Comparison

Duck Tech vs The Call

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

Head to head
About

Duck Tech

Master duck calling with expert instruction and detailed breakdowns of seven essential duck sounds. Practice your calls using your device's microphone and access downloadable videos and hunting tips for success in the field.

Highlights
  • Expert instruction from a world champion
  • Breakdown of seven common duck sounds
  • Downloadable video lessons
  • Microphone recording for practice
  • Hunting tips by duck sound
  • Pro tips from experienced hunters
Features
Currently charting
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Learn how to call more ducks with three-time world champion duck caller, Barnie Calef, and Got Game Technologies’ tried and true instructional methodology. The Duck Tech mobile app breaks down seven of the most common duck sounds, teaching you how to make the sounds and helping you understand what they mean to a duck and when to use them. Increase your odds of success! Duck Tech helps you become a better duck caller and hunter through: Video content teaching you how to choose a duck call and how to make preliminary duck sounds with it Detailed breakdown of seven of the most common duck sounds, including: -Quack -Hail Call -Greeting Call -Bouncing Hen Call -Cajun Squeal -Comeback Call -Feed Call Audio content of world champion duck caller Barnie Calef making each sound. Incorporating your device’s microphone so you can record yourself calling and compare it to the pro. Video instruction demonstrating how to make each sound, with technical details that only an expert can teach you. They’re downloadable so you can take these videos with you wherever you go, regardless of data access or a cell signal. Hunting tips categorized by duck sound with tried and true pointers that will help you know what each sound means and when to use it in the field. Highly effective Pro Tips that provide insight gained only from years and years of calling and hunting ducks that will help you have the best chance to find and harvest more ducks. Links to resources where you can find the duck hunting products you need to be successful.

About

The Call

This app helps duck hunters identify species, practice calls, log hunts, and access expert tips. It provides offline identification guides, realistic call sounds, and a shareable hunting logbook to enhance the hunting experience.

Highlights
  • Offline duck identification guides
  • Practice duck calls
  • Hunting logbook with weather data
  • Expert hunting tips and articles
  • Curated hunting videos
  • Species identification flashcards
Features
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Duck ID, duck calls and a hunt log your whole crew can add to. Learn 40 ducks, geese and swans with flash cards that work offline, play real calls, and log every hunt with the weather pulled in for you. Free, no paywall. HUNT LOG FOR YOU AND YOUR BUDDIES • Log the hunt: where, when, and every bird by species, drakes and hens. We pull in detailed weather stats. • Hunt together: add your buddies and each hunter logs their own birds and photos on the same hunt. • Share it your way: keep it private, share it with buddies, or send a link anyone can open in a browser. • Your spots stay yours: hunts are private until you share them, and location is only shared if you say so. • Skunked? Log it anyway. Zero-bird days count too. LEARN TO ID DUCKS • 40 species pages with drake and hen photos, field marks, range maps, size and flyways. • Flash cards with a challenge mode, streaks, and a filter to study the ducks where you hunt. • Download the deck and study with no service. • Send your challenge score to a buddy and see if they can beat it. DUCK CALLS Real calls for the 11 most-harvested ducks: mallard, American black duck, green-winged teal, blue-winged teal, gadwall, wood duck, wigeon, pintail, northern shoveler, ring-necked duck and bufflehead. TIPS, VIDEOS AND GEAR Articles from experienced waterfowl hunters, hand-picked videos from top creators without the endless scrolling, and gear guides for calls, decoys and camo. WHAT HUNTERS SAY "The flashcards are my favorite for practice, but the log entries are the real game-changer." "There's no service near where I go so it's nice they thought through making the species available offline." SAFE TO SHARE Report or block anyone from a shared hunt. Photos are screened on upload, and we review every report within 24 hours. Community guidelines are in Settings. WHY HUNTERS KEEP IT ON THEIR PHONE - Works offline for the parts that matter - Free, no subscription, no ads - One hand, gloves on: fast and simple in the blind - Ducks and geese in one guide - Built by duck hunters and updated through the season Built by duck hunters, for duck hunters.

Screenshots

Duck Tech4 screens
The Call4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: The Call at Free against Duck Tech's $4.99. The Call also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 39 months). Duck Tech's advantage is chart position (#124 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0.0). On 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

The Call is free to download; Duck Tech costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Call holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 48 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Duck Tech's written reviews are positive against 88% of The Call's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Duck Tech ships an update every 39 months, The Call every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Duck Tech versus The Call: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDuck TechThe Call
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (14 ratings)4.7 (48 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1448 — better
Update frequencyEvery 39 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#124 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB125 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGOT GAME TECHNOLOGIES, LLCPomar Digital LLC

Customer experience

Duck Tech

All ratings14 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

The Call

All ratings47 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral2.1%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

Duck Tech

No in-app purchases

None

The Call

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Duck Tech free?
Duck Tech costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Call free?
The Call is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Duck Tech or The Call?
The Call is rated higher. Duck Tech averages 3.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while The Call averages 4.7 from 48 ratings.
Do Duck Tech or The Call have ads?
Neither Duck Tech nor The Call shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Duck Tech or The Call?
Duck Tech ships an update every 39 months, and The Call every 3 weeks. Most recently, Duck Tech was updated on October 29, 2026 and The Call on October 30, 2026.

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