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title: "Roberts Birds - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in South Africa | Apple App Store"
description: "Roberts Birds is the most comprehensive bird app of South Africa.  After downloading the App you have to buy a mandatory Core Version yearly subscription for the app to function. The Core version subs"
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# Roberts Birds — South Africa
> The Most Comprehensive Birdapp

![Roberts Birds App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/37/94/ae/3794ae80-6d16-4d43-0c07-d95aea9fb56b/RobertsAppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-8-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [High Branching cc](https://apptail.io/developer/high-branching-cc-EJub)
**Category:** Reference
**Rating:** 1.7/5 (35 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.highbranching.roberts
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** South Africa
**Version:** 2.6.1 (released 2026-04-12)
**Original Release:** 2024-12-06
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/za/app/app/id6737166138)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/roberts-birds-AMyu/south-africa](https://apptail.io/app/roberts-birds-AMyu/south-africa)

## Roberts Birds Description
Roberts Birds is the most comprehensive bird app of South Africa.

After downloading the App you have to buy a mandatory Core Version yearly subscription for the app to function. The Core version subscription does not include the image recognition which is an additional yearly subscription.



It boasts an award winning identification tool and has a vast source of information:
- Over 10000 beautiful and diagnostic illustrations and images of all variants, e.g. immature, males, females, dark and light morphs
- Over 2200 comprehensive and clear bird calls
- Over 700 comparative plates
- The most comprehensive information on southern African birds
- Interactive and accurate bird distribution maps, showing the migration patterns per month where applicable.

The ID Search function allows you to select your current, or any other location and the birds at that location will be filtered. Over and above the GPS location, you can search by shape, type, colours, size, where seen, bird calls and more. There are 100's of attributes you can choose from, which makes identifying a bird accurate and easy. As a first ever bird app achievement, the resulting bird list is sorted by relevance with the most probable birds matching your search criteria at the top, which makes it extremely quick and accurate. The ability to remove birds from the results is a game-changer. It even has a section for hard to identify birds (LBJ's, etc)

In addition to the ID Search function, Roberts Birds contains the most accurate Image Recognition for South African birds. You can upload images from your device or take a photo with the device's camera, which will then be used for the Image Recognition. This function has a 2-week evaluation period.

Roberts Birds also offers the most accurate location filter available. You can select current location, location from a map, a country or any of over 1200 South African reserves.

You can also log your sightings with trip descriptions, date and notes, which are then indicated as pins on the distribution maps. Sightings lists can be viewed and can even be synced to a website and shared between devices.

Roberts Birds also offers a Similars functionality. It not only ranks the similars, it also gives preference to your location selection. When using a location filter, similars at that location will be ranked higher and similars outside of your selected location will be displayed last.
No internet connectivity is required to operate the app after it is installed which makes it possible to use the app in the most remote locations.

All updates are regular and free.

For instructions of how to access older versions of the Roberts apps, please contact support@robertsbirds.co.za

## Roberts Birds Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/c6/f2/04/c6f2048b-aa7e-9ab4-d48d-6b2a77fce4a1/9.png/2064x2752.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/e5/3f/ea/e53fea39-2be7-42a8-b064-3789e51fa5d1/8.png/2064x2752.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/9f/09/16/9f09161c-28cd-4943-b70b-4454123a9821/7.png/2064x2752.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/2a/95/87/2a958702-1241-c41b-0e47-f74137586802/6.png/2064x2752.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/fa/6b/b0/fa6bb053-a70c-a843-8769-bdd72c7a0e26/4.png/2064x2752.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/72/f8/eb/72f8eba3-86d1-4ee5-c611-b41d2f07a97e/3.png/2064x2752.png)
- [Screenshot 7](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/eb/42/e1/eb42e117-6f00-1f1e-bed4-ed8bfaa338cf/2.png/2064x2752.png)
- [Screenshot 8](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/e3/52/bc/e352bc7c-7783-28df-ba6d-5f327d60d489/1.png/2064x2752.png)

## Roberts Birds Rating Breakdown in South Africa
- 5 stars: 4 (11%)
- 4 stars: 1 (3%)
- 3 stars: 0 (0%)
- 2 stars: 4 (11%)
- 1 stars: 26 (74%)

## Roberts Birds Reviews in South Africa

### *---- "Image Recognition"
Add-on ‘Image Recognition’ crashes the App. I am yet to see this function work although have subscribed @ R89.00? Will update this review once working.
-- Cape Agulhas, 2025-01-23

### *---- "Response Time"
The app is slow and occasionally crashes, which is really frustrating. There is a lag when you scroll down on the bird list, or when you add a lifer.
-- Sasol Review, 2025-01-08

### *---- "Bad upgrade"
Un-userfriendly; everything is so small and feel unorganised … you need multiple fingers and two hands to navigate through options (very limited) … then it is left to right then it is up and down; have to close photo and reopen next … not able to scroll from one to the next 

Map is so unfriendly compared to IAP … one touch and you in Egypt or over the ocean … difficult to see what is bird distribution vs geographical lines 

Lost my games option I paid for a few months ago

Still unable to transfer my list to new version …  unable to see my life list realtime … apparently you have to go to website and download your lists from there to view and export

Cancel my subscription immediately andcre-evaluating other birding apps

Unlike before, I cannot recommend this app to anybody

BAD!!
I have to give it a one star to be able to submit … my point ZERO!!
-- JohanC63, 2024-12-22

### *---- "Needs work"
Not as clean as R2, more difficult to navigate, not yet sure what the developers believed that this is an upgrade on previous. Where are my lists?
-- Finfoot, 2024-12-20

### *---- "Terrible replacement for Roberts 2"
Lost my lists. Birding site info gone. Bad interface.
-- platypus999, 2024-12-14

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## Roberts Birds In-App Purchases
| Item | Price |
|------|-------|
| Roberts Birds Subscription | 249.99 R |
| Image Recognition | 89.99 R |

## Roberts Birds Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Grossing | South Africa | Reference | #8 |
| Top Free | South Africa | Reference | #39 |
| Top Free | Ireland | Reference | #377 |

## Roberts Birds Discovered Keywords
- roberts birds

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## Roberts Birds Available In
- [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/roberts-birds-AMyu/south-africa)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/roberts-birds-AMyu/united-kingdom)
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- [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/roberts-birds-AMyu/colombia)
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- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/roberts-birds-AMyu/germany)
- [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/roberts-birds-AMyu/denmark)
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