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Your journal keeps the exact location.\n• Photos, videos and sounds you share no longer contain location data.\n• My Stickers: “Collected” now shows only the stickers you’ve earned by finding the bird.\n• Lifetime members: a cleaner Settings screen with only the options that apply to you.\n• Updated bird data and Sound ID example recordings.\n• Bug fixes and improvements.","rating_current_version":4.70228,"rating_count_current_version":16821,"star_counts":[385,170,458,2042,13760],"genres":["Education","Reference"],"languages":["CS","NL","EN","FR","DE","IT","NB","PL","PT","ZH","ES","SV"],"content_advisories":null,"device_families":["iphone","ipad"],"made_for_iphone_duo":null,"chart":null},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-10-22T06:54:12.659Z","catalog_read_at":"2026-10-18T20:14:11.554Z","reviews_checked_at":"2026-10-18T20:14:11.554Z","summary_written_at":"2026-10-15T12:54:00.537Z","placed_at":"2026-10-14T19:21:33.816Z","scored_at":"2026-10-23T04:20:12.557Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"Identifies birds from photos or recorded songs and calls, with a bird journal, quizzes, and a global species catalogue.","what_is":"Smart Bird ID is a bird identification app that identifies birds from a photo or from recorded bird songs and calls. 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