Comparison

Birdfy vs Dowkaco

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

Head to head
About

Birdfy

Monitor your backyard visitors in real-time with live streaming and automatic video capture of birds and animals. Organize clips by species, track nesting processes, and share your discoveries with a global community. Optional cloud services offer advanced AI recognition and extended recording.

Highlights
  • Live stream bird and animal activity
  • Automatic video capture of detected moments
  • Categorize clips by bird species
  • Track nesting and hatching processes
  • Community sharing of observations
  • AI-powered species identification (cloud service)
  • Customizable highlight reels (cloud service)
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+.

About

Dowkaco

This application allows users to customize and control the performance of pet playthings. It enables adjustments to running speed and time, and offers customizable running modes with parameter tracking.

Highlights
  • Control running speed
  • Customize running time
  • Set custom running modes
  • Obtain running parameters
  • Track pet plaything performance
Features
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This app is used to control the running speed, time, etc. of pet playthings, and can customize the running mode and obtain running parameters.

Screenshots

Birdfy4 screens
Dowkaco3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Birdfy at 4.1 against Dowkaco's 1.0. Birdfy also leads on ratings volume (3.9K vs 1). Dowkaco's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5). 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. Birdfy sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.39 per month. Dowkaco 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 3.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Birdfy versus Dowkaco: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBirdfyDowkaco
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (3.9K ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews49.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.9K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.512.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size290 MB32 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNETVUE, INC.奇勇 颜

Customer experience

Birdfy

All ratings3,864 ratings
Positive76.4%
Neutral4.9%
Negative18.7%
Written reviews818 reviews
Positive49.1%
Neutral7.9%
Negative42.9%

Dowkaco

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and 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

Dowkaco

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Birdfy

Subscriptions9
  • Collection Storage Basic mo.$2.391 Month
  • MVR - Basic - Monthly$2.391 Month
  • MVR - Plus - Monthly$3.591 Month
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  • Hummingbird Recognition mo.$4.691 Month
  • Bird Recognition Basic mo.$5.891 Month
  • Collection Storage Pro mo.$7.091 Month
  • Collection Storage Basic ann.$23.491 Year
  • MVR - Basic - Annual$23.491 Year
  • Bird Recognition Basic ann.$57.991 Year
One-time1
  • Bird Recognition Lifetime Plan$99.99
None

Dowkaco

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Birdfy free?
Birdfy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dowkaco free?
Dowkaco is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Birdfy or Dowkaco?
Birdfy is rated higher. Birdfy averages 4.1 out of 5 from 3.9K ratings, while Dowkaco averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Birdfy or Dowkaco have ads?
Neither Birdfy nor Dowkaco shows ads.

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