
Kavik
Your hunting companion
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What's New in Kavik
1.1.1
September 25, 2026
DEMO ACCOUNT A demo account with full premium (Backcountry) access is provided in the credentials fields above — no purchase is needed to review any feature. There is no device limit: sign in on as many devices as you need. If you use two iPhones, the most recent sign-in holds the premium entitlement — just sign in again on the device you are testing. The app also supports guest access: tap "Get Started" on the welcome screen to explore the map without an account (Guideline 5.1.1(v)). APPLE WATCH APP The watch app is a companion to the iPhone app — the phone is the source of truth. To review it: 1. Install and sign in on the iPhone with the demo account first. 2. Open Kavik on the paired Apple Watch. It displays compass heading, altitude, legal shooting hours, and weather, and can start/stop track recording and drop waypoints — all mirrored from the phone session. The watch app intentionally shows a limited state if the phone app has never been signed in, since all data and entitlements come from the phone. WHAT CHANGED IN 1.1.1 A battery-life and reliability update. The marketing version moves from 1.1.0 to 1.1.1. - New setting, Profile → GPS Precision: choose High or Medium power for the GPS receiver while a track is recording. Medium records at about 10 m accuracy and uses less battery. It has no effect outside a recording. - Lower battery use: an idle map no longer redraws continuously, and when Kavik is in the background with no recording running it no longer keeps the GPS receiver on. - Map: a new scale and altitude readout. The Mapbox logo and attribution (ⓘ) button are always visible, and the recording accuracy toggle now sits on its own row so it never covers them. - Hunting unit (WMU) boundaries download automatically over Wi-Fi and display fully offline. - Stopping a recording on the phone asks whether to Save or Discard the track. - Waypoints dropped at your current location land exactly on the blue location dot. - Garmin companion: the compass now reads the watch's own magnetometer. No new permissions or in-app purchase products were added in this version. BACKGROUND LOCATION Background location is used solely to record the user's hiking/hunting route ("tracks") after the user explicitly starts a recording, so recording continues with the screen off in the backcountry. It stops when the user ends the track. No location is collected outside an active recording, and in this version the app also stops powering the GPS receiver whenever it is in the background without a recording. SUBSCRIPTIONS Premium tiers are under Profile → Subscriptions. Each offer displays its title, duration and price, with working Terms of Use and Privacy Policy links directly beneath it (Guideline 3.1.2). Terms of Use: https://kavik.app/terms.html — Privacy Policy: https://kavik.app/privacy.html. The demo account already has premium entitlements, so all gated features (map layers, regulations answers, watch controls) are reviewable without purchasing. CONTENT NOTE Kavik provides Alberta hunting regulation information as a planning aid and navigation/mapping tools. It does not sell or facilitate the sale of weapons. Garmin Usage & Integration: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Nuygz7l_HpM
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