Birdbuddy: ID & Collect Birds

Bird Buddy

In-app purchases

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

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.

Last year was my first year and the app was great. I would get 8-10 postcards daily. I had the premium subscription. this year no subscription and I'm lucky if I get 1 postcard per day. I can visually see the hummers at the feeder 20+ times per day. They say the picture might not be good enough to snap a postcard. or turn on frenzy mode, um there isn't one, I've looked.

The app has some issues. I get a notification that birds have been to the feeder and click on it but then it doesn't take me anywhere - the app just stays in a loading state forever. Also, I have a notification about charging the battery that won't clear after the battery is charged. I'm also not sure whether the battery versus solar actually works - The battery runs down faster than I would expect. Great potential but based on the many reviews regarding the app clunkiness, needs some work.

What’s new

Inbox now updates automatically with the latest postcards.
Bug fixes and performance improvements