Comparison

WildTracker vs Birdfy

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

Head to head
About

WildTracker

Log wildlife sightings in your community to help track animal populations and inform safety measures. This app is designed for municipalities and organizations to gather valuable data on local fauna.

Highlights
  • Log animal sightings
  • Track wildlife populations
  • Community data collection
  • Inform safety measures
  • Support for municipalities
  • Biological data gathering
Features
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The Wild Tracker App is a free app for people to quickly log animal sightings in and around your community. For example, deer or bear sightings or any other wildlife that your community is interested in tracking or trying to learn about their population counts in your area. A municipality, or organization such as a fish & wildlife or game commission typically invites and promotes patrons in their community to download and use the Wild Tracker App so they can then benefit from the data collected while using it. It's useful for trying to determine the density of various types of animals in geographic locations. For example, it can be useful by the Game Commission for determining the number of animals that are allowed to be harvested. It can be used for determining which areas to be more cautious when driving a vehicle. There are many scientific and biological reasons for tracking animals such as providing safety to both animals and humans.

About

Birdfy

Monitor your backyard for feathered visitors with real-time live streaming and automatic video capture of bird activity. Organize your recordings by species, share your discoveries with a global community, and even track the entire nesting and hatching process.

Highlights
  • Real-time bird visitor tracking
  • Automatic video capture of bird moments
  • Categorized video clips by bird species
  • Community sharing of bird observations
  • Nesting and hatching process tracking
  • AI-powered bird and animal identification
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

WildTracker4 screens
Birdfy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Birdfy at 4.1 against WildTracker's 1.0. Birdfy also leads on ratings volume (3.6K vs 1). WildTracker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 17) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5). On price, review sentiment, 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. Birdfy sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $2.39 per month. WildTracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Birdfy holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Birdfy has 3.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of WildTracker's written reviews are positive against 48% of Birdfy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
WildTracker versus Birdfy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWildTrackerBirdfy
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.1 (3.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better48.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13.6K — better
Update frequency—Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB279 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn KuhnNETVUE, INC.

Customer experience

WildTracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Birdfy

All ratings3,584 ratings
Positive75.1%
Neutral5.1%
Negative19.8%
Written reviews771 reviews
Positive48.0%
Neutral7.9%
Negative44.1%

Bugs and requests

WildTracker

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

None

WildTracker

No in-app purchases

17 purchases

Birdfy

Subscriptions15
  • Collection Storage Basic mo.$2.391 Month
  • MVR - Basic - Monthly$2.391 Month
  • MVR - Plus - Monthly$3.591 Month
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  • Collection Storage Plus mo.$4.691 Month
  • Hummingbird Recognition mo.$4.691 Month
  • Bird Recognition Basic mo.$5.891 Month
  • Collection Storage Pro mo.$7.091 Month
  • MVR - Pro - Monthly$7.091 Month
  • Collection Storage Basic ann.$23.491 Year
  • MVR - Basic - Annual$23.491 Year
  • MVR - Plus - Annual$35.491 Year
  • Hummingbird Recognition ann.$45.991 Year
  • Collection Storage Plus ann.$46.951 Year
  • Bird Recognition Basic ann.$57.991 Year
  • Collection Storage Pro ann.$70.991 Year
One-time2
  • Hummingbird Reco. Lifetime$85.99
  • Bird Recognition Lifetime Plan$99.99

Questions

Is WildTracker free?
WildTracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Birdfy free?
Birdfy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WildTracker or Birdfy?
Birdfy is rated higher. WildTracker averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Birdfy averages 4.1 from 3.6K ratings.
Do WildTracker or Birdfy have ads?
Neither WildTracker nor Birdfy shows ads.

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