BirdsEye Bird Finding Guide

Name: BirdsEye Bird Finding Guide
Rating: 4.5 (1870 reviews)
Author: Birds In The Hand, LLC

By: Birds In The Hand, LLC App

A Global Birding Tool

Overview

Version:

2.6.1

Last updated: 2020-05-07

Ranking

#44,813 ▼ 26

Overall

Features & Capabilities

BirdsEye Bird Finding Guide is a global birding tool for all levels, helping you discover the birds around you and the ones you want to see. The free version includes stunning photographs from top birders, bird photographers, and guides, and has earned praise such as “Best invention for birding since binoculars” from Kenn Kaufman and “A landmark in birding” from John Fitzpatrick.

Key features include instant bird lists based on recent sightings, life-list and year-list syncing with eBird for the ABA region and worldwide, robust trip planning with driving directions, and multilingual bird names. The Store provides access to bird sounds from Birdsounds.nl, and premium memberships unlock more checklists, rare bird alerts, offline content, and other advanced tools.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Education Navigation & Mapping Photography Content

By:

Birds In The Hand, LLC

Rating:

4.50

(1,870)

Version:

2.6.1 Last updated: 2020-05-07

Version code:

835830573

Creation date:

2009-12-02

Compatible devices:

Size:

19.56MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-24

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 44,813 ▼ 26

For Developers

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Developed by:

Birds In The Hand, LLC

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/birdseye-bird-finding-guide/id324168850

Website:

http://www.birdseyebirding.com/

User Reviews

User reviews praise its usefulness for planning trips and locating birds via eBird data, with handy search and access notes. However, the app is widely criticized for outdated data and taxonomy, persistent bugs, a costly subscription model, poor support, and syncing issues with eBird life lists. Reliability and maintenance are the core concerns, while usefulness remains when the app functions.

Pros

Very useful for planning trips and targeting species using eBird data, showing current sightings and hotspots across regions.
Useful features like search by species or location and access to checklist comments for access details.
Easy to use and a go-to tool for discovery in both domestic and international birding.
Supports abundance reports and region-wide viewing, helping plan excursions and trips.
Valuable resource for serious and casual birders when it works.

Cons

Data and taxonomy are outdated; recent species names and splits aren’t reflected, leading to inaccurate life lists.
Frequent bugs and reliability issues: crashes, UI glitches, long or failed updates, and slow loading.
Price/value concerns: ongoing subscription is expensive and often not justified by the lack of regular updates.
Poor customer support and lack of documentation; broken contact options and unresponsive help.
Sync and data integrity problems with eBird life lists; not all species appear and life lists don’t always update correctly.

Recent reviews

I like the app. I use iBird to help identify birds, and BirdsEye to help find birds wherever I am. The problems I’m having with BirdsEye is that the sightings don’t load, or they take forever to load. And then when downloading the paid bird packages, it makes me download at least twice. If the developers could keep the app up to date and running better, that would help. It’s actually a very functional and greatly useful app. I do love it, but it doesn’t seem to love me. Such is life with pretty girls and fancy apps.

by ic*****, 2026-06-12

I’ve had this app for a long time and noticed it wasn’t loading some of my regional lists. I tried to delete and re-load thinking the issue was on my end and now I can’t get it to work at all. I paid for another year subscription back in Feb and based on other reviews it sounds like I might just be out on that cost.