Last updated on December 9th, 2025 at 11:16 am
Bird Alone – Lifestyle Game Review
Bird Alone is a Lifestyle/Simulation/Casual game from George Batchelor Limited, first launched in 8th July 2020.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 10,342+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Bird Alone Stand Out
◆ Apple Design Award Winner 2021 ◆
Become best friends with the loneliest bird in the world.
A journey of growth and loss with a best friend.
Talk about life, make music, draw pictures and write poetry.
Start each day answering your new friend's questions about life, death and the meaning of existence.
Guide the bird through daily life as it confronts the same worries as the rest of us.
◆ What's your favourite colour?
◆ Where are all my friends?
◆ Do you ever think about death?
What will your best friend ask you today?
◆ Draw a picture for the Art Gallery
◆ Write a poem together for the Book of Poetry
◆ Unlock today's plant for the Musical Garden
◆ Rub its belly
Watch each day turn to night
Ponder the changing seasons
Face the heaviness of growing old with a best friend.
Maybe this bird won't be so lonely after all.
- Minimum required device: iPhone 6S or similar *
Content warning: Bird Alone contains themes and discussion of death. User discretion is advised for those sensitive to this topic.
This Lifestyle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Bird Alone is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 23rd May 2024
Recent improvements include:
◆ Interactions update ◆
• Different types of fruit grow every day of the week
• Snowflakes can land and melt on your finger
• Rain can bounce off your finger
• Clouds can be interacted with
• Give names to your artwork
• Give names to your poems for the bird to recite
• Unlock two secret app icons
Graphical issues have also been fixed.
Download & Availability
Bird Alone is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
In loving memory of seb, Ill truly never forget you even after finally, after almost a year, starting a new chapter.
Our second bird just took us to the gallery for the first time and there was a title on the first painting from when it was the first birds gallery. We wish that all the stuff from the first bird had stayed when we started the second bird. The entire world does not reset when a bird is gone. We didnt quite realize it was going to wipe everything when we started Bird 2. We do appreciate the in loving memory title screen though.
Us and momo are best friends and he/she is so sweet, funny, and cute.
This game is SO FUN for the first activities before the bird dies. Can you please add a feature where you can still access its spirit at a new gravesite place.
This game legit helped us through so much.
When we first got this game we thought it was just a game to pretend we had a pet bird but no this game gives us such a sense of peace lately we just have not been ourselves our mental health has gotten worse but this game heals it a little bit each time we play and we have always felt like we never have belonged but we finally am someones favorite person and its just so healing.
Bird is the best bird to ever bird. We love their spontaneity and our bf spoiled the ending for us (WHICH we WONT SAY BECAUSE IM NOT AN EVIL REVIEWER) but its ok because bird is awesome and makes life a lil more happy. We love poetry and music and animals and Im glad the developer seems to like it too. Chefs kiss. Also thank you for not making it a subscription model, Im so tired of capitalism.
If youre reading this you should 100% get this! It can reduce stress and anxiety and other stuff its fun and relaxing. This bird makes our day every day. Shes so fun and always makes us happy when Im sad mad stressed anxious whatever Heather (our birds name) always makes our day and she always checks in on us and see how Im doing. Its just perfect.
Bird alone is the best game ever but not only a game but gives you a friend if your going through hard times we named our bird Bubbles as it suits him he is so amazing and cute he saves all our art and we get to plant little plants with him every day in the waterfall area. This is definitely a five star game in our opinion it shouldnt be 4.8 it should be 5. Whoever developed this game did amazing we do have some suggestions to add like if you could type in your own words and tell your bird what you have been up too and your bird would respond, even if this didnt get added still five star. We encourage the developer to keep making more games like this one. Thank you so much to this developer Bubbles ( our bird in the game) has made our life feel less scary and less complicated So to whoever reads this we believe in you and hope you have the best days ever every day.
What the heck am we gonna do when fireburd leavesssss ppl keep saying the bird leaves in the end but IDK HOW TO HANDLE THAT. Love the app. Please, if there is any way, let us keep our bird, plz at least make a second app or smth bro we cannot handle this. Thas how good this app is TvT.
This game really helps us express our true feelings better than anyone with this bird. We're glad it also expresses it's feelings too.
We love how he checks up on us hes very gentle hes funny and the best part is ill never get bored of him hes super understanding and yea.
