Bird Identifier: BirdScope
doubtful ratingPeople praise it for dual identification, by photo and by sound, and for picking a bird's call out of background noise. It breaks on geography and accuracy: it suggests species not from your region, down to a parrot and a bald eagle where they do not exist, and the camera zoom cannot reach a bird at the feeder. Plus a murky auto-renewing subscription after the week-long trial.
Notable gap: store 4.71 versus textAvg 3.57. Real reviews are specific, down to a western wood pewee identified as an Iberian green woodpecker and birds suggested outside the user's region. Some short five-stars are generic, but there are also genuine ones with detail about sound identification.
What users love
- Identification by both photo and sound
- Picks a bird's call out of noise
- Handy for verifying your own sightings
What users hate
- Suggests birds not from your region
- Weak camera zoom cannot reach a distant bird
- Hard to cancel the subscription
- Auto-renewal after the trial
Who it is for
Beginner birders who value sound identification and are not strict about regional accuracy
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