Comparison

Flyway Birding vs WildMap Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Flyway Birding

Features
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Flyway Birding helps you decide where to go, what to chase, and which birds matter most right now. Built for active birders, Flyway combines live eBird sightings with your own birding history for a faster, more personal field companion. See birds reported near you, spot notable sightings, explore hotspots, track your target species, save favorite places and routes, and check current reports against the birds you still need. With a My eBird CSV import, Flyway turns your own eBird history into on-device list context — so you can tell at a glance whether a bird is new for you, useful for a region, or worth changing plans for. FREE — FLYWAY BIRDING • Birds Near You with distance and recent-days filters • Notable Sightings around you or across up to 3 saved regions • Nearby hotspot maps, hotspot detail, and seasonality views • Your Patch — track one favorite home birding spot • Target Species lists with nearby matches (up to 15 targets) • Saved bookmarks: up to 15 sightings, 10 hotspots, and 5 reusable routes • Hotspot Checklists for offline reference (up to 3) • Field checklist recording — voice entry, photos, a Live Activity, Big Day recap, and eBird CSV export • Inline weather at hotspots and routes • One free monthly preview of Migration Forecast and Target Probability Forecast • Native iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch — with home-screen and Watch widgets FLYWAY BIRDING PRO Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription that unlocks planning, alerting, forecasting, offline, and cloud backup: • Route Planner — multi-stop ordering and travel time • Route Checklist — turn a planned route or bundled hotspot lists into a live tally • Trip Mode — group checklists into multi-day trips with shared targets • Background Bird Alerts — rare birds, targets, and life birds nearby • Apple Watch notable alerts • Life List import from My eBird CSV (and the on-device Life Lists view) • Up to 5 Notable regions watched at once • Saved eBird checklists for offline re-opening • Offline Data — downloaded hotspots and species lists for off-grid use • iCloud Sync — back up your lists and restore on any device • Explorer — tap any point on the map to see its hotspots and recent species • Migration Forecast — species about to arrive in your region • Hotspot Heat Index — hotspots ranked vs. a typical visit there • Target Probability Forecast — your targets ranked by how findable they are now • Year-Pace Tracker — your year list against last year's pace, with Big Year milestones • Tide Times — high/low tides at coastal hotspots • Unlimited targets, saved sightings, saved hotspots, saved routes, patches, and hotspot checklists If a Pro subscription ends, your existing data is kept — you simply cannot add new rows past your previous limit. PRIVACY Flyway has no accounts and no servers. Your eBird token stays in the iOS Keychain, and your imported life-list history stays on your device. No advertising, analytics, or tracking SDKs. PRICING • Flyway Birding Pro Monthly — $3.99 / month • Flyway Birding Pro Annual — $29.99 / year, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. IMPORTANT • No account and no sign-in. You can start birding immediately; entering your own free eBird API token (ebird.org/api/keygen) is optional and gives you your own request quota. • Checklists are exported as an eBird Record-format CSV for you to import at eBird.org. eBird does not offer a public submission API. • Location and notifications are optional and only used for features you enable. • Flyway uses live eBird data from Cornell Lab of Ornithology and is not affiliated with eBird or Cornell Lab. Privacy Policy: https://nature-tools.com/privacy/ Terms (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

WildMap Tracker

Discover and track wildlife sightings in real-time by scanning locations. Plan trips, build a bucket list of species to find, and log your own verified encounters with photos. Access millions of observations from global naturalist communities.

Highlights
  • Real-time wildlife discovery
  • Scan any location for sightings
  • Filter by species, date, radius
  • Curated Field Guide with rarity
  • Personal Bucket List creation
  • Log sightings with GPS and photos
Features
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WildMap is a real-time wildlife discovery and tracking app built for people who actually go outside looking for animals. Scan any location, your current spot or anywhere on the globe, and instantly see recent wildlife sightings pulled from iNaturalist, eBird, and other observation networks. Filter by species group, date range, or radius. Every pin on the map is a real, verified sighting from the wildlife community. FIND WILDLIFE BEFORE YOU GO Planning a trip to a national park? Heading out for a birding morning? WildMap shows you what's been spotted nearby and when. BUILD YOUR BUCKET LIST Browse a curated Field Guide species ranked by rarity: Common, Uncommon, Rare, and Legendary. Add the ones you want to find to your personal Bucket List and track them down one by one. LOG WHAT YOU'VE SEEN Mark species as Seen, pin the exact GPS location of your sighting, and upload your own photo. Your sightings live on your profile, a personal record of every wildlife encounter you've had. BUILT ON REAL DATA The sighting data powering WildMap comes from the iNaturalist and eBird and more communities. Millions of observations from serious naturalists around the world, surfaced in an interface built for finding wildlife on the go. WildMap is made by a wildlife photographer and overlander who got tired of hunting through slow UIs to figure out what was around. It's built for the people who show up at dawn, binoculars ready. Access is free! Go discover some new animals See terms: https://www.thewildmap.org/terms

Screenshots

Flyway Birding4 screens
WildMap Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flyway Birding at none against WildMap Tracker's 3. WildMap Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). 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. WildMap Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Flyway Birding asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flyway Birding ships an update every 6 weeks, WildMap Tracker every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Flyway Birding versus WildMap Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlyway BirdingWildMap Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating—2.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMARTY RADD ICENOGGLENATHAN LOK-HAI LAM

In-app purchases

None

Flyway Birding

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

WildMap Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Wild Map Monthly Pro$3.991 Month
  • WildMap Pro Yearly Subscription$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro Subscription (Limited)$19.99

Questions

Is Flyway Birding free?
Flyway Birding is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WildMap Tracker free?
WildMap Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flyway Birding or WildMap Tracker have ads?
Neither Flyway Birding nor WildMap Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flyway Birding or WildMap Tracker?
Flyway Birding ships an update every 6 weeks, and WildMap Tracker every 2 weeks. Most recently, Flyway Birding was updated on October 12, 2026 and WildMap Tracker on October 7, 2026.

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