Birdbuddy: ID & Collect Birds

Description

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.

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Was better before AI

3
By A vet 111

This app used to make decent identifications of all birds and the occasional squirrel. Now it will only automatically identify birds if you pay to upgrade, otherwise I need to tell it to identify the bird for me. Half its functionality has been downgraded so the company can say it uses AI…
Amazing

5
By Mihuck

I love my Birdbuddy! The quality is wonderful and I love that it can identify the different birds. It truly makes me happy to watch them so closely!
Great feeder

5
By Uncletoonse

Enjoy the feeder in the morning while I drink our coffee and take pictures.
Need serious work

1
By I.am.Clay

I have the bird buddy pro. Filling the feeder spills 1/4 as much as you get in the feeder. The provided hanger has the feeder at about a 30 degree angle. Camera is within 20 feet of 2 different nest WiFi’s and I have to reinstall the camera anytime I want to view. Yeah, great picture but it’s not supposed to be a new part time job. If I bought this instead of receiving it as a gift I would return it. I could build a better one cheaper. Nice materials and nice camera. That’s it. Open the app and I see what’s happening at someone else’s feeder but not my own. Why isn’t my camera the first thing I see I. The app. Can’t view anything on my own camera. And support is non existent. The answers on the site go nowhere except how to set it up. No phone number, no email, no help.
Never stays connected

3
By markmarvin30

If you like watching the circle spin endlessly, this is the app for you. Does not connect to wifi without a bunch of steps that go so slow you get irate. Birds are not that attracted to it anyway. Try a different brand. This one has too much AI stuff to try to make it fancy it just slows it down to being unusable.
Ruined birdwatching, horrible app

1
By LaLeahC

I don't understand how this has good reviews and I think a lot of them are fake. I have the birdfeeder and the app and this is a terrible product. It takes forever to load the livestream even if you lower the quality which you shouldn't have to do. I often can't get it to load at all or it freezes. It almost never tells me when there's a bird at my feeder which is the entire purpose of this thing. I have it on the highest setting to send me the most amount of postcards and I constantly see birds on my feeder and I haven't gotten any kind of alert. Sometimes they'll sit there for five or 10 minutes and I get nothing. Or I'll get an alert five minutes after a bird was there so I can't check it out live. This is seriously a horrible product and I can't at all recommend it. It is ruining birdwatching for me.
Not a good gift, deteriorating experience

1
By Mudslide Matt

I WOULDN’T BUY BIRDBUDDY AS A GIFT! Update: I just had some deep thinking and felt compelled to further downgrade this app to one star 1️⃣ ⭐️ Overall, I’ve enjoyed using the feeder and app but standard features are now behind THE PAYWALL. Previously, the captured videos were automatically labeled with the species identified. You now have specifically request identification. This is frustrating because, if the species are screened and identified, the app will ignore species you choose to ignore. Why would you want to ignore? Well, I don’t need 20 videos of Cardinals and House Finches every day. I prefer to focus on birds I don’t see as often. If you want the old features back, it’s simple. Just pay for a subscription. So, you may not want to give Birdbuddy as a gift because what you’re actually giving is a MONTHLY BILL. This is noteworthy because the feeders are expensive to begin with.
Misses SO many birds

1
By Happieramy

I love the ability to connect with nature, but Multiple times a day, I see all sorts of birds at the feeder that I don’t get any postcards for. Not to mention, I’ve constantly got a notification in-app that shows me nothing. The competitors apps work much better, which is disappointing considering how long Birdbuddy has been in the game.
Can’t cancel at all

3
By sunnydaylei

Hard to use, very expensive membership plans and not possible to cancel in the app at all!
So much fun!

5
By JO1234556

I love watching the birds and the labeling seems quite accurate

By Buddy Bird Inc

Description

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Reviews

Was better before AI

Amazing

Great feeder

Need serious work

Never stays connected

Ruined birdwatching, horrible app

Not a good gift, deteriorating experience

Misses SO many birds

Can’t cancel at all

So much fun!

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