Roberts Birds
by SmartSearch Apps
· Books & Reference
· Free
On Google Play since January 2025
· Data updated
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AppBrain's verdict
- Total installs
- 12 thousand
- Last updated
- October 1, 2026
Roberts Birds has 12 thousand installs. It doesn't have enough ratings yet to judge what users think.
Installs
Tracked by AppBrain- Last 30 days
- 930
- Per day
- 31
- 30-day average
- Play install range
- 10+ thousand
- Launched
- January 2025
Installs over time
Roberts Birds has been installed 12 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 31 installs per day.
Rankings
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Releases
Updates seen on Google Play- Version
- Roberts Birds 72.7
- Launched
- January 2025
User feedback
Ratings and reviews on Google PlayComments on Roberts Birds for Android
★★★★☆
maryna pienaar
· Mar 4, 2025
I have the previous version of Roberts, bought this version and am very happy with it. Works well. Image ID very good. Lots of clear pictures and info. Feedback from App developers when questions asked.
★★★★☆
Bill Brown
· Jul 11, 2026
This App works quite well however there are issues with the recording of sightings. In particular entering a record for a previous date does not allow the date to be confirmed and reverts to the current date
★★★★★
Nicholas Cook
· Dec 25, 2025
Best bird app I've tried. The comparison of similar species is very useful for me. Well worth the yearly price.
★★★★★
Shelley Birnie
· Dec 16, 2025
Once I accepted a learning curve and was willing to give up old search habits, this new app hits its mark in every respect. I love the zoomable pics and maps, the named calls and the ability to set search indices. The only thing I miss is the side-by-side similar bird presentation from the old Android app. I also love that the app will evolve with name changes, new data, etc., which for me totally justifies the subscription model (and at a ridiculously low price). I adore the photo ID add-on.
★☆☆☆☆
whitney fourie
· Jun 9, 2025
I already bought Robert's bird but would not reinstall my purchase... bought Sasol instead because it's not asking me to do a yearly subscription edit: Thank you for responding to my review. Unfortunately, I want an app that updates their bird data, which is why I don't want to go back to the previous roberts app. The simplest solution is to switch to something that offers updates and is not a yearly subscription. I understand why your app is the way it is, but it's just not for me.
★☆☆☆☆
David Morrey
· May 27, 2025
I kind of get it but extremely difficult to navigate around does not render for iPad pros. If you open the field guide and enter a bird to search for in the top bar it does not work. Not clear what this bar is for. Need to go to bird list and search for birds you have not seen. I have Sasol and Newman's and this is the most frustrating one to use. Preferred the old version. Not sure where all my old lists have gone. Tried to install from Google Drive, but you just go around in circles.
Technology
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- Price
- Free
- Libraries
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- App size
- 1.47 GB
- Content rating
- Everyone
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About the app and developer
About Roberts Birds
Roberts Birds is a books & reference app developed by SmartSearch Apps.
Install Statistics
Roberts Birds has been installed 12 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was installed 930 times.
User Ratings
The app has no ratings yet.
App Information
Roberts Birds is freely available from Google Play. The app size is 1.47 GB. The latest version available is Roberts Birds 72.7. The last update was on October 1, 2026.
Technical Requirements
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play since January 2025.
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Store listing
By SmartSearch Apps, from Google Play“Roberts Birds Of Southern Africa”
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Description by SmartSearch Apps Written by the developer, not by AppBrain. Click to read.
Roberts Birds is the most comprehensive bird app of South Africa.
It boasts an award winning identification tool and has a vast source of information:
- Over 9000 beautiful and diagnostic illustrations and images of all variants, e.g. immature, males, females, dark and light morphs
- Over 2100 comprehensive and clear bird calls
- Over 700 comparative plates
- The most comprehensive information on the 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.
After downloading the App you have to buy a mandatory Core Version yearly subscription for the app to function.
The Core version subscription doesn’t include the image recognition which is an additional yearly subscription you can buy.
https://www.smartsearchsightings.com/roberts.htm
Recent changes:
Updated user interface for lists
Corrected missing images
It boasts an award winning identification tool and has a vast source of information:
- Over 9000 beautiful and diagnostic illustrations and images of all variants, e.g. immature, males, females, dark and light morphs
- Over 2100 comprehensive and clear bird calls
- Over 700 comparative plates
- The most comprehensive information on the 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.
After downloading the App you have to buy a mandatory Core Version yearly subscription for the app to function.
The Core version subscription doesn’t include the image recognition which is an additional yearly subscription you can buy.
https://www.smartsearchsightings.com/roberts.htm
Recent changes:
Updated user interface for lists
Corrected missing images