Comparison

Behayve vs FalconryLab

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

Head to head
About

Behayve

This app allows researchers and teams to record animal behaviors, tracks, and environmental data in real-time. It offers configurable sampling modes, custom data fields, and insightful maps to pinpoint observations. Facilitates collaboration and seamless data export to GIS systems.

Highlights
  • Real-time behavior and track recording
  • Configurable ethograms and custom data
  • Multiple sampling modes
  • Real-time insight maps
  • Collaboration and data sharing
  • GIS and spreadsheet export
  • Onboard database reliability
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Developed by researchers for researchers and their teams, Behayve integrates the recording of behaviors, tracks and surrounding environment, offering insight as you go by displaying real-time maps of tracks and the exact positions where behaviors occur. Used in 1,400+ studies, many for endangered species. Free app, in-app purchases available. With or without Internet or GPS, the app determines precise animal positions on the fly, non-invasively, using compass bearing and range in conjunction with GPS or grid map. CONFIGURABLE Behayve is designed to support a wide range of studies of terrestrial, marine and avian species. You can define your own ethogram, behavior groupings, roles, modifiers, data items, species and more. SAMPLING MODES Choose from focal, scan, behavior or ad-lib sampling, or run them all at once. The implementation is based on Jeanne Altmann’s 'Observational Study of Behavior'. ROLES AND MODIFIERS Multiple roles and multiple modifiers may be configured for any behavior. Behaviors may be instantaneous events or continuous states. A collection of states may be configured to be mutually exclusive. CUSTOM DATA Optionally define your own custom data items. INSIGHT While observing, you can get additional insight by viewing a terrain map of action to date, pinpointing the exact location of behaviors and tracks. Tap on an observation to pop up its associated timestamped data. A predictive function can help locate animals that have gone out of sight. REVIEW AND CORRECTION At any time during observations, or later, you can rapidly review and alter your recorded observations, including your voice notes or comments. Calculated data such as latitude/longitude will be adjusted appropriately. COLLABORATION, STUDENTS AND CITIZEN SCIENCE Behayve facilitates data sharing between team members — colleagues, students or citizen scientists. Merge data from team members at the same or different locations. Your distributed configuration can be locked down to prevent modification. GIS INTEGRATION With no effort, transfer any amount of observational data to GIS systems such as ArcGIS, QGIS and KML-based systems like Google Earth, preserving its structure — this can be an enormous labor saver. View 2D or 3D tracks and behaviors. Click on an observation to display its associated data. Spreadsheet export is also available.  Icons for photos can be automatically placed at the position they were taken, even from cameras without GPS. RELIABILITY Your data is retained in a rock-solid onboard database immune from power failure. Structured data can be exported to the safety of the cloud (or to a laptop) and the entire database can be backed up to the cloud or laptop. CODING CONVENIENCE Behayve is intuitive and straightforward to use. Its pocket size is a winner. Automated features make data recording easy, fast and reliable. For example, to record compass bearing and elevation angle, simply position an animal in the crosshairs. To record range, just point and shoot a handheld wireless rangefinder, or enter manually. AERIAL SURVEY OR THEODOLITE Choose from terrestrial, marine or aerial operating modes (Roving 2D, Roving 3D, Theodolite or Aerial). For aerial surveys, simply position an animal in the crosshairs and Behayve records its latitude and longitude. Or enter bearing and azimuth manually. GNSS AND DIFFERENTIAL GPS Via wireless connections, achieve sub-meter positioning accuracy using handheld or fixed units such as the Arrow 100, sensed automatically by Behayve. Or simply rely on the iPhone’s built-in GPS hardware. With GNSS devices, improve positioning accuracy under canopy, harnessing the combined forces of GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Beidou and other satellite constellations. HOOK UP YOUR GEAR At sea, continuously log water temperature and depth wirelessly from the ship’s chartplotter. Talk to us about wireless connection of your own unique devices. Terms of Use: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

About

FalconryLab

This app serves as a comprehensive digital journal for falconers, offering advanced weight tracking, GPS hunt logging, and training session documentation. It facilitates connections between sponsors and apprentices and supports team management for abatement companies. The app prioritizes offline functionality for use in remote field conditions.

