Comparison

Flower Song vs Birds Complete Reference Guide

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

Head to head
About

Flower Song

Explore the spiritual significance of flowers through a curated collection of information. Learn about their messages and connection to the Matrimandir gardens.

Highlights
  • Spiritual significance of flowers
  • Information compiled by an Ashram member
  • Connection to Matrimandir gardens
  • Insights from 'Flowers and Their Messages' book
Features
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The information on this app has been compiled by Narad (Richard Eggenberger), a long-time member of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and Auroville. Narad, who is a musician, poet, landscaper, and horticulturist, was given the task of creating the beautiful Matrimandir gardens by the Mother in 1969. He also worked personally with the Mother on the spiritual significance of flowers and edited the book 'Flowers and Their Messages'.

About

Birds Complete Reference Guide

Explore a comprehensive guide to over 11,400 bird species, featuring high-quality songs, calls, and detailed information. Organize your findings with personal lists and access external resources like Wikipedia for deeper insights. This app helps you manage and learn about birds both online and offline.

Highlights
  • 11,400+ bird species coverage
  • High-quality bird songs and calls
  • Offline access to bird data
  • Search by English or Scientific name
  • Personalized favorite and finding lists
  • Links to Wikipedia, Avibase, and Ebird
Features
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A complete birding reference app that includes over 11,400 species of birds grouped into 243 birding families. Access beautiful and distinct high quality songs and calls for individual birds in an easy to navigate way. All birds and lists can be accessed without an internet connection, however access to birding multimedia (sounds, images and videos) does require an online internet connection. You can search for a bird with the English name or Scientific name. A favorite list is also available allowing you to add any bird to your favorites. Personal birding lists can also be created helping you manage bird findings into your own separated lists. In-depth information for each bird can be found using links to Wikipedia, Avibase and Ebird found in each bird profile screen. If you feel there are any omissions that you would like to see added, or have any issues with that app please send us an Email.

Screenshots

Flower Song4 screens
Birds Complete Reference Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flower Song at none against Birds Complete Reference Guide's 1. Flower Song also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Birds Complete Reference Guide's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating and device support 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. Birds Complete Reference Guide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Flower Song asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Flower Song against 5.0 for Birds Complete Reference Guide. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flower Song ships an update every 4 months, Birds Complete Reference Guide every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Flower Song versus Birds Complete Reference Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlower SongBirds Complete Reference Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB171 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRevealing Hour CreationsFaisal Akhtar

Customer experience

Flower Song

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Birds Complete Reference Guide

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Flower Song

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Birds Complete Reference Guide

One-time1
  • Remove Advertisements$0.99

Questions

Is Flower Song free?
Flower Song is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Birds Complete Reference Guide free?
Birds Complete Reference Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flower Song or Birds Complete Reference Guide?
Flower Song and Birds Complete Reference Guide are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Flower Song or Birds Complete Reference Guide have ads?
Birds Complete Reference Guide shows ads; Flower Song does not.
Which is updated more often, Flower Song or Birds Complete Reference Guide?
Flower Song ships an update every 4 months, and Birds Complete Reference Guide every 5 weeks. Most recently, Flower Song was updated on November 11, 2026 and Birds Complete Reference Guide on November 2, 2026.

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