Comparison

Sparkbird vs FIND

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

Head to head
About

Sparkbird

Connect with fellow birdwatchers, track your sightings, and identify new species with AI assistance. Share your birding adventures and discover rare finds in a supportive community.

Highlights
  • Personal Life List tracking
  • Detailed sighting logs with media
  • Real-time sighting alerts
  • AI bird identification assistance
  • Community sharing and learning
  • Photo and video capture
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Sparkbird is a free app designed by birdwatchers for birdwatchers. Share your birding moments and connect with a friendly, passionate community of fellow enthusiasts. Some of our favorite features include: • Personal Life List: Easily track and showcase all the bird species you've encountered, a testament to your birding journey. • Detailed Sightings: Capture your observations with photos, videos, and more, creating a lasting record of your adventures. • Real-Time Sightings Alerts: Stay informed about nearby sightings of your favorite species, ensuring you never miss a rare find. • AI Bird Identification: Get assistance identifying unfamiliar birds with the app's intelligent AI suggestions. • Community Connection: Share sightings, ask questions, and learn from other birders in a supportive environment. The Sparkbird Team is hard at work improving the app and adding cool new features, and we want to hear about your experience! Send us feedback at contact@sparkbird.app. You can use Sparkbird for free. If you choose to purchase a premium subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will automatically be charged to renew the subscription within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renwal anytime by going to your subscriptions settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. Terms of Service: https://sparkbird.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://sparkbird.app/privacy

About

FIND

Discover unique places and activities recommended by friends and the community. Share your own favorite spots, complete with photos and reviews, to help others find hidden gems wherever they are.

Highlights
  • Personalized suggestions from friends
  • Authentic reviews for unique locations
  • Share hidden gems with photos and videos
  • Comment on ambiance and rate locations
  • Home feed of friends' experiences
  • Map view of nearby gems
  • Search for shared gems and locations
Features
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We’re always complaining about where to go and what to do when hanging out with friends or traveling to new places.  Think of the last time you’ve had that frustrating experience in any city of having some time to enjoy yourself, but you have no clue where to go. That’s where FIND comes in. FIND is a community driven platform with personalizedsuggestions from friends and authentic reviews for the best one-of-a-kind locations, what we like to call hidden gems. SHARE with your friends the best hidden gems in your city or any city you are traveling to around the world!  Comment on the ambiance, share videos or pictures, and rate that location. HOME FEED. See you friends' experience from their point of view and their honest opinion of every gem! MAPS. When it comes time to go out and enjoy yourself, look to the MAPS to see all the gems posted around you or in any city. SEARCH. Add your friends to see their shared gems, search locations that have already been posted to  see different friends experience of the same spot, and what businesses say about themselves of what they offer.

Screenshots

Sparkbird4 screens
FIND4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FIND at none against Sparkbird's 3. FIND also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Sparkbird's advantage is ratings volume (48 vs 5). On price, ads and device support 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. Sparkbird sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. FIND asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FIND holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sparkbird has 48 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Sparkbird's written reviews are positive against 100% of FIND's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sparkbird ships an update every 6 weeks, FIND every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Sparkbird versus FIND: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSparkbirdFIND
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (48 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings48 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB30 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSentryware LLCF!ND Inc.

Customer experience

Sparkbird

All ratings48 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

FIND

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Sparkbird

Subscriptions3
  • Sparkbird Plus 1 Month1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Sparkbird Plus 3 Months3 Months trial$19.993 Months
  • Sparkbird Plus 12 Months1 Year trial$49.991 Year
None

FIND

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sparkbird free?
Sparkbird is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FIND free?
FIND is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sparkbird or FIND?
FIND is rated higher. Sparkbird averages 4.7 out of 5 from 48 ratings, while FIND averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Sparkbird or FIND have ads?
Neither Sparkbird nor FIND shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sparkbird or FIND?
Sparkbird ships an update every 6 weeks, and FIND every 10 days. Most recently, Sparkbird was updated on October 24, 2026 and FIND on October 24, 2026.

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