HuntFishNY vs Planet Voice
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
Planet Voice
This softphone application connects to the Planet Networks platform, offering HD voice and video calls. It supports push notifications and allows for free calling between app users.
- SIP softphone functionality
- Push notifications
- HD voice and video support
- Free calling between users
- Planet Networks platform integration
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The Planet Voice's accompanying softphone app to the Planet Networks platform. A SIP softphone app that supports push notifications, HD voice and video, and more. • Free calling between app users
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Planet Voice at 100% against HuntFishNY's 13%. Planet Voice also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.1). HuntFishNY's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 20 months) and ratings volume (356 vs 7). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Planet Voice holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HuntFishNY has 356 ratings behind it against 7, 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 Planet Voice's.
HuntFishNY ships an update every 6 weeks, Planet Voice every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HuntFishNY | Planet Voice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (356 ratings) | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 356 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 174 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gordon-Darby, Inc. | Planet Networks, Inc. |
Customer experience
HuntFishNY
Planet Voice
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
Planet Voice
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HuntFishNY
No in-app purchases
Planet Voice
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is HuntFishNY free?
Is Planet Voice free?
Which has better reviews, HuntFishNY or Planet Voice?
Do HuntFishNY or Planet Voice have ads?
Which is updated more often, HuntFishNY or Planet Voice?
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