DeerBrain vs Brow Tine Hunt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DeerBrain
This app helps deer hunters analyze hunting land by creating custom heat maps of low-pressure areas. It allows for detailed property mapping with custom icons, advanced measurement tools, and multiple map layers. Quickly process images in the field to identify prime locations for big bucks.
- Custom heat map creation
- Property mapping with icons
- Advanced measurement tools
- Multiple map layers
- Fast photo viewing in field
- Identify low-pressure spots
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The DeerBrain brings revolutionary features to the deer hunter. Helping hunters get in the brain of a Deer. The app enables fast photo viewing in the field with the DeerBrain ChipReader. This app is specifically designed to help hunters quickly process through images in the field looking for when that big buck came by. The DeerBrain app enables hunters to see low pressure spots on their hunting land. Deer consistently are pressured throughout the season and DeerBrain enables you to build a custom heat map for your hunting land using your own custom parameters (Available through In-app purchase). This heat map will show you the most remote locations on your hunting land enabling you to isolate your Big Buck's core area. Detail out your hunting property with more than 20 easily discernible custom icons, including stands, food sources, parking area to Trap locations. Using advanced measurement tools calculate distance and area measurements. Multiple map layers such as terrain, satellite and street view. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off in your Account Settings in iTunes after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Privacy Policy: https://deerbrain.com/pages/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://deerbrain.com/pages/terms-of-usse
Brow Tine Hunt
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Brow Tine is a deer hunting map built for one state and built properly: New Hampshire. THE MAP AND THE RULES ARE FREE, AND NEED NO ACCOUNT A dead server should never lock a hunter out of the map he is standing on. The topographic and satellite basemap, public land, and the safety layers all work without signing in. THE LAW, ON THE GROUND UNDER YOUR FEET 56 weapon restriction areas and all 24 deer units, resolved from the exact point you tap rather than the middle of a property. Restrictions are never flattened together: "no rifle" and "archery only" are different rules, and telling you the wrong one could put you afield with a weapon you may not carry. Every card shows the data vintage and defers to the current Hunting Digest. WHO OWNS THE GROUND 617,124 New Hampshire property boundaries with owner names on about 97 percent of them, statewide, from NH GRANIT. Tap a parcel and the owner is already there, with no second lookup and no signal needed if you downloaded the area. A repeated parcel is flagged as multiple owners rather than printing a stranger's name over a building. Brow Tine does not tell you whether you may hunt a parcel, because that data does not exist: it tells you whose door to knock on. PUBLIC AND HUNTABLE LAND 8,087 public land parcels and 123 huntable wildlife management areas, plus 20,268 trails including 735,970 acres of the White Mountain National Forest. Trails carry their allowed use and their seasonal windows, and the private land warning fires on who owns the ground, not on what kind of trail it is. OFFLINE, FOR REAL The whole state's topographic base downloads once and stays. On top of that, download detail packs over any square you choose at three levels of resolution, including roughly one foot aerial imagery. Outside what you downloaded the map says so instead of pretending, and every pack shows the date it was taken. YOUR HUNTING PARTY, LIVE The New England deer drive is standers and drivers moving through the same woods, and knowing where everyone is is a safety feature. See your crew on the map, each with a name and color, updating live with the phone in your pocket. It is off until you turn it on, it goes only to the crew you joined, and your positions are never stored on our servers. IN THE FIELD Record your walk with the screen off. Drop a pin on sign and photograph it. Mark trail cameras with their view arc. Measure a distance with two fingers. A rangefinder mode that turns the map with your compass to pace off a shot in yards. Wind direction drawn over your position, because a whitetail's nose beats its eyes and ears. Sunrise and sunset for legal shooting hours, computed on the phone so it works with no signal. Hand a waypoint to another hunter's phone with a QR code and no signal at all. WHAT NEEDS A SUBSCRIPTION The basemap, public land, address search and the safety layers are free forever. Owner names, huntable land, trails, property lines, offline packs, waypoints, trail cameras and the tracker come with a subscription, which is managed on our website rather than in the app. NEW HAMPSHIRE ONLY, ON PURPOSE One state, finished properly, before any other. If you hunt outside New Hampshire, this is not yet the app for you. Basemap imagery courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. Parcel and trail data from NH GRANIT and the U.S. Forest Service. Weather from the National Weather Service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Brow Tine Hunt at none against DeerBrain's 6. Brow Tine Hunt also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. DeerBrain sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Brow Tine Hunt asks for nothing beyond the download.
DeerBrain ships an update every 2 weeks, Brow Tine Hunt every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DeerBrain | Brow Tine Hunt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (91 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 91 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 330 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DeerBrain LLC | Double Tap Software, LLC |
In-app purchases
DeerBrain
- Ad Free$9.991 Year
- Draw Your Own Roads Heat Maps$9.991 Year
- Analytics Package$24.991 Year
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- Parcel Data Package$24.991 Year
- Unlimited Maps$29.991 Year
- DeerBrain Pro$49.991 Year
Brow Tine Hunt
No in-app purchases
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