Bird Song Id USA songs & calls

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1. ★★★★★recording broken or app crashes

   No longer works. I loved this app but after a couple of updates on my Apple phone it no longer works.. what happened?

2. ★★★★★recording broken or app crashes

   terrible app. The song record does not work. It keep saying the app cannot use the mic. Also the app skin is awful. You don’t see if you pushed a button. The app looks like it was from the 2nd generation iphone. There are much better apps for song recognition for free, such as Merlin.

3. ★★★★★recording broken or app crashes

   Out of business?. Since upgrading to iPhone 14, when trying to record bird calls, a message says not able to record with this device. I attempted to reach the developer. The link leads nowhere.

4. ★★★★★auto-recognition fails to identify birds

   Not Working. I want my money back this app is unusable to identify bird songs. Can’t even see how to record a song. The free apps I have are better.

5. ★★★★★recording buried deep, confusing navigation

   Terrible menus. I doubt the programmers that designed the user interface ever actually used the app for bird id in the field. Ridiculous.

6. ★★★★★recording broken or app crashes

   Doesn’t work for me. Will not record. Disappointing

7. ★★★★★limited bird database and regional gaps

   Epic fail. I got the app a couple of years ago and was disappointed at the time but thought I would try again. I live in a fairly secluded quiet area and use an iPhone 10. Even When there is no background noise and the birds are very close I have only once had the app say recording quality was “good” it is almost universally “fair” even when I play the recording back and it is crystal clear. This app is limited to only 183 birds when it advertises 240, and the bird in the app often have only the song or the call, not both. This app have never successfully identified any bird I have recorded. I am very disappointed that I am still unable to identify any of the hidden treasures in my back yard using this app...

8. ★★★★★recording broken or app crashes

   Recording. App worked once. Now won’t record

9. ★★★★★recording buried deep, confusing navigation

   For the birds. Waste of money. Non-intuitive, vague instructions, can’t”recognize” anything, admits it’s “in development.” What a fraud.

10. ★★★★★auto-recognition fails to identify birds

    The free apps are better..... This app couldn’t recognize any bird in SW Florida.

11. ★★★★★recording buried deep, confusing navigation

    Only good for listening to its list of calls. I don’t recommend this app. It is difficult to use, no help icon & not logical. As others have said, it can’t identify your clear recordings. You can look at pictures of birds & hear their calls is the only use for it. Sometimes my recording just disappear. If you find the name of a bird you recorded & try to add it, it is almost impossible using the “change “ button, as that closes the app. It is very frustrating & time consuming to use.

12. ★★★★★auto-recognition fails to identify birds

    Unsuccessful. Have tried this about a dozen times and it never has identified a single bird. The bird is clearly heard in the recording when I play it back, but the app always says the recording is not good enough to identify the bird. Oh well, deleting it.

13. ★★★★★recording broken or app crashes

    Crashes when try on to use auto rec. This app should be removed from the store. The basic functionality crashes in iOS 14. It’s useless. What a waste of $5.

14. ★★★★★auto-recognition fails to identify birds

    Worthless. I’ve had this app for more than a year and tried it in all kinds of setting. Totally worthless. It doesn’t even ID common birds like cardinals, when I have tested it in birds that I know well. Don’t bother.

15. ★★★★★auto-recognition fails to identify birds

    Disappointing. Not sure how this app has such a high rating. It’s not at all intuitive to use, and the suggested IDs rarely seem plausible. Sorry I wasted my money on it. App developers, there’s a goldmine for the team that makes a truly great birdsong or call recognition app.

16. ★★★★★limited bird database and regional gaps

    Waste of money. I really wanted this to help me identify birdsongs while hiking. It has never worked. Even when I had a clear recording, It apparently didn’t have the bird in it’s limited repertoire. I searched to many of it’s samples and couldn’t come up with the right song, even though it isn’t uncommon for this area and I remember hearing the song often as a child. Disappointed.

17. ★★★★★auto-recognition fails to identify birds

    Not worth it. On three separate occasions, I recorded the song of birds I was literally looking at and could easily identify. They were a Carolina Wren, a crow, and an Eastern Bluebird. The audio quality of the bluebird recording may have not been great, so I’ll even give a pass for that one, but the other two were very close and crystal clear, especially the wren. This app misidentified all of them. This completely shot my confidence in the apps ability to accurately tell me what bird I was listening to. Don’t waste your time.

18. ★★★★★auto-recognition fails to identify birds

    Waste of money!. This app does not identify birds by their song as promised.

19. ★★★★★limited bird database and regional gaps

    Not One Single Bird I D’d. I actually can personally attest to the fact that I have identified not one single bird through this app. I have had this app for years and used it many, many, many, many times just to see if it was me. No, not one song or single bird. Even if I knew what it was And had a flawless recording, even better than its example but clearly the same bird. East Coast West Coast Been there Done that. Sorry Where can I get my money back?

20. ★★★★★limited bird database and regional gaps

    Poor app. For each species, the birdcalls and songs on the app are limited. Thus, it would be impossible to ID a bird from this app or a recording you supply to the app. Do not purchase

21. ★★★★★auto-recognition fails to identify birds

    Not happy. I find the app useless, even a close-up 30 sec recording doesn’t give me any meaningful ID.

22. ★★★★★auto-recognition fails to identify birds

    Extremely disappointed. This app is useless. It cannot pick up clear bird sounds.

23. ★★★★★auto-recognition fails to identify birds

    Poor recording identification. BirdSong was loud and well recorded. I could see the bird 15 feet away yet this app could not identify. I’m not in some remote part of the Amazon so I think it’s a fairly common song. Don’t buy If you want to use for using birdsong identity option!

24. ★★★★★auto-recognition fails to identify birds

    There are no plain chacalaccas in New Jersey. This is bad software

25. ★★★★★auto-recognition fails to identify birds

    Largely Useless. As consistent as bird sings tend to be, and with apps like SoundHound able to pick out and match even obscure tunes, you would figure that someone would develop an app to identify birds. Well, worry no more: if it exists, this isn’t it! BirdSongID is so picky about the quality of recordings to the point where they certainly can’t be blamed for failing to identify even the most basic bird calls. Record for a minute and it’ll warn you you need to record for thirty seconds. And short of crawling up in the tree and being right next to the bird, it will tell you your recording quality is poor. Its ability to discriminate bird songs from one another is non-existent. Don’t bother with this app: it’s a waste of both time and money.

26. ★★★★★auto-recognition fails to identify birds

    Never works - don’t waste your money. This app has never identified a bird for me. It always says the recording isn’t good enough. For this to work you would need to be right beneath the bird, record it for 30 seconds, without any other bird noises. That isn’t realistic.

27. ★★★★★auto-recognition fails to identify birds

    No thanks. I am not at all satisfied with this app. I have followed your directions. It’s just not working as I expected. Please refund my money. Stella McDonald. Smyrna TN

28. ★★★★★recording broken or app crashes

    Stopped recording altogether. The apps record button no longer works. Privacy settings were set accordingly to allow this app access. When I bought it 3 seasons ago, it worked fine. Now, when the record button is pushed, it idles and times out. Last update was 2 years ago. The developers aren’t maintaining it. Nothing. Useless. Very unhappy as I paid $10 for this defunct app.

29. ★★★★★auto-recognition fails to identify birds

    Terrible. This app does not work They even have wrong songs for selected birds The eastern towhee call is on the redwing blackbird

30. ★★★★★recording buried deep, confusing navigation

    Nah. I found this app not intuitive nor did it work for me.