Birds Complete Reference Guide vs Bird Song ID (UK)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Bird Song ID (UK)
Identify UK bird songs and calls with this application. It features a comprehensive list of common British bird species and their distinct vocalizations. Learn to recognize the sounds of your local avian wildlife.
- Identify UK bird songs
- Recognize bird calls
- Database of common UK birds
- Learn avian vocalizations
- Species identification
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Bird Song ID currently identifies these UK Birds: Blackbird, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Common Buzzard, Common Swift, Cuckoo, GardenWarbler, GoldFinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Herring Gull, House Sparrow, Jay, Magpie, Mallard Duck, Nightingale, Nuthatch, Robin, Song Thrush, Starling, Swallow, Tawny Owl, Tree Sparrow, Wood Pigeion & Wren
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Verdict
Birds Complete Reference Guide and Bird Song ID (UK) both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Birds Complete Reference Guide's written reviews are positive against 29% of Bird Song ID (UK)'s. Bird Song ID (UK)'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Bird Song ID (UK) asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Birds Complete Reference Guide against 5.0 for Bird Song ID (UK). Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Birds Complete Reference Guide's written reviews are positive against 29% of Bird Song ID (UK)'s.
Birds Complete Reference Guide ships an update every 5 weeks, Bird Song ID (UK) every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Birds Complete Reference Guide | Bird Song ID (UK) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 28.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 171 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Faisal Akhtar | Stuart Mclean |
Customer experience
Birds Complete Reference Guide
Bird Song ID (UK)
In-app purchases
Birds Complete Reference Guide
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Bird Song ID (UK)
No in-app purchases
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