Birdie Memory vs tonies
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Birdie Memory
Explore birds through augmented reality and learn their songs. Engage in observation mode with bird facts or test your memory with a fun, progressive game that introduces sound visualization.
- Augmented reality bird interaction
- Learn bird songs
- Observation mode with bird facts
- Memory game with progressive difficulty
- Sonogram visualization tool
- Suitable for ages 5+
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The Birdie Memory app works in augmented reality with the Birdie Memory birds. Where to find Birdie Memory Birds: - In the US book "Listen to the Birds" published by Norton Young Readers Books (North American birds) - In the French book "Ecoute les oiseaux" published by Albin Michel Jeunesse (European birds) The Birdie Memory app is designed to be used by anyone from the age of 5 up, and it is suitable for beginners as well as knowledgeable birders. By simply holding the phone in front of a bird, it comes alive and sings its song! The application has 2 different modes: • "Observation mode" lets you listen to all the birds, and the accompanying text provides simple and precise information about each bird • "Memory" mode consists of a game where you can test your observation and memorization skills. It includes various levels of progressive difficulty, and also teaches the reader about the sonogram, a sound visualization tool used by specialists as an aid to memorization. Find all Birdie Memory products on our website: www.birdiememory.com
tonies
Manage your Toniebox and create custom audio stories. Save recordings even if your phone's memory is full. The app simplifies setup, corrects access rights, and allows manual WLAN entry.
- Create custom audio stories
- Save recordings to phone memory
- Simplified Toniebox setup
- Manual WLAN name entry
- Customer service access
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We are pleased that you are using our tonies app. Our App-Tonies are always hard at work for you. In this update, they have once again worked on improvements. If your mobile phone memory is full during a recording, you can now save your recording until then. We have also optimised some steps in the setup process of the Toniebox: The request for access rights has been corrected. WLAN names (SSIDs) can now also be entered manually. Occasionally, it can happen that the set up process was successful despite the code word "hedgehog". This is now displayed. Do you have questions or feedback? The Tonie customer service is there for you in your profile. Note The use of the Content for text and data mining of (generative) AI systems is expressly reserved in the context specified in clause 13.4 of the Terms of Use and is therefore prohibited.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: tonies at every 5 days against Birdie Memory's every 3 months. tonies also leads on ratings volume (7.9K vs 17) and chart position (#158 vs unranked). Birdie Memory's advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 55%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Birdie Memory against 4.6 for tonies. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: tonies has 7.9K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Birdie Memory's written reviews are positive against 55% of tonies's.
Birdie Memory ships an update every 3 months, tonies every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Birdie Memory | tonies |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (17 ratings) — better | 4.6 (7.9K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.2% of reviews — better | 55.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 7.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #158 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 309 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Merle Blanc | tonies GmbH |
Customer experience
Birdie Memory
tonies
Bugs and requests
Birdie Memory
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
tonies
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Difficulty connecting to WiFi
- Creative Tonie recording issues
- Inconsistent device performance
Requested features
4 requests- Add remote control and playback options in the app
- Implement a wishlist feature in the app
- Allow streaming of purchased content from the app
- Improve content filtering and curation
In-app purchases
Birdie Memory
No in-app purchases
tonies
No in-app purchases
