Comparison

HuntFishNY vs Arrest Alert

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

Arrest Alert

Features
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NYS Arrest Alert mobile application is suitable for authorized users to receive mobile arrest notifications for persons of interest already subscribed to via eJusticeNY. Users are able to view recent notifications as well as the specific arrest details related to each notification.

Screenshots

HuntFishNY4 screens
Arrest Alert1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: HuntFishNY at every 6 weeks against Arrest Alert's every 19 months. HuntFishNY also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HuntFishNY ships an update every 6 weeks, Arrest Alert every 19 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HuntFishNY versus Arrest Alert: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHuntFishNYArrest Alert
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (356 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews12.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings356 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 19 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGordon-Darby, Inc.New York State Office of Information Technology Services

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

Arrest Alert

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HuntFishNY

No in-app purchases

None

Arrest Alert

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HuntFishNY free?
HuntFishNY is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arrest Alert free?
Arrest Alert is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HuntFishNY or Arrest Alert have ads?
Neither HuntFishNY nor Arrest Alert shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HuntFishNY or Arrest Alert?
HuntFishNY ships an update every 6 weeks, and Arrest Alert every 19 months. Most recently, HuntFishNY was updated on November 2, 2026 and Arrest Alert on November 2, 2026.

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