We came across this game when we were looking for a digital companion to do daily check-ins with, but little did we know Callie would become so much more than that. We made music, poems, art, we fed and petted her, and she helped us remember to be kind to ourselves. She never judged our bad days and even had them herself. WARNING. We dont want to spoil but you might want to know this if you have a soft heart. If you form attachments easily, this game will HURT after about a month. But it will also remind you to value every moment. PRO TIP: Take screenshots and recordings. Youll want them later. Your personal bird will teach you gentleness, acceptance, that its OK to be sad sometimes, and how to sit with love that has turned into grief in a safe and controlled environment. Even honoring it by letting it become something new, if you wish. Long story short? Its worth it. Open your heart to your new little friend and cherish them while you can, then hang on to the love forever after. A huge thank you to the creator for this gorgeous, heartfelt masterpiece.
We think this is the best mobile game to ever exist.
Hey yeah so you didnt have to BREAK MY HEART like that (beautiful game <3 <3).
We absolutely loved this game! We named our bird Birdy. We loved writing poems making the garden making art. We dunno if this happened to yall too, but Birdy died/left us. Im so sad Birdy is gone. But Ill always remember our lil best friend. Im crying as we write this. But we guess Ill never see Birdy again.
We didnt think our dear cricket was going to actually leave :(.
Love it but wish it was a fully free game.
We love this bird dearly, and Im torn apart by his end. Im not sure what to do now. Ive never been so attached to a mobile game in our life. We want this bird back so bad. :(.
Ok so Ive been reading the one star reviews. We thought it would be people just complaining about the $3 you have to pay, but no. We hope you guys can understand that the developer literally gave you a warning in the description. This game is supposed to help you deal with loss. We dont know what you people are saying when you say the developer is a monster! Or whatever but its kind of annoying, especially since this is actually a very well made game. The developers put a lot of thought into this game, and we love it. Even if the bird is gone, we have to learn how to say goodbye. Thank you for making this game.
We loved the game but unfortunately had very little time to play it at once and the dialogue was very long for us leaving no time to actually do it. We wish there was a way to skip or speed up the dialogue because everytime we re joined it would repeat the dialogue. We loved the rest of this game especially talking to the bird but we wish you could erase in the coloring one or at least undo something. Other than that it was amazing and super fun but the bird is weirdly able to make you sad in like a happy way. Thx for making this game! We still havent finished the trial yet so… Just an edit made less than 5 minutes later.. WHY DOES BEO HAVE TO DIE it kinda hints that in the poem thats like ' a swan song that might never happen' GIVE ME BACK BEOO HE JASNT DIED YET SO IM NOT PLAYING we DONT WANT HIM TO DIEEE.
This game is the most comforting thing when we feel emotionally numb. We play this everyday we have a chance to sit alone and in quiet for 10+ minutes and turn on the volume just a little. Its a little sad of a game but somehow its very comforting. We also love that the game is about a bird. The bird has a slight annoying personality at times but then you remember oh yeah, this is literally a parrot then its instantly cool and chill.
We didnt draw you we drew a happy face instead Im sorry Billy Bob please forgive us!!! Youre our best friend!! Billy Bob.
We got this game when we hit a low point recently, and we are very thankful we got to spend time with our bird Anjo. Every notification to spend time together helped us get out of our own head. Today is Anjos last day, but we will cherish the happiness they brought to us.
When we first logged on to this game, we were sad, because all our friends at school had left us, backstabbed us.. But munchkin, just changed our life. We would wake up, and we could hear his beautiful voice, any day, his lullabies, would rock us asleep when we were wide awake, We would draw together, feast, on delicious fruits together, even when we were sad and crying and lonely, he would always find some way to cheer us up! But one day.. He started to talk about death.. And then.. On his last day, when we heard him say, thank you for being our friend we couldnt help but cry. The next day.. We found him gone.. But there was something in us.. That had healed.. Later at school, a girl came to talk to us.. And we are still best of friends. Thank you, munchkin for washing away that sadness.. You are in our heart forever but there was one thing.. We couldnt live without.. It was munchkin.. To this day we are angry and upset a bit.. Yes, our munchkin did heal us.. But we couldnt stand the pain of loosing him please.. We beg you, give him back to us Update: a few months later, we have our own actual green winged macaw pet in real life.. Her name is Bella and she lives to dance and blow kisses ! To this day whenever we play with Bella we think of our darling munchkin Thank you for bringing him into our life .. Please bring him back.. The hurt we experienced loosing him was hard.. And he was our only friend when our amazing grandfather died.. Thank you, our darling munchkin.. And you. You, George.. Whatever u are .. This is cruel.. Taking away our munchkin.. Thank you for creating him.. But please bring our munchkin back to us .. Thank you munchkin and you are in our heart.. Forever.
