BirdNET Live
Bioacoustics in your Pocket
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
BirdNET Live runs our most sophisticated sound ID model directly on your device — no internet connection required.
Watch a live scrolling spectrogram, view species detections in real time, and manage your growing library of animal sounds right from your phone.
BirdNET Live supports bioacoustic research and structured acoustic surveys across multiple workflows:
- Live Mode — Real-time species detections with a live spectrogram
- Point Counts — Structured timed sessions with live detections
- Surveys — Record longer transects while tracking detections along your route
- File Analysis — Analyze audio files from local storage
- Batch Analysis — Process multiple audio files in bulk
- ARU Mode — Schedule longer acoustic recording deployments
BirdNET Live is designed for researchers and citizen scientists alike and offers extensive configuration and detection review options.
This app is a joint effort by the Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics and Chemnitz University of Technology, in partnership with the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.
Development of this app is supported by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt.
For more information, consult our online user guide: https://birdnet-team.github.io/birdnet-live-app/user/
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This update adds a high-contrast theme, three new languages (Dutch, Polish, and Russian), abundance tiers and filtering in Explore, the ability to pick your location on a map, optional automatic saving of Live Mode and Point Count sessions, and a link to listen to any species on eBird.
The developer, Stefan Kahl, 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
- Size
- 360.3 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it is not open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Provider
Stefan Kahl
- Stefan Kahl has not identified itself as a trader for this app. If you are a consumer in the European Economic Area, consumer rights do not apply to agreements between you and the provider.
- Copyright
- © 2026 BirdNET-Team