Guidefitter vs NA Whitetail Specials
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Guidefitter
Connect with a global community of hunting and fishing enthusiasts. Discover and shop for outdoor gear with expert reviews, share your adventures, and showcase your successes on the Braggin' Wall.
- Connect with outdoor enthusiasts
- Shop for hunting and fishing gear
- Read expert gear reviews
- Share hunting and fishing photos
- Community feed for questions and stories
- Offline post creation
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"We live for this" and so do you! The Guidefitter app brings the world's largest hunting and fishing community right to your pocket. Use the app to connect with other outdoor enthusiasts and professionals from anywhere you are, whether it’s in the wilderness hunting, on the river fishing, or anywhere in between. Shop for your favorite gear with the help of expert reviews from verified guides, outfitters, outdoor professionals, and more. Use the Guidefitter app to brag about your best hunting & fishing photos with the Guidefitter community. Shop Gear up for your next adventure in the Guidefitter shop and get yourself prepared for everything you’ll encounter out there. Shop from over 300 of the top brands in hunting, fishing, camping, and hiking gear, all from the convenience of your mobile phone wherever you are. Browse reviews from our community of pros to make sure you have expert opinions to help you find the gear you need and get outside. Search Quickly find the gear you’re looking for from the new search menu. Find gear from the brands you love, search for your hunting buddies and professionals, find your favorite topics in the community feed, and hunt for answers to questions that have been posted to the community. Community Feed Share stories of your adventures with a community of members that are just as excited as you are about getting outside and exploring the outdoors. Ask the community questions about the right gear to choose, the best places to hunt your favorite animals, and the best strategies for coming home with the prize you’re looking for. Follow your favorite members and stay up-to-date on everything going on in the community at Guidefitter.com Braggin’ Wall Check out the Brag Wall to see the best photos people have of their hunting and fishing successes. Boast your success out there and show people what you’re made of. You can even make posts offline when you’re away from an internet connection and upload them after the fact. Vote for your favorite posts and see how you stand up against the rest of the community.
NA Whitetail Specials
This app provides in-depth coverage of white-tailed deer hunting, featuring expert insights and stories from successful hunters. It offers a collection of specialized magazines dedicated to big game animals and the hunting experience.
- White-tailed deer hunting expertise
- Stories from successful hunters
- Specialized big game magazines
- Industry partner spotlights
- Enhanced field success tips
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Solely dedicated for over four decades to covering North America’s premiere big game animal – the white-tailed deer – North American Whitetail is the established journal of record for those in pursuit of world-class whitetails. As the leading deer-hunting authority, the NAW Team now extends its expertise to a series of large-format magazines including Breaking News Bucks, which compiles a year’s worth of stories from the most successful big-buck hunters; North American Elk, which beautifully celebrates the entirety of the hunting experience for what’s widely considered the preeminent western big game species; and a growing variety of custom publications spotlighting industry partners and making readers more successful in the field.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Guidefitter at none against NA Whitetail Specials's 10. Guidefitter also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months). NA Whitetail Specials's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 92%). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. NA Whitetail Specials sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Guidefitter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Guidefitter holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guidefitter has 5K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 92% of Guidefitter's written reviews are positive against 100% of NA Whitetail Specials's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Guidefitter ships an update monthly, NA Whitetail Specials every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Guidefitter | NA Whitetail Specials |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (5K ratings) — better | 4.4 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Guidefitter | KSE Sportsman Media, Inc |
Customer experience
Guidefitter
NA Whitetail Specials
Bugs and requests
Guidefitter
Reported bugs
1 issue- Issues with app functionality (e.g. uploading photos)
Requested features
3 requests- Easier access to order history
- More search and filtering options
- Expand product selection across more brands
NA Whitetail Specials
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Guidefitter
No in-app purchases
NA Whitetail Specials
- Elk Hunting (rel 1)$7.99
- Elk Hunting 2020$7.99
- North American Elk 2021 #1$7.99
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- North American Elk 2021 #2$7.99
- North American Elk 2022 #1$9.99
- North American Elk 2022 #2$9.99
- North American Elk 2023 #2$9.99
- North American Elk 2023 #1$9.99
- North American Elk 2024 #2$9.99
- NA Elk 2025 #2$9.99
Questions
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