iBird Photo Sleuth

#3 of 48 in Plant and animal identification

72 of 100 · reviews
4.7of 5 · store
787ratings on the App Store
81reviews read

An editorial reading of the saved reviews

Here recognition genuinely works: people use it as a second opinion to confirm their own guess, and it often lands even on poor or distant shots, pointing toward the right answer when it errs. Complaints are not about accuracy but money and confusion: paying twice, buying a separate app on top of iBird Pro, and the feature vanishing after a reinstall. Some compare it unfavorably to Merlin.

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What people use it for

Bird photographers and growing birders who need to confirm an ID from their own photo

What reviews praise

Accurate ID even on poor and distant shots, works as a second opinion to confirm, lots of reference info, constantly updated database, useful for novices

What reviews complain about

Have to buy it twice and as a separate app on top of iBird Pro, feature vanished after reinstall, Merlin sometimes more accurate, broken feedback contact

What users experience

3 excerpts from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.

I am not an experienced birder and I have found this app very useful in making bird IDs where the bird is not one that I recognize.

iBird Photo Sleuth will usually help resolve doubt to my identification photo query. Finally, identifying poor quality photos is a great help.

One of my hobbies is wildlife photography, particularly bird photography. So I generally have a photo of the birds I want to identify... I have found this app very useful.