BirdsEye Galápagos vs Bird Data
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BirdsEye Galápagos
Identify birds in the Galapagos Islands with photos, sounds, and facts. Track sightings, access conservation information, and manage your bird lists. Syncs with eBird and backs up your data.
- Bird identification with photos, sounds, and facts
- Track recent sightings and seasonal abundance
- Links to Galapagos National Park and Charles Darwin Foundation
- FREE BirdsEye account for life list backup and syncing
- Sync life lists with eBird
- Search for specific birds and view locations on a map
- Import and manually edit eBird lists
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BirdsEye Galapagos will help you identify birds that you see on your trip to the Galapagos Islands and provides interesting facts about our unique avian fauna, and the conservation work that is being carried out to protect this outstanding World Heritage Site. BirdsEye Galapagos lets you: -- see photos, sounds and text for all the birds of the Galapagos Islands -- find recent sightings and bar charts of seasonal abundance for all birds -- a quick link to the Galapagos National Park and Charles Darwin Foundation websites to help you quickly find the information you need for your visit The Galapagos National Park Directorate and the Charles Darwin Foundation have recently implemented a monitoring program to assess the status of Galapagos land birds. For this program to be successful we depend on the help of natural historians and the community at large to track and record birds through the observations submitted to eBird. Thanks for your support! Get a FREE BirdsEye account to: • Back up your life lists • Sync your life lists with eBird • See NEEDS lists based on birds not currently on your life list • Sync your account across devices MORE ON BIRDSEYE: BirdsEye uses your device's GPS to display all recent sightings near your current spot out to any distance you select from 1 to 250 miles (or km). Looking for a specific bird? Search for birds by name (or code) to find out where it has been seen recently, and show you the exact location on a map. If you use eBird, you can import your eBird year or life lists for the whole world, the ABA area, a country, a single State/Province or even your county! You can also manually enter your life list or edit the list imported from eBird. Your lists are automatically backed up online. BirdsEye is optimized for display on your iPhone and your iPod Touch, and also works as an iPhone app on iPad.
Bird Data
This app consolidates multiple regional bird field guides into a single application. It offers scientific information, distribution maps, photos, and sounds for numerous bird species. Users can also access eBird data and record bird sounds for identification.
- Consolidated regional bird guides
- Scientific information and distribution maps
- Photos and sounds for most species
- eBird Hot Spot and sighting database integration
- Sound recorder for field recordings
- Taxonomy and native language navigation
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Bird Data combines the Bird Data field guides for Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil and Guyana (including Suriname and French Guiana) into one app, as was required by Apple guidelines. The user interface and memory usage for the individual apps has not changed. Each guide has scientific information and distribution maps centered for that country for all species. Photos and sounds are included for most species. Media (images and sounds) can be downloaded individually or in bulk. Bird species can be navigated through taxonomy or native language (English, Spanish or Portuguese). Bird Data uses the latest IOC taxonomy. Also included is a map feature that ties into the eBird Hot Spot and sighting database. See where your target species have been seen recently, or explore sightings at nearby locations. Also included is a sound recorder for recording birds in the field for later identification, or for taking notes. The application is free, but a donation is appreciated.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BirdsEye Galápagos at 4.2 against Bird Data's 3.0. BirdsEye Galápagos also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Bird Data sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. BirdsEye Galápagos asks for nothing beyond the download.
BirdsEye Galápagos holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BirdsEye Galápagos has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BirdsEye Galápagos ships an update every 3 weeks, Bird Data every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BirdsEye Galápagos | Bird Data |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (9 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Birds In The Hand, LLC | Tom Friedel |
Customer experience
BirdsEye Galápagos
Bird Data
In-app purchases
BirdsEye Galápagos
No in-app purchases
Bird Data
- $7.99 (USD) Donation$7.99
- $19.99 (USD) Donation$19.99
- Peter Boesman Recordings$28.99
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- $49.99 (USD) Donation$49.99
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