Comparison

Sea Shell Identifier vs Bird Life List

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

Head to head
About

Sea Shell Identifier

Identify any shell you find by pointing your camera at it. Get detailed information including its common and scientific names, rarity, and origin. Create a private digital collection of your finds, complete with personal notes and location data.

Highlights
  • AI-powered shell identification
  • Detailed shell information
  • Automatic background removal
  • Private digital shell collection
  • Add personal notes and location
  • Offline identification capabilities
Features
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IDENTIFY EVERY SHELL YOU FIND Point your camera at a shell and ShellMap tells you what it is: common name, scientific name, family, how rare it is, and which coastlines it comes from. Then it cuts the shell out of the photo and turns it into a sticker on your own private shelf. SNAP AND KNOW - Opens straight into the camera, or pick a photo from your library - The shell is lifted out of its background automatically, no tracing - A full report: species, family, rarity, typical size, habitat and known regions - Honest about doubt: when a worn or broken shell cannot be pinned down, ShellMap says so instead of inventing a species YOUR OWN COLLECTION - Every shell becomes a die-cut sticker on a paper shelf - Tap any shell for its full field-guide entry - Add your own notes: the tide, the weather, who you were with - A private map shows exactly where you picked each one up COMPLETELY PRIVATE - No account, no profile, no feed, no followers - Your shells sync between your own devices through your iCloud, and nowhere else - Nothing is ever shared or made public - Free, with no limits and nothing to unlock WORKS ON THE BEACH Shells save instantly, even with no signal. When you are back online, one tap identifies them. PERFECT FOR - Beachcombers and rock-pool wanderers - Families on summer holidays - Naturalists, biologists and amateur conchologists - Anyone who cannot walk past a beach without looking down Pick it up. Point the camera. Know what it is. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Bird Life List

Features
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Bird Life List is your personal birding life list — a private, offline log of every bird you have ever seen. Log a sighting in seconds. Watch your life list grow. Keep every lifer, photo, field note and map pin on your own device, forever. IMPORTANT: Bird Life List is a paid app. A subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase is required to use it. There is no free version and no ads. WHAT YOU CAN DO • LOG A SIGHTING IN SECONDS Pick the species from a built-in checklist of 250+ birds, then add the date, how many you saw, the habitat, a photo and your field notes. No typing species names. No wrong spellings. • BUILD YOUR LIFE LIST Every new species is added to your life list automatically and numbered in the order you first saw it. Duplicates are collapsed for you — one row per species, with the date of your lifer. • MAP EVERY SIGHTING Tap once to attach coordinates while you are standing there. Every bird becomes a pin on your own private sightings map, so you always remember exactly where you found it. • TRACK YOUR YEAR LIST AND STATS Life total, year list, month list, birding day streak, top families, best birding day and your most-visited locations — all calculated for you as you log. • BROWSE THE SPECIES CHECKLIST See at a glance which birds you have found and which are still to find. Filter by region: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa, South America, Australasia. • EXPORT ANY TIME Your data is yours. Export your whole life list to CSV and open it in Numbers, Excel or any other app. PRIVATE AND OFFLINE, BY DESIGN No account. No sign-up. No server. No analytics. No tracking. No ads. Your sightings, photos, coordinates and notes never leave your iPhone or iPad. We cannot see them, because they are never uploaded. Location is only requested when you tap "Use Current Location" while logging a sighting — and it is completely optional. Bird Life List works with no internet connection at all. A RECORD, NOT A NETWORK Bird Life List is a personal record-keeping tool for bird watching. It is not a bird identification app — it does not identify birds from photos or sound. It does not report your sightings to any database, and it has no community feed or rare-bird alerts. It is a quiet, private life list that belongs to you. PERFECT FOR Beginner birders starting a first life list · Birders moving off paper notebooks · Big-year birders chasing a year-list target · Backyard and feeder watchers · Birders who travel and want a trip list SUBSCRIPTION & PRICING Bird Life List requires a purchase to use. Choose one: • Pro Yearly — $14.99 per year (that's $1.25 per month), starting with a 3-DAY FREE TRIAL • Pro Monthly — $2.99 per month • Lifetime Access — $29.99 one time, never expires, never renews All three unlock exactly the same thing: unlimited sightings, the life list, the sightings map, statistics, photos, field notes and CSV export. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew in Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions. If you do not cancel the 3-day free trial at least 24 hours before it ends, the yearly subscription starts automatically. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. The Lifetime purchase is one-time and does not renew. Prices shown are for the United States App Store and may vary by region. Your local price is always shown in the app before you buy. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://joykhansayan1.github.io/bird-life-list/privacy.html A bird missing from the checklist? Email dmjks120@gmail.com — we add requested species in updates. Happy birding.

Screenshots

Sea Shell Identifier4 screens
Bird Life List4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sea Shell Identifier at none against Bird Life List's 3. Bird Life List's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 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. Bird Life List sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Sea Shell Identifier asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Sea Shell Identifier versus Bird Life List: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSea Shell IdentifierBird Life List
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlejandro PachecoMD Shahariar Nazim Joy

In-app purchases

None

Sea Shell Identifier

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Bird Life List

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$29.99

Questions

Is Sea Shell Identifier free?
Sea Shell Identifier is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bird Life List free?
Bird Life List is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sea Shell Identifier or Bird Life List have ads?
Neither Sea Shell Identifier nor Bird Life List shows ads.

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