Birdbuddy: ID & Collect Birds

Bird Buddy

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About this app

Birdbuddy is the world’s most recognized app for discovering and learning about birds – whether you’re using our smart bird feeder in your backyard or identifying birds anywhere with just your phone.

Powered by artificial intelligence, Birdbuddy instantly recognizes bird species by photo or sound. Snap a picture, record a song, or let the smart feeder do the work for you. Get alerts when a bird visits, receive collectible postcard photos, and learn fascinating facts about each species.

Join a global community of bird lovers and enjoy live bird photos from 500,000+ feeders in over 120 countries – all while contributing valuable data to bird conservation efforts.

Key Features:
• Identify birds by photo or sound – Use your phone’s camera or microphone to get an instant ID. No feeder required.
• Smart feeder integration – Pair with the Birdbuddy feeder for automatic photos, videos, alerts, and postcards.
• Collect and learn – Build your collection with each new bird. Explore facts about appearance, diet, calls, and more.
• Explore a global birdwatching network – Discover moments of nature shared by our community.
• Support conservation – Each bird you identify helps researchers track populations and migrations.

Birdbuddy brings the joy of birdwatching to curious beginners and seasoned nature lovers alike. Whether you’re exploring your backyard or out on a trail, Birdbuddy helps you connect with birds — and the world around you.

Ratings and reviews

bait and switch. So many features get deactivated after a few days and require you to spend hundreds of dollars to keep. I would never gift this device to anyone. Tech companies have become so greedy. One example, it stopped saying the bird identification in the notification, and now requires you to open the app to see that, unless you pay $100. So greedy. That's the primary function of the app.

The recent changes to force people to subscribe are very anti-customer. The app is decent but not without issues. It's nice to get videos of the birds but it often is a video of them leaving and then 45 seconds of the empty feeder. I really want to love the device/app/service but I don't. Watching the birds makes me happy but knowing that I am missing 75% of their visits is frustrating.

Was a good app for 2 or 3 weeks then without any warning they changed obnoxiously to require clicking to identify birds. Frankly, the auto AI was getting it wrong and seeing 3 different species whenever a bird would turn its head. I would then have to go edit it to remove the erroneous identifications. Now when you click identify, it promotes the premium version every time. Makes you feel like they are just saying to be grateful you can use their AI at all. Another enshittification of a product.

What’s new

- New options for Birdbuddy 2 - adjust video quality (now with 2K support) and capture moments with livestream snapshots
- Bug fixes and performance improvements to keep things running smoothly