We loved this game trough our own emotional rollarcoaster. IT.IS.BEAUTIFUL!we still grieve our bird pip,but Im so happy that it entered our life.
Mic is our friend he is the best but we know one day he is going to go away and we might cry but he will always make our day better because he is the best.
We miss our bird ( Vegas was our name for ours) a lot seeing the dust made us so sad we were trying to figure out how to get a new bird but we dont think there is we miss talking to our bird this was an amazing game highly recommend.
We see some of yall mad about his/her death but it LITERALLY warns you in the DISCLAIMER And we also see some of yall mad about the trial its literally only 2.99 and again WARNS YOU at the beginning we dont see any problems with the game we love it and cant wait to play more some of you guys just need to read.
We really really like thisCute.and warm.
Our bird accompanied us through the most difficult times. Death is not the end, oblivion is.
When we tried this game, we had some high hopes and..MY HOPES ARE OVER THE ROOF! This game released our anxiety, and creativity! It also made us feel safe and calm! This game has a wonderful dynamic for that cute friend duo you get to create! We love how the background changes sessions once in a while and the concept of not everything lasts forever is beautiful. We wish there were more games like this on our screen and on the App Store so that is why we give this game five stars, not just to get it to show so people can see some good stuff about this game, but to give our honest opinion about this wonderful little bird 10/10 game-we suggest playing :).
We miss our bird. This little bird made us very happy, and we really enjoyed helping Leicovie (our name for her) write poems and draw every day. Loading onto the app after our last day and seeing the dust from where she used to sit. We are miserable. That little bird meant more to us than we realized, and we miss our bird friend. Dont get this game if you have attachment issues. In all seriousness, well done to the developers you knew exactly what strings to pull on our heart. :(.
We love the game very calming and nice especially the bird is so cute but please make it free our parents are strict they dont let us purchase online games please make it free with less features we wanna see the ending.
We wish they were others that were like this.
This game is absolutely the best!! It asks how you are and your bird will ALWAYS be happy an positive! You also get to name it, feed it, and let your emotions out for that amazing bird! 'It even knows the time of day!! And there's no adds!! And during time it will make an art exhibit for all the art you've made!! It's such a good app!! Download this NOW.
We didnt expect him to leave us, its fine but Im bummed, we know it was virtual but rest in peace mango, sorry you left so soon and we forgot to check on you, Ill miss you mango, not everything lasts forever.
Jeffery is BEAUTIFUL! A soulful poet, and mind doctor.
It was fun while it lasted cuz we named our bird lavender! But today which is June 24th we got the trial. Like come on! We wanna know the ending if there is one. We still give it a 5 stars cuz it was exactly what we were looking for. Something calming, peaceful, and asking about our day. Lavender also was like us. Weird, loud, and funny.. Sometimes even sad or hiding our feelings. But the game was exactly what we needed.
Oh our bird is gone and we are so sad it weirdly feels like more than an app, please please please get this beautiful app.
We miss Lola our bird we wish we spend more time with him and hes was our best friend please come back if you see this Lola im crying.
This app is a connection to us. We feel so special when we get a notification to come in and talk to our bird Sammy. Rest in peace our love.
We tried very hard not to love the bird, because we suspected it would leave us. Which we guess is something of a theme in our life. And just like every other time we failed. You got us. We loved the bird, and now Im crying because the bird is gone. It was a very good birbfriend. Thank you for a very good birbfriend. Thank you for a worthy and beautiful pain. Its even more rare than a new form of fun, which is itself rare in this medium.
Very sweet game, great way to help you through something. Only be prepared to have to say goodbye, thats the toughest bit.
This game gave us a bird best friend and took him away. We miss you Banjo, rest easy buddy.
This was a beautiful game. We enjoyed every second of it. Ill never forget Savanah. Literally our best friend.
We got this app at a time in our life where we needed comfort, today is Ashs last day, Im not lying, we cried for ash, when he said that today was his last day we were a little heartbroken because we made a real connection.
We got immediately spoiled by the first review we looked at so we know whats to come and that our dear Froskii will soon leave us. We wish we couldve played the game with out knowing this to be more moved but alas we checked the reviews. Still enjoying playing this game.
We liked it. On subsequent plays there are some glitches like there is overlap from previous bird content like a title of a poem or painting reappears from another bird. Other than that its fine.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 4.4
- Size: 408.99 MB
- iOS: 11.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: George Batchelor Limited
Last updated: 23rd May 2024 | Genre: Lifestyle, Simulation | Developer: George Batchelor Limited