Comparison

Hunter NODE vs Drift. Fishing Analytics

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

Head to head
About

Hunter NODE

Control your landscape irrigation system remotely via Bluetooth. This app allows for easy programming, scheduling, and monitoring of watering cycles without needing to access the valve box. Manage multiple controllers, set custom schedules, and receive important status updates directly on your smartphone.

Highlights
  • Remote controller management
  • Custom watering schedules
  • Manual irrigation control
  • Sensor activation
  • Controller status monitoring
  • Offline schedule editing
  • Controller event logs
Features
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NODE-BT is a Bluetooth®-enabled, app-configured irrigation controller from Hunter Industries that lets you automatically irrigate any plant material lacking AC power and not having to open the valve box! NODE-BT is quick to install, and swift to program and operate. The app provides convenient features originally on NODE, now with new enhancements all accessed from a smartphone. This means no more crossing traffic to get to roadway medians, searching for controllers in overgrown bushes, and opening dirty and potentially dangerous valve boxes. This app allows you to: • Remotely manage unlimited NODE-BT controllers up to 50' (15 m) away • Manually start, stop, or suspend irrigation for up to 99 days • Configure watering schedules with 3 programs and 8 start times each • Activate rain or soil moisture sensors, and set monthly seasonal adjust • See controller status, total watering and next start times, watering calendar, and irrigation logs • View battery health and signal status • Set battery change reminders every 3, 6, 9, or 12 months • Pin controllers on a map for faster locating • Copy and paste schedules from controller to controller for faster setup • View and edit irrigation schedules offline • View controller event logs and share with other members • Assign images and rename stations and controllers • Add a passcode to each controller for additional security The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG Inc. and any use of such marks by Hunter Industries is under license.

About

Drift. Fishing Analytics

This app helps anglers track their fishing sessions in real-time, automatically logging environmental data and allowing manual input for catches and strikes. It provides detailed post-session analytics and a comprehensive fishing history.

Highlights
  • Real-time on-water clicker
  • Automatic location and weather data capture
  • Detailed session reports
  • Customizable share cards
  • Comprehensive fishing history
  • Tackle box inventory
  • Catch photo album
Features
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Drift. Fishing Analytics is a real-time fishing session tracker built for anglers who want to fish smarter without slowing down on the water. Tap once to start a session. Your location, weather, barometric pressure, sunrise, sunset, and moon phase are captured automatically. From there, every landed fish, missed strike, and lost fly is one tap away. When the trip is over, Drift. Fishing Analytics breaks it all down: win rate, fish per hour, species breakdown, and more. REAL-TIME ON-WATER CLICKER Start a session and log your catch as it happens. The clicker tracks landed, missed, and lost counts with instant haptic feedback. Swipe to undo a miscount. Log species, tackle used, and snap a photo for each catch, or skip the details and just tap. TAILGATE REPORT Every session ends with a full breakdown: win rate, catch data, species tally, gear log, field notes, and a photo album. Edit anything after the fact. Toggle location protection to keep your best spots classified. SHARE CARDS Share your session your way. Choose from a Win Rate card, a Fish Caught card, or a Skunked card for the days the fish win. Add a session photo as the card background. Shuffle through field journal dispatches on the Skunked card for the right dry humor. FIELD LOG & ANALYTICS Your complete fishing history in one place. Filter by date, location, tackle, session type, or moon phase. Track cumulative win rate over time, species breakdown, tackle performance, and win rate by moon phase. Search past sessions by location or field notes. SESSION MAP See every session plotted on a map. Classified locations stay locked and hidden. Your spots, your secret. TACKLE BOX Build your gear inventory: flies, hooks, rods, and more. Log which tackle you used on every session. See which gear catches the most fish in your analytics. CATCH ALBUM Every photo you take during a session is saved to your catch album. Browse them in the Tailgate Report or use one as your share card background. FISHING REVIEWS Get weekly, monthly, and yearly recaps delivered to your in-app inbox. See your win rate, top species, and session count for every period you fished. LOG PAST SESSIONS Forgot to start the app? Log a past session anytime with date, time, location, catch data, tackle, and photos. SHARE & IMPORT SESSIONS Export any session as a .driftsession file and send it to a friend. They can import it directly into their Field Log. BUILT FOR THE WATER No ads. No subscriptions. No account required. Your data stays on your device and in your personal iCloud account. Drift. never sells or shares your information. From No Wahala LLC. Built in Utah for anglers everywhere.

Screenshots

Hunter NODE4 screens
Drift. Fishing Analytics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Drift. Fishing Analytics at 5.0 against Hunter NODE's 3.1. Hunter NODE's advantage is ratings volume (59 vs 1). 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

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

Drift. Fishing Analytics holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hunter NODE has 59 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hunter NODE ships an update fortnightly, Drift. Fishing Analytics every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hunter NODE versus Drift. Fishing Analytics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHunter NODEDrift. Fishing Analytics
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (59 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings59 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHunter IndustriesNo Wahala LLC

Customer experience

Hunter NODE

All ratings59 ratings
Positive45.8%
Neutral10.2%
Negative44.1%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive22.9%
Neutral8.6%
Negative68.6%

Drift. Fishing Analytics

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hunter NODE

No in-app purchases

None

Drift. Fishing Analytics

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hunter NODE free?
Hunter NODE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drift. Fishing Analytics free?
Drift. Fishing Analytics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hunter NODE or Drift. Fishing Analytics?
Drift. Fishing Analytics is rated higher. Hunter NODE averages 3.1 out of 5 from 59 ratings, while Drift. Fishing Analytics averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Hunter NODE or Drift. Fishing Analytics have ads?
Neither Hunter NODE nor Drift. Fishing Analytics shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hunter NODE or Drift. Fishing Analytics?
Hunter NODE ships an update fortnightly, and Drift. Fishing Analytics every 2 weeks. Most recently, Hunter NODE was updated on October 15, 2026 and Drift. Fishing Analytics on October 1, 2026.

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