# DownWind — Hunt the wind, track the deer

> Hunt the wind, track the deer (iPhone/iPad app by DownWind.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/downwind/id6788434283 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [DownWind](https://appshunter.io/developer/6788434285)
- Category: Sports, Weather
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 83 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-02
- Data updated: 2026-10-04
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/downwind/id6788434283/reviews.md

## What is DownWind?

DownWind is a hunter's map, forecast, and recovery tool — built to help you plan a smart approach, pick the right day and time, and find a wounded animal.

THE MAP & SCENT CONE
Lay your hunt out on a satellite and topo map: save stands, blinds, and trail-camera spots, and draw deer trails and your own land boundaries. The scent cone overlay shows where your scent is drifting for any hour's wind — so you can pick a stand and an approach the wind keeps in your favor instead of blowing your spot. "Best stands for this wind" ranks your setups for the conditions, and a time slider scrubs the wind hour by hour so you can plan exactly when to slip in.

DEER MOVEMENT FORECAST
A 7-day forecast tuned for hunters: every day gets a deer-movement rating and the best windows to be out, with the hourly detail behind it. It weighs what actually moves deer — cool-to-cold temperatures, rain that shuts movement down, and a rut overlay that lifts midday activity during the chase — and stays honest about the weak signals instead of overselling them. Wind, temperature, precipitation, and sunrise/sunset are all there for planning the sit.

RECOVERY
Marginal hit? Log the blood and sign you find — color, consistency, hair, bone, spray pattern — and DownWind reads the likely hit zone, estimates how lethal the shot was, and recommends how long to wait before you take up the trail, with a countdown. Drop shot and last-blood markers and it builds a recovery map: color-coded probability zones and a directional search fan drawn from the hit, animal behavior, and terrain. Add blood, hair, bone, track, and bed waypoints as you go and the predicted line tightens around the real trail. Turn on GPS tracking to record your search path — even in the background, with the screen off — and invite your party by email so everyone's tracks and positions merge into one shared coverage map. No more searching the same ground twice.

YOUR DATA
Your hunts, recoveries, tracks, and saved places stay private to your account. Delete any record — or your whole account — at any time. Location is used only with your permission, and background recording shows the standard system indicator while it's active.

AN AID, NOT A GUARANTEE
DownWind's ratings, maps, and wait times are estimates meant to support your own judgment and experience — not facts, not a guarantee of recovery, and not a safety, navigation, or emergency device. Always hunt legally and ethically: follow your local regulations, seasons, and legal hours, and verify land boundaries before you cross them.

For licensed hunters.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| DownWind Pro | $9.99 | per year |
| DownWind Pro | $2.99 | per month |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.11 — 2026-09-26

Elevation contours on the hunt map
Contour lines now draw over the satellite view, with the
elevation marked on the line so you can read a ridge or a
draw at a glance. Pick Low, Medium or High detail in map
settings, in feet or metres. Contours stay on screen while
you pan, and new ground fills in behind you instead of
blanking the map.

See the terrain from further out
Contours now draw out to a 20 km view, so you can read a
whole property or a new piece of bush before you zoom in.

Saddles and benches hold still
Landform markers used to come and go as you panned or
zoomed. They are now tied to the ground, so a saddle you
spotted is in the same place when you come back to it.

Measure a distance
Tap the ruler on the map and drop points to measure a
stalk, a shooting lane or the gap between two stands.

A tidier map
Hunt Planner is now Hunt Mapping. The stand, camera, trail
and sign buttons moved behind the plus button next to the
ruler, so the map is clear until you need them.

Faster, and steadier
The map screen stops working when you leave it, the
terrain scan no longer freezes the screen, and the layers
redraw a lot less. We also fixed a crash some people hit
when opening the map.

### 1.0.10 — 2026-09-25

Lead Calculator.
Topo contours on maps.

### 1.0.6 — 2026-09-12

Game trail tracking

### 1.0.3 — 2026-09-05

Bug fixes

### 1.0.1 — 2026-09-02

No release notes.

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