Collins Bird Guide App Reviews

Not user friendly. I really don’t like this app. Nothing ever comes up when I search on attributes.

Bad. No alphabetic lookup. A big waste of money. Grey letters in index difficult to read. Buy the book, not this app.

Bad. Waste of money. Not user friendly. Only drawing no real pictures. I wish I can have my money back.

Great birding app - but…. Crashes when clicking link to BWP app. Also disappointed that new release is added IAP.

iOS 15.7.7. I have updated 3rd edition. It’s always crushed. Can check app? Thanks.

Finally. At last, the Collins on ipad. Not yet perfect, including the language versions and life lists (how to store those?), but we are getting there. Keep on working guys, competition is around the corner!

Horrified by new version treatment of lists. Wish i had not upgraded!!

Definitely most comprehensive birding apps. Thanx and thanx again to all the folks who made this app and keep all the improvements. No other try within this field could dare to compete. I wish you luck, dudes, keep on keeping on. Translate your app to as much languages as you can and add more and more features. Voices! Add more misc calls, voices, alarm calls, etc. As well as complete translations to all the languages you’ve covered for all the species names. If one day you’ll be ready for put all the texts localized — that’ll be definitely my day. Till then I just want to thank you at least for all the work you’ve done. Waiting for often updates.

DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!. I think the good reviews were seeded here when the app was first released. This is a pretty app, but the interface is sparse (as in it doesn't have many features) and the search engine is useless--you can choose a variety of criteria but it's not clear that what then appears is a subset or just an entire section (e.g. "Raptors") repeated without other criteria applied. The descriptions are thorough and the drawings are nice. But there is no indication of names other than the English bird book one and the Latin name. No hope for those of us in non-English-speaking countries who want to use a bird book in English, but need to search based on what locals call a bird. Look at the version history. I'd hoped, unreasonably, that it had been such a great app when it came out that it hadn't needed an update. Wrong. It needs attention and hasn't gotten it. Compare the version history to iBird Pro (North America) and you'll see what a living app's history should look like. I really wish I could get my money back. Within 5 minutes of not being able to figure out how I'd use it productively (i.e. as a field guide, not to memorize birds), I knew I'd wasted my money. And I still need a Swiss or Europe field guide app!

North America NOT. No where is it mentioned that all the location features are for Europe only. I'll give it a go living in the US, but not ideal. Seems pretty powerful. The drawings are super detailed and clear with a lot of supporting information. Not sure how conclusive my findings will be, but excited to try it out. Nice introductory guide to get started and the intuitiveness of the app takes it from there. Fun to track/record bird sightings within the app.

Excellent. Best for Europe. Of the 26 birding apps I have this is one of the best. It’s the most comprehensive and easy to use guide for Europe. The overview lets me home in on the bird group. Then it gets progressively more detailed. The species descriptions are good for field identification, the selection of audio recordings is excellent, the comparison with similar species handy and the range maps very informative. The illustrations are excellent with sufficient coverage of plumage by sex, age and morphs although thorough treatment is beyond the purpose of this field guide. The app works equally well on my iPhone and iPad. Thank you for such an excellent guide.

Excellent Format!!. In North America I use the mobile app from Sibley, iBird Pro, and Audubon. My recent trip to Europe was not a birding; bird watching was incidental. Nevertheless, I needed a guide for those times when I encountered birds. In a brand new place and with new birds, the most fulfilling is to be able to ID on my own. The Collins Guide was excellent. The home page has groups or families of birds which makes it very easy to navigate to a groups, e.g. waders or finches, and then to scroll through the group and compare different, but similar species. I found this format far superior to any NA bird app. Species info could be expanded some, but I can’t imagine any other app format which makes it easier to find and identify new birds - the European birds were all new to me.

Not a good app. The illustrations and text is fine but the app is almost unusable because the navigation and search function is poorly designed. They seem to want you to find species by scrolling through families in groups by photo. Sometimes searching for a species by name works and sometimes it doesn't. A simple taxonomic list would be easier.

New standard for bird apps. Purchased the Collins Bird Guide based on the reputation of the Collins book. I am traveling to Europe and wanted an easy but thorough guide for my bird observations. This app is intuitive and engrossing. The birds are displayed in visual diagrams with the ability to drill down to the bird you are observing. When the user identifies the bird, distribution maps, diagrams, sound recordings and similar birds are displayed. Very easy to use. There is a comparison section I'm finding useful before traveling as it allows me to study differences in similar species before heading overseas. I have not used this in the field yet but am enjoying playing with the format and learning a bit about the birds.

Add new feature. Could you please support searching by the Other language name of bird ( thats already added in the flag icon ) ? Thanks for your great App 🌷🌷🦆🦆🐥🐥

Best Old World birding app out there. Like the title says, best Old World birding app I've seen. Slick, good-looking, easy to use ans informative. Reasonably priced, too. If I could take off a half star it would be for slightly pale text that might be tough to read in the field. Hopefully an update will fix that. Otherwise, well done.

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Bird-tastic. Excellent app in all aspects. Well and truly worth the high price for such high quality, it really feels slick, smooth, and sharp to use and explore. Bundle this with beautiful illustrations and twenty dollars doesn't seem like much anymore...

Bird guide problem?. Great app but: Only issue is when opening this App that it stays on the home screen for about ten seconds. This is way too long, we know what the app is called ;-) Make it two seconds and we'll all be ecstatic. Others have told me this too! Alan

What a beautiful app!. This app is sensational in every way, a pleasure to use and so incredibly convenient when coming from Australia back to Europe, not having to carry my paper version! Highly recommended!

@thetwitcher. This has to be the best app ever created for European birding! I have almost every other bird guide app. This is simple, powerful and easy to use in the field. A must have! Now please make one like this for Australia 😄👍

Simply the best. Best app ever for any birdo… Enven if you are not in europe some of the drawings are so useful for worldwide species (shorebirds, seabirds, ducks etc.) a Must-have for any solid birder.

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How a field guide app should be made. Just picked up this truly gorgeous app and I'm beyond impressed. Takes good quality content from Collins' print editions and applies really innovative graphic design and GUI. Focus on showing similar birds to compare. Audio, range maps and text all in easy reach. There are in-app purchase options for three video libraries (common, less common, and rarities) as well as one to add the BTO breeding bird atlas maps for the UK. I added the common birds video on my iPad, while on my iPhone I'll omit that to save space. Similar bird comparisons are 'curated' meaning the app publishers maintain lists of which ones you should also compare. I thought the intro said I could make my own pairings as well, but if so I couldn't find this feature. All other functions are very well presented and easy to see where to tap or pinch to get them. In all, a brilliant app and well worth the purchase price.

Magnifique!. J'ai plusieurs guides ornithos sur iPad et iPhone. Celui-ci est de loin le plus beau, le plus complet, celui qui offre le plus de possibilités. La traduction française de G. Lesaffre est excellente, la reproduction des dessins est sans failles. J'aime beaucoup la possibilité de pouvoir choisir deux langues. Imaginez : lorsque vous demandez une comparaison, l'application offre la possibilité de comparer seulement l'adulte ou l'immature à celui des espèces semblables. Et je n'écris pas sur les cartes, les chants, les cris, les choix de langues, ... J. Larivée

Great App. Great App, but WHY three 1GB+ updates in four days ... Please have some respect for user data charges and package your updates more efficiently!

Fantastic App. Excellent Search functionality making it easy to narrow the list of possible birds for ID. Embedded multimedia with sounds and video. Broadsheets of images to quickly scan and isolate bird ID. Easy navigation and comparison of birds. Clearly a lot of care went into planning this app.

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