HuntFishNY vs Vulcan Line Tools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Vulcan Line Tools
This utility app helps power line crews accurately measure line sag, tension, and temperature. It ensures power lines meet specifications, preventing overstress on poles and saving time and money for utilities.
- Measure line sag
- Determine line tension
- Calculate line temperature
- Ensure proper line specifications
- Prevent pole overstress
- Save time and money
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Currently, a majority of constructed power lines are built without knowing if they meet the proper specifications. The Vulcan Line Tools app helps power line crews quickly determine the sag, tension, and temperature in a line. This ensures the line is properly sagged and will not overstress the power pole, saving line crews time and utilities money.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Vulcan Line Tools at 100% against HuntFishNY's 13%. Vulcan Line Tools also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.1). HuntFishNY's advantage is ratings volume (356 vs 11) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Vulcan Line Tools 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 11, 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 Vulcan Line Tools's.
HuntFishNY ships an update every 6 weeks, Vulcan Line Tools every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HuntFishNY | Vulcan Line Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (356 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 356 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 174 MB | 159 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gordon-Darby, Inc. | Zachary Young |
Customer experience
HuntFishNY
Vulcan Line Tools
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
Vulcan Line Tools
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HuntFishNY
No in-app purchases
Vulcan Line Tools
No in-app purchases
Questions
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