Comparison

Audubon Bird Guide vs Find a Grave

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

Head to head
About

Audubon Bird Guide

Identify North American birds with a comprehensive field guide. Features include real-time bird identification, detailed species information, and sighting logs. Connect with a community of birdwatchers and conservationists.

Highlights
  • Real-time bird identification tool
  • Detailed species profiles with photos and audio
  • Personalized bird sighting logs and life lists
  • Nearby birding hotspots and sightings
  • Community photo sharing
  • Conservation news and action opportunities
Features
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The Audubon Bird Guide is a free and complete field guide to over 800 species of North American birds, right in your pocket. Built for all experience levels, it will help you identify the birds around you, keep track of the birds you’ve seen, and get outside to find new birds near you. With over 2 million downloads to date, it is one of the best and most trusted field guides for North American birds. KEY FEATURES: ALL-NEW: BIRD ID It's now easier than ever to identify a bird you just saw. Enter all you were able to observe—what color was it? How big? What did its tail look like?—and Bird ID will narrow down a list of possible matches for your location and date in real time. LEARN ABOUT THE BIRDS YOU LOVE Our field guide features over 3,000 photos, over eight hours of audio clips of songs and calls, multi-season range maps, and in-depth text by leading North American bird expert Kenn Kaufman. KEEP TRACK OF ALL THE BIRDS YOU SEE With our completely redesigned Sightings feature, you can keep a record of every bird you encounter, whether you're hiking, sitting on the porch, or simply catching a glimpse of birds out the window. We'll even keep an updated life list for you. EXPLORE THE BIRDS AROUND YOU See where the birds are with nearby birding hotspots and real-time sightings from eBird. SHARE PHOTOS Post your photos to the Photo Feed so other Audubon Bird Guide users can see your best bird shots. GET INVOLVED WITH AUDUBON Keep up with the latest news from the world of birds, science, and conservation. Find an Audubon location near you to go birding. Or see where your voice is needed and take action to protect birds and the places they need, right from your app. Have any questions or need help? Contact us at audubonconnect@audubon.org About Audubon: The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation. Audubon’s state programs, nature centers, chapters, and partners have an unparalleled wingspan that reaches millions of people each year to inform, inspire, and unite diverse communities in conservation action. Since 1905, Audubon’s vision has been a world in which people and wildlife thrive.

About

Find a Grave

Access the world's largest free online collection of burial information. Search millions of graves, add new memorials with photos and GPS, and find loved ones' resting places. Honor ancestors by creating memorials and sharing discoveries.

Highlights
  • Search 250+ million graves
  • Add memorials and photos
  • Record GPS locations
  • Create ancestor memorials
  • Share discoveries
  • Manage user profiles
Features
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The Find a Grave app is a great way to use and add to the world’s largest free online collection of burial information. Quickly search more than 265 million graves in half a million cemeteries around the world. Add a new memorial or a photo and GPS location to an existing memorial. Easily add information for multiple graves by photographing and then uploading them for future transcription. Find and visit a loved one’s final resting place anywhere, anytime. Request a headstone photo or snap one yourself and share it instantly. Honor your ancestors by creating memorials. All this and more with just a few taps. Features: + Access the largest online collection of burial info for free + Find cemeteries near you and locate grave sites of your loved ones through a simple search + Add headstones photo and GPS coordinates + Create memorials with bios and photos + Share discoveries through Facebook, emails, text messages + Manage your profile and see the profiles of others + Track your own memorials, photos, and virtual cemeteries

Screenshots

Audubon Bird Guide4 screens
Find a Grave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Find a Grave at none against Audubon Bird Guide's shown. Find a Grave also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Audubon Bird Guide's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Find a Grave holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.5K and 3.7K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Audubon Bird Guide's written reviews are positive against 60% of Find a Grave's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Audubon Bird Guide ships an update every 3 weeks, Find a Grave every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Audubon Bird Guide versus Find a Grave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudubon Bird GuideFind a Grave
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4.5K ratings)4.7 (3.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.2% of reviews — better59.9% of reviews
Number of ratings4.5K — better3.7K
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size355 MB30 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperNational Audubon SocietyAncestry.com

Customer experience

Audubon Bird Guide

All ratings4,525 ratings
Positive82.3%
Neutral4.1%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews240 reviews
Positive64.2%
Neutral6.3%
Negative29.6%

Find a Grave

All ratings3,713 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral2.4%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews377 reviews
Positive59.9%
Neutral10.9%
Negative29.2%

User reviews

Audubon Bird Guide

From 4.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great app
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🔍 Helpful for identifying birds
  • 🎶 Useful bird calls and sounds
  • 📍 Provides location-based bird sightings

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and crashes
  • 🔄 Confusing interface changes
  • 🔒 Requires account creation
  • 📍 Limited location-based features
  • 🗺️ Outdated or incomplete range maps

Find a Grave

From 3.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent app for family history research
  • 🚀 Easy to use and navigate
  • 🚀 Helpful for finding and visiting graves
  • 🚀 Valuable resource for genealogy
  • 🚀 Great for volunteering and contributing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Inaccurate or incomplete information
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns with strangers creating memorials
  • 🔒 Difficult to manage memorials and correct errors
  • 💡 Limited functionality compared to website

Bugs and requests

Audubon Bird Guide

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes when opening settings
  • Incorrect sighting location recording
  • Unreliable login and account features
  • Compatibility issues with newer devices
  • Syncing and data loss problems

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add photo ID and sound ID features
  • Improve location-based bird sightings
  • Expand coverage to more regions/countries
  • Allow offline access to field guide
  • Provide more detailed bird information
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  • Improve sorting and filtering options
  • Sync sightings with other platforms

Find a Grave

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Server errors and inability to load memorials
  • Issues with uploading and editing photos
  • Problems with signing in and accessing account features
  • Inconsistent behavior across iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to message other users within the app
  • Improve search functionality and allow for more flexible searches
  • Integrate with Ancestry.com for seamless family tree integration
  • Add option to set default location/cemetery preferences
  • Improve GPS and mapping features to better locate graves

In-app purchases

None

Audubon Bird Guide

No in-app purchases

None

Find a Grave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Audubon Bird Guide free?
Audubon Bird Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Find a Grave free?
Find a Grave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Audubon Bird Guide or Find a Grave?
Find a Grave is rated higher. Audubon Bird Guide averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4.5K ratings, while Find a Grave averages 4.7 from 3.7K ratings.
Do Audubon Bird Guide or Find a Grave have ads?
Audubon Bird Guide shows ads; Find a Grave does not.
Which is updated more often, Audubon Bird Guide or Find a Grave?
Audubon Bird Guide ships an update every 3 weeks, and Find a Grave every 9 days. Most recently, Audubon Bird Guide was updated on November 6, 2026 and Find a Grave on November 6, 2026.

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