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IBird Pro Guide to Birds App User Positive Comments 2024
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✓ Previous purchaserI purchase iBird Pro years ago. Last year I was contacted saying I’d need to start paying for a subscription - which I don’t mind. I was supposed to pay this month. Now I’m locked out and given options to try a free week or contact iBird since I’m a previous purchaser. I emailed iBird several days ago and haven’t heard back and am still locked out. I can’t pay for a year subscription it seems, since I’m locked out. I use iBird several times a week and I will most definitely need it when I go to Ireland next month. Please help me straighten this out. Love the app and depend on it regularly..Version: 13.1
✓ Best Bird app!I bought this on a recent holiday to the US and wasn't disappointed. A UK version would be great!.Version: 0
✓ Beautiful App-Don’t Go Birding Without ItWe’ve been using iBird-Pro for several years and have always appreciated the well-laid-out and thorough nature of the product. Using it has most often resulted in identifying birds we’ve encountered in the field for the first time. Numerous times, we have attracted identified birds simply by playing their clear and accurate bird calls/songs directly from the App. And now, with the new Sleuth Photo Recognizer, the App has been raised to a new level of accuracy and usefulness. We realize that some who initially paid up for the App in the past may be a bit put out by the new Subscription-Based approach, but now that the bugs for that seem to have been eliminated with the last App update, we believe that the current annual Subscription fee for the iBird-Pro Field App for Birding is worth the price. Purchase and enjoy!.Version: 12.7.2
✓ IBird ProSuperb app - excellent functionality. It would be good to be able to search by Family name.Version: 5.1
✓ Great appSimply the best in it's class..Version: 5.1
✓ Still haven’t got spectrograms rightAn excellent app, have used versions for years, not happy about consolidation of the apps, but it was getting confusing with all the similar apps. One problem with the earlier versions of iBird is they claimed to have spectrograms. They were not spectrograms. However this version now, at last, has spectrograms. The bad news is their y-axis is twice as large as it need be. Looks like 20 kHz rather than the more standard 8-10 kHz. This means the diagnostic rise and fall of the birds’ song is nearly a straight line. It’s like plotting the rise in temperature from freezing point to boiling point on a graph that goes from 0 C or -32 F to 1000 degrees: the graph of temp increase incline will barely be seen. As well, these spectrograms are so small that even if they were set onto a useful y-axis they’d be hard to see relevant details and diagnostic features. The big question then is, why bother putting spectrograms on there if they can’t be used the way they’re intended? Either remove them completely, or talk to those of us who work in bioacoustics about how to present spectrograms so they can utilized for their intended usage. Check Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute, talk to those folks about bird songs and spectrograms. Or see the Peterson Guide to Eastern Bird Sounds, or talk to the author (Nathan Pieplow) or see his blog earbirding.com. See what wildtrax.ca is doing with spectrograms—now there’s an app just waiting to be developed! The Mitch Waite group leaped ahead of other bird guides. It is now in the position to be overtaken (see The Warbler Guide app...that surpasses all other guides and I believe they’re aiming to do the same thing for all birds). But, they still have the chance to lead the pack again. They did it once. They can do it again..Version: 12.0
✓ I-bird proStunning. Excellent app.Version: 6.0
✓ Great encyclopedia. Pay attention to descriptions.We finally noted that some of the raven sounds are from other (faraway) parts of the country, and we recall, ravens are wise old birds. Not always their language. Sometimes they react in silence, as if to say, “What?” Also remember to read the description: if the call is one of birds in fear or alarm, you may well note that nearby birds start flying away in fear or alarm. I note the app is of late getting updates describing IAPs with fancy-schmancy new features. I hope this does not portend an overall IAP for a new version of the app (rendering this current version obsolete). Already, instead of the available Bird Sleuth IAP, we use Merlin. I’d be sorrowful to see the end of iBird Pro due to built-in obsolescence..Version: 12.0
✓ TheTwitcherA great birding app, if not the best! A must buy if birding in North America..Version: 6.1
