NEW • Ask Lori (beta): our own bird sound identification. Lori is still learning, so help train her: tell her which bird it really was with "It was…". Turn on Beta features in Settings > Preferences to try it • Custom quizzes: play one quiz as Whistlr, by call, or as Spotlr, by photo • Create quiz: turn a list's target birds into a quiz from the list's menu • Spotlr: a Get ready gallery before every round, with each bird's call playing • Spotlr: each question plays the bird's call • Round results show how well you know each bird, in both games • Only birds with calls: build a quiz from birds that have a recording • Edit a quiz's birds with the same picker as Target lists IMPROVED • Whistlr Get ready: a full-size sonogram you can drag to scrub, as on the bird page • Auto-play gives each bird 10 seconds • Custom quizzes are always Friends-only, so every quiz is ready to share • My Custom Quizzes list view shows one quiz per row, and tiles no longer cut off at large text sizes • Quiz close buttons are easier to tap • Delete account sits at the foot of the Account screen • New pictures for African Hobby and Böhm's Spinetail, and updated bird information FIXED • Search results show how often each bird is reported nearby when a location filter is on • Spotlr: the photo no longer pushes the answers off screen; on small phones the answers scroll • Custom quizzes: you can pick birds with no recorded call for Spotlr • Birds with no call show a disabled speaker on the quiz overview

Version 7.3.2 FIXED • Subscription offers show their end date in your phone's own date format • An offer you have already accepted from an email no longer shows again in the app • VoiceOver reads which subscription plan is selected

Version 7.3.1 NEW • Gift codes: a step-by-step guide to redeeming a gift code, and a Gifts section in the FAQ IMPROVED • Lists and filters use the standard iPhone switch and a one-line row of filter chips FIXED • A shared list link opened from the welcome screen now opens the list • Spotlr: your progress updates straight after a round

Version 7.2.1 NEW • The menu is now a Settings screen, in five groups: Account, Preferences, Your data, Help and About the app • Each setting shows its current value, and Appearance, Language, Notifications, Start-up and Storage each have their own screen • Tap your name to open Account: see how you signed in, change your email, log out or delete your account • Most reported here: sort the Birds list by how often each bird is reported where you are • A coloured signal meter on the Birds list, on each bird and on target lists shows how often it is reported nearby. Tap it to see what it means • Filter birds by how often they are reported • Spotlr: name the bird from the photo • Target lists: pick a place and month, see the birds you still want • Dawn Chorus: a reworked reader, favourites, sharing and downloads • A searchable FAQ, and pull to refresh on Birds, Lists and Games • Redeem a gift code from the Subscription screen • The app version shows at the foot of Settings IMPROVED • Most reported here is always offered, and uses a 30 km area around you when no location filter is set • Spotlr starts the quiz straight away • Search says which name matched, and finds short codes • When a search finds nothing, Clear filters names the filters that are on • Long-press a sighting to delete it • Target lists from a map spot now start empty, and filters narrow the list • Every paywall has a clear Close button that works with VoiceOver • Settings reads cleanly with VoiceOver and at large text sizes FIXED • Spotlr: name suggestions stay visible above the keyboard • Location presets fall back to the map when location access is off • Opening a Dawn Chorus notification from the welcome screen opens the article • Your latest lifer ignores sightings marked as not counting • Screens hold together at large text sizes

NEW • Spotlr: a new game: name the bird from the photo • Target lists: pick a place and month, then refine the birds you still want • Dawn Chorus: a reworked reader, favourites and sharing • A searchable FAQ, and pull to refresh on Birds, Lists and Games IMPROVED • Search says which name matched, and finds short codes • Long-press a sighting to delete it FIXED • Lifelist opens far faster • Screens hold together at large text sizes • A list created while offline no longer hangs

NEW • Spotlr: a new game: name the bird from the photo • Target lists: pick a place and month, then refine the birds you still want • Dawn Chorus: a reworked reader, favourites and sharing • A searchable FAQ, and pull to refresh on Birds, Lists and Games IMPROVED • Search says which name matched, and finds short codes • Long-press a sighting to delete it FIXED • Lifelist opens far faster • Screens hold together at large text sizes • A list created while offline no longer hangs

Searching — Best bird matches come first now. Fixed the Purple Indigobird. Map — Goes dark when your phone is dark. Quiz game — Scores show up properly. Timer stops when the game ends. Importing lists — Tells you when it skips a bird, or when the file is wrong. Lists & sounds — Right pictures show. Bird sounds open properly. Works for people who listen instead of look. Crashes — Fixed one that could freeze the app. Most important fix.

