Comparison

Birdathon vs Fast Quadratics

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

Fast Quadratics

Quickly solve quadratic equations, including those with complex numbers. This educational tool offers a straightforward way to find solutions for mathematical problems.

Highlights
  • Solves quadratic equations
  • Handles complex numbers
  • Rapid equation solving
  • Educational utility
Features
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A utility for rapidly solving quadratic equations. Solves equations with complex numbers with ease.

Screenshots

Birdathon4 screens
Fast Quadratics1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Birdathon at Free against Fast Quadratics's $0.99. Birdathon also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (15 vs 1). Fast Quadratics's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Birdathon is free to download; Fast Quadratics costs $0.99 up front. Birdathon sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Fast Quadratics asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fast Quadratics holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Birdathon has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Birdathon ships an update every 4 months, Fast Quadratics every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and June 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Birdathon versus Fast Quadratics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBirdathonFast Quadratics
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (15 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 21 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.116.1
Further details — not scored
Size192 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBarry Langdon-LassagneJohn Bowman

Customer experience

Birdathon

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

Fast Quadratics

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Fast Quadratics

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Birdathon free?
Birdathon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fast Quadratics free?
Fast Quadratics costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Birdathon or Fast Quadratics?
Fast Quadratics is rated higher. Birdathon averages 4.7 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Fast Quadratics averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Birdathon or Fast Quadratics have ads?
Neither Birdathon nor Fast Quadratics shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Birdathon or Fast Quadratics?
Birdathon ships an update every 4 months, and Fast Quadratics every 21 months. Most recently, Birdathon was updated on October 24, 2026 and Fast Quadratics on June 24, 2026.

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