BirdLasser vs Yodel App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Record bird sightings with GPS
- Offline sighting capture
- Automatic cloud backup
- Manage trip cards and lifelist
- Share sightings with community
- Contribute to conservation projects
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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!
Yodel App
Skip the wait at your favorite places. View real-time availability and crowd levels before you visit. Secure your spot and activate passes directly from the app for seamless entry.
- Skip the line
- Reserve a spot
- Real-time availability
- View crowd levels
- Activate passes
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Yodel gives you a convenient way beat the line and reserve a spot in your favorite locations. Plan ahead with realtime availability, and see how busy the park is before you go. Get your passes before hand, and active them when you are ready to enter the park, straight from your Passes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BirdLasser at 62% against Yodel App's 9%. BirdLasser also leads on rating (3.9 vs 2.3) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). Yodel App's advantage is ratings volume (198 vs 14) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BirdLasser holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yodel App has 198 ratings behind it against 14, 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 9% of Yodel App's.
BirdLasser ships an update every 2 months, Yodel App every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BirdLasser | Yodel App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (14 ratings) — better | 2.3 (198 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews — better | 9.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 198 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lejint Pty Ltd | Direct Technology Holdings Inc. |
Customer experience
BirdLasser
Yodel App
Bugs and requests
BirdLasser
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Yodel App
Reported bugs
16 issues- App crashes when adding vehicle information
- Payment processing fails with vague error messages
- Location detection shows incorrect or no location
- Duplicate charges when payment fails
- Session timeout and forced re-login
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- Verification codes not sent reliably
- Security code mismatch during login
- Display errors (email shown instead of license plate)
- App freezes during checkout process
- Phone number validation rejects valid international numbers
- Map functionality shows unavailable campsites
- Cannot complete account creation with certain inputs
- Inconsistent park availability information
- Multiple transaction charges for single purchase
- App crashes when searching for parks
- Login credentials rejected despite correct entry
Requested features
16 requests- Apple Pay integration
- Auto-fill for payment and contact fields
- Senior and handicap discount options
- Hourly parking options (not just full day)
- Ability to link existing passes purchased elsewhere
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- Support for international phone numbers
- Session persistence to prevent constant logouts
- Comprehensive park directory (not just 5 parks)
- Offline functionality for areas without service
- American Express payment support
- Ability to share passes across multiple devices
- Better error messages and customer support
- Price parity with in-person payment methods
- Refund/reversal interface for duplicate charges
- Edit functionality for account details
- FAQ and help documentation
In-app purchases
BirdLasser
No in-app purchases
Yodel App
No in-app purchases
