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.
Flower Song
Explore the spiritual significance of flowers through a curated collection of information. Learn about their messages and connection to the Matrimandir gardens.
- Spiritual significance of flowers
- Information compiled by an Ashram member
- Connection to Matrimandir gardens
- Insights from 'Flowers and Their Messages' book
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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'.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Birds Complete Reference Guide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Flower Song asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Flower Song | Birds Complete Reference Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 171 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Revealing Hour Creations | Faisal Akhtar |
Customer experience
Flower Song
Birds Complete Reference Guide
In-app purchases
Flower Song
No in-app purchases
Birds Complete Reference Guide
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