Flyway Birding vs Bird Watch Identifier

Flyway Birding helps you decide where to go, what to chase, and how to get there. Built for active birders, Flyway combines live eBird sightings, eBird's historical archive, and your own birding history in one fast, map-first field companion. See birds reported near you, spot notable sightings, plan a birding drive, and check every report against the birds you still need. NEW IN 1.4 • Your Route: one screen with numbered stops, hotspots along the drive you can add in a tap, and Start driving always on screen • Smart Trip: pick a goal and a start, and Flyway picks the hotspots and plans the drive • Find a Species history: the hotspots with the most all-time records, with grouped pins and a heat map • Finish & Export opens eBird's import page with your checklist attached FREE • Birds Near You with distance and recent-days filters • Notable Sightings around you or across up to 3 saved regions • Find a Species, recent and historical, with map pins and a heat map • Find a Hotspot by state and county, with hotspot detail and seasonality • Your Patch: track one favourite home birding spot • Target Species with nearby matches (up to 15 targets) • Saved bookmarks: up to 15 sightings, 10 hotspots, and 5 routes • Hotspot Checklists for offline reference (up to 3) • Field checklists: voice entry, photos, hotspot or custom location, a Live Activity, Big Day recap, and one-step export to eBird's import page • Inline weather at hotspots and routes • One free monthly preview of Migration Forecast and Target Probability Forecast • iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, with home-screen and Watch widgets FLYWAY BIRDING PRO Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription for planning, alerts, forecasts, offline use, and backup: • Route Planner: plan a multi-stop birding drive and add hotspots along the way • Smart Trip: Flyway chooses the best hotspots for your goal, targets, and time • Route Checklist: tick off expected species as you drive • Trip Mode: group checklists into multi-day trips with shared targets • Bird Alerts: rare birds, targets, and life birds nearby, plus Apple Watch alerts • Life List import from My eBird CSV, with life, state, year, and month lists • Up to 5 Notable regions at once • Migration Forecast, Hotspot Heat Index with a heat map, and Target Probability Forecast, built on eBird's archive via GBIF • Year-Pace Tracker with Big Year milestones • Offline Data for off-grid hotspots and species lists • iCloud Sync to back up and restore your lists • Explorer: tap anywhere on the map for its hotspots and recent species • Tide Times at coastal hotspots • Unlimited targets, saved sightings, hotspots, routes, patches, and hotspot checklists If a Pro subscription ends, your data is kept; you just can't add new items past the free limits. PRIVACY No accounts and no Flyway servers. Your eBird token stays in the iOS Keychain and your 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. GOOD TO KNOW • No sign-in needed. An optional free eBird API token (ebird.org/api/keygen) gives you your own request quota. • Checklists upload on eBird's own import page; eBird has no public submission API. • Location and notifications are optional and used only for features you turn on. • Bird data from eBird (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) and GBIF (eBird Observation Dataset, CC BY 4.0). Weather from MET Norway. Maps by Mapbox. Flyway is not affiliated with eBird or the Cornell Lab. Privacy Policy: https://nature-tools.com/privacy/ Terms (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

BirdWatch turns your Apple Watch into a pocket-sized birding companion. Hold up your wrist, listen for a few seconds, and BirdWatch tells you what's singing nearby — without ever pulling out your phone. KEY FEATURES • On-wrist identification — once installed, no phone needed. • 8-second listen window with a live progress ring. • Confidence score for every result so you know how sure the watch is. • Local sightings log — every identification is saved with date, time, and confidence. • Beautiful, glanceable bird cards with quick facts and habitat notes. • Recognizes common bird groups: crows, owls, ducks, geese, woodpeckers, songbirds, finches, robins, jays, cardinals, mockingbirds, hummingbirds, parrots, gulls, doves, hawks, and more. • Vertical-page navigation tuned for the small screen. PRIVATE BY DESIGN BirdWatch processes audio entirely on-device using Apple's Sound Analysis framework. No recordings are ever stored, uploaded, or transmitted. We don't collect any personal data, ever. There are no accounts, no ads, no trackers, and no servers — your watch does all the work. DESIGNED FOR THE WRIST Big tap target. Animated waveform during listening. Clear status text. Vertical pages between Listen and Sightings. Built specifically for watchOS — not a phone app crammed onto a small screen. GREAT FOR • Backyard birders building a daily list • Walks, hikes, and nature outings • Teachers and parents introducing kids to the joy of birding • Anyone curious about the bird that just sang outside the window WHAT TO EXPECT BirdWatch identifies birds at the family or common-name level — for example, "Crow", "Songbird", or "Hummingbird" — using Apple's general-purpose sound classifier. It's purpose-built for fast, in-the-moment recognition on your wrist. For precise species ID under tough acoustic conditions, pair it with a dedicated tool like Merlin or eBird. Step outside. Listen. Learn what's around you.