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Bird Alone 4+
Become best friends
George Batchelor
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
◆ Apple Design Award Winner 2021 ◆
Become best friends with the loneliest bird in the world.
A journey of growth and loss with a best friend.
Talk about life, make music, draw pictures and write poetry.
Start each day answering your new friend's questions about life, death and the meaning of existence.
Guide the bird through daily life as it confronts the same worries as the rest of us.
◆ What's your favourite colour?
◆ Where are all my friends?
◆ Do you ever think about death?
What will your best friend ask you today?
◆ Draw a picture for the Art Gallery
◆ Write a poem together for the Book of Poetry
◆ Unlock today's plant for the Musical Garden
◆ Rub its belly
Watch each day turn to night
Ponder the changing seasons
Face the heaviness of growing old with a best friend.
Maybe this bird won't be so lonely after all.
* Minimum required device: iPhone 6S or similar *
Content warning: Bird Alone contains themes and discussion of death. User discretion is advised for those sensitive to this topic.
What’s New
Version 4.4
◆ Interactions update ◆
• Different types of fruit grow every day of the week
• Snowflakes can land and melt on your finger
• Rain can bounce off your finger
• Clouds can be interacted with
• Give names to your artwork
• Give names to your poems for the bird to recite
• Unlock two secret app icons
Graphical issues have also been fixed.
Ratings and Reviews
Very Touching
Listen. This is my fault for not reading the description. I didn’t know this was an app specifically about death and loss. I should have read the description. I thought this was a cute app with a bird I could write poetry with. So I named my parrot after a friend of mine who died, thinking nothing of it.
I am happy to have befriended the bird and felt real sadness when I knew he would be leaving me, but the bird was kind enough to let me know that I gave him the best life he could have hoped for. Honestly, that’s all you can do. You have to love the people (and pets!) in your life as much as you can for the time you have with them.
I understand the one star reviews asking “WHYYYYY I WANT THE BIRD TO LIVE FOREVER” but if you’ve ever struggled with grief then I recommend picking this one up.
I WNAT MY BIRD BACK
Its such a good game. Its so deep and meaningful. I enjoyed playing the game until i opend the app and my bird (Rupert) told me this was his last goodbye, i didnt want to belive it ,until the next day..he was gone. As someone with attachment issues this hurt. It hurt alot. I wish i couldve spent more time with him. :(
Beautiful game and app. Sad ending. But bittersweet.
First off, as a 32 yr old man who has a hard time crying at a funeral, the end of this game made me cry like a baby.
Absolutely beautiful game. Very deep and meaningful. Lots the bird discusses with you can be quite eye opening to yourself. He’s a great little friend who builds you up and helps you feel better every day if you need it.
Make sure you save the drawings and poems in screenshots as at the end you do lose it all.
The ending was hard, but I have to remind myself that he’s just a digital pet, and my real parrot needs my love just as much. Real parrots also live 20-40 years.
You also have the option to start with a new bird after a few days once he’s gone, so you could technically just pretend he never left and keep it going!
Overall learnt a lot about myself. Put a lot of love into this little app. I’m going to miss my original Benny. But it’s bittersweet in knowing I made his life as best as it could be.
Highly recommend this app. Even if it’s a bit outside of your comfort zone, it’s a beautiful experience to allow yourself to learn from.
Devs: you really should make a version of this where the end isn’t sad. As it really does help a lot of people. While I get the ending and it’s importance. Just reading some of the reviews here, I feel bad for those who have a harder time dealing with loss.
App Privacy
The developer, George Batchelor, 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.
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Information
- Seller
- George Batchelor Limited
- Size
- 428.9 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2022 George Batchelor
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Bird Alone full version $3.99
- Cup of Coffee $3.99
- New Socks $11.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.