BirdLasser vs BSS E
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!
BSS E
This app allows registered residents to invite visitors by sending invitations through SMS, iMessage, or WhatsApp. Visitors can then use a Personal Access Code for quick estate entry. It also includes a panic button, estate communication, and a message inbox for notifications.
- Visitor invitations via SMS, iMessage, WhatsApp
- Personal Access Code (PAC) for visitor entry
- Panic button with GPS and microphone recording
- Estate communicator
- List of regular visitors
- Message inbox for notifications and newsletters
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BSS Residents / Members App. Once registered residents may invite visitors using their contacts on their phone. The app provides the functionality to send invitations via SMS, iMessage or WhatsApp. Visitors then provide security with the PAC ( Personal Access Code) to quickly gain access to the estate. Additional features include : * Panic button (notify security with your gps location and record the emergency in the background via the microphone) * Estate communicator * Keep a list of regular visitors for easy access * Message inbox for courtesy entry and exit notifications, emergencies and newsletters
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BirdLasser at 62% against BSS E's 0%. BirdLasser also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (14 vs 2). BSS E's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly 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 3.5. 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 0% of BSS E's.
BirdLasser ships an update every 2 months, BSS E fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BirdLasser | BSS E |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (14 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 167 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lejint Pty Ltd | BSS AT B SAFE (PTY) LTD |
Customer experience
BirdLasser
BSS E
In-app purchases
BirdLasser
No in-app purchases
BSS E
No in-app purchases









