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Bird Song Id UK App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ PoorHave had this app a few years now. Tried it on many occasions and been disappointed. This morning, definitely one bird song (loud), no extraneous noise, and it came up with a scattergram of possible birds ranging from sparrows, to jackdaws, to lapwings, to nightjars. None of the songs were anywhere near. Time to delete it. Phenomenal idea, I'm sure it will improve with time..Version: 8.05
✓ Helps to identify birds when I’m out dog walkingI had the old version and it was so much better. Maybe I’m using this one incorrectly but the old one had a great identifier function whereby you could choose various features of the song you heard eg high pitch, melodious and the app would give you suggestions as to what it could be. This version just gives you a frustrating quiz with no information as to what song might sound like. Also when you do a recording it gives suggestions but you can’t listen to the song/call without a great deal of trial and error and faffing. I am thinking of getting a different app 😕 ore than one.Version: iOS-App 8.9
✓ Not as hopedStar rating indicated that it would be really useful. However, I will be giving up with it. I have made recording on the system with little success. Good recordings have been considered very poor; recognition has been way off, not one birdsong has been properly identified and so have lost confidence in it..Version: 8.05
✓ Doesn’t workI agree with a previous review, I doubt all these 5* reviews. Clear audio of a distinctive bird song and the app is giving be a long list of birds it could be that sound absolutely nothing like it... usually the same list of birds every time... minimal narrowing down. The instructions for getting a good enough audio sample for the app are nigh on impossible, getting that close to the bird and only having 1 bird singing at once for a full 30s sample... pretty gutted I paid anything for this. Waste of money..Version: iOS-App 8.9
✓ Not convincedI have tried this a lot in my garden and it does pick up what you would expect to be hearing but also some that are just implausible - we are in Surrey yet it frequently suggests coastal wading birds. Also, when I have found myself under a tree trying to identify something I don’t recognise, it just gives the same list and I’m sure everything isn’t a blackbird....Version: iOS-App 8.9
✓ Right path - not there yetWhen I saw the article in Scientific American that called this Shazam for bird calls, I was extremely excited. This is exactly what I was telling my friends was needed and doable. I bought the app immediately, but was disappointed to find that: 1. It is only for birds of the British Isles 2. It only auto identifies 36 species When they get a bigger database, I'm all over this..Version: 5.3
✓ Has never worked for meI've tried to use this in lots of different places but even in the depths of the countryside it tells me that it can't recognise the song. Someone needs to tell the birds to keep singing for at least 30 seconds! How on earth do people get a good 30 second recording to enable the app to work? I find that birds don't keep singing uninterrupted for that long..Version: 8.05
✓ Never works!Good library of bird song but the identifier part is rubbish. I don’t know how close you would have to be to the flippin’ bird for the app to consider the recording good quality!! I’ve been beside the tree the bird is in and when you play it back you can hear it clearly and it still says “very poor quality”. And recommends the most obscure birds that sound nothing like the recording, e.g I recorded a wren and it said it was most likely a wood pigeon??.Version: 8.05
✓ Needs to state the limited geographical RegionI feel as though I’ve been duped. Bought something that I will never have a use for. The title should say British Isle Birds. Buyer BEWARE.Version: 8.05
✓ Not very goodTried it 15ft away from a very loud Song Thrush and automatic mode failed to recognise it. It also failed to recognise a very loud Wren. Both these birds were singing in total isolation with no competing ambient noise and they were close by. Waste of money and I would like a refund Also tried it on a Garden Warbler that was less than 10ft away and it failed to recognise that..Version: 8.05
✓ UselessI personally have found this app a waste of money and would request a refund if possible! I wanted to know if a bird I could see was a swallow, swift or house Martin.... it was the only bird singing at this time..... the app said ring necked parakeet and none of the above were mentioned!!!!! I have better things to do with my time .... high expectations.... low performance.Version: iOS-App 8.9
✓ Didn't work for meWhile there are a lot of recordings and information to research in the App, I'm afraid trying to isolate a single birdsong and get an identification is all but impossible. And none of my recordings were saved. I've unloaded it..Version: 8.05
✓ GimickI wanted this to work but sadly it doesn't - I tried all kinds of tests, many in my office with clean audio calls and it still failed..Version: 4.22
✓ PoorI’ve not been able to get a proper identification out of this app yet. It seems to like ring necked parakeets for some reason which makes this very unreliable. I’ve only been using it for a week or so and I will persevere with for a while longer and then assess it again. I’m not expecting much improvement though! Don’t waste you money on this one..Version: iOS-App 8.9
