Collins Bird Guide Downloads & RevenueCollins Bird Guide · App Store & Google Play

A premium digital field guide for European bird identification, targeting both serious ornithologists and casual birdwatchers with detailed illustrations, audio, and AI-assisted identification features. The app holds the #1 spot in the UK Reference Paid category and maintains strong positions across major European markets like France and Germany, indicating sustained relevance despite its long release history.

Similar apps: Merlin Bird ID, Sibley eGuide to Birds, BirdGenie

Users praise the app's comprehensive content and visual identification tools for European birds but criticize its poor navigation and search functionality. Recent updates have caused crashes and dissatisfaction with new in-app purchases and list management changes.

Mixed (50% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and being hard to use. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.

What people like

• Ease of use: “This app is intuitive and engrossing”
• Features & content: “No where is it mentioned that all the location features are for Europe only”
• Updates: “Waiting for often updates”
• Fun: “Fun to track/record bird sightings within the app”

Common complaints

• Price & subscription: “I wish I can have my money back”
• Ease of use: “A simple taxonomic list would be easier”
• Updates: “Horrified by new version treatment of lists”
• Design: “The illustrations and text is fine but the app is almost unusable because the navigation and search function is poorly designed”

A premium digital field guide for European bird identification, targeting both serious ornithologists and casual birdwatchers with detailed illustrations, audio, and AI-assisted identification features. The app holds the #1 spot in the UK Reference Paid category and maintains strong positions across major European markets like France and Germany, indicating sustained relevance despite its long release history.

Similar apps: Merlin Bird ID, Sibley eGuide to Birds, BirdGenie

Users praise the app's comprehensive content and visual identification tools for European birds but criticize its poor navigation and search functionality. Recent updates have caused crashes and dissatisfaction with new in-app purchases and list management changes.

Mixed (50% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and being hard to use. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.

What people like

• Ease of use: “This app is intuitive and engrossing”
• Features & content: “No where is it mentioned that all the location features are for Europe only”
• Updates: “Waiting for often updates”
• Fun: “Fun to track/record bird sightings within the app”

Common complaints

• Price & subscription: “I wish I can have my money back”
• Ease of use: “A simple taxonomic list would be easier”
• Updates: “Horrified by new version treatment of lists”
• Design: “The illustrations and text is fine but the app is almost unusable because the navigation and search function is poorly designed”

Users appreciate the high-quality illustrations and comprehensive data but are frustrated by aggressive monetization tactics requiring separate purchases for newer editions. Significant technical issues on Android, including bugs in the compare feature, slow performance, and missing content compared to iOS, drive much of the negative feedback.

Mixed (47% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for regular updates, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and recent updates. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.

What people like

• Updates: “Update: thanks for the quick response”
• Features & content: “But maybe that's a feature users want”
• Useful: “Videos and audio very useful”
• Ease of use: “I use it all the time in the field, really useful and very easy to use”

Common complaints

• Price & subscription: “If you want the latest edition it is going to cost €24.98 not 14.99”
• Updates: “We need to repay for updates?”