Ducks Unlimited vs Goose 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.
Goose Tech
Master goose calling with expert instruction. Learn the fundamentals, a unique sound alphabet, and various calls. Practice with audio comparisons and receive hunting tips to improve your success in the field.
- Expert-led video instruction
- Goose call sound alphabet
- Library of goose calls
- Audio comparison tool
- Hunting tips and tactics
- Skill builders and sequences
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Goose Tech is the cutting edge of goose calling instruction. Under the guidance of the Goose Guru himself, Nick J, you will be able to hone your goose hunting, and, in particular, calling skills and better know how to successfully call in and kill more geese. Goose Tech is designed to take you on a goose calling journey. First, Nick J. covers the basics and introductory concepts. Then he graduates you to the root sounds in goose calls with a specially designed alphabet. Next, you learn a wide variety of goose sounds. Finally, you apply all of this knowledge with various calling sequences and skill builders. You can also record yourself calling and compare to the real sounds on the app. Finally, Nick J has taken his tried and true goose hunting tips and tactics to help you bring it all together. One-Time Purchase Version gets you all of the following features: Introductory Videos: -Welcome and Course Introduction -Outline of Course Fundamentals -Course Goals -Description of Goose Calling Fundamentals -Understanding Why Geese Call -Importance of Goose Calling -Goose Call Selection -How to Hold the Call -Call Lip Placement Alphabet Instruction (all with how-to video and written tips from Nick J.): -Introduction to the Honker Alphabet -O I T O - The Structure of Note Building -Clean O (O without Voice Inflection) -Clean O Skill Builder -Dirty O (O with Voice Inflection) -I and T -I: Finding Your Lowest Volume -I: Pressure Range -I: Skill Builder -Breaking the Reed Over (Fast Delivery) -Breaking the Reed Over (Slow Delivery) -Fundamentals Wrap Up Goose Calls (all with how-to video, real goose audio, and hunting tips for each, including special “Pro Tips”): -Cluck -Cluck Moan -Double Cluck -Hiccup -Honk -Moan -Pleading Spit Note Quick Spit Rolling Double Cluck Rolling Triple Cluck Spit Notes COMING SOON! Pro Subscription will get you the following additional content: 13 Sequences and Skill Builders and 11 Tactics sections (at the time of initial app release), which will be updated regularly with new sequences, skill builders, videos and tips from Nick Johnson, podcast episodes, calling challenges, and much, much more. In sum, Goose Tech will help you become a better goose hunter. It’s that simple!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Goose Tech at 93% against Ducks Unlimited's 28%. Goose Tech also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.4) and ads (none vs shown). Ducks Unlimited's advantage is price (Free vs $19.99) and ratings volume (141 vs 42). 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; Goose Tech costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Goose Tech holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 141 and 42 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Ducks Unlimited's written reviews are positive against 93% of Goose Tech's.
Ducks Unlimited ships an update every 5 weeks, Goose Tech every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ducks Unlimited | Goose Tech |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 3.4 (141 ratings) | 4.8 (42 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.2% of reviews | 92.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 141 — better | 42 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #123 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ducks Unlimited, Inc. | GOT GAME TECHNOLOGIES, LLC |
Customer experience
Ducks Unlimited
Goose 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
Goose Tech
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ducks Unlimited
No in-app purchases
Goose Tech
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Ducks Unlimited free?
Is Goose Tech free?
Which has better reviews, Ducks Unlimited or Goose Tech?
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