✓ Older versions were betterI bought this app 12 years ago to help me learn bird song. It did help but I’ve notice that they’ve changed and reduced the amount of songs and calls available. I suppose this was to reduce abusing the source but considering how much I paid it’s not very reasonable..Version: 13.3
✓ Fantastic appExcellent production, full of information and easy to use. I grew up in the USA and so looking at the birds I used to know brings back happy memories. But it does make me long for a UK version, please!.Version: 0
✓ Brilliant!Fantastic app, really helping my studies of ornithology at degree level and sating my curiosity too! 5 stars..Version: 5.0
✓ This is the best birding app I have seenThere seems to be a lot of noise right now because iBird changed from a one-time purchase app to a subscription based model. As a customer of iBirdPro (and now Ultimate) for at least 10 years, as well as a software executive, I would like to add my perspective. First, this app is truly awesome. As an amateur bird watcher, I have received immense pleasure and value from it over the past many years. They keep adding more and more features at a tremendous rate, and it has all been useful. I actually did wonder how they could could sustain their business model by not going to an annual subscription model because it virtually impossible to continue in business like this without an ongoing revenue stream. Even advertising would be difficult to sustain because the ability to monetize bird watching is likely too limited. Mitch Waite has gone overboard to provide free transition periods, special promotions and such for existing customers who have to move to the new model. I personally and professionally think they have done too much. For those of you who are legacy customers who are being asked to move, please understand that you are now asking MW to decide to cripple their business or pander to you. If you like their app you shouldn’t be asking them to do this. This is a fantastic app. If you like it, then pay for it..Version: 13.4
✓ Very usefulThe most used app on my device by far. Being able to play bird calls and show various photos is great..Version: 5.1
✓ Best ebird guide on market!Having used a c£90 UK Windows mobile 5 version (which was good but not as easily searchable) on a previous pda - this is even better. Have been waiting to buy similar US application for years until price decreased but having now bought an iPod Touch this does more. Very detailed and most usefully a fantastic search engine to filter results. To be able to search by location, size, type, bill length etc fulfills every birders' wishes. Much better than flicking through a book! Can highly recommend it to anyone who birds in the USA. If only there was such a comprehensive UK version too (and perhaps ones to cover other popular birding locations around the world...?) Brilliant!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!.Version: 0
✓ Great appThe best feature by far is the ability to filter the available birds by state, habitat, size and loads more features which cuts down the number of possible birds dramatically. As a British birder in the us this is incredibly helpful. The major drawback is the slightly limited number of birds covered but otherwise a must have app..Version: 5.1
✓ Buy itAmazing app, a fantastic searching concept for trying to find out what a bird you've seen is. I can see ornithologists paying like £100 for a system like this. The detail is immense. + no more carrying books around :) UK version would be very useful ! ( a definite buy ).Version: 0
✓ Love the app, bought In 2011- need to contact devsI’ve been using this app since 2011 when I purchased it for full price. It’s a great app with all wonderful photos and information about birds However I just got a notice when I opened it saying something about having to turn it into a paid subscription. But it said it only affects people who bought it in the last eight years. I bought it in 2011. That’s 10 years plus ago… tried to contact support on this webpage and I was taken to an unsecure website. I hope a developer can kindly reply to me here and tell me how to contact them because I don’t know what’s going on with the app going forward… I don’t want to subscribe but I don’t understand the thing that said it applies to you if you bought it in the last eight years. I’ve had it for 10+ years..Version: 12.7.3
✓ Very useful guideI use the UK version which is great, and find this even more useful as so many birds here are new to me. Keep up the good work, this is an ideal use for phones and pads.Version: 12.0
