ADFG vs MyWDFW
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ADFG
This app provides Alaska hunters and anglers with essential information and services for planning trips and managing their activities. Access licenses, permits, and big game tags digitally, view regulations, and record harvests directly from your mobile device.
- Digital licenses and permits
- Big game locking-tag records
- Hunting regulations
- Record harvests
- Sport fish identification guide
- Offline map and regulation downloads
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The Alaska Department of Fish & Game realizes that people are now accustomed to carrying a lot of information and credentials on their mobile device. This mobile app is designed for anglers and hunters in Alaska and designed to enhance pre-trip planning and in-field experience. It provides access to the information and services needed to follow applicable hunting and fishing regulations. Currently, that includes the following: • Display licenses, permits and big game locking-tag records – The mobile app allows you to purchase and view your hunting, fishing, trapping, and most combination licenses. You can also obtain big game locking-tag records, commercial crewmember licenses, hunting permits, harvest tickets, and some personal use fishing permits. All licenses, permits, and big game locking-tag records are valid to carry and display to enforcement in the field on your mobile device. • View Hunting and sport fishing regulations – The mobile app allows you to view all current hunting regulations (including some personal use regulations) for the entire state. Additionally, you can view hunting regulations based on your physical location, search locations statewide, and download maps and regulations for offline use. In the future, the mobile app will include support for sport fishing regulations. • Record Harvest – The mobile app allows you to record hunting and fishing harvests in the field and report some personal use fishing harvests. • Sport fish species identification – Additional features include separate sections for a species identification guide complete with images and text descriptions of commonly targeted sport fish species; definitions, regional and statewide methods and means, prohibited acts and other necessary regulatory content that is not displayed at site specific or sub-levels.
MyWDFW
This official mobile app allows Washington residents to purchase hunting and fishing licenses. Users can e-tag game, report harvests, and display active license privileges directly from their device.
- Purchase hunting and fishing licenses
- E-tag game
- Report migratory bird harvests
- Submit fish and crab catches
- Complete annual harvest surveys
- Display active license privileges
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MyWDFW is the official hunting and fishing licensing mobile app of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The app allows hunters and anglers to purchase licenses, e-tag game, report migratory bird harvests, submit fish and crab catches, complete required annual harvest surveys, and review and display active license privileges directly from their iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ADFG at 2.5 against MyWDFW's 1.6. ADFG also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (23% vs 10%). MyWDFW's advantage is chart position (#139 vs unranked). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ADFG holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 100 and 272 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of ADFG's written reviews are positive against 10% of MyWDFW's.
ADFG ships an update every 5 weeks, MyWDFW every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | ADFG | MyWDFW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (100 ratings) — better | 1.6 (272 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 23.2% of reviews — better | 10.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 100 | 272 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #139 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Department of Fish & Game | Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife |
Customer experience
ADFG
MyWDFW
Bugs and requests
ADFG
Reported bugs
27 issues- Login issues
- Sync errors
- App crashes
- Harvest report submission crashes
- Map crashes
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- Identity provider sign-in failure
- Login with Google fails
- Can't create account
- MyAlaska login issues
- Support link not working
- Can't change address
- Harvest not properly recorded
- Can't download maps
- Regs require WiFi
- Clunky and glitchy
- Login with Facebook issues
- Spinning wheel of death on login
- Google login button disappears
- Can't upload permanent licenses
- App doesn't open
- Login adds @myalaskaprod.local to username
- Email confirmation not received
- Randomly logs out and can't log back in
- MyAlaska login adds @myalaskaprod.local
- Doesn't show current license
- Login unavailable for Google
- App won't download/load
Requested features
13 requests- More push notifications for dates
- Push notifications for emergency orders
- Commercial announcements and regs
- Permit card digital storage
- Separate app for commercial fishing
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- Hunting draw tag information import
- Tide charts
- Option to skip login for regs access
- Add hunting permits picked up locally
- Auto-populate permits
- Link online purchases to app
- Mapping function in fishing
- Emergency Orders and updates via app
MyWDFW
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ADFG
No in-app purchases
MyWDFW
No in-app purchases








