Comparison

Learn Bird Watching vs Leps by Fieldguide

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

Head to head
About

Learn Bird Watching

Learn to identify birds by sound and sight with a game-based system. This app offers audio and visual courses created by experts to improve your birding skills, suitable for beginners and advanced enthusiasts alike.

Highlights
  • Game-based learning system
  • Identify birds by sound
  • Identify birds by sight
  • Expert-created courses
  • Suitable for all skill levels
  • Master birding by ear
Features
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BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA Learn birds the fun way! Learn to identify the birds that you're seeing and hearing. Take birding and birdwatching to a new level! Larkwire is a complete, game-based system for learning. Great for beginners and still challenging for advanced birders. Audio courses teach you to identify bird sounds and visual courses teach plumage. All courses are created by world class experts in field identification. This is the app used by professionals to master birding by ear. ***** "Best thing I’ve ever bought on the App Store." (Shopetastic review, 04/16/2020) ***** "Uniformly excellent" (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) ***** "A Rosetta Stone for birdsong." (Birding Magazine) ***** "This is a really cool tool!" (BirdChick) ***** "Really fun!" (Wildlife South) ********************************************** "Larkwire is already helping immensely with my ability to bird in the field. And my 7-year-old daughter is asking for 'that bird song game on the computer.'—I guess you have THREE of us hooked!" (Courtenay Schurman, Mountaineering Trainer) ********************************************** ********************************************** "It's like having a personal teacher who can pinpoint my weaknesses and make me work on them as I play. By far the best value for your money when you think about buying an avian audio guide." (Alain Clavette, aka @Acadian_Birder) ********************************************** ********************************************** "A fantastic tool for learning and reviewing birdsong. ... What I can vouch for, as a teacher, is the solid learning theory behind the software—this program is sure to improve the speed and accuracy with which you identify birds by ear." (David Pugh, Calgary Birder) ********************************************** SUPPORT For questions or support, email: support@larkwire.com EULA - Apple standard End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Leps by Fieldguide

This app helps identify moths and butterflies from photos, records your observations, and connects you with other enthusiasts. It builds a dynamic checklist of your findings and allows you to share your collection data with the community.

Highlights
  • Photo-based species identification
  • Automatic observation checklist updates
  • Collection data sharing
  • Connect with other enthusiasts
  • Publish photos online
Features
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Fieldguide.ai is to the pocket field guide, what Wikipedia is to the encyclopedia—a crowd-sourced compendium of all natural and cultural things. "Leps" is Fieldguide's dedicated ID assistant and community for lep lovers (Lepidoptera: moths & butterflies). Use Leps to: Identify species ~ Leps analyzes your moth/butterfly photos to suggest possible IDs that can be later verified by the Fieldguide community. Record your observations ~ Leps arranges your observations into a dynamic checklist. When taxonomic treatments change, your records update automatically. Showcase your collection ~ Sharing collection data builds a richer picture of Lepidoptera morphology, phenology, and distribution. Connect with enthusiasts ~ Follow people who share your curiosity and interests. You can also publish your lep photos on the web: https://leps.fieldguide.ai

Screenshots

Learn Bird Watching4 screens
Leps by Fieldguide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Learn Bird Watching at 4.8 against Leps by Fieldguide's 4.3. Learn Bird Watching also leads on ratings volume (1.3K vs 24) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 weeks). Leps by Fieldguide's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). 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. Learn Bird Watching sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per year. Leps by Fieldguide asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Learn Bird Watching holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn Bird Watching has 1.3K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Learn Bird Watching's written reviews are positive against 82% of Leps by Fieldguide's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Learn Bird Watching ships an update every 9 days, Leps by Fieldguide every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Learn Bird Watching versus Leps by Fieldguide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn Bird WatchingLeps by Fieldguide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better4.3 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews — better82.4% of reviews
Number of ratings1.3K — better24
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLarkwireChange Theory Corp

Customer experience

Learn Bird Watching

All ratings1,284 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews110 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%

Leps by Fieldguide

All ratings23 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative11.8%

Bugs and requests

Learn Bird Watching

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unable to download sample content
  • Repeating the same bird songs in succession
  • Inconsistent progress tracking

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add bird song playback when selecting bird images
  • Implement voice recognition for answering questions
  • Include spectrograms for better visual learning
  • Expand coverage to birds in other regions

Leps by Fieldguide

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Learn Bird Watching

Subscriptions3
  • Single Course Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • All Courses Annual7 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • All Courses Annual (Family)7 Days trial$64.991 Year
One-time7
  • Bird Songs Core West (N. Am)$9.99
  • Bird Songs Core East (N. Am)$9.99
  • Waterbirds Core (N. Am)$9.99
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  • Bird Songs Pro East (N. Am)$24.99
  • Bird Songs Pro West (N. Am)$24.99
  • Waterbirds songs/calls (N. Am)$24.99
  • Breeding Plumage East (N.Am.)$24.99
None

Leps by Fieldguide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Learn Bird Watching free?
Learn Bird Watching is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Leps by Fieldguide free?
Leps by Fieldguide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Learn Bird Watching or Leps by Fieldguide?
Learn Bird Watching is rated higher. Learn Bird Watching averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Leps by Fieldguide averages 4.3 from 24 ratings.
Do Learn Bird Watching or Leps by Fieldguide have ads?
Neither Learn Bird Watching nor Leps by Fieldguide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Learn Bird Watching or Leps by Fieldguide?
Learn Bird Watching ships an update every 9 days, and Leps by Fieldguide every 4 weeks. Most recently, Learn Bird Watching was updated on October 29, 2026 and Leps by Fieldguide on October 24, 2026.

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