Bird Code Lookup vs City Soccer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bird Code Lookup
Instantly translate four-letter and six-letter bird codes into common and scientific bird names. This app helps birders, banders, and ornithologists quickly identify species from abbreviations used in field notes.
- Convert 4-letter codes to common bird names
- Convert common bird names to 4-letter codes
- Convert 6-letter codes to scientific bird names
- Convert scientific bird names to 6-letter codes
- Includes 2,431 bird species from the 2024 AOU Supplement
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Bird codes, also known as banding codes or alpha codes, are four-letter and six-letter abbreviations for bird names used by birders, bird banders and ornithologists, and birdwatchers in North and Central America. For example, the four-code for Wood Duck is “WODU”. The six-letter code is “AIXSPO” which is derived from the Wood Duck’s Scientific Name of “Aix sponsa”. These Bird Codes are commonly used as short-hand to write a bird names (often incorrectly). When entering or reading field notes, Bird Codes can speed and simplify matters but can take years to learn and can be confusing. The Bird Code Lookup App converts: • Four Letter Codes into Common Bird Names • Common Bird Names into Four Letter Codes (via a quick search) • Six Letter Codes into Scientific Bird Names • Scientific Bird Names into Six Letter Codes (via a quick search) Contains the 2,431 Bird Species (including hybrids) in the 2024 AOU Supplement.
City Soccer
Easily book fitness classes and manage your membership on the go. This app allows you to make reservations, join waitlists, and check your profile status directly from your device.
- Book fitness classes
- Manage membership status
- Join waitlists
- Check profile
- Easy reservation system
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Download the City Soccer app to easily book classes and manage your fitness experience - anytime, anywhere. Make a reservation, get added to a wait list, check your profile and membership status, and more – all from your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: City Soccer at every 7 months against Bird Code Lookup's every 40 months. City Soccer also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 — 5.0 for Bird Code Lookup against 5.0 for City Soccer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Bird Code Lookup ships an update every 40 months, City Soccer every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bird Code Lookup | City Soccer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 40 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 212 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PVI Maine LLC | Unite The Game Foundation |
In-app purchases
Bird Code Lookup
No in-app purchases
City Soccer
No in-app purchases
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