WITH A HAIKUBOX DEVICE Set a Haikubox in your yard (available at haikubox.com) and let it listen 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Every bird call — the dawn chorus, midday jays, night owls — is captured and identified while you're at work, asleep, or away. WITH BATS TOO The Haikubox Birds and Bats device also detects ultrasonic bat calls, which are inaudible to human ears. Recordings are pitch-shifted to a range you can hear, so you can identify the species that hunt your yard at night — something no phone-only app can do. COMMUNITY SCIENCE Your Haikubox doesn't just tell you what's in your yard — it contributes anonymized detections to bird conservation research at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and bat research with NABat. Explore the community map to see and listen to Haikuboxes shared publicly around the world, follow migration as it sweeps through other members' yards, and share your own station so others can discover your birds. With a Haikubox connected, the app also lets you: • See every bird detected today, this week, or across the entire year • Play back the exact audio clip that triggered each detection from the past month • Get push notifications the moment a favorite species arrives • Star recordings to save your best moments forever • Share clips as audio or short spectrogram videos to messaging, email, and social apps • Explore and listen to Haikuboxes shared publicly around the world on the map • Become a citizen scientist — contribute your detections to real conservation research Haikubox is developed by Loggerhead Instruments and is powered by HaikuNet and BirdNET from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Terms of Use: https://listen.haikubox.com/#/terms Privacy Policy: https://listen.haikubox.com/#/privacy ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Annual | $69.99 | per year | ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 1.3 — 2026-08-29 Name changed from Haikubox 2 to Haikubox ### 1.2 — 2026-08-15 • Better dark mode — controls and links are easy to read at night, and maps stay legible • New welcome screen • Smoother sign-in • Reorganized Settings — notification settings now live with your device; adding a Haikubox is easier to find • Faster, smoother Dashboard scrolling and stability improvements ### 1.1 — 2026-08-14 Redesigned species cards with clearer playback controls VoiceOver support including spoken bird announcements in Detect and Live Bat detection alerts for Birds & Bats hardware Per-species alert levels Consistent audio volume across the app Bug fixes and performance improvements. ### 1.0 — 2026-08-03 No release notes. ## More apps by Haikubox - [Haikubox Connect](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/haikubox-connect/id1561887394) - [Haikubox Classic](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/haikubox-classic/id1598139196) All apps by Haikubox: https://appshunter.io/developer/1533338035 ## Related topics [haikubox](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/haikubox) · [flowbird](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/flowbird) · [wildlife acoustics](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/wildlife-acoustics) · [cornell ornithology lab](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/cornell-ornithology-lab) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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