Tremendous app!
I have had this app for years. Happily purchased it a long time ago while I believe it was in its infancy. It is very comprehensive with a LOT of information that I have not yet seen in books. I would gladly purchase all Mitch’s stuff, and I hope he will one day come out with an app on all the birds of Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, pretty much everywhere! It is my hope and desire to have a complete reference app/guide to ALL the birds of the world. I have no idea why no one has put an app together quite like Mitch’s. I have not seen its kind in the App Store at all. Please, Mitch, please make another app or two on the birds of other continents.
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Response from developer
Thank you for your incredible support and for being with iBird since the early days! We're honored that you find the app so comprehensive and useful, and it's especially rewarding to hear it compares favorably to traditional field guides. Your enthusiasm for expanding iBird to cover birds from around the world is appreciated and has certainly been shared by other birders as well. We'll be sure to pass your encouragement along to Mitch. Thank you for being part of the iBird community, and happy birding wherever your adventures take you!
Good app but no field journal
The app is great for identifying birds and their calls, but no field journal.
Love it
This app is great is amazing for bird watching
Great but a bit buggy!
My fave bird app—just upgraded to Ultimate after years of iBird pro and was so happy that I could now clear the selected bird with the x instead of backspacing my way out. Mixed glee when I found that playback wants to start with the top listed sound instead of the one I select and most annoying it defaults to cycle thru the calls/songs of the selected bird. The app will eventually train me to check the cycle switch before I use playback but the bit about it choosing the first item on the playback menu knocks a star off my review.
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Worst developer on the App Store
This app has been abandoned for three years. I originally paid $30 for it.
I had to fight tooth and nail to get access to IBird pro after they abandoned this app.
Then they switched IBird pro, a paid app, to a forced subscription about a year ago. They had no grandfathering in - which is what every other developer has done when they switch to subscription.
I don’t know why they revived this app, but I do not trust them and implore you not to waste your money on this deceitful developer.
I had to fight tooth and nail to get access to IBird pro after they abandoned this app.
Then they switched IBird pro, a paid app, to a forced subscription about a year ago. They had no grandfathering in - which is what every other developer has done when they switch to subscription.
I don’t know why they revived this app, but I do not trust them and implore you not to waste your money on this deceitful developer.
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Excellent Guide
I’ve always had a fascination with birds, and even as a young man had field guides that were very useful nevertheless, I always came up a little short in learning what I really wanted to learn about birds. For example, I always wanted to be able to identify them by their song and I was never able to do that. Now with iBird Ultimate I’ve already begun to see birds, hear birds, and then listen to the sound in the app and memorize it making me now able to finally begin to name birds just by hearing their song excellent guide; highly recommend.
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Response from developer
Hi, So "Buzzard" is a nick name (in North America) for the Turkey Vulture and the Black vulture. Those birds are in the app, check them out to see if that is what you were observing. :-)
Best Birding App
None Better!
Great app with a few bugs
Playing sounds, the app always starts with top-most sound regardless of which is selected. Not acceptable in some circumstances.
Has lost personal notes with update.
Overall a great app, despite bugs.
Has lost personal notes with update.
Overall a great app, despite bugs.
Field Kit Replacement
This app is good. It has replaced the National Geographic Field Guide and in so doing has reduced the weight of my field kit by a couple of pounds.
The review
Great app has used it over 5 years now and it’s super helpful
Stopped working entirely
At the top of the splash screen, the word “test” appears and the program won’t load. Someone messed up big time. Please fix it. You made us pay multiple times for multiple versions already.
Essential Birding Tool
Wonderful birding app. I have recommended it to countless folks over the years.
It’s especially compelling to the young bird enthusiasts and those just becoming acquainted with the avian world.
A must have app for any nature lover at a steal of a price.
I love my bird books and this app is a multidimensional companion to them.
Happy birding!
It’s especially compelling to the young bird enthusiasts and those just becoming acquainted with the avian world.
A must have app for any nature lover at a steal of a price.
I love my bird books and this app is a multidimensional companion to them.
Happy birding!
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Almost perfect!
Absolutely wonderful. The only thing I noticed negative was that for identifying birds there are no markers for the females only the males. Other than that, I think this is probably the best birding app out there.
Useless
Had this app for years. Now my lists, favorites, have all vanished. App won’t even do a search. Turned into complete junk. Don’t suppose I can get my money back.
Confused
I bought iBird pro iBird ultimate then iBird pro again not sure. The reality is I paid for and would like the apps that I originally bought to work and now the developer has moved to a repeat you must buy a subscription. Too bad I can’t access the original apps I paid for years ago. Bye bye
Good information
I use this quite frequently. Lots of information on each bird.
Great app I use it all the time
I completely agree with Aerohead tw
Lost life bird lists
Loved iBird ultimate for years until an update cause my life list to vanish. The data is still there but I have no way to access it. I have sent several emails beginning in May 2023 and have received no attempts of helping me to recover my lists. Customer service is apparently non-existent as all phone numbers go directly to unanswered voicemails also
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Managing it isn’t a dream
Love what’s in it, if I crawl thru each one. If I recall I want a Pileated Woodpecker vs Acorn then easy. I just have to know their names BEFORE using the app… If I want all Woodpeckers, no putting that in the search and getting it or red black and white either. Probably not doing something right as this would be a basic expectation.
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A clutch of resources
I bought the original iBird app over a decade ago and just re-upped in this new ultimate version.
For me the app is like nest filled with eggs. Each one is a complementary source of info to help in identifying birds.
You can look through and browse quality full color illustrations (with our without notations on marking), look at photos within the app, or birdipedia or Flickr (great for showing individual or season variations), get nicely parsed info (range maps, environmental status, behavior, etc), listen to multiple recording of different calls for each species and more.
One of these info “eggs” may be just the one you need in a certain situation and the are all connected by a powerful search function that lets you set dozens of parameters using location, physical attributes, time of year, etc.
And the best thing is that you can access all the core features without having cell or Wi-Fi access as the major eggs are all downloaded to your phone.
So it’s great in the field or for just being at home and browsing visitors to your house or armchair recalling of neat species seen on vacation that you added to your favorites list.
This is what mobile tech is for quality, searchable on the go information.
For me the app is like nest filled with eggs. Each one is a complementary source of info to help in identifying birds.
You can look through and browse quality full color illustrations (with our without notations on marking), look at photos within the app, or birdipedia or Flickr (great for showing individual or season variations), get nicely parsed info (range maps, environmental status, behavior, etc), listen to multiple recording of different calls for each species and more.
One of these info “eggs” may be just the one you need in a certain situation and the are all connected by a powerful search function that lets you set dozens of parameters using location, physical attributes, time of year, etc.
And the best thing is that you can access all the core features without having cell or Wi-Fi access as the major eggs are all downloaded to your phone.
So it’s great in the field or for just being at home and browsing visitors to your house or armchair recalling of neat species seen on vacation that you added to your favorites list.
This is what mobile tech is for quality, searchable on the go information.
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