Comparison

Ducks Unlimited vs Blind Guide

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Blind Guide

Features
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Blind Guide is a field journal for waterfowl hunters and a forecast that learns from it. Log a hunt in under a minute. Blind Guide pulls the weather for you — temperature, wind, sky, barometric pressure and moon phase — and adds it to your hunt and bird harvest. Then it reads that record back to you: Which blind produces on a west wind. Whether you actually do better on a falling barometer, or just think you do. Where the birds have been at this point in past seasons. The forecast feature provides a daily Hunt Score for each of your blinds, so you know which blind should have the birds based on migration, weather conditions, moon phase and your historical success. The statistics pane is a visual record of the birds you've harvested in a season with the ability to see details like 'Harvest by Month', 'Best Conditions', 'Best Blind', and "Best Day' all based on the hunts you record. FREE, WITH NO LIMIT • Unlimited hunts logging, forever — no cap, no trial • Automatic weather logging on every hunt • Your season totals: birds, days afield, species • A two-day forecast for one of your spots PRO • A 7-day Hunt Score forecast for every spot you hunt • Which blind to hunt, matched to the wind • Hunt Scores tuned to what has actually produced for you • Your season explained — by species, spot, blind, weather and moon • The full conditions on every hunt • CSV export of everything you have logged BUILT ON REAL DATA The migration timing behind the forecast comes from decades of published waterfowl survey counts across all four flyways — state agency aerial surveys, refuge records and national archives — not a guess about when birds "usually" show up. Blind Guide Pro is $8.99/month or $49.99/year. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled; manage or cancel any time in your Apple subscription settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://blindguideapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://blindguideapp.com/privacy

Screenshots

Ducks Unlimited4 screens
Blind Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Blind Guide at 100% against Ducks Unlimited's 28%. Blind Guide also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and ads (none vs shown). Ducks Unlimited's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (141 vs 7). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Blind Guide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Ducks Unlimited asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Blind Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ducks Unlimited has 141 ratings behind it against 7, 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 100% of Blind Guide's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ducks Unlimited ships an update every 5 weeks, Blind Guide every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Ducks Unlimited versus Blind Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDucks UnlimitedBlind Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (141 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings141 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDucks Unlimited, Inc.Trailmark Operations

Customer experience

Ducks Unlimited

All ratings141 ratings
Positive56.0%
Neutral13.5%
Negative30.5%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive28.2%
Neutral26.9%
Negative44.9%

Blind Guide

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Blind Guide

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ducks Unlimited

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Blind Guide

Subscriptions2
  • Blind Guide Pro, Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Blind Guide Pro, Annual$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Ducks Unlimited free?
Ducks Unlimited is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blind Guide free?
Blind Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ducks Unlimited or Blind Guide?
Blind Guide is rated higher. Ducks Unlimited averages 3.4 out of 5 from 141 ratings, while Blind Guide averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Ducks Unlimited or Blind Guide have ads?
Ducks Unlimited shows ads; Blind Guide does not.
Which is updated more often, Ducks Unlimited or Blind Guide?
Ducks Unlimited ships an update every 5 weeks, and Blind Guide every 5 days. Most recently, Ducks Unlimited was updated on October 23, 2026 and Blind Guide on October 24, 2026.

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