GoOutdoorsSC vs BightSize
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GoOutdoorsSC
Access hunting and fishing regulations, season dates, and bag limits. Store your licenses digitally and sync recent purchases. Features include a location-based sunrise/sunset timer, moon phases, and prime wildlife feeding times.
- Digital license storage
- Hunting and fishing regulations
- Season and bag information
- Sunrise/Sunset timer
- Moon phases
- Wildlife feeding times
- Online & Offline Hunter Reporting
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This free app contains a variety of useful tools and information including: • Store your license products on your phone and sync recent purchases • Access to hunting and fishing regulations, season and bag information, and fishing information • Location-based Sunrise/Sunset timer and Moon Phases • Prime wildlife feeding times • Online & Offline Hunter Reporting The application requires internet access for some features. Let us know your ideas for improvements and future features.
BightSize
Learn and master over 90 knots with step-by-step instructions and practice tools. This offline knot library is organized by real-life use cases like boating, fishing, and camping, helping you retain what you learn through quizzes and practice tracking.
- Over 90 knots organized by use case
- Step-by-step instructions
- Per-category quizzes
- Practice tracker with daily streaks
- Offline functionality
- Fast search
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Tie better knots. Anywhere. Anytime. BightSize is a pocket-sized knot handbook that turns reading into doing. Whether you're rigging a boat, setting an anchor, fishing a leader, pitching a tarp, or just tying down a kayak, BightSize gives you clear step-by-step instructions and the practice tools to actually remember them. Over 90 knots, organized for real life Browse curated categories built around how people actually use rope: • Boating — bowlines, cleat hitches, anchor bends • Climbing — figure eights, prusiks, autoblocks • Fishing — improved clinch, Palomar, FG knot • Camping & Scouting — taut-line, trucker's hitch, lashings • Survival & Rescue — rescue loops, tensionless hitches, Z-drags • Rigging & Work — scaffold, icicle hitch, lineman's loop • Everyday & Decorative — square knot, monkey's fist, paracord weaves Designed to help you learn, not just look things up • Step-by-step instructions for every knot, broken into clear numbered actions • A 10-question quiz with per-category best scores to test what you actually know • Practice tracker with daily streaks — log a knot every time you tie it • Daily "knot of the day" so you're always learning something new • Favorites and recently viewed knots for quick access in the field • Fast search across the entire library Built for the real world • Works completely offline — no signal needed on the trail, on the water, or at the crag • No account, no sign-up, nothing to set up • No ads, no tracking, no analytics • All your data, favorites, practice log, quiz scores stays on your device
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GoOutdoorsSC at 3.0 against BightSize's 1.0. GoOutdoorsSC also leads on ratings volume (150 vs 1) and device support (3 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GoOutdoorsSC holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GoOutdoorsSC has 150 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | GoOutdoorsSC | BightSize |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (150 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 14.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 150 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 211 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brandt Information Services, LLC | BILAL HAJJI |
Bugs and requests
GoOutdoorsSC
Reported bugs
12 issues- App crashes
- App won't open on iPad
- App locks up
- Login issues
- Checkout button broken
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- Map system errors
- Black screen when viewing regulations
- License syncing issues
- Ads pop up incessantly and block content
- App freezes when trying to add a license
- Auto-renewal triggers unexpectedly
- Biometrics requested repeatedly
Requested features
7 requests- Remove or reduce ads
- Fix map system
- Add WMA land check-in/out feature
- Add checkout reminders and location sharing for safety
- Allow purchase of permits without a license for military
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- Display app version
- Improve license syncing for iPhone 6s and others
BightSize
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GoOutdoorsSC
No in-app purchases
BightSize
No in-app purchases








