BirdNET Live

Name: BirdNET Live
Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Author: Stefan Kahl

By: Stefan Kahl App

Bioacoustics in your Pocket

Overview

Version:

0.18.7

Last updated: 2026-07-09

Ranking

#524,309 ▼ 7,498

Overall

Features & Capabilities

BirdNET Live runs our most sophisticated sound ID model directly on your device — no internet connection required.

Watch a live scrolling spectrogram, view species detections in real time, and manage your growing library of animal sounds right from your phone.

BirdNET Live supports bioacoustic research and structured acoustic surveys across multiple workflows:

Live Mode — Real-time species detections with a live spectrogram
Point Counts — Structured timed sessions with live detections
Surveys — Record longer transects while tracking detections along your route
File Analysis — Analyze audio files from local storage
Batch Analysis — Process multiple audio files in bulk
ARU Mode — Schedule longer acoustic recording deployments

BirdNET Live is designed for researchers and citizen scientists alike and offers extensive configuration and detection review options.

This app is a joint effort by the Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics and Chemnitz University of Technology, in partnership with the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.

Development of this app is supported by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt.

For more information, consult our online user guide: https://birdnet-team.github.io/birdnet-live-app/user/

User Growth & Download Statistics

App

By:

Stefan Kahl

Rating:

5.00

(5)

Version:

0.18.7 Last updated: 2026-07-09

Version code:

888066729

Creation date:

2026-06-10

Compatible devices:

Size:

343.61MB

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-22

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 524,309 ▼ 7,498

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Developed by:

Stefan Kahl

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/birdnet-live/id6776168518

User Reviews

I was excited to see this app and very much appreciate the functionality and well thought out design, but so far the export function is not working properly for me. The problem is that it does not follow the export settings I’ve selected (and I’ve adjusted them on the overall settings menu as well as the settings menu accessed from the Session Review screen). I have it set to export gpx and audio files, but it does not include either in the zip file—it still only includes a selections.txt file, a metadata.json file, and an HTML report. The app will be much less useful if I can’t export the audio files. Nonetheless I hugely appreciate the effort behind it and recognize it’s still in beta so I’m sure this will be resolved eventually!

by Cu*****, 2026-06-26

I have been trying this app out and comparing it to Merlin, and it’s been fun to play around with it as well as see the variety of ways I can use it. Unfortunately, every time I install an app update (twice now), it erases the audio I recorded and it’s gone. I don’t know where it went, but I’m not happy because I had some nice audio and now it’s gone. I don’t feel comfortable recording in the app if this happens.