Comparison

Phonics 7000 vs Birdathon

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

Head to head
About

Phonics 7000

Master English spelling through pronunciation and listening exercises. This app teaches natural spelling without phonetic transcription, covering 7000 words across 15 categories.

Highlights
  • Natural English spelling interpretation
  • Pronunciation and spelling practice
  • 7000 word vocabulary
  • 15 learning categories
  • No phonetic transcription needed
Features
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This application perfectly interprets the natural spelling of English, allowing learners to achieve the ability to "read the pronunciation of a word, listen to the phonetic spelling" without the need for phonetic transcription. It consists of two parts: the pronunciation of the word and the spelling of the word by listening, and it is subdivided into 15 categories by letter or letter combination. Added 7000 word natural spelling practice.

About

Birdathon

This app helps birdwatchers create and organize detailed checklists of their observations. It automatically records time and location, allowing for easy editing and customization. Users can visualize their sightings on maps, add field notes, and export data for sharing or further analysis.

Highlights
  • Observation-centric checklists
  • Automatic time and location recording
  • Customizable maps with boundary overlays
  • Field notes for additional observations
  • Multiple checklist sorting options
  • Data export to CSV and other formats
  • Create checklist templates
Features
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Birdathon is an observation-centric tool for creating birding checklists. It helps you organize your checklists and share them with others. Use Birdathon in the field to quickly record whether and where a bird is seen or heard and the number observed. The time and location of each observation is automatically recorded. You can adjust the location, time entries and the count of birds observed at any time to ensure your records are accurate. You can add breeding codes to your observations. Checklist maps display the locations of your observations. You can overlay county boundaries for every US state. You can add a range circle such as a 5MR (5-mile Radius) to your maps. You can import and overlay custom kml/kmz files onto your maps. An Overview feature lets you see your combined observations for any time period, and displays a map showing any boundaries you have selected, so you can utilize the map feature even when you are not actively checklisting. You can export Overview data into a csv text file or create a new checklist template from the Overview. Your checklists can be viewed in taxonomic order, alphabetically, by rarity or as a timeline of species. You can enrich your checklist with field notes and add observations such as mammals, butterflies, wildflowers, etc., to make it a more complete record of your experience. You can organize your checklists into categories such as Day List, Year List, County List, Life List, etc., and assign color themes to your lists. Bird species may be added and deleted from your lists at any time. You can create new checklist templates from your previous lists or import templates created by others. You can change which template is being used. You can import text files into Birdathon, making them into templates or new checklists. Different export options for your checklists allow you to import into eBird or another copy of Birdathon. The bird species source data and other resources used in this app come from the following sources: AviList, a unified global checklist of birds, is the core data set used for Birdathon. https://www.avilist.org. Some data has been integrated from the following sources: The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world (https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/), the American Ornithological Society's (AOS) Checklist of North and Middle American Birds (https://checklist.americanornithology.org), and the American Birding Association's (ABA) checklist of North American Birds (https://www.aba.org/listing-taxonomy/) Alpha codes come from The Institute for Bird Populations’ Standardized 4- and 6-letter Bird Species Codes. https://www.birdpop.org/pages/birdSpeciesCodes.php. County boundary data is from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) TIGER/Line 2019 Shapefiles found on the United States Census Bureau's website at https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-line-file.2019.html. Boundaries should be used as general guidelines and not be considered precise. Note especially where county boundaries follow creeks, rivers, ridge lines and other natural features, and so are of much finer resolution than can be shown on Birdathon’s maps. California breeding bird atlas blocks come from the California Bird Atlas, https://www.californiabirdatlas.org. California Bird Atlas logo and breeding code descriptions used with permission.

Screenshots

Phonics 70003 screens
Birdathon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Birdathon at 100% against Phonics 7000's 20%. Birdathon also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 33 months). Phonics 7000's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.1). On 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

Birdathon is free to download; Phonics 7000 costs $1.99 up front. Birdathon sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Phonics 7000 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Phonics 7000 ships an update every 33 months, Birdathon every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Phonics 7000 versus Birdathon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhonics 7000Birdathon
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating—4.7 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 33 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB192 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer建政 朱Barry Langdon-Lassagne

Customer experience

Phonics 7000

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

Birdathon

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Phonics 7000

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Birdathon

One-time4
  • Good Tip$0.99
  • Great Tip$1.99
  • Amazing Tip$2.99
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  • Incredible Tip$4.99

Questions

Is Phonics 7000 free?
Phonics 7000 costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Birdathon free?
Birdathon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Phonics 7000 or Birdathon have ads?
Neither Phonics 7000 nor Birdathon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Phonics 7000 or Birdathon?
Phonics 7000 ships an update every 33 months, and Birdathon every 4 months. Most recently, Phonics 7000 was updated on July 7, 2026 and Birdathon on September 19, 2026.

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