Bird-A-Lingo
Collaborative birdsong trainer
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Train with beginner sound patterns, quiz yourself on real bird recordings, and help grow a moderated community bird library.
Bird-A-Lingo is an original bird sound learning app built to help people recognize birds by ear.
Most bird apps focus on photos and field-guide browsing. Bird-A-Lingo is different: it teaches listening. The app combines beginner sound-pattern training, real bird recording quizzes, regional bird libraries, practice mode, review mode, spoken-answer practice, and a moderated community contribution system.
Learning Mode uses simplified training patterns made for beginners. These sounds are not presented as real field recordings. They are educational rhythm and cadence guides that help new learners hear the shape of a bird song or call before moving into real recordings.
Quiz Mode can then use real bird audio from the bird library. As the community database grows, birds can include multiple sounds such as songs, calls, alarm calls, flight calls, juvenile sounds, drumming, or other field recordings. Each sound stays attached to one bird record, so learners see one bird with a richer sound profile instead of duplicate entries.
Bird-A-Lingo also includes regional libraries. A bird can appear in multiple regions when its real-world range overlaps those areas, making the app useful for backyard birders, students, teachers, families, and nature groups across different parts of the United States.
The app includes a collaborative bird database powered by Firebase. Contributors can submit new birds, photos, sound recordings, and additional sounds for birds already in the library. Submissions are not automatically published. They go through an admin review workflow before becoming part of the shared learning database.
Bird-A-Lingo was independently designed and built as a human-made learning tool for birders, educators, and curious beginners. It is not a reskinned template, not a generic quiz clone, and not a repackaged app. Its core feature set is specific to bird sound learning, progressive listening practice, and moderated community database building.
Features include:
Beginner Learning Mode with simplified cadence and rhythm patterns
Quiz Mode using real bird recordings
Practice Mode for replaying bird sounds and reviewing facts
Review Mode for improving recognition over time
Regional bird libraries with live bird counts
Multiple sounds per bird without duplicate bird entries
Sound type labels for songs, calls, alarms, flight calls, drumming, and more
Bird photos, facts, credits, sources, and licenses
Speech recognition for spoken bird-name answers
Contributor tools for submitting new birds and additional sounds
Admin review workflow for approving or rejecting submissions
Firebase-backed collaborative bird database
Bird-A-Lingo is built for people who want to listen more closely to the natural world and help create a better shared bird sound library over time.
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Information
- Seller
- Mark Neisser
- Size
- 32.7 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.5 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.5 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.5 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026