Quick Bird Counter vs Fivetide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quick Bird Counter
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Counting birds can be challenging - especially at places where several species of migrating birds rest during their journey. Traditionally racks of click counters (tally counters) are used to track them. Quick Bird Counter simulates those racks: tap on the photo of the respective bird to tally that species. Features: • Counting is organised in sessions. • Create and manage a pool of birds to choose from for each session. Optionally add remarks and select the photo for each of the species. • Start a new counting session by selecting the birds for counting. A default name which can be changed later and the start time are set automatically. • The photos of the selected birds are presented as a grid - tap on the respective photo to tally. • Edit the session info: change the session name, edit the location, provide remarks. • You have to confirm the end of a session: manually via menu, or before selecting a new list of birds. The end time is automatically set on closing a session. • View the session history. • Delete selected sessions from the history. • Sharing options: • a list of the available species • a summary of the current session • the current session data in JSON format
Fivetide
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Your next prayer, clearly. Your day, without the noise. Fivetide brings prayer times, Qibla and prayer reminders together in a calm, privacy-first iPhone app. No ads. No account. No subscription. YOUR DAY, AT A GLANCE See the next prayer and time remaining, with a clear daily schedule for Fajr, Sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha. Explore upcoming days in the prayer calendar. HOME & LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS Keep the next prayer close with small and medium Home Screen widgets and compact Lock Screen widgets. Check the time ahead without opening the app. FIND YOUR QIBLA Use the compass, Qibla bearing and clear alignment guidance to find your direction. Review the heading reference and compass accuracy in the app. PRAYER TIMES YOU CAN UNDERSTAND Choose your calculation method and Asr convention, review high-latitude settings and make minute adjustments when needed. See the location, date and time zone behind your schedule, and understand why times may differ from a mosque timetable or another app. Compatibility profiles are not official live timetables or religious-authority endorsements. ALERTS ON YOUR TERMS Choose an alert preference for each prayer and check permissions and scheduling in System Status. Full Alarm uses the iPhone's system alarm capability on iOS 26 or later with your permission. Earlier supported versions use notifications. The app explains available sounds and fallback behavior. START WITHOUT LOCATION PERMISSION Choose a bundled city or enter a place using coordinates and a time zone. Current location is optional and uses iOS Location Services. Prayer-time calculations work offline once a location is selected. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No advertising, accounts or behavioral analytics. Fivetide has no server receiving your location or prayer data. Your selected place and preferences are stored locally; iOS services and backups follow your device settings. MADE FOR YOUR EVERYDAY Light and dark appearances, with nine interface languages: English, Turkish, Arabic, Indonesian, Malay, Urdu, French, German and Spanish. Requires iOS 17 or later. Full Alarm requires iOS 26 or later and permission. Notification behavior follows your device settings, including sound and Focus. Alert delivery depends on device and system conditions. All included features and widgets are free. Fivetide. A quiet, trustworthy instrument for Salah.
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Verdict
Quick Bird Counter and Fivetide are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
| Parameter | Quick Bird Counter | Fivetide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Helene Tamer | Tolga Cankurt |
In-app purchases
Quick Bird Counter
No in-app purchases
Fivetide
No in-app purchases
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