# Picture Bird: Bird identifier — user reviews > 682 indexed App Store user reviews of Picture Bird by Next Vision Limited, rated 4.70/5 from 39,822 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/picture-bird-bird-identifier/id1474586978/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/picture-bird-bird-identifier/id1474586978.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 34,424 · 4★ 2,952 · 3★ 907 · 2★ 359 · 1★ 1,180 ## What do users think of Picture Bird? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Accurate identification - 👍 Easy to use - 💡 Helpful information about birds - 🚀 Ability to identify from photos and sounds - 👍 Saves bird sightings - 💡 Useful for birdwatching **Cons** - 🐛 Inconsistent identification accuracy - 🔒 Misleading subscription model - 🐛 Incorrect identification of common birds - 🐛 Struggles with distant or obscured birds - 💰 Expensive subscription cost **Commonly reported bugs** - Sound identification not working - Identifies non-bird objects as birds - Inconsistent identification results for the same bird - Subscription difficult to cancel **Most requested features** - Ability to correct incorrect identifications - Location-based bird identification - More bird species in the database - Offline identification capabilities - Improved camera integration and zoom - Monthly subscription option ## Newest reviews (10 of 682) ### 4/5 — Nice app *2026-08-21, version 2.18.2* This is a pretty nice app there are a few things I would recommend though: in the bird finder, you make one of the color options red. Also you should make one of the bird sizes like hawk sized or something because there are a lot of bird sizes in between mallard-sized and heron-sized. Thank you! ### 4/5 — Amazed *2026-08-15, version 2.18.2* I got this app for my education and I did not think it would be 100 percent accurate this is one of my favorite apps in the App Store ### 2/5 — Sounds 👍 *2026-07-23, version 2.18.2* I am not in America. I have clicked on world map on the app but it doesn’t seem to work! ### 5/5 — Bird identifier *2026-07-16, version 2.18.2* Great app. Always accurate ### 5/5 — Great and helpful *2026-07-15, version 2.18.2* This app is good to identify bird that are unfamiliar to u and ur friends ### 5/5 — Sound *2026-07-14, version 2.18.2* Great app..pics up the bird calls easily ### 5/5 — Distance indicator *2026-07-13, version 2.18.2* It would be nice to be able to change between km and miles . Other than that, it is a great app. I love it. ### 5/5 — Shadowwolves *2026-07-13, version 2.18.2* Invaluable in doing wildlife rehab ### 5/5 — Great App *2026-07-13, version 2.18.2* I love this apps ease of use, its ability to identify a bird despite sometimes my terrible photos and the in depth knowledge it gives for each bird. ### 5/5 — Bird watcher *2026-07-12, version 2.18.2* Super accurate The best app for id ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No way! *2026-08-22, version 2.18.2* Automatically signed me up for a 1 year subscription. I clicked 1 week free trial. ### 1/5 — Disappointing *2026-08-22, version 2.18.2* Knowing I am in UK it gave me American birds! ### 1/5 — Self Applauding UI *2026-08-14, version 2.18.2* I was enjoying my morning coffee when I overheard a bird call I had not yet heard before in the mornings where I live. I immediately wanted to know what the bird was so I found this app and downloaded it hoping to identify the bird before it stopped calling. Upon downloading the app I was forced to watch this 45 second “tutorial”. The entire time the bird was still calling. By the time the video ended, the bird had stopped singing and I was completely unable to identify it. Why the developers of this app felt it necessary to subject its users to mandatory tutorial that feels less educational and more like an excuse to show off their advanced coding skills is beyond me. To make matters worse I was then immediately prompted to start my free trial. Luckily this isn’t my first rodeo so to speak so I knew this wasn’t mandatory but full screen prompts for subscriptions with tiny x’s in the corner are extremely predatory cash grabs. ### 1/5 — Not reliable *2026-08-02, version 2.18.2* I have used the around identifier a few times now , once by accident inside a train and it said that it was a kestrel when it was just people talking, I’ve just used it on my bedroom trying to identify some very noisy birds that I can see and the app says that they are owls which they are not so I lost trust in this app ### 1/5 — Not accurate *2026-07-28, version 2.18.2* Identified hawk cry as a crow. Uninstalling ### 1/5 — Poor accuracy *2026-07-18, version 2.18.2* I was trying to test the accuracy of the app and took various photos of statues and other items without any birds and got some pretty weird answers. Results like birds from Ecuador, Australia and countries far away from the United States. How can the app return bird species without a bird being present? I also recorded a mourning dove and the app said it was a bird from coastal Europe. ### 1/5 — Bad identification *2026-07-16, version 2.18.2* This program identifies everything as a northern cardinal. Even a hummingbird! We have both types and both sexes of cardinal, chickadees, finches, buntings and more but to this program they are ALL northern cardinals. So disappointing ### 1/5 — Australian birds *2026-07-13, version 2.18.2* This app is probably best suited to the northern hemisphere but unfortunately produces mis-identifications repeatedly in SE Australia. It seems to get an ID at the first attempt then after that defaults to birds in the USA in particular. It’s been a very expensive mistake ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-07-13, version 2.18.2* This “free” app just offers some sort of ‘trial’ for free. Stop calling this FREE ### 1/5 — I got charged for 50$ one year subscription *2026-07-11, version 2.18.2* I don’t want it or will even use it and I can’t get my money back ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2026-08-22, version 2.18.2* Easy to use and very informative ### 5/5 — I’d *2026-08-15, version 2.18.2* Love this app! ### 5/5 — Idk *2026-08-09, version 2.18.2* Pretty accurate app ### 5/5 — Nice app! *2026-08-03, version 2.18.2* Good app, works fine on apple phone, helped me identify some birds! ### 5/5 — Learning all my bird *2026-08-03, version 2.18.2* Great app ### 5/5 — Great App *2026-08-02, version 2.18.2* Love this App wish I could afford it ### 5/5 — ❤️ love! 🦅🩷❤️🥰 *2026-07-30, version 2.18.2* This is so easy to use and helpful:) ### 5/5 — Learn about birds *2026-07-28, version 2.18.2* This app is awesome. It works everytime and I am educated about the bird. Highly recommend. ### 5/5 — Accurate *2026-07-24, version 2.18.2* Easy to use ### 5/5 — Beautiful app *2026-07-21, version 2.18.2* It helped me identify a bird my mom was talking care of <-<3-<< --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*