Chirp Widget vs MyBird
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chirp Widget
Identify birds from your photos and create a personalized digital sanctuary. Save discovered species, collect realistic artwork, and customize your sanctuary with various elements. Track your bird sightings and profile statistics.
- Identify birds from photos
- Save sightings to sanctuary
- Collect realistic bird artwork
- Customize digital sanctuary
- Track bird collection stats
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Chirp helps you identify birds from your photos and build a personal sanctuary from the species you discover. Take or upload a bird photo, review the identification, and save the bird to your sanctuary. Chirp keeps the bird's common name, scientific name, rarity, sighting details, and generated bird artwork together so your collection feels alive instead of buried in a camera roll. Use Chirp to: - Identify birds from photos - Save sightings to your sanctuary - Collect realistic bird artwork - Customize your sanctuary with birds, branches, and habitats - Track your bird collection and profile stats Chirp is built for bird lovers, casual nature walks, backyard discoveries, and anyone who wants a more playful way to remember the birds they have seen.
MyBird
Organize your bird sightings, photos, and notes into a beautiful personal catalog. Identify birds from photos, build life lists, and track your progress on a world map. Relive your birding memories with all your data organized by species.
- Organize sightings by species
- Identify birds from photos
- Build life lists and wishlists
- Log sightings with notes and GPS
- View sightings on a world map
- Browse bird species information
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Why MyBird? MyBird turns scattered bird photos into your personal catalogue. Every sighting, photo, note, and location — organised by species, and always at your fingertips. Built for birders and photographers who want one beautiful home for their birding journey. Already have a life list? Import it in seconds — just upload a screenshot and MyBird reads the names for you. FEATURES • Share your birding specific portfolio, that beautifully shows you Life List count, Bio, Photos and much more. • Identify birds from a photo, right inside the app • Build your personal Life List and Wishlist • Keep photos and audio recordings together, organised by species • Log sightings with dates, locations, and personal notes • Add GPS locations to your photos • See every sighting on a world map of where you've birded • Browse thousands of bird species worldwide • Explore descriptions, taxonomy, range maps, and IUCN conservation status • Track your progress and celebrate personal milestones • Relive your birding memories anytime — always organised, always with you No ads. No account required. And when you do sign in, your data stays private in your own iCloud. MyBird isn't just a bird list — it's your personal birding story.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: MyBird at free against Chirp Widget's free with in-app purchases. MyBird also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). Chirp Widget's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). 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. Chirp Widget sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and MyBird sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MyBird holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Chirp Widget ships an update weekly, MyBird every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Chirp Widget | MyBird |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Henry Hill | Rahin Mustafa |
In-app purchases
Chirp Widget
- 100 worms$1.99
- 250 worms$2.99
- 500 worms$4.99
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- 1000 worms$7.99
- The Golden Worm$24.99
MyBird
- Birdseed$9.99
- A Round of Worms$49.99
- Peacock Energy$99.99
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- Feed The Whole Flock$199.99









