Comparison

GoOutdoorsSC vs BightSize

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Digital license storage
  • Hunting and fishing regulations
  • Season and bag information
  • Sunrise/Sunset timer
  • Moon phases
  • Wildlife feeding times
  • Online & Offline Hunter Reporting
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Over 90 knots organized by use case
  • Step-by-step instructions
  • Per-category quizzes
  • Practice tracker with daily streaks
  • Offline functionality
  • Fast search
Features
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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

Screenshots

GoOutdoorsSC3 screens
BightSize4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
GoOutdoorsSC versus BightSize: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoOutdoorsSCBightSize
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (150 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews14.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings150 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size211 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrandt Information Services, LLCBILAL 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

None

GoOutdoorsSC

No in-app purchases

None

BightSize

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GoOutdoorsSC free?
GoOutdoorsSC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BightSize free?
BightSize is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GoOutdoorsSC or BightSize?
GoOutdoorsSC is rated higher. GoOutdoorsSC averages 3.0 out of 5 from 150 ratings, while BightSize averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do GoOutdoorsSC or BightSize have ads?
Neither GoOutdoorsSC nor BightSize shows ads.

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