BirdNET

Name: BirdNET
Rating: 4 (212 reviews)
Author: Stefan Kahl

By: Stefan Kahl App

Bird sound identification

Overview

Version:

1.1.1

Last updated: 2025-07-10

Features & Capabilities

BirdNET is an AI-powered tool that learns to recognize birds from their vocalizations. Using neural networks, it can identify around 3,000 common species across North America and Europe. With this Chrome extension, you can record audio from your device's microphone and view the most probable species.

BirdNET is a joint project of the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Chemnitz University of Technology. By submitting your recordings, you contribute to observations for conservation research.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

Stefan Kahl

Rating:

4.00

(212)

Version:

1.1.1 Last updated: 2025-07-10

Version code:

876282178

Creation date:

2020-12-03

Compatible devices:

Size:

98.18MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-22

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 119,478 ▼ 548

Other rankings

#22 in merlin keyword 42 ▲ 1

Other platforms

BirdNET (v1.98)

6,384,273 3.98

(13,208)

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Contact the developer

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Developed by:

Stefan Kahl

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/birdnet/id1541842885

Website:

https://birdnet.cornell.edu

User Reviews

BirdNET for iOS is praised for high accuracy, a clean, ad-free interface, fast, short-record identifications, and multi-species detection with quick reference links. However, many reviews report crashes on open or during analysis, plus lag between recording and results. Other issues include iOS UX bugs (missing refresh button, duplicate species entries) and a pricing/charge hiccup after a trial. While it’s a powerful tool when functioning, stability and bug fixes are essential for broader adoption.

Pros

High accuracy for common North American and European birds, often identifying species from short recordings.
User-friendly, clean interface with live recording and straightforward ID results; no ads.
Can separate multiple species at once and identify when several birds are chirping.
Free to use with no ads, making it accessible for hobbyists.

Cons

Frequent crashes on open or during analysis, including after updates, making the app unreliable.
Lag between hearing a bird and recording/analysis, causing birds to fly away before results.
iOS-specific UX bugs (e.g., missing refresh button, duplicate species entries) and other reliability bugs.
Pricing/charge issues after trial, with unexpected charges and refund frustration.
Incomplete coverage for certain regions/birds (some species not recognized or misidentified).

Recent reviews

Keeps crashing so cannot get any results

by NY*****, 2026-06-10

I’ve had this app for almost a year and it has never correctly identified a bird call. Even when staring at the bird knowing what it is it doesn’t ID it. I’m surprised it hasn’t identified a cardinal as a pterodactyl.