Comparison

Poll At Once vs Birdfy

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Live audience polling
  • Instant feedback and voting
  • Anonymous participation
  • Real-time results display
  • No registration required
  • Event-specific polls
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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)
Features
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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+.

Screenshots

Poll At Once3 screens
Birdfy4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Poll At Once versus Birdfy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPoll At OnceBirdfy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (63 ratings) — better4.1 (3.9K ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better49.1% of reviews
Number of ratings633.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB290 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrank ZielenNETVUE, INC.

Customer experience

Poll At Once

All ratings63 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Birdfy

All ratings3,864 ratings
Positive76.4%
Neutral4.9%
Negative18.7%
Written reviews818 reviews
Positive49.1%
Neutral7.9%
Negative42.9%

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

1 purchases

Poll At Once

One-time1
  • My Polls$0.99
10 purchases

Birdfy

Subscriptions9
  • 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
One-time1
  • Bird Recognition Lifetime Plan$99.99

Questions

Is Poll At Once free?
Poll At Once is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Birdfy free?
Birdfy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Poll At Once or Birdfy?
Poll At Once is rated higher. Poll At Once averages 4.7 out of 5 from 63 ratings, while Birdfy averages 4.1 from 3.9K ratings.
Do Poll At Once or Birdfy have ads?
Neither Poll At Once nor Birdfy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Poll At Once or Birdfy?
Poll At Once ships an update every 8 months, and Birdfy every 10 days. Most recently, Poll At Once was updated on November 2, 2026 and Birdfy on November 4, 2026.

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