Recosfa vs BirdNET
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Recosfa
This app collects vertebrate roadkill data in Colombia to identify hotspots and species affected. It aims to provide criteria for reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions through a participatory network of researchers, entities, and citizens.
- Vertebrate roadkill data collection
- Identification of species affected
- Mapping of collision hotspots
- Data analysis for prevention strategies
- Participatory network for researchers and citizens
- Methodological protocols and tools
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La Red RECOSFA se crea como una herramienta para recopilar información de mortalidad de vertebrados en la malla vial de Colombia. Se busca que esta información ofrezca criterios para la reducción y prevención de los atropellos de fauna. La información que se pretende obtener incluye: especies más afectadas, mayor concentración de atropellos (puntos negros), así como las condiciones particulares de estos dentro de las carreteras colombianas. RECOSFA recopilará y procesará datos de atropellos de fauna, recibidos de varias fuentes y bajo distintas metodologías. La información resultará a partir de censos y monitoreos sobre las vías realizados por grupos organizados, o del reporte eventual de atropellamientos por particulares. La red proporcionará los protocolos metodológicos, los formatos y las herramientas informáticas necesarias para la recolección y análisis de la información. La RED busca convertirse en una iniciativa participativa donde se agrupen todos los investigadores, entidades y ciudadanos interesados en unir esfuerzos para ayudar al conocimiento y búsqueda de soluciones a esta problemática
BirdNET
Identify bird species by their sounds using AI. Record audio with your device and discover the birds around you. Contribute to conservation research by submitting your recordings.
- AI-powered bird sound recognition
- Identify common North American and European species
- Record audio with internal microphone
- View probable bird species identification
- Contribute to conservation research
- Learn about local birds
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How can computers learn to recognize birds from sounds? The BirdNET research project uses artificial intelligence and neural networks to train computers to identify nearly 3,000 of the most common species of North America and Europe. You can record a file using the internal microphone of your iOS device and see if BirdNET correctly identifies the probable bird species present in your recording. Get to know the birds around you and help us to collect observations by submitting your recordings. BirdNET is a joint project of the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and Chemnitz University of Technology.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BirdNET at 66% against Recosfa's 0%. BirdNET also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). Recosfa's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Recosfa ships an update every 5 weeks, BirdNET every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 18, 2026.
| Parameter | Recosfa | BirdNET |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (212 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 66.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 212 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Francisco Duran | Stefan Kahl |
Customer experience
Recosfa
BirdNET
Bugs and requests
Recosfa
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
BirdNET
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes when trying to access observation history
- Recordings disappearing after app updates
- Inability to start a new recording without exiting the app
- Microphone not working on certain devices
- Incorrect or missing bird species in regional databases
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to manually select frequency ranges for analysis
- Option to delete individual observations or recordings
- Import/export functionality for recordings and observations
- Improved handling of background noise and interference
- More detailed feedback when multiple birds are detected
In-app purchases
Recosfa
No in-app purchases
BirdNET
No in-app purchases