✓ Still need helpI purchased iBird in 2009, and I have enjoyed it ever since. We managed to get through the Dropbox situation and successfully migrated our notes when that happened. We paid to upgrade to Pro. We are even ok with the subscription model if that’s what it takes to keep things going. We use several bird apps, Sibley, Merlin (and eBird), but still want access to iBird. So, as stated, we are willing to go along with the current configuration. However, I am very disappointed and dissatisfied that my notes have been lost. This was the one feature that I relied on constantly. Since 2009!!! I hope this can eventually be rectified. I’m staying the course, accepting the new reality, but if I’m never able to recover all the data and observations I will be forced to let our favorite app go. Please fix this for us and we will happily go forward with the subscription plan. We are already committed to the yearly plan trusting that you guys will take care of us. Please fix this for us..Version: 13.4
✓ Fabulous birding app!!!I totally love this app. I am a lifelong intermediate birder so I often need help with identification, and I always want to learn more about the birds I see. This is like carrying an expert birder in my pocket. Comparing the careful diagrams with the included photos is really helpful. I’m given similar birds to check for comparison, I can listen bird songs to improve my accuracy (and I love listening to them). Unlike some reviewers, I have no problem at all with the subscription rate. It’s extremely reasonable (much less than other apps I’ve had that moved to subscription format after purchase), I was given a year free during the transition, and I want the app to maintain its current level of accuracy and usefulness..Version: 13.4
✓ A great birding appI purchased this app in preparation for a vacation, having already used the iBird UK Pro. I love the layout, I find it easily searchable and filters help you search for specific locations and characteristics. I find the descriptions, drawings and photos really helpful with identifying birds in the field, and have used the song files to help verify what I am hearing in the wild. I’m very happy with my purchase..Version: 10.05
✓ IBird Pro v 5.1I'm a newbie here - not to birding - but to iPod technology, and I'm just bowled over by this app. Maybe my excitement is hard to explain to those of you who have yet to reach 3 score years +ten, but I shall never take this stuff for granted. It's wonderful....Version: 5.1
✓ The best bird app bar none and……was I upset when the devs switched to a subscription model. Well I wasn’t doing handsprings in ecstasy , but I paid up immediately. As a retired product developer I realize the effort and long time required to keep a program current, and in a niche market such as ornithology, there’s no getting around the fact that you need recurring support from your base. To me this signals that the iBird devs are committed to improving their app continuously and I will gratefully support this commitment for as long as they support this A+ app. So should you! Thanks, fellas for making iBird the app I depend upon most, in the field while I am photographing my avian friends, and at home, when I am writing essays for my photos. Thank you, iBird!.Version: 13.4
✓ IBird 1.7.0Having waited for something similar to the European PDA Collins guide, this was exactly what I needed. Leading tours and visiting the States regularly, now means no more heavy books and we have calls!!! Well done Mitch and co. this is what is required - now for a european one?.Version: 0
✓ Not having problems, plus an interesting storyWe really like iBird Pro and have not had any problems with version 11.0 on iPhone 8 or iPad Air 2. The illustrations with field marks and photos help a lot with identifications. The bird sounds are also very helpful. My wife and I have enjoyed using it for several years, especially last spring when a Cooper's Hawk built a nest and raised a family in our neighbor's tree. A few months after the hawk family had moved on, my wife was in a nearby town doing some shopping. She came out of a store to find a large crowd gathered around her car. Thinking somebody had hit her car, she started walking toward the car until somebody warned her not to get too close. On top of the car was a Cooper's Hawk with a dead rabbit. Whenever anybody tried to 'shoo' it away the bird threatened them with loud calls and thrashing wings. My wife took out her phone, launched iBird Pro, turned the volume up loud and played the Cooper's Hawk alarm call. The hawk on the car looked surprised and puzzled, looked around for another bird, then took off carrying it's prey. Everybody was astonished and my wife was pleased and proud of her quick thinking. One of the women in the crowd asked loudly, "What app is that? I want to buy it!" You probably got several new iBird Pro customers as a result..Version: 11.0
✓ BirdExcellent app very easy to use, would like to see more countries covered by this app with the same quality and ease of use. Highly recommend this app.Version: 4.0
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