Welcome to BirdCheck Support.
BirdCheck helps you maintain your Life List, record bird sightings, track outings, and explore your personal birding history on iPhone and Apple Watch.
For questions, technical problems, bug reports, or suggestions, please email:
rbrownapps@gmail.com
When reporting a problem, please include your device model, iOS or watchOS version, BirdCheck version, and a description of the issue.
Screenshots can be helpful. Please avoid sending passwords, sensitive location history, or complete personal backups unless specifically necessary.
An Outing records birds observed during a birding session or walk. Depending on permissions and device availability, BirdCheck can also track distance, steps, and route information.
A Sighting allows you to quickly record birds without starting a full outing.
No. BirdCheck can be used independently on an iPhone. The Apple Watch provides additional convenience for recording birds during outings.
Location access allows BirdCheck to record outing routes, associate sightings with places, and display observations on maps.
Location access is optional, and the iPhone and Apple Watch may request permissions separately.
BirdCheck uses the paired iPhone for important speech-processing and record-saving operations.
For the best experience, keep your paired iPhone nearby and connected when using voice features on Apple Watch.
Speech recognition and language interpretation can take several seconds. Processing time may vary depending on device conditions and whether Apple speech or language-model resources need initialization.
BirdCheck stores personal records on your device and can use Apple’s iCloud services to synchronize information when available and enabled.
Yes. BirdCheck includes backup and restore features for personal birding information.
Keep backup files secure because they may contain personal records, locations, and photos.
First, confirm that you are using the correct Apple Account and that iCloud is available.
Allow time for synchronization.
Do not delete BirdCheck or create a replacement Life List as a troubleshooting step. Contact support before taking actions that might affect your saved records.
Yes. Location, microphone, speech recognition, motion, photo, and Apple Health permissions can be managed using the appropriate settings on your Apple devices.
Please review our Privacy Policy for additional information about how BirdCheck handles personal data.
Email: rbrownapps@gmail.com
We welcome feedback and suggestions for improving BirdCheck.