Bird Journal 4+
Bluebird Technology Limited
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Bird Journal is the best way to record, explore and share your bird & wildlife observations and experiences. It has thousands of users across the world and works on a variety of devices.
Start keeping a record of your bird & wildlife observations now with a free account.
RECORD ANYTHING
Enter bird & wildlife observations, photos*, habitat and more with customisable data entry. Bird Journal's growing library contains hundreds of checklists and taxonomies, with over 100,000 species and subspecies worldwide.
EXPLORE YOUR RECORDS
Enjoy looking back through your data with beautiful entry reports, species lists, graphs**, maps**, reports** & photos. Search instantly by date, species, location & more.
SHARE YOUR RECORDS
Export or print records and species lists for use anywhere*. eBird and BirdTrack systems are fully supported, so you can conveniently contribute to conservation efforts*.
ACCESS ANYWHERE
Access and enter your records on any supported device or computer. Data is stored on each device, meaning you always have access even when on the move, in the field or abroad.
REMEMBER FOREVER
Never lose your data. Everything added to Bird Journal is safely and securely stored in Bird Journal's cloud. If you lose your device or your computer malfunctions, simply sign back in to your account to carry on from where you left off.
BRING YOUR DATA
Get started quickly by importing existing records from any other system or app*. eBird, BirdTrack & Wildlife Recorder records can be imported directly.
* Requires the free desktop version of Bird Journal.
** Requires an upgrade to a Bird Journal Premium account.
What’s New
Version 5.1.168
General updates to support import-export improvements.
Ratings and Reviews
Website is great; app is limited
Entering and viewing sightings is excellent on the website version of this tool. But the iOS app lacks so many features that it’s almost useless. Examples:
1) Cannot filter species by name or family. If you have a long list of species, you have to painfully scroll down. The filters are limited to date and location—if I knew those I wouldn’t need to look up species.
2) Species page doesn’t list sightings. It just shows first and last dates.
3) Entries list has no way to jump down to an early date. If you have lots of entries it’s tedious to scroll toward bottom.
4) New locations cannot be given a latitude/longitude. I might understand if you couldn’t select from a map like on the website, but you cannot even enter coordinates manually.
I’ll stick with the website for most uses unless/until the app is improved.
Good way to journal animals
Able to keep a list of birds and animals I have come across.
Would be most excellent to have accompanying photos in app.
Works well until it loses your data
This was the best of several apps I downloaded for keeping a birding life list. However, just when I was getting comfortable, I had to replace my phone, and when I restored my apps from my backup, this is the only app that wouldn’t reload. All my bird list was lost...nearly 300 species with sighting dates. So sad! Not sure if I should even start again, or find another service.
App Privacy
The developer, Bluebird Technology Limited, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Bluebird Technology Limited
- Size
- 34.4 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2021 Bluebird Technology Limited
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- One Year Premium Subscription $34.99