American Waterfowler vs Mirror Vision
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
American Waterfowler
This digital magazine offers comprehensive guides and expert advice for waterfowl hunters. It covers essential topics like dog handling, equipment, and hunting strategies, blending modern solutions with traditional practices. Access current and past issues to enhance your hunting experience.
- Expert advice on waterfowl hunting
- Covers duck dogs, shotguns, and decoys
- Solutions for common hunter problems
- Articles on hunting destinations
- Digital access to current and back issues
- Cross-platform purchasing with pocketmags account
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American Waterfowler stands alone as the bible of contemporary waterfowl hunting while paying homage to the deep traditions and exalted past of the marsh gunners and all their trappings. American Waterfowler focuses on finding solutions for the common problems hunters face. Within dedicated columns such as Duck Dogs, Shotguns, Shotshells, Decoying, Flyway Watch, Smart Money, Marsh Notes and Tried And Tested, experts whose passions reside at the heart of the waterfowling industry share their knowledge and experience, making American Waterfowler THE magazine for waterfowlers both young and old. Overcoming the challenges of weather, water, mud, decoying birds, dog handling, proper guns and loads and getting to the birds owes much to the brilliant products manufacturers have brought to bear, and the remarkable destinations provided by guides and outfi tters. American Waterfowler answers the call for a dedicated duck and goose hunting magazine to lead fowlers into the new era, while carrying on the rich traditions gained in a century of American waterfowling. ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest regular issue at the time of purchase. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. -If a subscription offers a free trial, at the end of the trial period, you will be charged the full price of the subscription. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription settings on your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions can be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx
Mirror Vision
This app helps golfers improve their swing with real-time analysis and AI-powered video recording. It automatically detects swings, offers detailed playback, and provides tools for annotation and sharing, all within a modern, user-friendly interface.
- AI Swing Detection
- Cloud Sync
- Slo-mo 240 fps Recording
- Annotation Tools
- Enhanced Media Player
- Revamped Gallery
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You know what you are supposed to change. Your coach told you. But the only way to check is to film a swing, walk over, watch it back, walk back to the ball, and by then the feel is gone. Film, review, fix is a slow loop, and most of the time the swing never actually changes. Mirror Vision is a digital mirror for your golf swing. Your iPhone films you. Your iPad sits on the ground beside the ball and shows you the swing live, as you make it. You look down where a golfer looks anyway and watch your own backswing happen. What you feel and what is real, connected in the same moment. WHY A MIRROR AT YOUR FEET BEATS A MIRROR ON THE WALL Turn your head to check a wall mirror and you are no longer in golf posture. You open up ranges of motion you do not have in a real swing, so you train the wrong thing. With the iPad at your feet you stay in posture, eyes down, and still see the movement. The first session usually brings an aha moment: the change you thought was huge was almost nothing, or went the other way. Keep practising like this and something else happens. You start to know how you are moving without the screen. That awareness is what lets you change your swing on the course, when there is no video. THREE WAYS TO SET UP Down the line. iPhone behind the ball on the target line, iPad just in front of the ball, below your feet. The classic view, live. Face on. iPhone facing you, iPad at your feet. Watch your head, hips and arms as they move. From behind. iPhone facing your back. A live view of your swing from behind that no mirror can give you. THE PRACTICE LOOP Hit the shot. Look down. The replay is already playing. Auto-detect watches for your swing and records only that, so no dead time fills your library. The iPad replays the shot straight away, in slow motion if you want it. Show your palm to the camera to keep the clip, or do nothing and it is gone. Hit the next ball. Rep after rep, the feedback arrives while the feel is still in your hands. THE TOOLS A low latency live view, plus recording at up to 240 fps for slow motion, frame-by-frame stepping and a precise scrubber. Draw lines, boxes, arrows, circles and angles over the video from either device. Draw them on the live view and they stay there while you swing into them. Jump straight to address, top, impact or finish in any saved swing. Hand gestures. Raise a palm to keep the clip you just watched, or let it go, without walking to either device. Export any clip with your lines on it, or send it to your coach. A swing library, not a camera roll: search, favourites, colour tags and player names. Cloud library, so every swing is on every device. No Wi-Fi or mobile data needed. The two devices connect directly, at the range, in the backyard or in a bay. FOR COACHES Draw the box the student needs to move into and let them find it themselves. Nobody is holding them in position, so they learn what it feels like, with the reference right there on the screen. They take the app home and keep working on the right thing until the next lesson. WHAT YOU NEED Two Apple devices. iPhone as the camera and iPad as the viewer is the best setup. An Apple Silicon Mac can be the viewer too. iOS 16.6 or later. FREE AND PRO Free to download, with one 10-minute mirroring session a day and recording, auto-detect, slow motion, drawing and export all included. Changing a swing takes more than 10 minutes a day. Mirror Vision Pro removes the limit and adds automatic replay on the paired device and the cloud library. Monthly or yearly. Mirror Vision Pro subscription: payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.mirrorvisiongolf.com/privacy-policy Terms: https://www.mirrorvisiongolf.com/terms-and-condition
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: American Waterfowler at 4.9 against Mirror Vision's 1.0. American Waterfowler also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and review sentiment (64% vs 38%). Mirror Vision's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 10 months). 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
Both are free to download. American Waterfowler sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $23.99 per year and Mirror Vision sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
American Waterfowler holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: American Waterfowler has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of American Waterfowler's written reviews are positive against 38% of Mirror Vision's.
American Waterfowler ships an update every 10 months, Mirror Vision monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | American Waterfowler | Mirror Vision |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (17 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews — better | 38.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.2 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Magazinecloner.com US LLC | Mirror Vision Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
American Waterfowler
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In-app purchases
American Waterfowler
- American Waterfowler Auto-Renewable Subscription1 Month trial$23.991 Year
- Volume III Issue 3$4.99
- Volume III Issue VI$4.99
- Volume IV Issue II$4.99
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- August 2013 - Gear Guide Issue$4.99
- Vol. 5 Issue 3$4.99
- Volume IV Issue VI$4.99
- Vol 6 Issue 3$4.99
- Volume VII, Issue III$4.99
- American Waterfowler 3 Back-Issue Bundle$12.99
Mirror Vision
- Mirror Vision Pro$9.991 Month
- Mirror Vision Pro14 Days trial$49.991 Year
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