Birds of Britain and Ireland (Pro Edition)

Comprehensive app with loads of images that show birds in different plumages This is by far the best bird app Ive seen                 Outstanding App

This app presents a wealth of professionalgrade birding information in an easytonavigate format Birds can be listed either alphabetically or by family and each species has an overview screen that shows all the items illustrations photos sounds and descriptive text available for that species The app draws material from authoritative sources and combines it in a uniquely comprehensive single application The price may strike some as high but paper versions of the same information would cost several times as much and its refreshing to see companies willing to charge a fair price for a valuable reference application a price that supports a living wage for developers and allows for a steady stream of updates and enhancements                 Very comprehensive easy navigation

Updated for In App purchase Its hard to know what your getting with the In App upgrade It supposedly adds species of Northern Europe but the interface for this app is so bizarre you have no way to see how many new species your getting or even what changed after installing it In other words new species are not flagged It is a huge download 74 MB and took me 6 hours to install It stalled 6 times and I had to restart the installer They cant be using Apple servers as its just too slow You can read my complete review below but my advice remains the same wait for a more decently designed UI like iBird or Audubon This app is a really mixed bag of positives and negatives Id give it more stars if it was not so hard to use Wait for reviews before you buy PROS Tons of illustrations for every species showing numerous plummages Multiple vocalizations of some birds Large amounts of information about each species CONS Unintuitive navigation makes content hard to ridiculous to access UI designed more like a Powerpoint presentation slide show Uninspired illustrations no match to Peterson or other iPhone bird apps Lacking too many photos Panning illustrations sometimes doesnt work zoom makes portions inaccessible Sounds are distorted NO SEARCH ENGINE Priced to high considering lack of features 2499 Text is one huge scrolling page of dense writing that goes on forever and is poorly organized Style of writing reads like a PhD thesis No way to store Notes or Favorites     Mixed bag Updated