Highlights
  • Advanced bird weight tracking
  • GPS hunt logging with waypoints
  • Detailed training session documentation
  • Feather-by-feather molt tracking
  • Sponsor and apprentice matching
  • Offline-first data synchronization
  • Team management capabilities
Features
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Built for Falconers Who Take Their Craft Seriously FalconryLab was built in the field, for the field: the early mornings, the muddy boots, the obsessive weight tracking, the bond between falconer and bird that no spreadsheet holds. Whether you are an apprentice flying your first red-tail or a sponsor with a mews full of longwings, this is your falconry journal. WEIGHT TRACKING THAT LEARNS YOUR BIRD Log the morning weight and the evening feed; FalconryLab does the rest. It works out your bird's own burn rate from its own history, not a textbook figure, predicts where the weight is heading, and shows the trend at a glance. You know where your bird stands before you open the mews door. FEEDING CALCULATORS Tell it tonight's target and it works out how much to feed. Weigh the food before and after and it works out how much was actually eaten. No mental arithmetic in the dark. GPS HUNT JOURNAL Live GPS path recording, waypoints for flushes, slips and kills, and automatic weather capture. When the hunt is over, replay it on a map with distance, duration, quarry and outcome. Over a season it becomes a record of every field you walked. THE FALCONRY MAP A shared map of raptor sightings, kept by falconers. Drop a pin on the exact spot you saw a bird, and see your own hunt trails on the same map. Every sighting starts private and nothing is shared until you decide it should be. It matters most for a bird that is not wild: jesses, anklets or telemetry mean it is almost certainly somebody's, and a public pin is how its falconer finds it. You can message whoever posted a sighting in a thread scoped to that pin. TRAINING LOGS Eight session types that follow the real progression, from manning and feeding on the fist through creance and free flight to hunting. Weather and location are captured for you, so you can look back and see what actually worked for this bird. MOLT AND RECONDITIONING Follow the molt feather group by feather group, with photos, from the first drop to hard-penned. When the season comes round again, build a reconditioning plan from molt weight down to hunting weight and follow it day by day. SEASONS Close a season, open the next, and set them side by side to see how far the bird came. SPONSOR AND APPRENTICE MATCHING The apprenticeship is the heart of falconry. Find sponsors by location and specialization, share progress, and talk directly. Sponsors can review credentials, follow development and guide their apprentices in one place. TEAMS AND COMPLIANCE Coordinate across several falconers with shared birds and shared records, and keep licenses, permits and documents where you can find them before an inspection, not after. OFFLINE FIRST No signal, no problem. Everything saves on the device first and syncs when you are back in range. Siri Shortcuts log a weight or drop a sighting hands-free, with a bird on the glove. SUBSCRIPTIONS FalconryLab is free for up to 2 birds, and the Falconry Map is free with it. Optional auto-renewing subscriptions unlock more: Pro removes the bird limit and adds the Hunt Journal; Team and Enterprise add shared birds, team records and compliance. FalconryLab Pro Monthly - $9.99 per month FalconryLab Pro Annual - $99.99 per year ($8.33 per month) FalconryLab Team Monthly - $19.99 per month FalconryLab Team Annual - $199.99 per year ($16.67 per month) FalconryLab Enterprise Monthly - $49.99 per month FalconryLab Enterprise Annual - $449.99 per year ($37.50 per month) Each monthly plan includes a 1-week free trial. Prices are in USD and may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically at the same price unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your device Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited on purchase. Privacy Policy: https://falconrylab.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://falconrylab.com/terms

Screenshots

Behayve4 screens
FalconryLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Behayve at 12.0 against FalconryLab's 17.6. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Behayve sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 3 months and FalconryLab sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Behayve against 5.0 for FalconryLab. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Behayve ships an update every 10 days, FalconryLab every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Behayve versus FalconryLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBehayveFalconryLab
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size192 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBill FultonROBERT C DRAKE

Customer experience

Behayve

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FalconryLab

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

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Behayve

Subscriptions3
  • Citizen scientist quarterly$1.493 Months
  • All features monthly$4.991 Month
  • All features quarterly$12.993 Months
One-time1
  • All features permanently$49.99
6 purchases

FalconryLab

Subscriptions6
  • FalconryLab Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • FalconryLab Team Monthly7 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • FalconryLab Enterprise Monthly7 Days trial$49.991 Month
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  • FalconryLab Pro Annual$99.991 Year
  • FalconryLab Team Annual$199.991 Year
  • FalconryLab Enterprise Annual$449.991 Year

Questions

Is Behayve free?
Behayve is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FalconryLab free?
FalconryLab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Behayve or FalconryLab?
Behayve and FalconryLab are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Behayve or FalconryLab have ads?
Neither Behayve nor FalconryLab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Behayve or FalconryLab?
Behayve ships an update every 10 days, and FalconryLab every 11 days. Most recently, Behayve was updated on November 2, 2026 and FalconryLab on October 31, 2026.

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