Comparison

Go Lake Arrowhead vs YardWild

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

Head to head
About

Go Lake Arrowhead

Features
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Looking for your mountain home? Our Go Lake Arrowhead app can be used for not only your real estate needs, but also as a local directory of vendors, shops, service providers and more! Great Features included within our App: -Custom Filters and personalized saved search options with your budget and preferences in mind. -Receive notifications on saved searches and favorited listing updates. -Identify your buying power! See what you can afford with our advanced mortgage calculator. -View the entire localized MLS by browsing through Active, Pending and Open Houses. -Direct contact with one of our premier agents within our App. -Best of all, your data is kept private! Download today and we look forward to working with you!

About

YardWild

Features
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YardWild shows you the wildlife that visits your yard. When one of your outdoor cameras picks up motion, YardWild looks at the snapshot from that moment. When it finds an animal, it identifies the species (deer, foxes, raccoons, coyotes, opossums, squirrels, rabbits, birds and more) and adds the sighting to your timeline with the photo, the camera that caught it and a confidence score. When only the group is clear, it says so, for example "Squirrel (species uncertain)". WHAT YOU GET • Timeline: your yard's visitors, newest first. Switch between Night, Week and All, or filter by camera. It refreshes on its own while the app is open. • Species collection: a card for each species your cameras have caught, with your sightings of it and a Wikipedia summary where one is available. • Biodiversity: how many different species your yard supports, with badges as your list grows. • Cameras: see each camera's status, and choose in Settings which ones YardWild watches. • Your say: confirm an identification, or tell us it's wrong. • Notifications on your terms: all sightings, notable only, or off, with quiet hours and a digest every week or every month. • Export your sightings as a CSV file. PRIVACY • People are never identified. YardWild never names, counts, recognises or describes anyone. A snapshot can be kept when a person appears in the background, so the wildlife in it isn't lost. • Snapshots only: no live video, no recordings, no audio. • Privacy zones you set on your camera are masked on every snapshot YardWild stores. • Identification runs on hardware we operate. AWS Bedrock (Anthropic Claude) confirms bird identifications and snapshots in which a person appears, and is the fallback when our hardware is unavailable. Your images are never used to train AI models. • Stored snapshots expire automatically after about three months. Delete your account and all data from Settings at any time: your data is deleted within 24 hours, and backup copies within five weeks. • No ads, no location tracking, no data sales. SEE IT FIRST Tap "See a live demo" on the welcome screen to explore YardWild with sample wildlife. No sign-in needed. REQUIREMENTS Works with Ring outdoor cameras and an active Ring plan. YardWild is set up and managed in the Ring app: Menu → My Apps → YardWild. Identifications are automated and can be wrong. YardWild is for casual nature observation, not for security or safety. Ring is a trademark of Ring LLC. YardWild is an independent app by Erbacci LLC and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Ring LLC or Amazon.

Screenshots

Go Lake Arrowhead3 screens
YardWild4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: YardWild at every 3 days against Go Lake Arrowhead's every 12 months. Go Lake Arrowhead's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Go Lake Arrowhead ships an update every 12 months, YardWild every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Go Lake Arrowhead versus YardWild: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGo Lake ArrowheadYardWild
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGO LAKE ARROWHEAD CORP.Nicola Erbacci

In-app purchases

None

Go Lake Arrowhead

No in-app purchases

None

YardWild

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Go Lake Arrowhead free?
Go Lake Arrowhead is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is YardWild free?
YardWild is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Go Lake Arrowhead or YardWild have ads?
Neither Go Lake Arrowhead nor YardWild shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Go Lake Arrowhead or YardWild?
Go Lake Arrowhead ships an update every 12 months, and YardWild every 3 days. Most recently, Go Lake Arrowhead was updated on October 24, 2026 and YardWild on October 24, 2026.

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