Ducks Unlimited vs Duck Tech
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ducks Unlimited
This app is your essential companion for waterfowl hunting season. It provides tools for tracking migrations, logging hunts, identifying species, and staying informed about conservation efforts. Plan your hunts and connect with the community.
- Migration Map with real-time reports
- Hunting tools (sunrise/sunset, weather)
- Waterfowler's Journal for logging hunts
- Waterfowl species identification
- DU Events finder
- Stream DU media
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The official Ducks Unlimited App - your ultimate companion for waterfowl season. Track migrations, log hunts, identify species, and stay connected with DU conservation efforts across North America. Whether you’re scouting tomorrow’s blind or planning your next DU event, the DU App puts every tool you need right at your fingertips. Key Features: - Migration Map: View reports from DU biologists, field editors, and other hunters in real time - plus submit your own. - Hunting Tools: Get sunrise/sunset data, weather, snow cover, and season info for your location. - Waterfowler’s Journal: Log hunts, track conditions, record harvests by species, and relive your best days afield. - Waterfowl ID: Browse photos, calls, and detailed info on North America’s most popular duck and goose species. - DU Events: Find and register for local and national Ducks Unlimited events near you. - DU Media: Stream DU TV, DU Films, and podcasts anytime, anywhere. - Create a free My DU profile for exclusive features and member content. Join the community that conserves wetlands and waterfowl for future generations. Download the DU App today and take Ducks Unlimited wherever your next hunt leads.
Duck Tech
Master duck calling with expert instruction and detailed breakdowns of seven essential duck sounds. Practice your calls using your device's microphone and access downloadable videos and hunting tips for success in the field.
- Expert instruction from a world champion
- Breakdown of seven common duck sounds
- Downloadable video lessons
- Microphone recording for practice
- Hunting tips by duck sound
- Pro tips from experienced hunters
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Learn how to call more ducks with three-time world champion duck caller, Barnie Calef, and Got Game Technologies’ tried and true instructional methodology. The Duck Tech mobile app breaks down seven of the most common duck sounds, teaching you how to make the sounds and helping you understand what they mean to a duck and when to use them. Increase your odds of success! Duck Tech helps you become a better duck caller and hunter through: Video content teaching you how to choose a duck call and how to make preliminary duck sounds with it Detailed breakdown of seven of the most common duck sounds, including: -Quack -Hail Call -Greeting Call -Bouncing Hen Call -Cajun Squeal -Comeback Call -Feed Call Audio content of world champion duck caller Barnie Calef making each sound. Incorporating your device’s microphone so you can record yourself calling and compare it to the pro. Video instruction demonstrating how to make each sound, with technical details that only an expert can teach you. They’re downloadable so you can take these videos with you wherever you go, regardless of data access or a cell signal. Hunting tips categorized by duck sound with tried and true pointers that will help you know what each sound means and when to use it in the field. Highly effective Pro Tips that provide insight gained only from years and years of calling and hunting ducks that will help you have the best chance to find and harvest more ducks. Links to resources where you can find the duck hunting products you need to be successful.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Duck Tech at 75% against Ducks Unlimited's 28%. Duck Tech also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (3.9 vs 3.4). Ducks Unlimited's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 39 months). On 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
Ducks Unlimited is free to download; Duck Tech costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Duck Tech holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ducks Unlimited has 141 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Ducks Unlimited's written reviews are positive against 75% of Duck Tech's.
Ducks Unlimited ships an update every 5 weeks, Duck Tech every 39 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ducks Unlimited | Duck Tech |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 3.4 (141 ratings) | 3.9 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.2% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 141 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 39 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #195 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ducks Unlimited, Inc. | GOT GAME TECHNOLOGIES, LLC |
Customer experience
Ducks Unlimited
Duck Tech
Bugs and requests
Ducks Unlimited
Reported bugs
37 issues- Bird ID doesn't work for many species
- Sunrise feature is lackluster
- Log book moved to the internet is not user friendly
- Cannot write a report (button won't click)
- Journal is 'under construction' and unusable
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- Lost all journal entries after deletion
- Lost harvest information after logging out/in
- Journal appears to have lost data
- Location for sunset erased
- Takes forever to load any page
- Error occurred while communicating with the server
- Log doesn't work (linked to account but unusable)
- Buttons and links frequently don't work
- Cannot view past journal entries
- Journal wouldn't accept new hunt information
- Cannot delete journal entries
- Journal is glitchy, group count shows 0
- App crashes when opening
- Migration map doesn't work, reports don't load, crashes continuously
- Cannot post migration reports
- Cannot look at the map
- App crashes when checking migration reports
- App crashes when choosing a bird to ID
- Cannot use duck ID reference without crashing
- App crashes when opening
- App crashes as soon as I open it
- Audio doesn't work
- Sunrise/Set times not available
- Audio doesn't work in duck ID section
- Audio doesn't work
- Journal has issues with multiple bird species
- Third bird entered didn't register, fourth used second species' data
- Migration map always crashes on iPads and iPhones
- Journal not updated for current season
- App doesn't work on new iOS
- WMA option won't scroll down to Tennessee
- Audio doesn't work
Requested features
17 requests- Add YouTube to DuckDuckGo
- Add swan to species list
- Make membership card available in Apple Wallet
- Add more Canadian content (seasons, bag limits)
- Sync reports
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- Update flyway migration reports
- Reproduction rates estimation
- Projected food plot outlooks
- Add DU store in app
- Allow searching by date range
- Sort reports by distance from location
- Specify distance from city/town or current location for reports
- Add more reports for season numbers (species count)
- Add 2016-17 Journal update
- Add notification for local events
- Divide bird tracking by species taken that year
- Add Alaska to locations page
Duck Tech
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ducks Unlimited
No in-app purchases
Duck Tech
No in-app purchases







