Birdy Premium
an extra, never a must
Everything you need to identify and save birds is free. Premium is for when you want to see your year in the field: the year ring, your field journal as a PDF, seven extra badges and the map of your finds.
Where we stand
Birdy is a small, independent app made by AlbIT AB in Solna, Sweden. The app has no ads, no tracking and no account, and your field journal stays on your phone.
When Birdy launched in June, Premium was open to everyone, and it still is in Birdy 1.3. In a later version, Premium will be bought in Google Play. Premium is what lets us keep building Birdy, and the next big step is the iPhone app.
June 2026
Birdy launches on Google Play.
Premium is open to everyone during the launch.
10 October 2026
Birdy 1.3.
A new look, language choice in the intro and a sound ID that listens longer. Premium stays free for everyone for now, and anyone who used Birdy before 1.3 keeps it free when it starts costing.
Later
Premium in Google Play.
For a year or for good.
Soon
Birdy for iPhone.
With Premium
screens straight from the app
Your whole year as a ring, month by month. See your best months, how your sightings spread over the seasons and which species are new this year.
Your whole journal on paper: the year in numbers, every species you have seen and the stamps you have earned. Save it, print it or send it on.
Extra stamps for birding all year round: Dawn chorus, Early pilgrim, Winter wanderer, Sunday birder and three more. They sit in the trophy room next to your other badges.
Your finds on a map of their own. Location is only saved if you turn it on, and then only on your phone.
Without Premium
Audio ID is free for everyone, always. The model that recognises bird song, BirdNET from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, may only be used non-commercially, so it never goes behind Premium.
Prices
1 yearrenews yearly
Cancel any time in Google Play, and Premium stays until the end of the year you paid for.
For goodpay once
Pay once and keep Premium for as long as you have Birdy. Nothing renews.
Prices are shown in Google Play, in your currency. Google Play also handles the payment, and refunds follow Google Play's policy.
Then Premium is already yours. If you used Birdy before version 1.3, you keep Premium for free, for as long as you have the app. A thank-you for being here while Birdy was new.
You don't need to do anything. When Premium starts costing money, update the app, and the thank-you screen greets you the next time you open it.
The app works this out on your phone and sends nothing anywhere. If Google's backup is on, the proof travels with it when you change phones. If you uninstall the app without a backup, or clear the app's data, the proof is gone.
Buy
Yes. You cancel the yearly subscription in Google Play under Payments and subscriptions. Premium stays until the end of the year you paid for.
Nothing. The field journal is free and your finds stay on your phone. Only the Premium parts close.
The purchase belongs to your Google account and comes with you to the new phone. If Premium doesn't turn on by itself, choose Restore purchases in Settings.
No. A purchase in Google Play is for the Android app, and since Birdy has no accounts it cannot move to the iPhone app when that comes.