Comparison

LS Player vs Birdathon

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

LS Player

This audio player is designed for language learners. It allows users to insert notes, record readings, and adjust playback speed. Manage audio materials with folders and download them via iTunes or Wi-Fi.

Highlights
  • Supports multiple audio formats
  • Insert notes and voice memos
  • A-B repeater functionality
  • Lyrics support with LRC files
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Record and playback readings
  • Folder-based audio management
Features
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An audio player designed for focusing on language learning. Key features: Support multiple audio formats, like MP3, M4A, AAC, etc. Insert notes by adding texts or recording a voice memo. Support A-B repeater. Support lyrics with LRC files. Support playback speed adjustment. Record your readings and playback, and help you improve speaking. Audio materials can be managed using folders. Materials can downloaded to your iPhone/iPad from desktop by iTunes and WIFI file transferring.

About

Birdathon

This app helps birdwatchers create and organize detailed checklists of their observations. It automatically records time and location, allowing for easy editing and customization. Users can visualize their sightings on maps, add field notes, and export data for sharing or further analysis.

Highlights
  • Observation-centric checklists
  • Automatic time and location recording
  • Customizable maps with boundary overlays
  • Field notes for additional observations
  • Multiple checklist sorting options
  • Data export to CSV and other formats
  • Create checklist templates
Features
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Birdathon is an observation-centric tool for creating birding checklists. It helps you organize your checklists and share them with others. Use Birdathon in the field to quickly record whether and where a bird is seen or heard and the number observed. The time and location of each observation is automatically recorded. You can adjust the location, time entries and the count of birds observed at any time to ensure your records are accurate. You can add breeding codes to your observations. Checklist maps display the locations of your observations. You can overlay county boundaries for every US state. You can add a range circle such as a 5MR (5-mile Radius) to your maps. You can import and overlay custom kml/kmz files onto your maps. An Overview feature lets you see your combined observations for any time period, and displays a map showing any boundaries you have selected, so you can utilize the map feature even when you are not actively checklisting. You can export Overview data into a csv text file or create a new checklist template from the Overview. Your checklists can be viewed in taxonomic order, alphabetically, by rarity or as a timeline of species. You can enrich your checklist with field notes and add observations such as mammals, butterflies, wildflowers, etc., to make it a more complete record of your experience. You can organize your checklists into categories such as Day List, Year List, County List, Life List, etc., and assign color themes to your lists. Bird species may be added and deleted from your lists at any time. You can create new checklist templates from your previous lists or import templates created by others. You can change which template is being used. You can import text files into Birdathon, making them into templates or new checklists. Different export options for your checklists allow you to import into eBird or another copy of Birdathon. The bird species source data and other resources used in this app come from the following sources: AviList, a unified global checklist of birds, is the core data set used for Birdathon. https://www.avilist.org. Some data has been integrated from the following sources: The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world (https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/), the American Ornithological Society's (AOS) Checklist of North and Middle American Birds (https://checklist.americanornithology.org), and the American Birding Association's (ABA) checklist of North American Birds (https://www.aba.org/listing-taxonomy/) Alpha codes come from The Institute for Bird Populations’ Standardized 4- and 6-letter Bird Species Codes. https://www.birdpop.org/pages/birdSpeciesCodes.php. County boundary data is from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) TIGER/Line 2019 Shapefiles found on the United States Census Bureau's website at https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-line-file.2019.html. Boundaries should be used as general guidelines and not be considered precise. Note especially where county boundaries follow creeks, rivers, ridge lines and other natural features, and so are of much finer resolution than can be shown on Birdathon’s maps. California breeding bird atlas blocks come from the California Bird Atlas, https://www.californiabirdatlas.org. California Bird Atlas logo and breeding code descriptions used with permission.

Screenshots

LS Player4 screens
Birdathon4 screens

Verdict

The call

LS Player and Birdathon both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Birdathon's written reviews are positive against 63% of LS Player's. LS Player's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Birdathon sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. LS Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for LS Player against 4.7 for Birdathon. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 15 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of LS Player's written reviews are positive against 100% of Birdathon's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LS Player ships an update every 5 weeks, Birdathon every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LS Player versus Birdathon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLS PlayerBirdathon
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (15 ratings)4.7 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1515
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB192 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer春 李Barry Langdon-Lassagne

Customer experience

LS Player

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral8.3%
Negative29.2%

Birdathon

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

LS Player

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Birdathon

One-time4
  • Good Tip$0.99
  • Great Tip$1.99
  • Amazing Tip$2.99
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  • Incredible Tip$4.99

Questions

Is LS Player free?
LS Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Birdathon free?
Birdathon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LS Player or Birdathon?
LS Player and Birdathon are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 15 and 15 ratings respectively.
Do LS Player or Birdathon have ads?
Neither LS Player nor Birdathon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LS Player or Birdathon?
LS Player ships an update every 5 weeks, and Birdathon every 4 months. Most recently, LS Player was updated on October 24, 2026 and Birdathon on October 29, 2026.

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