PHOTOS • Sighting photos are backed up to your account automatically, at up to 2048px — so keep your originals. • Both photo pickers now tell you exactly what gets stored. QUIZZES • Change your birder name whenever you like — set it once, and it applies everywhere. • Editing a quiz now opens straight on its details. • Shared leaderboards fixed: your own quizzes now show your score, and your best result is always the one that counts. WELCOME SCREEN • Cleaner, simpler look, and a clearer way to dismiss it. ACCESSIBILITY & DARK MODE • Better contrast on selected buttons and toggles in dark mode. • Improved screen-reader announcements across lists.

What's new in Firefinch 6: • New navigation for faster browsing • Whistlr custom quizzes, leaderboards & new habitats • Better bird calls with background audio • Log your own photos with sightings • Save sightings to multiple lists at once • Bigger text, better contrast & accessibility • Light & dark modes • Faster bird pages, clearer illustrations • Improved tablet experience • Lifer stats on lists and lifer indicators on sightings

What's new in Firefinch 6: • New navigation for faster browsing • Whistlr custom quizzes, leaderboards & new habitats • Better bird calls with background audio • Log your own photos with sightings • Save sightings to multiple lists at once • Bigger text, better contrast & accessibility • Light & dark modes • Faster bird pages, clearer illustrations • Improved tablet experience • Tons of fixes and refinements

PHOTOS ON YOUR SIGHTINGS Add photos to any bird sighting and browse them all in the new My Photos gallery. Search your photos by bird name, and start a new sighting straight from one. ONE SIGHTING, SEVERAL LISTS A single sighting can now belong to as many of your lists as you like, and every list updates its count straight away. MAKE YOUR OWN QUIZZES Whistlr now lets you build your own bird-call quizzes, name them, and share them with friends — and play the ones they send you. ALSO IMPROVED • Choose whether the app stays in Light mode or follows your phone • The welcome screen now appears once a day, and can be switched off • "Showing X of Y" counts on Lists, Birds, Search and My Photos • Dawn Chorus tells you when you're offline instead of showing a blank page • Swiping between bird pages is much faster • Bird illustrations sit on a clean white background and are no longer cropped • Tidier Lists screen, with search moved into the top bar FIXED • People who already had an account are no longer sent through first-run setup again • Your most recent life-list bird is now correct and clearly labelled • Renaming a list updates it everywhere, and list counts no longer drift • Photos no longer linger after you delete a sighting or list • Better contrast throughout dark mode

Firefinch 6 brings sharper learning, richer sound and a more accessible app. • Whistlr leaderboards — your ranking now appears right on the results screen, and the stats view has new Birds and Leaderboard tabs. Scores show accuracy, bird count and date. • Better bird-call playback — calls keep playing when you leave the screen or lock your phone, you can drag the sonogram to scrub to any point, and a mini-player keeps controls handy. • A new daily Welcome screen to start each session. • Accessibility throughout — larger Dynamic Type, improved contrast and full VoiceOver / TalkBack support. • Smoother location filtering and search, plus an iPad sidebar. • Refreshed bird database with the latest species data. • Improved iPad support. • Plenty of bug fixes, performance and stability improvements.

New species! Grey Pratincole Whistlr: - Easy Mode: Practice bird calls without losing points — perfect for learning new habitats - Learning Dashboard: Track your progress with play time stats, streaks, and high scores - Review Mode: Revisit tricky birds across habitats to strengthen your knowledge - Streaks: Build a daily streak with an optional freeze to protect your progress - Quiz length selection: Choose how many rounds you want to play Other: - Scientific and Zulu name options: Display bird names in your preferred language - Bug fixes and performance improvements

Added Scientific and Zulu name display options Bug fixes for Whistlr feedback points, Quiz length saving, search fixes.

Whistlr - Learn Bird Calls Master bird calls with our new Whistlr game! Features include: - Multiple habitats to explore (Bushveld, Fynbos, Highveld, Wetland, Night birds, and Lesotho) - Adaptive difficulty that adjusts to your skill level - Expert Mode for advanced birders - Track your mastery progress with visual badges - Free access to your first habitat Afrikaans Support - Added language preference for Afrikaans bird names - Afrikaans family and group names now available Content Updates - New bird photos, sounds, sonograms, and distribution maps - Updated bird database Improvements & Fixes - Fixed iOS 18 navigation bar display issues - Fixed language preference not saving between sessions - Fixed sighting location picker reverting to wrong location - Improved photo gallery performance - Related Articles section added to bird profiles - Dawn Chorus section improvements

