Peterson Birds North America

I think

Bought (paid for!) this app on previous phone. Thought it was lackluster and not up to the Peterson Guide standard. Images of birds are simply zoom-ins of group photos, and not particularly detailed, and provide only limited views of alternate plumage = not very useful. Now, transferring to new phone, they want an additional $15 to unlock all species. This app loses in comparison to others as it is, and is not worth extra expenditure. At all. Whatsoever. Going to kiss my original investment goodbye, and move on. App authors & marketers, you made a bad business decision here. Sorry.

Now they want to charge for bits that were included before...Was a really nice app... But it gets more bloated and slower with every update..

Excellent app. Better than the others. This app has excellent Pics and descriptions and maps. It is a very thorough app. If you are looking for a good birding app this is the one

I paid $12 for this app less than a year ago. Now I updated and I need to create an account and pay another $21 just keep using it!!! Stay away! This is a money grab. I've been ripped off. Don't let it happen to you. There are other choices in the Play Store.

Paid for the app a year ago. Now tried installing on a new phone. Says i have to pay another 15 dollars for updated app.this is garbage. Not going to pay every time i use a new device. Paid already shouldn't have to pay again

Bait and switch. Initially FREE the many aspects stop working after 24 hours unless you pay for upgrade. Not really expensive but sneaky approach Won't upgrade on principal

I like the layout and such. I usually use more than one app in the field and this seems promising. The screen swipe is better but still a little wonky. Pinch to zoom in seems to freeze app or just confuses the hell out of it . Needs some fine tuning. Merry Christmas.

RTP would be embarrased to have his name on this. Images are cut outs from his book, they cannot compare with good high definition photos.

Basically, an awful app. Sadly, the best one I've tried so far for keeping a life list. This app is a good example how lazy app developers have gotten. If RTP were still alive, he'd be quite upset his name was on such a thing as this. There's no way to keep a life list for life as there's no way I can find to export the data in any "permanent" way. I've given up on apps (and I'm a techno geek)! I'm going back to paper and pen. The state of technology saddens me to no end as a former programmer.

Am excited to see this app. I love using the actual book. Looking forward to some performance improvement updates, hopefully sooner then later. Also freezes a lot. Pictures have trouble loading.

This is nothing more than an electronic version of the field guide book. The search engine is awful. All it asks for is State, Month, Habitat and type of bird (perching, water, etc.). It then gives a list of all birds that fit the 4 criteria. I might as well carry the actual field guide, which I already own, and save the $10 purchase price. For searching, Merlin, Ibird, Audubon and Sibley all provide more options to narrow down the search. On the positive side, if all you want is a reference and know what bird you are looking for, the layout and information is very nice. It's just not an app like the others mentioned above useful for trying to identify what bird you're looking at.

Compared with Sibley and iBird Pro, this seems to have the best general info on species, but lacks many call variations found in the other apps as well as any supplementary photos (except of nests). You can add your own photos to the notebook, but I haven't been able to pick one from any source except Samsung's Gallery without crashing. The interface is attractive and well thought out. Some proofreading is needed. Canada is included in the range maps but not the range text.

I've tried many bird apps and this is the simplest and most straightforward to find birds locally.

Love the GPS feature

Basically, an awful app. Sadly, the best one I've tried so far for keeping a life list. This app is a good example how lazy app developers have gotten. If RTP were still alive, he'd be quite upset his name was on such a thing as this. There's no way to keep a life list for life as there's no way I can find to export the data in any "permanent" way. I've given up on apps (and I'm a techno geek)! I'm going back to paper and pen. The state of technology saddens me to no end as a former programmer.

Compared with Sibley and iBird Pro, this seems to have the best general info on species, but lacks many call variations found in the other apps as well as any supplementary photos (except of nests). You can add your own photos to the notebook, but I haven't been able to pick one from any app except Samsung's Gallery without crashing BNA. The interface is attractive and well thought out. Some proofreading is needed. Canada is included in the range maps but not the range text.

This is very similar to using the actual book version.

Thanks for improving the app with the updates. Including the Canadian provinces was a game changer for me, hence the 5 star rating. The massive range of information on each species makes this a must have birding app for me!

I am a birder and I highly recommend this and the Roger Tory Peterson guide but for you tech hounds who love birds this is the way to go. Acts just like the field field guide hard copy with a bit more it is worth every penny. Thumbs up this app is great for birding.

I've been hearing all my apple friends raving about this app and now I have it on android. However, there is one problem. I see the app is considered universal for Apple products (iphone, ipod touch, iPad), meaning you buy it once and can download it on multiple devices. This option appears to be unavailable for android as I have downloaded it on my tablet but it looks as if I'd have to pay again to get the app on my phone. Developers, is this going to be fixed soon?