Comparison

ilearntohunt vs Lineman's Reference

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

Head to head
About

ilearntohunt

This mobile companion app enhances an interactive hunter safety course. It allows users to learn hunting requirements through engaging modules, realistic simulations, and progress tracking. The app culminates in a state-approved final exam for certification.

Highlights
  • Interactive education modules
  • Realistic hunting simulations
  • Progress tracking ('Power Meter')
  • Earn achievements and level-up
  • State-approved final exam
  • Hunter certification
Features
Currently charting
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Developed to support students enrolled in ilearntohunts's Official Interactive Hunter Safety Course, this app is the mobile companion to the web-based course.

 Learn all the requirements to become a safe and responsible hunter by playing through highly-interactive education modules. Course features:
 * No minimum time requirements––Go as fast as you want!
 * Earn achievements and level-up
 * Learn by doing with realistic hunting simulations 
* Gauge your progress with the 'Power Meter' 
* State-approved final exam and certification

About

Lineman's Reference

This app simulates electrical transformer banks, allowing users to practice wiring, metering, fusing, and faulting. It offers guided lessons for beginners and a sandbox mode for advanced customization and scenario-based challenges.

Highlights
  • Transformer bank simulation
  • Guided training lessons
  • Customizable sandbox mode
  • Scenario-based challenges
  • Interactive wiring and faulting
  • Progress tracking and quizzes
  • Reference diagrams and tools
Features
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Learn it. Wire it. Energize it. Check your work. Built by a working journeyman lineman for linemen and their apprentices. The XFMR Lab simulates distribution transformer banks driven by your own wiring — the metering, fusing, and faulting all behave the way you'd expect in the field. NEW IN 2.0 — BUILT-IN TRANSFORMER TRAINING (Replacing XFMR INFO) Six guided lessons take you from "what's a transformer?" to wiring a 3-pot bank: • Start Here — What is a Transformer? • Dual H Bushings — The Two Wirings & the Nameplate • The Tap Changer — One Pot, Multiple System Voltages • Three-Phase — The Three Phases and How They're Related • Bank Identification — Delta or Wye, Open or Closed • Your First Bank: Delta-Wye Closed (120/208) • More lessons on the way! Work the lessons in order, or jump straight to the labs. ALSO NEW IN 2.0 • The Sandbox (Beta) — wire anything from scratch in a COMPLETELY-customizable lab, with live, vector-based voltage and fault logic baked in. • Death Traps — scenario-based transformer traps linemen run into — and how to navigate them safely. • A brand-new look across every lab — new graphics, sharper, faster, & easier to read in the field. • Voltmeter you can now drag with two fingers; readings update as the leads move. • Parallel the secondary coils by hand in wye secondary labs • Stats that track lab completions, quiz scoring and for-fun stuff like the number of fuses you've blown. • User Customizations - the user can now alter the spec of their labs; from grounding to parallel coil cutover-direction, requiring the 4th cutout, tap changer implementation and more. • 2.0 is FREE for everyone who already owns XFMR Lab — thank you for years of feedback and encouragement. WHAT YOU GET Single Phase — Single Bushing · Dual Bushing Three Phase (closed) — Delta-Delta · Delta-Wye · Wye-Delta · Wye-Wye Three Phase (open) — Open Delta-Delta · Open Wye-Delta Misc — Paralleling · 4th Cutout · Death Traps (6 Scenarios) Advanced — Straight 480 · 240/480 · 277/480 · Corner-Grounded 240/480 · Wye-Wye 5-Wire (120/240 + 120/208) - all now able to be wired up Wye AND Delta on the topside The Sandbox (Beta) EVERY FUTURE UPDATE IS FREE - THE APP IS A ONE-TIME PURCHASE. I'm always working on new updates. TOOLS & REFERENCE • Volt, ohm and rotation meters with real behavior • Nameplate, secondary coil and tap changer animations • Reference diagrams for every standard bank Learning Mode walks apprentices through every wrong-connection check. Journeymen and experienced users can keep this turned off if they'd like. QUIZZES • Classic Quiz — Select each lab you want in your quiz - with graded scoring across each lab. • Advanced Quiz — You're provided with the job-site info and need to pick the right nameplate and coil setup, then wire it. • Bank ID - A beginner's quiz tied into the new XFMR Training lesson plan. The user is provided with different primary and secondary wirings and must correctly identify them. Used by 30,000+ linemen since 2021. Questions? Suggestions? Reach me at info@digitalapprentice.net

Screenshots

ilearntohunt4 screens
Lineman's Reference4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ilearntohunt at Free against Lineman's Reference's $19.99. ilearntohunt also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Lineman's Reference's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 2.9) and review sentiment (62% vs 26%). 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

ilearntohunt is free to download; Lineman's Reference costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lineman's Reference holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 117 and 432 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of ilearntohunt's written reviews are positive against 62% of Lineman's Reference's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ilearntohunt ships an update every 5 months, Lineman's Reference every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
ilearntohunt versus Lineman's Reference: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterilearntohuntLineman's Reference
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating2.9 (117 ratings)4.7 (432 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.4% of reviews62.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings117432 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#187#13 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size216 MB65 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperKalkomeyDigital Apprentice LLC

