The North American Waterfowler vs Hunt Regs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The North American Waterfowler
Log detailed hunting trips, including weather, game, and gunning details. Track your performance with scorecards and get expert advice from an AI hunting assistant. Access advanced features through a subscription.
- Log detailed hunt data
- Track weather conditions
- Record game harvested
- Assign hunt scorecards
- AI-powered hunting assistant
- Ask real hunting questions
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The North American Waterfowler allows users to log detailed hunt data, including weather conditions, game harvested, gunning information, locations, and more. Each logged hunt receives a scorecard based on numerical values assigned to each type of game harvested, making it easy to track performance and progress over time. Now featuring Ask Elliott, an AI-powered hunting assistant trained on the knowledge shared in The North American Waterfowler Podcast. Ask Elliott lets you ask real hunting questions and receive answers grounded in Elliott’s expertise and the insights of his guests. The North American Waterfowler is free to download, but a subscription is required to access all features, including advanced hunt tracking, scoring, and the Ask Elliott experience.
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The North American Waterfowler at 4.0 against Hunt Regs's 3.4. The North American Waterfowler also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 17) and review sentiment (67% vs 58%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Hunt Regs sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. The North American Waterfowler asks for nothing beyond the download.
The North American Waterfowler holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 63 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of The North American Waterfowler's written reviews are positive against 58% of Hunt Regs's.
The North American Waterfowler ships an update monthly, Hunt Regs every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The North American Waterfowler | Hunt Regs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (37 ratings) — better | 3.4 (63 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 58.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 37 | 63 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 801 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elliott Snider | Hunt Regs LLC |
Customer experience
The North American Waterfowler
Hunt Regs
In-app purchases
The North American Waterfowler
No in-app purchases
Hunt Regs
- 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
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