BirdNET Live1.2.1 - App Store

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/

Version History Improves recording reliability with the screen off and after microphone interruptions, prevents freezes when editing or exporting long recordings and viewing maps, and fixes iOS startup and playback issues, with smoother model loading and audio processing. 1.2.1 1d ago Adds screen-off listening in Live Mode, more Point Count duration and recording options, GPS altitude in exports, and clearer Help, with faster species search, crash recovery, and more reliable recording and exports. 1.2.0 6d ago Improves File Analysis and long-recording review, adds adaptive location filtering and shared-file imports, and makes audio analysis faster and more reliable across the app. 1.1.2 Aug 12 Improves the stability and compatibility of the exported results 1.0.3 Aug 3 This version improves stability, detection sampling, and GPS track accuracy. 1.0.0 Aug 1 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. 0.18.7 Jul 9 This version focuses on accessibility: a new high-contrast black-and-white theme in Settings, better screen reader support with spoken slider values and control labels, and darker muted text in the light theme for easier reading. 0.18.3 Jul 2 BirdNET Live now supports more export formats and can detect almost 10,000 species with the refreshed BirdNET+ model set. 0.18.1 Jun 29 This version includes various bug fixes and improves session data export and ARU setup. 0.17.15 Jun 24 New ARU Mode: turn your phone into an unattended recorder that wakes on a schedule (e.g. sunrise and sunset), records in cycles, and keeps the best detections — great for long fixed-site monitoring 0.17.9 Jun 23 0.16.11 Jun 10