Comparison

Engage Hudson vs Birdfy

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

Head to head
About

Engage Hudson

Report city issues like potholes or icy roads quickly and easily. Submit service requests with a photo in just a few clicks, and track their progress. Help keep your city in top shape.

Highlights
  • Submit service requests
  • Report city issues
  • Upload photos
  • Track request progress
  • Automatic work order addition
Features
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Do you ever see minor issues in the City that you want to resolve, but you don’t know who to ask? Maybe you don’t have the time to make a call or send an email? Engage Hudson 2.0 is your 1 minute solution to service concerns in the City such as potholes, icy roads, dead trees, and more. In just a couple clicks you can snap a picture and submit a service request that is automatically added to the City’s work order list. Get progress updates if you choose, or submit the request and be on your way. Thank you for helping to keep Hudson in top shape!

About

Birdfy

Monitor your backyard visitors in real-time with live streaming and automatic video capture of birds and animals. Organize clips by species, track nesting processes, and share your discoveries with a global community. Optional cloud services offer advanced AI recognition and extended recording.

Highlights
  • Live stream bird and animal activity
  • Automatic video capture of detected moments
  • Categorize clips by bird species
  • Track nesting and hatching processes
  • Community sharing of observations
  • AI-powered species identification (cloud service)
  • Customizable highlight reels (cloud service)
Features
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The Bird Side of Life 1. Live Stream: Real-time Bird Visitor Tracking - View the device's live feed anytime, anywhere to track birds or animals visiting your backyard. 2. Moment Auto-Capture: Automatically Record Wonderful Moments - The device automatically records short video clips when it detects birds or other creatures, saving key moments without manual operation. You can view these directly within the app. 3. Categorized Collection: Manage Wonderful Clips by Bird Species - Sort videos by bird species based on recognition results or your manual selection, allowing you to easily find, manage, and browse your collected video content. 4. Community Sharing: Explore Other Users' Fascinating Observations - Share or browse wonderful content of bird visits with users worldwide. Enjoy an immersive video stream experience that supports Browse by bird species, expanding your birdwatching horizons. 5. Bird Nesting & Hatching Process Tracking (for Birdhouse Devices) - Automatically identify and record the complete process of birds from nest building, laying eggs, hatching, to fledging. The process is automatically archived by stages, allowing you to browse the entire lifecycle on a timeline. Finally, a merged video is generated, fully presenting the precious process of nesting and raising young. 6. Cloud Services (Optional Paid Premium Features) - AI Recognition Cloud Service: When enabled, it supports more intelligent video analysis and content organization, including: * Accurate Identification: 6000+ bird/animal identification, accurately recognizing species like birds, squirrels, and other visiting animals in your device's footage. * Highlights: Automatically generates daily highlights, selecting the most exciting moments of the day. * Monthly/Annual Recap: The system organizes and generates monthly and annual highlight video compilations for easy review and saving. * Birdfy Data: Records bird visit times, frequency, and species, generating data reports. * Smart Moment List Filtering: Supports quick filtering of interesting bird videos by recognition results, improving Browse efficiency. - MVR Cloud Service * Standard recording is 20 seconds. Subscribing provides longer moment recording times (30 seconds+) and longer moment preservation times. - Collection Cloud Service * Standard users have only 5GB of collection memory. Subscribing increases collection memory to 20GB+.

Screenshots

Engage Hudson4 screens
Birdfy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Engage Hudson at 4.7 against Birdfy's 4.1. Engage Hudson also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10). Birdfy's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (3.9K vs 13). On price and ads 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. Birdfy sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.39 per month. Engage Hudson asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Engage Hudson holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Birdfy has 3.9K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Engage Hudson ships an update every 4 months, Birdfy every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Engage Hudson versus Birdfy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEngage HudsonBirdfy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (13 ratings) — better4.1 (3.9K ratings)
Positive reviews—49.1% of reviews
Number of ratings133.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size141 MB290 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCity of Hudson, OHNETVUE, INC.

Customer experience

Engage Hudson

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Birdfy

All ratings3,864 ratings
Positive76.4%
Neutral4.9%
Negative18.7%
Written reviews818 reviews
Positive49.1%
Neutral7.9%
Negative42.9%

Bugs and requests

Engage Hudson

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Birdfy

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to delete devices
  • Unreliable live view and video uploads
  • Unexpected app logout and account deletion

Requested features

5 requests
  • Batch editing for misidentified birds
  • Favorites/frequently spotted section
  • Landscape mode support
  • Customizable notification sounds
  • Motion detection sensitivity adjustments

In-app purchases

None

Engage Hudson

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Birdfy

Subscriptions9
  • Collection Storage Basic mo.$2.391 Month
  • MVR - Basic - Monthly$2.391 Month
  • MVR - Plus - Monthly$3.591 Month
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  • Hummingbird Recognition mo.$4.691 Month
  • Bird Recognition Basic mo.$5.891 Month
  • Collection Storage Pro mo.$7.091 Month
  • Collection Storage Basic ann.$23.491 Year
  • MVR - Basic - Annual$23.491 Year
  • Bird Recognition Basic ann.$57.991 Year
One-time1
  • Bird Recognition Lifetime Plan$99.99

Questions

Is Engage Hudson free?
Engage Hudson is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Birdfy free?
Birdfy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Engage Hudson or Birdfy?
Engage Hudson is rated higher. Engage Hudson averages 4.7 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Birdfy averages 4.1 from 3.9K ratings.
Do Engage Hudson or Birdfy have ads?
Neither Engage Hudson nor Birdfy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Engage Hudson or Birdfy?
Engage Hudson ships an update every 4 months, and Birdfy every 10 days. Most recently, Engage Hudson was updated on November 1, 2026 and Birdfy on November 6, 2026.

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