Comparison

Side Out vs HuntShield

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

Head to head
About

Side Out

Effortlessly track pickleball scores directly from your Apple Watch with intuitive swipe gestures. This app manages serving order, player positions, and game statistics, allowing you to focus on playing. An optional companion scoreboard can be used on your iPhone or iPad for spectators.

Highlights
  • Hands-free Apple Watch scoring
  • Automatic serving order tracking
  • Companion iPhone/iPad scoreboard
  • Multiple game and scoring formats
  • Player profiles and performance tracking
  • Match history and stats
  • HealthKit integration
Features
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Track Pickleball scores hands-free on your Apple Watch. Simple swipes keep score while you play—no phone fumbling. See scores, serving order, and player positions at a glance. PERFECT FOR APPLE WATCH • Swipe up/down to score points—keep your phone in your bag • Automatic serving order tracking (no mental math!) • Green indicator shows current server and service box (1 or 2) • Undo/redo with simple swipes—fix mistakes instantly • Works independently on Watch—no iPhone needed during play SMART SCORING FEATURES • Doubles & Singles support • Multiple games per match tracking • Customizable winning score (with win-by-2 rule) • Auto-save & crash recovery—never lose your game • Player profiles to track performance over time • Side-out, Rally, and Simple scoring formats COMPANION SCOREBOARD • Use your iPhone/iPad as a live scoreboard for spectators • Voice announcements in proper Pickleball format (4-2-1) • Perfect for tournaments and casual play • Share scores with nearby players via Bluetooth MATCH HISTORY & STATS • Review past games and performance • Track wins/losses against opponents • iCloud sync across all your devices • HealthKit integration logs workouts automatically Whether you're playing casual rec games or competitive tournaments, Side Out makes scorekeeping effortless so you can focus on your game.

About

HuntShield

This app offers comprehensive hunting tools, including regulations, 3D scouting with lidar, land access, and recovery assistance. It provides detailed legal information, terrain analysis, and offline functionality for field use.

Highlights
  • Legal hunting regulations by state
  • 3D terrain scouting with lidar
  • Offline functionality for field tools
  • Land booking and access
  • Animal recovery and meat yield estimation
  • Species identification
  • Trip planner and gear management
Features
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Tired of paying for a stack of subscriptions just to do the one thing you actually planned on — hunting? HuntShield is your all-in-one hunting multitool: regulations, 3D scouting, lidar, land, recovery and meat yield in one app, with the field tools still working when your signal doesn't. KNOW IT'S LEGAL BEFORE YOU GO Pick your state, the kind of ground you're hunting and the date. HuntShield lays out what's open, legal hunting hours, the licenses and tags you need, blaze orange and gear rules, plus the Don't-Get-Caught laws hunters actually get cited for, each linked to the state's own regulations. The Trip Planner builds a pre-trip checklist, the Season Guide lists every season and bag limit, and your gear, sits, harvests and licenses live in one record. Checks you've run stay on your phone for when the signal drops, and Hunter members get a push and an email when their state's rules change. SEE THE GROUND, NOT JUST THE MAP 3D terrain with slope, aspect, thermals and scent drift, and the sun tracked through the day. Switch on lidar to see the bare earth under the trees — the benches, saddles, draws and old logging roads that funnel deer — and let HuntShield mark the likely ones for you. STAND THERE BEFORE YOU GO Drag the Stand View figure onto the map and look around in first person, built from the real USGS lidar scan: the actual trees at their measured heights, the brush, the lay of the land. Check your shooting lanes from the ground, a ladder or a tower. Where no scan exists, you get a model from terrain and canopy data. Save a stand and it opens with no signal. FIND THE THICK STUFF The brush layer reads the lidar scan to show where the cover is thick two to ten feet off the ground — the bedding cover a satellite photo can't see. CONDITIONS FOR EVERY HUNT AREA Weather, wind, pressure, sunrise and sunset, moon phase and species activity for public land and WMAs, plus a moon and rut calendar by species. FIND LAND TO HUNT Public ground is crowded and private ground is who-you-know. Browse land by the day, season or party, see the rate up front, and book it in the app. WORK THE BLOOD TRAIL WITH NO SERVICE Built to work offline. Tell it where the animal stood and where the shot hit, and it walks you through the sign, how long to wait and which way to push. (Hunter) KNOW THE YIELD BEFORE THE PROCESSOR DOES Twenty species, whitetail to squirrel, with the cut breakdown. No scale in camp? Measure the girth for a weight estimate from published equations for nine big-game species. IDENTIFY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT Species identification that runs on the phone, even with the bars at zero. FOR LANDOWNERS List your property, set day, season or party rates, manage bookings and issue guest permits. WHAT NEEDS A SIGNAL Straight answer: the marketplace, community and bookings need a connection, a new regulation check or lidar view needs one the first time, and maps are downloaded once to work offline (Hunter). Saved checks, saved stands, saved maps, blood trailing, meat yield and species identification work in airplane mode. WHAT IT COSTS Free: 3 regulation checks a month, 2 gear scans, a trip plan, the meat yield calculator, the moon and rut calendar, a 5-record harvest log, and the land marketplace — browsing and booking are free. Hunter, $14/month, starting with a 1-month free trial: unlimited regulation checks, regulation change alerts, blood trailing, offline map downloads, GPS tracks, waypoints, sit log, compliance certificates and cross-device sync. Landowner, $35/month: everything in Hunter, plus parcel claiming, guest permits, food plot planning, property listing and booking management. Regulations are compiled from state wildlife agency publications and reviewed against the source, but you are always responsible for the rules where you hunt. Verify anything that decides a shot. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.huntshield.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.huntshield.app/privacy