What's New in v5.1.9 Introducing Whistlr - Learn Bird Sounds by Ear Can you identify birds just by their calls? Now you can learn with Whistlr, our new bird sound learning game! How it works: - Listen to a bird call and guess which bird it is - Start easy with multiple choice, then progress to typing the answer as you improve - Master birds across 4 difficulty levels - from beginner to expert - Track your progress with spaced repetition (the game remembers which birds you struggle with) Getting started: - Find Whistlr in the side menu or on the bottom of the home page - Forest habitat is free for everyone - no subscription needed - See your mastery progress on each habitat card --- Bird View Related Dawn Chorus Articles The new Related Articles section on bird pages shows you Dawn Chorus articles written about that species. Swipe through cards to discover fascinating stories about your favourite birds. Have knowledge to share? Tap "Write for Dawn Chorus" to contribute your own article ideas. --- Improvements & Fixes - Location picker fixed - Setting a custom sighting location now works correctly - Smoother photo browsing - Improved gallery performance and full-screen viewing - Better link handling - External links in articles now open properly - Various UI polish - Cleaner buttons, better spacing, and improved accessibility --- Enjoy exploring bird sounds with Whistlr!

What's New in v5.1.9 Introducing Whistlr - Learn Bird Sounds by Ear Can you identify birds just by their calls? Now you can learn with Whistlr, our new bird sound learning game! How it works: - Listen to a bird call and guess which bird it is - Start easy with multiple choice, then progress to typing the answer as you improve - Master birds across 4 difficulty levels - from beginner to expert - Track your progress with spaced repetition (the game remembers which birds you struggle with) Getting started: - Find Whistlr in the side menu or on the bottom of the home page - Forest habitat is free for everyone - no subscription needed - See your mastery progress on each habitat card --- Bird View Related Dawn Chorus Articles The new Related Articles section on bird pages shows you Dawn Chorus articles written about that species. Swipe through cards to discover fascinating stories about your favourite birds. Have knowledge to share? Tap "Write for Dawn Chorus" to contribute your own article ideas. --- Improvements & Fixes - Location picker fixed - Setting a custom sighting location now works correctly - Smoother photo browsing - Improved gallery performance and full-screen viewing - Better link handling - External links in articles now open properly - Various UI polish - Cleaner buttons, better spacing, and improved accessibility --- Enjoy exploring bird sounds with Whistlr!

What's New in v5.1.8 Introducing Whistlr - Learn Bird Sounds by Ear Can you identify birds just by their calls? Now you can learn with Whistlr, our new bird sound learning game! How it works: - Listen to a bird call and guess which bird it is - Start easy with multiple choice, then progress to typing the answer as you improve - Master birds across 4 difficulty levels - from beginner to expert - Track your progress with spaced repetition (the game remembers which birds you struggle with) Getting started: - Find Whistlr in the side menu - Forest habitat is free for everyone - no subscription needed - See your mastery progress on each habitat card --- Bird View Related Dawn Chorus Articles The new Related Articles section on bird pages shows you Dawn Chorus articles written about that species. Swipe through cards to discover fascinating stories about your favourite birds. Have knowledge to share? Tap "Write for Dawn Chorus" to contribute your own article ideas. --- Improvements & Fixes - Location picker fixed - Setting a custom sighting location now works correctly - Smoother photo browsing - Improved gallery performance and full-screen viewing - Better link handling - External links in articles now open properly - Various UI polish - Cleaner buttons, better spacing, and improved accessibility --- Enjoy exploring bird sounds with Whistlr!

Scroll down on the bird view to find a trove of valuable information about all the birds! When scrolling down on a bird, you can now find related Dawn Chorus articles to that bird right on the bird's view Fixed the broken photo button Fixed the issue that prevented people from adjusting the location of their sightings Added the photo locations again

Upland Sandpiper Sabine's Spinetail A whole new look for details on the birds and a lot of extra info on that screen... Enjoy!

Added the ability to restore purchases without the need to see the paywall.

Added Sabine's Spinetail Replaced plates of larks, some pipits and common swift Updated a few sounds

Fixed a critical bug where editing an existing sighting would create a duplicate entry in the list instead of updating the original Fixed an issue where edited sighting data (notes, dates, etc.) wouldn't refresh immediately in the list view after saving Fixed a bug where saving a sighting while offline would leave users stuck on the edit screen

Location filter now works for all Southern African countries using SABAP2 data. We squashed a few bugs.

Complete Location-Based Bird Filtering System: Are you overwhelmed by 1000 species staring at you and you wished you could narrow it down to just those you might probably see? Are you planning a trip and want to know which lifers you might get? Then this is for you! Improved search accuracy. (You can now find those Rüppels Parrots much easier) Fixed a bug that prevented updated info showing on the sightings after one has been saved.