Comparison

HuntFishNY vs DEMA Connect

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

Head to head
About

HuntFishNY

Access your New York State hunting and fishing licenses, report game harvests, and find essential information for sportsmen and women. Includes detailed fishing regulations, stocking data, and access site details.

Highlights
  • Mobile access to sporting licenses and permits
  • Submit game harvest reports
  • View harvest report history
  • Access hunting and fishing regulations
  • Waterbody-specific fishing information
  • Fishing access site details
  • Sunrise/Sunset information
Features
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HuntFishNY is the official New York State Department of Environmental Conservation mobile app that provides our sportsmen/women a simple way to display their licenses and privileges and view important hunting and fishing related information. In addition to the many resources DEC's website offers for hunters, trappers and anglers across the state, our HuntFishNY mobile app offers instant mobile access to electronic versions of your sporting licenses, privileges and permits; the ease of reporting your game harvests immediately; and links to useful information like season date summaries, fishing information, a DEC Contact list, and much more.  It also includes a feature called the Tackle Box that provides anglers with one stop shopping for waterbody-specific information on fishing regulations, stocking, and fishing/boating access sites.  Tackle Box is part of DEC’s continued efforts to make fishing easier, more enjoyable and more accessible to all!  HuntFishNY features include: • Instant, mobile access to a customer's sporting license, privileges and permits • Quick and easy submission of Game Harvest Reports • Smart filtering for collecting town, county and WMU of harvest data, as well as season and method of take info • Ability to view current and past harvest reports • Links to current year Hunting & Trapping and Freshwater Fishing Regulations Guides • Sunrise/Sunset Information • Ability to search waterbodies by name or zooming/panning a NYS map • Waterbody-specific fishing regulations • Fish species and stocking information • Fishing access information, including boat launches and parking areas • Navigation feature for driving directions to fishing access sites

About

DEMA Connect

This application provides remote access to dispensers for intelligent and easy programming. It enables users to manage and configure their installed dispenser units efficiently.

Highlights
  • Remote dispenser access
  • Intelligent programming
  • Easy configuration
  • Dispenser management
Features
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DEMA Connect allows access to installed dispensers for intelligent and easy to use programming.

Screenshots

HuntFishNY4 screens
DEMA Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DEMA Connect at 100% against HuntFishNY's 13%. DEMA Connect also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.1). HuntFishNY's advantage is ratings volume (356 vs 4) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DEMA Connect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HuntFishNY has 356 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of HuntFishNY's written reviews are positive against 100% of DEMA Connect's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HuntFishNY ships an update every 6 weeks, DEMA Connect every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HuntFishNY versus DEMA Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHuntFishNYDEMA Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (356 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings356 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGordon-Darby, Inc.DEMA Engineering

Customer experience

HuntFishNY

All ratings342 ratings
Positive24.9%
Neutral4.7%
Negative70.5%
Written reviews124 reviews
Positive12.9%
Neutral4.0%
Negative83.1%

DEMA Connect

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

HuntFishNY

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Cannot select county for harvest reporting
  • Licenses not showing up in the app
  • Frequent crashes and freezes on login and other actions

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add ability to purchase licenses directly in the app
  • Integrate with mobile wallet for quick access to licenses
  • Improve offline functionality and map features

DEMA Connect

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HuntFishNY

No in-app purchases

None

DEMA Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HuntFishNY free?
HuntFishNY is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DEMA Connect free?
DEMA Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HuntFishNY or DEMA Connect?
DEMA Connect is rated higher. HuntFishNY averages 2.1 out of 5 from 356 ratings, while DEMA Connect averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do HuntFishNY or DEMA Connect have ads?
Neither HuntFishNY nor DEMA Connect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HuntFishNY or DEMA Connect?
HuntFishNY ships an update every 6 weeks, and DEMA Connect every 7 months. Most recently, HuntFishNY was updated on October 29, 2026 and DEMA Connect on November 2, 2026.

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