Bïndo Birding vs APS Optimiser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bïndo Birding
Record bird sightings anywhere, even offline, and share them with friends. Explore an interactive map, document observations with photos, and connect with a community of birders.
- Offline sighting tracking
- Interactive sighting map
- Photo documentation
- Social feed and groups
- Leaderboards and challenges
- Conservation atlassing tools
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Bïndo is the bird listing app built for Southern African birding: fast in the field, rich at home, and made to be shared. LOG EVERY BIRD, ANYWHERE Bïndo is offline-first: log sightings deep in the bush with no signal, and everything syncs when you're back in range. Start a quicklist in seconds, run a full trip list on holiday, or keep a custom list for your garden, your patch, or your year. • Quick, trip, custom and collaborative lists • GPS-stamped sightings with photos (upload several at once) • Add notes to a sighting: the story behind the bird • Not sure what you saw? Log an Unknown Bird and resolve it later • Lifers tracked automatically across your whole history ATLAS WITH CONFIDENCE Full support for atlassing: run timed cards, follow the protocol, and submit straight from your phone. A COMMUNITY OF BIRDERS Follow friends and local legends, and see their birding come alive in your feed: lifers, rare finds, trip lists, photos and the stories behind them. • Comment on sightings and join the conversation • Likes, follows and birder profiles • Find birders with people search and activity status • Groups, private challenges and collaborative lists for clubs, trips and mates EXPLORE THE MAP See what's being seen right now. The Explore map shows community sightings, lists and photos. Filter by species, time and place, then tap a pin and dive in. FIND YOUR NEXT BIRD • Nearby species suggestions based on where you're standing • Filter birds by traits to narrow down an ID • A beautiful gallery of your birding photos • The bird guide at your fingertips COMPETE (GENTLY) Areas and leaderboards for your region: day, week, month, year and all-time. Your row sticks while you scroll, and you can filter to just the birders you follow. Seasonal events and challenges keep it interesting. MADE FOR THE FIELD • Works fully offline and syncs when you're back in signal • Battery-friendly adaptive GPS • A clean, full-screen design that gets out of your way Whether you're a lister chasing a big year, an atlasser doing the real work, or you simply want to remember every bird you've seen, Bïndo keeps your birding in one place and makes it better with friends. Grab your bins. The flock is waiting.
APS Optimiser
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Mobile Application for APS customers. Customers can register for push notifications, see their loadshedding schedules as well as historical messages sent to them.
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Verdict
Bïndo Birding and APS Optimiser are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Bïndo Birding ships an update every 2 weeks, APS Optimiser every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bïndo Birding | APS Optimiser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Bindo Group (PTY) LTD | SolrBoost Pty Ltd |
In-app purchases
Bïndo Birding
No in-app purchases
APS Optimiser
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Bïndo Birding free?
Is APS Optimiser free?
Do Bïndo Birding or APS Optimiser have ads?
Which is updated more often, Bïndo Birding or APS Optimiser?
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