Comparison

RipaLip University vs Blind Guide

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

Head to head
About

RipaLip University

This app provides anglers with quick access to setup, tweak, and dial-in marine electronics. It offers guides, tips, and personalized settings for over 150 pieces of equipment, eliminating the need for lengthy manuals or online searches.

Highlights
  • Quick Start Guides
  • Advanced Reference Guides
  • Installation and Networking Info
  • How-To Videos
  • Personalized 'My Rig' section
  • Custom Cheatsheets with settings
  • Notes and waypoint saving
Features
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Learn how to quickly and easily setup, tweak and dial-in your marine electronics with RipaLip University! WHAT YOU'LL GET: · Access – The RipaLip University app helps you setup, tweak and dial-in your marine electronics by making it convenient for anglers to retrieve technical information, tips, and settings while they are on the water, when and where they need it the most. · Education – Browse through more than 150 pieces of marine electronics equipment. Begin with the Quick Start Guide for step-by-step instructions to make sure your electronics are ready for fishing and navigation. If you need more details, review the Advanced Reference Guide, Installation and Networking information, FAQs, How-To Videos and more! Eliminate the need to review cumbersome and lengthy manufacturer owner’s manuals or search YouTube for more information. · Personalization – RipaLip University’s My Rig section allows you to customize the app by adding quick access to all the gear on your boat. As you dial-in your electronics for a particular body of water, create a custom Cheatsheet and fill in your settings. Use the add custom settings option to include any additional information, water clarity, moon phase, water temp, spawn phase, lure, wind, whatever helps you. Lastly the notes section gives you a place to put in more details, waypoints, etc. You can save, edit and add information as often as you like · Cost-effective – RipaLip University offers two versions of the app. The Angler version gives you access to all guides and features for one piece of gear. The Pro version offers unlimited access to all gear in the app. “Regardless of your expertise level, anglers rely on some type of marine electronics for navigation, fish and structure location. But after spending thousands of dollars on marine electronics, anglers are oftentimes frustrated with the complexity of settings and choices that vary based on electronics manufacturer. RipaLip University will end anglers’ frustration and deliver piece-of-mind to anglers right there on the water, in the palm of their hands.” - David Janiszewski, RipaLip Owner and Founder. SUBSCRIPTION AND PRICING TERMS: RipaLip Angler subscription: $4.99 per year, auto-renewing RipaLip Pro subscription: $9.99 per year, auto-renewing Each subscription starts with a 2-week free trial. This price is for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted into your local currency depending on the country of residence. The subscription will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the current or trial period ends. You can go to your iTunes Account Settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your iTunes Account will be charged $4.99 (Angler) or $9.99 (Pro) at the end of your trial period and at the time of renewal. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription to RipaLip University, where applicable.

About

Blind Guide

Log waterfowl hunts and analyze your success with automatic weather data. Get personalized forecasts and insights to improve your hunting strategy based on historical data and conditions.

Highlights
  • Log hunts with automatic weather data
  • Analyze harvest statistics
  • Predictive hunt forecasts
  • Blind performance analysis
  • Migration timing insights
  • CSV data export
Features
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Blind Guide is a field journal for waterfowl hunters and a forecast that learns from it. Log a hunt in under a minute. Blind Guide pulls the weather for you — temperature, wind, sky, barometric pressure and moon phase — and adds it to your hunt and bird harvest. Then it reads that record back to you: Which blind produces on a west wind. Whether you actually do better on a falling barometer, or just think you do. Where the birds have been at this point in past seasons. The forecast feature provides a daily Hunt Score for each of your blinds, so you know which blind should have the birds based on migration, weather conditions, moon phase and your historical success. The statistics pane is a visual record of the birds you've harvested in a season with the ability to see details like 'Harvest by Month', 'Best Conditions', 'Best Blind', and "Best Day' all based on the hunts you record. FREE, WITH NO LIMIT • Unlimited hunts logging, forever — no cap, no trial • Automatic weather logging on every hunt • Your season totals: birds, days afield, species • A two-day forecast for one of your spots PRO • A 7-day Hunt Score forecast for every spot you hunt • Which blind to hunt, matched to the wind • Hunt Scores tuned to what has actually produced for you • Your season explained — by species, spot, blind, weather and moon • The full conditions on every hunt • CSV export of everything you have logged BUILT ON REAL DATA The migration timing behind the forecast comes from decades of published waterfowl survey counts across all four flyways — state agency aerial surveys, refuge records and national archives — not a guess about when birds "usually" show up. Blind Guide Pro is $8.99/month or $49.99/year. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled; manage or cancel any time in your Apple subscription settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://blindguideapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://blindguideapp.com/privacy

Screenshots

RipaLip University4 screens
Blind Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Blind Guide at 100% against RipaLip University's 54%. Blind Guide also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and monetization model (freemium vs subscription). RipaLip University's advantage is ratings volume (39 vs 7) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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. RipaLip University sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year and Blind Guide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Blind Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RipaLip University has 39 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of RipaLip University's written reviews are positive against 100% of Blind Guide's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RipaLip University ships an update every 3 months, Blind Guide every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
RipaLip University versus Blind Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRipaLip UniversityBlind Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (39 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings39 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRipalip LLCTrailmark Operations

Customer experience

RipaLip University

All ratings39 ratings
Positive56.4%
Neutral5.1%
Negative38.5%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive54.2%
Neutral4.2%
Negative41.7%

Blind Guide

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

RipaLip University

Subscriptions2
  • RipaLip Angler14 Days trial$4.991 Year
  • RipaLip Pro14 Days trial$9.991 Year
2 purchases

Blind Guide

Subscriptions2
  • Blind Guide Pro, Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Blind Guide Pro, Annual$49.991 Year

Questions

Is RipaLip University free?
RipaLip University is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Blind Guide free?
Blind Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RipaLip University or Blind Guide?
Blind Guide is rated higher. RipaLip University averages 3.4 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while Blind Guide averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do RipaLip University or Blind Guide have ads?
Neither RipaLip University nor Blind Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RipaLip University or Blind Guide?
RipaLip University ships an update every 3 months, and Blind Guide every 5 days. Most recently, RipaLip University was updated on October 24, 2026 and Blind Guide on October 26, 2026.

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