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The Bird Buddy Experience: Free vs. Individual Premium vs. Family Premium

Bird Buddy is designed to be fully functional without requiring a subscription. All the core features, such as receiving automatic photos and videos and accessing the live stream, are available for all feeder owners. The premium subscriptions, however, offer some extra perks to enhance your experience.

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What’s Included with the Free Bird Buddy App Account?

Even without a subscription, Bird Buddy offers fantastic features that allow you to enjoy your feeder. Here’s what you get for free:

What Does Individual Premium Add?

The Individual Premium plan takes the Bird Buddy experience to the next level, offering:

  • High resolution: Capture every feather with 2K Ultra resolution. 
  • Unlock all remote feeders: Discover fascinating birds from around the globe with access to our remote feeders stretching from Brazil to India.
  • Name That Bird: Noticed a bird returning again and again? Give it a unique name, track its visits, and create a special bond
  • Bird Care: Receive alerts about sick birds at your feeder and get tips to prevent the spread of disease.
  • Membership discounts: Get 20% off all new Bird Buddy products and add-ons. 
  • Bird Buddy Experiments: Be the first to test new features in our Beta Labs and help evolve Bird Buddy. This includes the AI+ chat which offers additional insights into your bird visitors.

    Learn more about the Individual Premium plan here.

What Makes Family Premium Special?

The Family Premium plan is designed to share the wonder of Bird Buddy with your loved ones:

  • All Individual Premium Features: Includes all the perks of the Individual Premium plan.
  • Family Interactions on postcards
  • Guest Access to Live Streams: Family members and guests can enjoy live streams from your feeder, creating a more interactive experience.
  • Extend Premium Benefits to All Guests: Every guest gets access to individual premium features

    Learn more about the Family Premium plan here.

The table below provides an overview of the features included in the free and premium plans to help you explore how a subscription can elevate your Bird Buddy experience.

Your Benefits Free Individual Family
Receiving automatic photos and videos and accessing live stream
Number of guest members who can access the photos and videos 10 10 10
Basic AI recognition
Download and share media
Camera sensitivity settings (frenzy mode)
Ignored species list
Pet alert
Access to Bird Buddy TV

HD and 2K videos

Guest access to live stream
Nature Chat with AI+ 1 prompt/day Unlimited Unlimited
Family interactions
All guests receiving Individual premium perks
Name That Bird
Bird Care
Membership discounts
2K Ultra resolution
Unlock all remote feeders
AI+ recognition

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