TweetSpotSA
Bird By Ear
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Know the bird by its call — anywhere, even off the grid.
TweetSpot listens to the birds around you and tells you what they are, entirely on your phone. No signal, no data, no waiting on a server. Just tap record, and it names what it hears.
Built for Southern Africa, and honest about it.
WHAT YOU GET
• Offline bird-call identification — the whole engine runs on your phone, so it works deep in the bush.
• 970+ Southern African birds, each with a hand-painted watercolour illustration.
• Its real range near you — TweetSpot checks each ID against atlas data and gently flags anything unusual for your exact area.
• Play any bird's reference call to compare.
• Afrikaans names, a personal life list, and a searchable field guide.
• Download calls and pictures for full offline use in the field.
HONEST BY DESIGN
TweetSpot shows you how confident it is and where a bird actually occurs, so you're never handed a false certainty. It's a companion for learning birds by ear, not a replacement for a full field guide.
Made in South Africa.
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Better bird illustrations, and a faster field guide.
• Every one of the 973 watercolours has been checked and corrected. Some birds had parts of the artwork missing, or stray white patches left behind. All fixed.
• The field guide list now loads instantly and works with no signal at all.
• TweetSpot now tells you when it thinks it heard a person whistling rather than a real bird, instead of quietly guessing at a species.
• Small fixes to sharing, and to how a recording remembers where you were when you made it.
The developer, DAN ELKEBIR, 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 Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- DAN ELKEBIR
- Size
- 106.2 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Dan Elkabir