Birding Map vs ChirpAlarm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Birding Map
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Birding Map - Record Every Encounter with Wings Birding Map is a tracking tool designed specifically for birding enthusiasts, preserving your birding stories through maps and photos. Core Features - Track Recording - Photo Map - Birding Logs - Map Sharing - Local Storage Use Scenarios Birding in the wild: Record routes and observation spots, making it easy to return next time Sharing & Communication: Generate beautiful maps to share your discoveries with fellow birders Personal Archive: Accumulate your birding footprints and witness your growth
ChirpAlarm
Wake up to authentic bird recordings and test your species identification skills to dismiss your alarm. This app helps birders start their day immersed in nature and improve their sound identification abilities.
- Authentic bird sound recordings
- Species identification quiz to dismiss alarm
- Customizable species lists
- Quiz history and statistics
- Bird information with images and descriptions
- No ads or subscriptions
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When your alarm fires, you hear a real bird recording sourced from xeno-canto. To dismiss the alarm, you need to identify the species from the provided options. Start your day surrounded by birds, and sharpen your sound ID abilities every day! What's inside Real recordings — every alarm plays an authentic field recording from your list. Your species list — browse and search xeno-canto, preview recordings, and choose which birds wake you up each day. Multiple lists can be managed. Quiz to dismiss — multiple choice to ensure that you're awake, improve your sound ID skills. Stats — your quiz history, so you can track which species you've learned and which ones keep getting you. Bird Info — An image and a short description of the bird will be shown to you before you dismiss the alarm. No ads. No subscription. One purchase. Who it's for Birders who want to start the day with their hobby and improve their sound ID skills. Anyone for whom a blaring alarm is just a bad way to begin.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ChirpAlarm at daily against Birding Map's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Birding Map ships an update every 3 months, ChirpAlarm daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Birding Map | ChirpAlarm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 剑 金 | Jonathan Hu |
In-app purchases
Birding Map
No in-app purchases
ChirpAlarm
No in-app purchases









