Comparison

Learn Bird Watching vs TourStack

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

TourStack

Discover and plan college campus tours nationwide. Search over 1,700 schools, compare key admissions data, and find available visit dates. Save favorite schools and create multi-school trip itineraries.

Highlights
  • Discover 1,700+ college campuses
  • Compare admissions rates and costs
  • Find open campus visit dates
  • Filter by state, SAT scores, tuition
  • Save schools to shortlist
  • Plan multi-school trip itineraries
Features
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TourStack helps families discover and plan college campus tours across all 50 states. Search 1,700+ schools, compare admissions rates, costs, and outcomes, then find open campus visit dates — all in one free app. Filter by state, acceptance rate, SAT scores, tuition, and more. Save schools to your shortlist and plan multi-school trip itineraries — Subscriptions — TourStack Pro is a paid auto-renewing subscription. Monthly: $8.99/month. Annual: $32.99/year (save 70% vs monthly). Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tourstack.app/privacy

Screenshots

Learn Bird Watching4 screens
TourStack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: TourStack at free against Learn Bird Watching's free with in-app purchases. TourStack also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 91%). Learn Bird Watching's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 1) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and TourStack sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TourStack holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn Bird Watching has 1.3K ratings behind it against 1, 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 100% of TourStack's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Learn Bird Watching ships an update every 9 days, TourStack every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Learn Bird Watching versus TourStack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn Bird WatchingTourStack
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.3K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.3K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLarkwireEgida LLC

Customer experience

Learn Bird Watching

All ratings1,284 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews107 reviews
Positive90.7%
Neutral4.7%
Negative4.7%

TourStack

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

TourStack

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
2 purchases

TourStack

Subscriptions2
  • TourStack Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • TourStack Pro Annual$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Learn Bird Watching free?
Learn Bird Watching is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TourStack free?
TourStack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Learn Bird Watching or TourStack?
TourStack is rated higher. Learn Bird Watching averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while TourStack averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Learn Bird Watching or TourStack have ads?
Neither Learn Bird Watching nor TourStack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Learn Bird Watching or TourStack?
Learn Bird Watching ships an update every 9 days, and TourStack every 4 weeks. Most recently, Learn Bird Watching was updated on October 12, 2026 and TourStack on October 8, 2026.

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