Reviews for Morcombe's Birds of Australia

A fantastic app. I use it regularly. The drawings are superb and the large number of different bird calls per species is invaluable.

Full-time action wildlife photographer with a bird focus for the past 9 years. My wife and I use this excellent app almost daily. It is detailed and wonderfully informative in both words and images. The sound element is less polished and perhaps less comprehensive with samples of birds in my area of SW Victoria. Sound […]

Overpriced for what it does particularly since it is only for a limited time. Now unusable asking for more money. Comprehensive list of birds with calls for each. Drawings with limited poses(mostly perched) per species. Will be using other guides in future.

Had the old version of this app, which had a few glitches but could work with them. Decided to update hoping to fix the problems and now it does not work at all. Have emailed developers numerous times and still not working. They said a few days, it is now 5 months. Bad app, poor […]

Well unlike other recent reviews, I can compare two birds on one screen quite easily and there is a search bar at the top of the page to type in a species without having to scroll through the alphabet. I am very satisfied with this app and recommend it. Drawings are good to very good […]

Super convenient and precise tool for identification of endemic and migratory aussie birds.Good for pros, enthusiasts and budding birders.The app supports the soft cover field guide of the same name perfectly. Thankyou for assisting me to keep increasing my “newby” Australian bird encounters regularly especially with the high canopy dwelling species I can hear but […]

Great app but strange that bird calls are included but can’t be matched to recorded calls in the field. I have a frog app that can do that. I got a new phone but this the app didn’t load like all my others. I tried 4 times to get it fixed with the app supplier […]

Had it for years and i love it – the recordings, the distribution maps and the illustrations of the birds’ nesting habitats. Pencils drawings of birds make me nostalgic for childhood atlases, and i love these. All birdwatchers have their favourite bird books. I prefer a Pizzey, but definately would recommend the Morcombe app for […]

Basically a very useful app, but the indexing should be improved so that, for example, “fairy wren” doesn’t produce the answer “nothing found,” It is essential to set your geographical area in the “My location” part of the app, since the default setting, for some reason, doesn’t include all Australian birds.

Developers need to stop responding to gushing 5 star reviews and fix the huge bugs on this very expensive app. For months the search engine has been broken. I have the current version and it’s worse than ever. Example: I try to look up Bell Minor using “bell miner”, “bell”, “minor”, “manorina” and “honeyeater”. Nothing!!! […]

GPS doesn’t work unless you have a wifi or phone signal. (All my other apps that use GPS do work under these conditions).That makes the app useless for recording sightings in the field. Unfortunately, the developer doesn’t bother to respond to emails. That’s a shame because apart from this issue it would be a good […]

The latest update has made this app worse. Moved the buttons for sound, text, map etc to the bottom, not the top. Font size of the calls had increased, covering more of the screen and hiding more of the info behind it. But the worst thing is that now, when playing a call, you cannot […]

I’ve loved using this app for several years now. But now I hate it. I don’t know why the developers have changed a perfectly good app, but the reasons I hate it now are: 1. General appearance (colour) is gaudy. 2. It’s fiddly to use now, and difficult to navigate. 3. ALL audio files for […]

I wanted to be able to see two birds on the same screen but no matter how many times I follow the instructions it doesn’t happen as described. And there’s nowhere to go for more help until I find someone who has the app and uses it. Otherwise it’s great but I’ve got the pictures […]

This app could be 6 star but until the developers respond to constructive feedback emails dont waste your money. They ignore emails!! The GPS doesnt work. (every other app GPS does). No ability for GPS logging add/edit after the event. Currently a bird sighting / recording needs to be logged onsite as against “off site” […]

Until the latest update (25th Feb 2020), I would have given this app 5/5. However, unless I am blind, the search bar (indicated by the magnifying glass symbol) has disappeared from the top of the list when you open the app, rendering it almost useless! You used to be able to type ‘bowerbirds’ for example […]

Excellent!!! Easy to use. I love having the bird sounds available. I really wish the list wouldn’t count multiple sightings of the same bird in the number – if you can change this I would really appreciate it. I record seeing the same bird at the same location but different times or at different locations […]

This was a great app until the latest update. I used to be able to search by inputting a bird name, now I can’t. This has rendered the app a failure in my opinion. I could search for robin and have all types available to select which was closer to the observation in the example […]

Recommended by a friend, and it doesn’t disappoint with coverage of species or ease of finding the bird you’re looking for. The one feature that seems arbitrarily limited is related to entering sightings. It has an entry for GPS, but you can only have it entered automatically, based on your current location. If you’re like […]

It is not ineffective for identifying, learning, and recording birds. However, considering the price and in light of the free app Australian Birds it leaves a lot to be desired. The UI is clucky. Smart search is not useful at all in my experience. And it is a bit painful and restricted if used as […]