Comparison

Patterns vs Hunt Regs

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

Head to head
About

Patterns

Log and analyze trail camera sightings by focusing on animal behavior and patterns rather than just images. Automatically integrates weather data to help understand wildlife movement. Create profiles for specific animals and generate reports on hunt areas and cameras.

Highlights
  • Log trail cam sightings with location, date, time, and direction
  • Automatic weather data integration
  • Create profiles for specific animals
  • Generate reports on hunt areas and cameras
  • Track doe:buck ratios
  • Save important sighting images
Features
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Patterns is a trail cam log that helps you store and track all of your trail cam sightings. Once you've got a collection of sightings tracked, you can use those to report on behavior and pattern specific animals. Most trail cam apps and software require you to upload all of your cam images; some will even scan them and try to identify what's on the cam, so you don't have to. One problem is, they don't work with video, and video can offer a lot more detail about what's in front of your cam. They're also expensive because they often charge by the number of images you have tracked. Another problem is you end up with thousands of images that you don't care about. Patterns is different. We don't focus on the image or the video – we focus on what it tells you. When you track something in patterns, you're tracking which cam it was on, the date and time, what it was, and the direction it was moving. We'll automatically pull weather using nearby weather stations, sunrise and sunset times, and moon phase. You can still save images of sightings, but it's not really important – there's no reason to keep thousands of trail cam images, just the good ones. Hunt Areas: When you add a cam, you choose which hunt area the cam is on. This could be a club, private, or public land (depending on your state regulations). You can add as many hunt areas and cams as you want. Weather: Patterns will pull weather data local to the cam and the date and time of the sighting. This weather info can help you pattern your hunt areas and generally helps you understand how game interact with weather patterns. Profiles: Once you've identified a specific animal you want to track, you can give it a name and connect it to new and past sightings. Then, when you view that profile, you can see a timeline of that animal's sightings and pattern its behavior. Reports: Profiles are great, but you can also report on specific hunt areas to see doe:buck ratios or report on individual cams to see when bucks are moving. Reports offer a lot of flexibility. We're just getting started. The more you pattern, the more ideas you'll have for using the collected info you've logged in your patterns cam journal. Patterns has been a game-changer for us – it has made it simple and easy to get more value from the trail cams we set up for scouting and hunting. It's also been exciting to log other game and begin to understand how wildlife move and interact in the areas we hunt and roam. We hope you find it as useful as we have!

About

Hunt Regs

This app helps hunters stay legal by providing specific regulations for their location and species. It also allows users to record hunting data, analyze patterns through graphs, and access a 14-day weather forecast. Users can also report poaching incidents.

Highlights
  • Location-specific hunting regulations
  • Hunting journal with data entry
  • Pattern analysis with graphing
  • 14-day hourly weather forecast
  • Poaching reporting forms
  • Filter journal entries by multiple variables
Features
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Hunt Regs, the first mobile app that enables hunters to quickly determine the regulations for their specific hunting location, as well as pattern animals using their own data. Regulations - Stay legal Tired of sorting through lengthy government brochures? With Hunt Regs, you select your target species and location, and we give you only the relevant information you need to stay legal. Hunt Journal - Record Everyone loves getting pictures on their cameras, but how you do make that information useful? With Hunt Regs, you can use YOUR own data to develop an action plan. All you enter is: -Date -Time -Location -What you saw or got on camera Hunt Regs saves all of the relevant weather conditions for that location at that time. Filter - Pattern Filter your journal entries by a number of variables to develop patterns: -Date Ranges -Time Ranges -Target Animals -Species and Animal Types -Weather Conditions -Moon Phases Graph - Understand Display your filtered entries on our graphs to make these patterns obvious. Use these graphs to understand your patterns and develop an action plan to kill your target animals. Graphs Include: -Wind Data -Data Over Time -Temperature Data -Pressure Data -Time Data Weather - Execute 14-day hourly weather forecast with all of the conditions a hunter needs -wind direction + speed -barometric pressure -moon phase -precipitation -sunrise + sunset Poaching Reporting - Help combat poaching in your state using our poaching reporting forms. We have partnered with state agencies in Georgia, South Carolina, and Maine to help their game wardens catch poachers! Subscription Types Free- Full access to all available state's regulations, nationwide journaling, graphing, and poaching reporting. You can enter five journal entries and use the filtering, mapping, and graphing. In order to enter a 6th entry you will be asked to upgrade your subscription. This gives you time to get a feel for the app before you upgrade! Strike Smart - Full unlimited access to nationwide journaling, graphing and weather. Regulations are included! Link to Terms of Use https://app.huntregsapp.com/page/terms

Screenshots

Patterns4 screens
Hunt Regs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Patterns at 5.0 against Hunt Regs's 3.3. Patterns also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Hunt Regs's advantage is ratings volume (66 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Patterns sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Hunt Regs sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Patterns holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hunt Regs has 66 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Patterns versus Hunt Regs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatternsHunt Regs
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.3 (66 ratings)
Positive reviews—58.3% of reviews
Number of ratings166 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB600 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer37 South, LLCHunt Regs LLC

Customer experience

Patterns

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

Hunt Regs

All ratings65 ratings
Positive56.9%
Neutral3.1%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral4.2%
Negative37.5%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Patterns

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$18.991 Year
17 purchases

Hunt Regs

Subscriptions17
  • Michigan14 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Minnesota14 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Ohio14 Days trial$9.991 Year
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  • Pennsylvania14 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Alabama14 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Florida14 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Georgia14 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • West Virginia$9.991 Year
  • Regulations for Tennessee$9.991 Year
  • New Hampshire$9.991 Year
  • Indiana$9.991 Year
  • Strike Smart Journal$14.991 Year
  • WV Strike Smart1 Year trial$14.991 Year
  • Texas14 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • WV Elite$29.991 Year
  • Elite Subscription$29.991 Year
  • Strike Smart Upgrade$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Patterns free?
Patterns is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hunt Regs free?
Hunt Regs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Patterns or Hunt Regs?
Patterns is rated higher. Patterns averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Hunt Regs averages 3.3 from 66 ratings.
Do Patterns or Hunt Regs have ads?
Neither Patterns nor Hunt Regs shows ads.

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