✓ DisappointingFirst I have to agree with one of the previous reviews that the App isn't user friendly. Have used this App daily for approx a week, both in my garden with no other houses nearby only fields of crops and country lanes, I can see a Robin, Chaffinches, Blackbirds in my garden the App with the 84% hit told me there was a Wood Pigeon, there wasn't, not a good start! Today 21st May I walked a different farm lane bordered by hedgerows and the only bird I personally could detect was a Skylark, very close as fields on either side of lane, I tried the App which declared there weren't any birds. I am going to delete it..Version: 8.05
✓ Not completeThe bird database is very limited. Saw a killdeer today and recorded the sound. Only to find out it's not even listed in the database! Instead, it gave an inaccurate identification of a robin. Don't waste your money!.Version: 5.3
✓ TrickyI re installed this to see if it had improved than a couple of years ago and as far as I can see it is exactly the same, nothing has changed! I'm trying to identify a night signing bird, the app is so tricky to use, I keep "losing" the record button so I have to turn it off & on again, it never identifies the bird, it's very frustrating. HAVE there been any improvements or upgrades?.Version: 8.05
✓ Not impressedHaving been using it this morning with great anticipation it has yet to identify any bird with anything convincing and it’s making crazy suggestions only. In my garden they ranged from a parakeet to a woodpecker blackbird and curlew !!! Wishing I hadn’t bought it now and unless it starts to improve it has been a waste of money. The interface also seems very amateurish. Very Disappointing ☹️.Version: 8.05
✓ Very DisappointingI would seriously question the veracity of the 4 & 5 star reviews. This App never fails to disappoint. I find it almost impossible to get 30 seconds of good quality recording, which is what is needed to get accurate results. It is also very slow to process the recordings and give results. Since my first review, I have upgraded to an iPhone XS with better processing power. The App still fails to identify very common garden birds. I feel totally let down - a waste of time and money..Version: 8.05
✓ Auto recognition needs improvement.My biggest quibble is that auto recognition is limited. This function was why I bought the app. Too few birds in the library of possibles. Also high probability given for birds that I know for certain are not anywhere near e.g. nightingale.Version: 8.05
✓ Useless on an iPhoneIf you were expecting to identify an unseen bird vocalising close by, on an iPhone, forget it! Time and time again it produces ridiculous matches. If you have a fair idea of what the bird is, it’s a useful reference tool, but there are better and cheaper alternatives. A waste of money..Version: iOS-App 8.9
✓ NOT HAPPY!I read through the information and then bought it. Then when I opened it, it read BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES! I needed birds of North America. So now it would probably take all day to delete the app and get my money back if that is even possible. Your description needs to be clearer. In America, we call that, “bait and switch.”.Version: 8.05
✓ NEW UPDATE BROKEN THINGSI always loved this app and use it all the time to both remind me of what birdsong is supposed to sound like and compare - but also to record birdsong in the garden. Since the new update the recordings aren't saving - or if they are, the app crashes when I try to open them. I also can't work out how to search for a bird anymore. I have an iPhone XS max. I would love for these problems to be fixed soon!.Version: 8.8
✓ RubbishI work on a nature reserve and know most of my calls. Thought I would download this app as a teaching aid for some of our visitors. But thought I’d try it out first. I stood nearby a wren singing, a very easy call to id for the novice, the app came back with a 43% chance wren, 43% ring-necked parakeet! I mean WT.... they sound nothing like each other. This app needs a lot of work and is quite poor considering some of the apps out there like Merlin Bird ID, which is able perfectly from really bad photos, yet this app cannot id the simplest of calls. £4 wasted..Version: 8.05
✓ Waste of moneyOnly 36 songs in the database, it doesn’t recognise anything. Tried numerous times, either comes up with “poor audio recording” or gives a list of totally irrelevant birds to match. Even tried a pied wagtail song from another app, came up with a list with all the same birds as before. Can I have my money back?.Version: 8.05
✓ Could be so much betterReally wanted this to be helpful. What there is is very good but so many species need to be added to take it to a helpful level. Limited warbler, lark, bunting etc etc. So basic at the moment but can't help feel that the intention is there but more input of species is really needed. Come on guys this could be right up there with the format you have and not just a basic insight as it is now..Version: 8.05
✓ Not for use in USAThis is a horrible app not compatible with bird ID in the US. Also, it has many glitches that won't even allow the recordings to be played on iPhone!.Version: 4.30
✓ Not enough choicesThis app works very well, but the limited choice of birds makes it hard to find the one you're looking for. The most common birds are not included...cardinal, Baltimore oriel, song sparrow, etc, etc. There needs to be an update so you can find that bird who's singing in your backyard..Version: 4.30
✓ DisappointingIf this was offered on free trial I am sure no one would then pay. I just wanted to identify birds I can hear while dog walking. Badly designed as getting to the record button is faffy. Recordings have to be of just one bird, close up, with no background noises. Every time I have tried to identify birds it says it’s a low quality recording, even when the bing song is loud. Very disappointed.Version: 8.05
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