Customer experience

ilearntohunt

All ratings93 ratings
Positive43.0%
Neutral9.7%
Negative47.3%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive26.4%
Neutral7.5%
Negative66.0%

Lineman's Reference

All ratings424 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral3.3%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive62.2%
Neutral22.2%
Negative15.6%

User reviews

ilearntohunt

From 117 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 🚀 Efficient course completion
  • 💡 Makes learning fun
  • 👍 Easy to navigate
  • 👍 Simple sign-up process

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Difficulty logging in
  • 🐛 Progress loss after crashes
  • 🐛 Poor UI/UX design
  • 🐛 Content not fitting screen

Lineman's Reference

From 432 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great for learning
  • 👍 Helpful for apprentices
  • 👍 Useful practice tool
  • 👍 Good concept
  • 👍 Excellent labs and sandbox

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Too many bugs
  • 🐛 App is clunky
  • 🐛 Wiring issues
  • 🐛 Incorrect diagrams
  • 🐛 Incorrect quiz answers

Bugs and requests

ilearntohunt

Reported bugs

22 issues
  • App crashes
  • Cannot log in
  • Progress lost
  • Target practice component not working
  • Password autofill not working
Show 17 more
  • App logs out frequently
  • App doesn't fit screen
  • Font size too large
  • Progress does not sync with web version
  • Cannot retrieve certificate
  • Makes users pay twice
  • Final test content irrelevant to app
  • State regulations section incorrect
  • Gamification element obstructs content
  • Constant 'continue' button required
  • App does not update desktop progress
  • Error 500 on login
  • Error 'not registered for course'
  • Interactive app advertised but not functional
  • Cannot swipe on one of the courses
  • Progress stuck on practice tests
  • State specific questions on exam not taught

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow mobile use on website
  • Add dark mode
  • Improve UI for better navigation
  • Add option to change language
  • Sync progress between app and web

Lineman's Reference

Reported bugs

33 issues
  • Tutorial loop
  • Lines not connecting
  • Cannot wire up all banks
  • WYE Delta is wrong
  • Cannot bus secondary x2 to x2 bushing for delta secondaries
Show 28 more
  • Cannot select subtractive transformers
  • Wiring on X bushings not to exact phase
  • H2 to neutral connection issues
  • WYE Delta bank gives wrong voltage read
  • Fuse blows when attaching case grounds in delta secondary
  • Wrong wiring in diagram for 277/480 Wye/Wye bank
  • HV on transformer name plate is wrong
  • Shows wrong connection with right hook up
  • Paralleling cans connection issue
  • Voltmeter does not work
  • Cannot drop leads to voltmeter on bottom two phases
  • No option to select transformers
  • No option for primary voltage
  • No 277/480 option
  • No additive/subtractive options
  • Cannot pick secondary and primary side voltages
  • App tells user bank is wrong when it's correct
  • App incorrectly identifies bank type
  • Cannot put voltmeter on C phase secondary leads in horizontal screen
  • Cannot create 277/480 and straight 480 banks
  • Cannot manually parallel secondary windings
  • Lines too close to bottom of screen
  • Cannot look back at bank during quiz
  • High side H2 tied to ground in WYE delta
  • Only allows 120/240 or 120/208 hookups
  • Voltmeter not reading correctly when paralleling
  • App says something is wrong but doesn't specify correction
  • App keeps blowing doors on a correct connection

Requested features

23 requests
  • Ability to build own banks
  • Add tap changer settings
  • Add vector charts
  • Add more labs with different scenarios
  • Create your own bank option
Show 18 more
  • Add a WYE bank that stays in series
  • Add hints button
  • Add power banks
  • Add single bushing pots
  • Add 480 banks
  • Include transformers of different polarities
  • Add 4th cutout to WYE delta banks
  • Add additive and subtractive transformers
  • Select transformers from a list
  • Tie three phase secondary legs on open secondary lines
  • Add lighter bank category
  • Expand into metering
  • Add open delta WYE bank
  • Practice drawing vectors
  • See vectors for transformers
  • Ability to cut over pots
  • Add 240/480/277 and 277/480 options
  • More in-depth internals

In-app purchases

None

ilearntohunt

No in-app purchases

None

Lineman's Reference

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ilearntohunt free?
ilearntohunt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lineman's Reference free?
Lineman's Reference costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ilearntohunt or Lineman's Reference?
Lineman's Reference is rated higher. ilearntohunt averages 2.9 out of 5 from 117 ratings, while Lineman's Reference averages 4.7 from 432 ratings.
Do ilearntohunt or Lineman's Reference have ads?
Neither ilearntohunt nor Lineman's Reference shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ilearntohunt or Lineman's Reference?
ilearntohunt ships an update every 5 months, and Lineman's Reference every 4 weeks. Most recently, ilearntohunt was updated on November 6, 2026 and Lineman's Reference on November 7, 2026.
Which is more popular, ilearntohunt or Lineman's Reference?
ilearntohunt currently peaks at #187 in the App Store charts, and Lineman's Reference at #13. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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