Comparison

BirdLasser vs i

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

Head to head
About

BirdLasser

Easily record bird sightings with GPS precision, even offline. Manage your trips and lifelist with automatic cloud backups. Share your discoveries with friends and contribute to conservation efforts.

Highlights
  • Record bird sightings with GPS
  • Offline sighting capture
  • Automatic cloud backup
  • Manage trip cards and lifelist
  • Share sightings with community
  • Contribute to conservation projects
Features
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BirdLasser is a fun, easy way to record your bird sightings and share with friends, your community and contribute to conservation. • Spot - Capture bird sightings painlessly with GPS precision, even when offline. • Plot - Effortlessly view and manage your trip cards. Automatically backup your trips and lifelist to the cloud. • Play a Part - Share your sightings with friends and seamlessly contribute to conservation causes. If you enjoy using BirdLasser, please take a minute to leave a nice review on the App Store; it really helps. Testimonials from our BirdLasser Facebook page: “We've been to Ngwenya Lodge for the first time and decided to try atlassing with the iPhone app for the first time - what a pleasure! Thank you to the team for the hard work, it was a pleasure to use!” “... just loaded - impressive features so far! That voice recognition you've been looking for is one of the features.... This app could convert a whole bunch of birders to atlassers.” “I am dying for this app....what will the cost be?” BirdLasser: “Hi John, no cost - free, gratis!” Rapidly capture sightings We endeavour to make it as quick and simple as possible to log your sightings. Whether in your garden, the Kruger Park or on the open seas, we will seamlessly tag your sightings with date, time and location. Share with the community Share that special sighting with your fellow birders in real-time via email, Facebook or Twitter, or post a trip report. Conservation causes Your passion for birds and birding has the additional benefit to contribute to a greater good. BirdLasser makes it simple share your sighting details with conservation programs such as the African BirdMAP Atlas Projects. Atlassers can enable boundary change notifications to make it even simpler. Note, that this feature uses the GPS in the background. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Download BirdLasser now to Spot. Plot. Play a Part!

About

i

Easily invite visitors by sending them access codes via SMS, iMessage, or WhatsApp. Receive notifications for entry, exit, emergencies, and newsletters.

Highlights
  • Invite visitors via contacts
  • Send invitations via SMS, iMessage, WhatsApp
  • Generate Personal Access Codes (PAC)
  • Message inbox for notifications
  • Courtesy entry/exit notifications
  • Emergency alerts
  • Newsletter delivery
Features
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i-gate provides users with the functionality to invite visitors using their contacts on their phone. The app provides the functionality to send invitations via SMS, iMessage or WhatsApp. Visitors are then providing with a PAC ( Personal Access Code) to quickly gain access to the premises. Additional features include : * Message inbox for courtesy entry and exit notifications, emergencies and newsletters

Screenshots

BirdLasser4 screens
i4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: i at 4.5 against BirdLasser's 3.9. i also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). BirdLasser's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

i holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BirdLasser has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of BirdLasser's written reviews are positive against 100% of i's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BirdLasser ships an update every 2 months, i every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BirdLasser versus i: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBirdLasseri
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (14 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB167 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLejint Pty LtdI GATE (PTY) LTD

Customer experience

BirdLasser

All ratings14 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative21.4%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative30.8%

i

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BirdLasser

No in-app purchases

None

i

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BirdLasser free?
BirdLasser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is i free?
i is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BirdLasser or i?
i is rated higher. BirdLasser averages 3.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while i averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do BirdLasser or i have ads?
Neither BirdLasser nor i shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BirdLasser or i?
BirdLasser ships an update every 2 months, and i every 5 days. Most recently, BirdLasser was updated on June 10, 2026 and i on September 18, 2026.

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