Screenshots

Side Out4 screens
HuntShield4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Side Out at none against HuntShield's 4. Side Out also leads on ratings volume (88 vs 2). HuntShield's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). On price, update cadence, ads 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. HuntShield sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $14.00 per month. Side Out asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HuntShield holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Side Out has 88 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Side Out's written reviews are positive against 100% of HuntShield's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Side Out ships an update fortnightly, HuntShield every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Side Out versus HuntShield: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSide OutHuntShield
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (88 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings88 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB92 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer205L StudioA & M Venture Group LLC

Customer experience

Side Out

All ratings82 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral7.3%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive90.2%
Neutral3.3%
Negative6.6%

HuntShield

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Side Out

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • App on watch randomly closes and deletes match
  • Server switching courts not working
  • Undo is sometimes buggy
  • Display hangs occasionally
  • Not properly syncing app data from iPhone to watch
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  • Unable to begin a game on iPhone app
  • Unable to edit player data on iPhone app
  • Paid app froze and won't reinstall
  • Purchased app not on phone
  • App freezes during use
  • Accidentally awarding final point goes to 'Finish' screen
  • SE watch doesn't wake right away
  • Creating multiple Apple workouts when changing teams

Requested features

38 requests
  • Tennis app or section
  • Set up on phone, control on watch
  • In-game timer
  • Disable Watch crown rotation
  • Microphone control for player names
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  • Long press to replace names
  • Default setup option
  • Win/loss summary for all players
  • Change background color (black/white)
  • Use app with workout app for display priority
  • Save matches by sessions
  • Flip player view
  • Rally score option with 2 services
  • Archive feature
  • Stats against added players
  • Landscape mode for players
  • Add 'Myself' to either team
  • Exit and save option
  • Share scoreboard to another iPad
  • Games won under each player
  • Heart rate on Apple Watch version
  • Donation option
  • Play again with same team members
  • Disable crown for scoring
  • Error override feature
  • Delete players
  • Sync code for other players' watches
  • Quick start with option to add myself
  • Add players after QuickStart
  • Coin toss option
  • Time out option with timer
  • Save data to cloud and export
  • Track player errors
  • Track skinny/regular singles games
  • Program team side switching frequency
  • Summarize games played or export data
  • Confirmation or undo at end of game
  • Consolidate multiple Apple workouts

HuntShield

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Side Out

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

HuntShield

Subscriptions4
  • HuntShield Hunter Plan1 Month trial$14.001 Month
  • Landowner Plan$35.001 Month
  • Landowner Enhanced$54.001 Month
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  • Landowner Featured$115.991 Month

Questions

Is Side Out free?
Side Out is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HuntShield free?
HuntShield is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Side Out or HuntShield?
HuntShield is rated higher. Side Out averages 4.5 out of 5 from 88 ratings, while HuntShield averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Side Out or HuntShield have ads?
Neither Side Out nor HuntShield shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Side Out or HuntShield?
Side Out ships an update fortnightly, and HuntShield every 8 days. Most recently, Side Out was updated on October 24, 2026 and HuntShield on October 24, 2026.

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