Comparison

Birdathon vs Gradey

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

Head to head
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.

About

Gradey

Easily monitor your academic performance by tracking grades and assignments. This app offers flexible course setup with custom colors, GPA scales, and target grades, making it ideal for students of all levels.

Highlights
  • Custom course colors
  • GPA calculator
  • Average calculator
  • Track grades
  • Track assignments
  • Editable courses/assignments
Features
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Keeping track of your grades can be annoying and calculating your average can get confusing fast. Gradey is the perfect app for keeping track of your grades and assignments and calculating your average. With Gradey you get the flexibility to set up courses however you like: choose a color, set a custom GPA scale for each course (or no GPA scale at all), add a target grade, and more. This flexibility means Gradey is perfect for all students. Features: - Custom course colors - GPA calculator - Average calculator - Track grades - Track assignments - Edit courses/assignments whenever you need PS: We're not done yet. We've got more sweet features lined up for the future and we'd love to hear your thoughts/suggestions. Leave a review and throw some suggestions our way. Our goal is to make Gradey the most epic grade tracker for you, but we can't do that without you.

Screenshots

Birdathon4 screens
Gradey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Birdathon at 100% against Gradey's 0%. Gradey's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Birdathon sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Gradey asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Birdathon ships an update every 4 months, Gradey every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Birdathon versus Gradey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBirdathonGradey
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.114.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size192 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBarry Langdon-LassagneSozenTech Consulting Inc.

Customer experience

Birdathon

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

Gradey

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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
None

Gradey

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Birdathon free?
Birdathon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gradey free?
Gradey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Birdathon or Gradey have ads?
Neither Birdathon nor Gradey shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Birdathon or Gradey?
Birdathon ships an update every 4 months, and Gradey every 4 days. Most recently, Birdathon was updated on October 7, 2026 and Gradey on September 28, 2026.

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