Comparison

Bird Sounds Relax vs Onehand Booknotes

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

Head to head
About

Bird Sounds Relax

Listen to a variety of realistic bird songs to promote relaxation and well-being. This app features sounds from 30 different singing birds, designed to help you unwind or even encourage your own birds to vocalize.

Highlights
  • 30 best singing bird songs
  • Simulates natural bird sounds
  • Realistic bird soundscapes
  • Includes environmental sounds
  • Aids relaxation
  • Stimulates bird singing
Features
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Bird sounds in nature. Listen to birds singing to relax, or stimulate your beloved bird to sing more. Feature: - Songs of the 30 best singing birds - Simulate natural bird sounds - Realistic bird sounds - Other environmental sounds help you relax

About

Onehand Booknotes

Features
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It quickly summarizes from books and captures paper notes via barcode registration or OCR. Its quiet UI preserves mental space, transforming daily insights into tangible assets by capturing fleeting thoughts and flashes of inspiration. “Recommended for” - Businesspeople who want to quickly digitize documents - Working professionals and students who want to take reading notes efficiently - Creators seeking inspiration for ideas - Students preparing for exams who want to manage study notes on their smartphones “Features” - High-Precision OCR Recognition - Automatically detects Japanese vertical/horizontal writing - High-accuracy text conversion using cutting-edge character recognition technology - Supports a wide range of materials: books, magazines, even handwritten notes Organization Features - Automatically retrieve book information via barcode scanning - Freely categorize notes using categories and tags - Manage web pages together by saving URLs - Supports multiple images (attach multiple photos to one note) iCloud Backup (Premium) - Safely back up all data - Share data across multiple devices - Export/import in JSON format

Screenshots

Bird Sounds Relax4 screens
Onehand Booknotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Onehand Booknotes at weekly against Bird Sounds Relax's every 5 months. Bird Sounds Relax's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads 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. Bird Sounds Relax sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Onehand Booknotes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bird Sounds Relax ships an update every 5 months, Onehand Booknotes weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bird Sounds Relax versus Onehand Booknotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBird Sounds RelaxOnehand Booknotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (253 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews52.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings253 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhan Minh CuongNaoto Sato

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bird Sounds Relax

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
2 purchases

Onehand Booknotes

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly_Premium$3.991 Month
  • Yearly_Premium$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Bird Sounds Relax free?
Bird Sounds Relax is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Onehand Booknotes free?
Onehand Booknotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bird Sounds Relax or Onehand Booknotes have ads?
Both Bird Sounds Relax and Onehand Booknotes show ads.
Which is updated more often, Bird Sounds Relax or Onehand Booknotes?
Bird Sounds Relax ships an update every 5 months, and Onehand Booknotes weekly. Most recently, Bird Sounds Relax was updated on November 7, 2026 and Onehand Booknotes on October 30, 2026.

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