Poll At Once vs Birdfy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Poll At Once
Facilitate instant audience feedback and voting during live events. Share a code with attendees to participate anonymously in polls, with results displayed in real-time. The app offers core polling functionality for free, with an optional in-app purchase for poll organization.
- Live audience polling
- Instant feedback and voting
- Anonymous participation
- Real-time results display
- No registration required
- Event-specific polls
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Do polls at once with live audiences and use this simple app in academic lectures, industry workshops or other events for instant feedback, evaluations or votings. Just initiate a poll and share a code with the attendees who also need the app. There's no registration or login necessary. Voting is completely anonymous and people can just answer A, B, C or D. You see the results in realtime on your phone. Every poll will be closed after 30 minutes. This app is for free! Furthermore, it comes along with an in-app purchase that allows you to organize all polls that you have initiated, however, the free version works stand-alone already. I have developed it for personal use and it's very rudimental (or reduced to core features if you prefer this expression). Feel free to give suggestions for improvement.
Birdfy
Monitor your backyard visitors in real-time with live streaming and automatic video capture of birds and animals. Organize clips by species, track nesting processes, and share your discoveries with a global community. Optional cloud services offer advanced AI recognition and extended recording.
- Live stream bird and animal activity
- Automatic video capture of detected moments
- Categorize clips by bird species
- Track nesting and hatching processes
- Community sharing of observations
- AI-powered species identification (cloud service)
- Customizable highlight reels (cloud service)
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The Bird Side of Life 1. Live Stream: Real-time Bird Visitor Tracking - View the device's live feed anytime, anywhere to track birds or animals visiting your backyard. 2. Moment Auto-Capture: Automatically Record Wonderful Moments - The device automatically records short video clips when it detects birds or other creatures, saving key moments without manual operation. You can view these directly within the app. 3. Categorized Collection: Manage Wonderful Clips by Bird Species - Sort videos by bird species based on recognition results or your manual selection, allowing you to easily find, manage, and browse your collected video content. 4. Community Sharing: Explore Other Users' Fascinating Observations - Share or browse wonderful content of bird visits with users worldwide. Enjoy an immersive video stream experience that supports Browse by bird species, expanding your birdwatching horizons. 5. Bird Nesting & Hatching Process Tracking (for Birdhouse Devices) - Automatically identify and record the complete process of birds from nest building, laying eggs, hatching, to fledging. The process is automatically archived by stages, allowing you to browse the entire lifecycle on a timeline. Finally, a merged video is generated, fully presenting the precious process of nesting and raising young. 6. Cloud Services (Optional Paid Premium Features) - AI Recognition Cloud Service: When enabled, it supports more intelligent video analysis and content organization, including: * Accurate Identification: 6000+ bird/animal identification, accurately recognizing species like birds, squirrels, and other visiting animals in your device's footage. * Highlights: Automatically generates daily highlights, selecting the most exciting moments of the day. * Monthly/Annual Recap: The system organizes and generates monthly and annual highlight video compilations for easy review and saving. * Birdfy Data: Records bird visit times, frequency, and species, generating data reports. * Smart Moment List Filtering: Supports quick filtering of interesting bird videos by recognition results, improving Browse efficiency. - MVR Cloud Service * Standard recording is 20 seconds. Subscribing provides longer moment recording times (30 seconds+) and longer moment preservation times. - Collection Cloud Service * Standard users have only 5GB of collection memory. Subscribing increases collection memory to 20GB+.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Poll At Once at 4.7 against Birdfy's 4.1. Poll At Once also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.5). Birdfy's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (3.9K vs 63). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Poll At Once sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Birdfy sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.39 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Poll At Once holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Birdfy has 3.9K ratings behind it against 63, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 49% positive.
Poll At Once ships an update every 8 months, Birdfy every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Poll At Once | Birdfy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (63 ratings) — better | 4.1 (3.9K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 49.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 63 | 3.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 290 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frank Zielen | NETVUE, INC. |
Customer experience
Poll At Once
Birdfy
Bugs and requests
Poll At Once
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Birdfy
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to delete devices
- Unreliable live view and video uploads
- Unexpected app logout and account deletion
Requested features
5 requests- Batch editing for misidentified birds
- Favorites/frequently spotted section
- Landscape mode support
- Customizable notification sounds
- Motion detection sensitivity adjustments
In-app purchases
Poll At Once
- My Polls$0.99
Birdfy
- Collection Storage Basic mo.$2.391 Month
- MVR - Basic - Monthly$2.391 Month
- MVR - Plus - Monthly$3.591 Month
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- Hummingbird Recognition mo.$4.691 Month
- Bird Recognition Basic mo.$5.891 Month
- Collection Storage Pro mo.$7.091 Month
- Collection Storage Basic ann.$23.491 Year
- MVR - Basic - Annual$23.491 Year
- Bird Recognition Basic ann.$57.991 Year
- Bird Recognition Lifetime Plan$99.99









