Comparison

Blacktail Hunter vs Catchzone

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Blacktail Hunter

This app provides over 35 years of hunting knowledge for offline use in the field. It offers lessons and streaming/downloadable content from experienced guides to help hunters succeed on public land.

Highlights
  • Offline access to hunting knowledge
  • Expert guidance from experienced guides
  • Lessons on hunting techniques
  • Stream or download content
  • Public land hunting strategies
Features
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SUBSCRIPTION CANCELLATIONS are with your iTunes account ! not the app developer or ANY app developer. Contact Apple or search 'how to cancel an app subscription'. This app has over 35 years of hunting knowledge loaded onto it to be used as reference IN THE FIELD with no internet connection required. The contributor has been a professional big game guide for over 20 years. All of his personal black tail success has been self guided on public land. Use this app as a valuable tool while you hunt. BLACKTAIL HUNTER SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS The Blacktail Hunter app is free to download. All users have access to one or more free lessons from most chapters. While subscribed, viewers can stream or download for later access all lessons for every chapter. The subscription is automatically renewed, but the auto-renew can be canceled at any time. Here are the available subscription packages: Monthly Pass (One Month Subscription) Season Pass (Three Months Subscription) Annual Pass (One Year Subscription) BLACKTAIL HUNTER SUBSCRIPTION PAYMENT DETAILS - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by you and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the your Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription to that publication, where applicable. - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period For information on our privacy policy please visit: http://www.howtohunt.com/privacy For information on our terms of use please visit: http://www.howtohunt.com/terms-of-service

About

Catchzone

This app acts as a fishing guide, providing detailed information on fish seasons, regulations, and water bodies. It offers advanced features like auto-location, weather forecasts, tides, and offline access for anglers.

Highlights
  • Interactive water body maps
  • Fish season and regulation lookup
  • Auto-locating catch codes
  • Personal best tracking
  • Social feed for sharing catches
  • Local weather and tide forecasts
  • Offline map access
Features
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Catch Zone is your very own fishing guide in the palm of your hand. It has mapping features for you to scroll and look at water body’s, you can then tap on the water body and see which fish is in season and out of season for that river, lake, stream, or pond. As well as the regulations for the individual fish in that waterbody. It has a search feature from the map screen for you to look up any regulated waterbody. Your catch code will populate and you can see all the information on the water body you want to fish or are currently fishing. Catch Zone comes complete with an auto locating feature that will tell you your catch code for any waterbody in Washington or Oregon. Track your personal best with our catch tags that save to your personal profile. We have a large social feed for you to share your greatest catch and stories with the world. At the bottom of every fish screen, we have made it easy to access emergency regulations with a clickable link. Subscriptions are required for complete functionality of our app. We offer two subscriptions a monthly subscription or a yearly subscription. Both of our subscriptions give full access to our app. We have added a new weather page to our app! On the weather page you will find your local forecast, a seven day forecast, as well as Tides, River levels, stocking reports , dam counts, ocean conditions, and moon phases. Our tide feature is great it auto locates your closest station and then you can also select different locations near you or even search for any station you want to know about. We have added tips and info for every waterbody on our app. These tips and info will tell you what fish are in that waterbody, the best time to fish for them, and in some cases tell you how to set up your rod, and tell you what works best . This feature is very helpful for a new angler . It tells you where bank access is as well as where boat access is. Tons of our users have been using this feature to explore new areas! We have implemented a new offline mode on our app!!! You can open the app when you don’t have service and when you go to the map screen you can still search any waterbody and get the info you need with no service! Catch Zone is a subscription based app which means a subscription is required for access to the app and its functionality. We offer two subscriptions currently: Our yearly subscription costs 69.99 which will be billed after your 7 day free trial. Our monthly subscription costs is 9.99 which will be billed monthly after your free trial ends. Please see our End user license agreement https://app.termly.io/document/eula/cd33fe37-763d-4d8e-92b1-f2599c27511a

Screenshots

Blacktail Hunter4 screens
Catchzone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Catchzone at 4.7 against Blacktail Hunter's 2.7. Catchzone also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 40%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). Blacktail Hunter's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Blacktail Hunter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Catchzone sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Catchzone holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blacktail Hunter has 27 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Blacktail Hunter's written reviews are positive against 80% of Catchzone's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blacktail Hunter ships an update every 4 months, Catchzone fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 11, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Blacktail Hunter versus Catchzone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlacktail HunterCatchzone
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (27 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB166 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHowtohunt Outdoors Ltd.Fish Washington LLC

Customer experience

Blacktail Hunter

All ratings27 ratings
Positive40.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative59.3%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral5.7%
Negative54.3%

Catchzone

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative15.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Blacktail Hunter

Subscriptions3
  • Blacktail Deer Pass$5.991 Month
  • Blacktail Deer Pass$10.993 Months
  • Blacktail Deer Pass$40.991 Year
6 purchases

Catchzone

Subscriptions6
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial2 variants$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Bathmetry7 Days trial$12.991 Month
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  • Yearly Subscription$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Bathmetry7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription2 variants$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Blacktail Hunter free?
Blacktail Hunter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Catchzone free?
Catchzone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Blacktail Hunter or Catchzone?
Catchzone is rated higher. Blacktail Hunter averages 2.7 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Catchzone averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Blacktail Hunter or Catchzone have ads?
Neither Blacktail Hunter nor Catchzone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blacktail Hunter or Catchzone?
Blacktail Hunter ships an update every 4 months, and Catchzone fortnightly. Most recently, Blacktail Hunter was updated on October 11, 2026 and Catchzone on October 11, 2026.

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