Comparison

iHunter vs BetterFish

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

Head to head
About

iHunter

This comprehensive hunting application provides hunters in Canada with essential tools for planning and executing hunts. It overlays hunting zones on various maps, displays open seasons, and allows users to log personal hunting data and waypoints. Offline functionality is a key feature for many of its tools.

Highlights
  • View hunting zones overlaid on maps
  • Offline map caching
  • Add and manage waypoints, tracks, and drawings
  • Sunrise/sunset calculator
  • Import GPX, KML, KMZ files
  • Track position, speed, and altitude
  • CarPlay integration (Pro subscription)
Features
Currently charting
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iHunter is Canada's all-in-one hunting app designed for hunters across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, & Labrador, Nova Scotia, and the Yukon Territories. The app is both free to download and free to use. Regulations are updated annually upon release by the respective provinces. By overlaying hunting zones onto various base maps, users can easily determine their current location and the corresponding zone. Users can delve deeper into specific zones to view the open seasons for big game, predators, game birds, and small game. Additionally, they can add their own waypoints, tracks, and drawings to keep track of hunting spots, past harvests, and landowner contact information. Features (Most functional offline): • View Hunting zones overlaid on your choice of map. • Multiple satellite, topographic, and road maps included which automatically caching for offline use. • Add waypoints to the map at your current location, known GPS locations, or by tapping on the map. • Log in to back up and synchronize waypoints and preferences across devices. • Utilize the sunrise/sunset calculator to determine legal hunting light at your location or a waypoint. • Share your current location with friends or family via email or text for easy location tracking requires internet. • Display weather at your current location or a waypoint (requires internet). • First Nations Reserve boundaries. • Import waypoints and tracks from GPX, KML, and KMZ files. • Track your position, speed, and altitude; draw over the map; search the map; view recently viewed and favourited items. (Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can significantly decrease battery life). For each province, there are two subscription options to enhance the iHunter app: With an iHunter Core yearly subscription, you will receive: • Access to select hunting zones to view summaries of big-game, predators, game birds, and small game seasons (works offline). • Ability to select regions of base maps and map layers to cache for offline use. • Unlimited waypoints, tracks, and drawings. • Capability to add your own TMS and WMS map layers. • Wind condition display by location (requires internet). • 3D base maps. With an iHunter Pro yearly subscription, you will receive: • All features included in the Core Subscription. • CarPlay integration. • iHunter layers in driving navigation for both CarPlay and in-app navigation. • Additional public and private land layers. The available layers differ for each province. See https://www.ihunterapp.com/ for more information. For more information, visit: https://www.ihunterapp.com/subscription-terms-of-use/ Other available purchases: • Land Ownership Maps (AB): Over 60 county land ownership overlays ranging in price from $9.99 to $29.99 are available for Alberta. • Land Ownership Maps (SK): Over 180 RM land ownership overlays ranging in price from $14.99 to $21.99 are available for Saskatchewan. • Land Ownership Maps (MB): Over 70 RM land ownership overlays ranging in price from $14.99 to $44.99 are available for Manitoba.

About

BetterFish

Access comprehensive fishing regulations for British Columbia, including seasons, limits, and closures, for over 15,000 bodies of water. This offline field guide provides tidal and non-tidal rules, tide predictions, and river flow patterns. It also offers fish identification, tactics, and trip planning tools.

Highlights
  • Offline BC fishing regulations
  • 15,000+ water bodies
  • Tidal and non-tidal rules
  • Tide predictions and river flow
  • Fish identification
  • Tactics and gear advice
  • Trip planning tools
Features
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Everything you need to fish in BC. BetterFish is your offline field guide to British Columbia fishing regulations. Tap any lake, river, creek or tidal area and read exactly what applies right there: seasons, catch and size limits, gear and bait rules, and the closures in force today. EVERY WATER'S RULES, ONE TAP AWAY 15,000+ lakes, rivers and creeks across all nine regions. Where a closure has a mapped boundary it is traced on the water itself, so you can see where it starts and ends. Where a closure exists only in writing, BetterFish says so rather than drawing a line it can't stand behind. BUILT FOR NO SIGNAL The regulations, the waters and the synopsis are bundled on your device, so the rules work in a canyon or in airplane mode. Download map imagery, including satellite, for the area you're headed before you leave. SALMON AND TIDAL, COVERED Non-tidal salmon rules from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, plus tidal regulations for all 48 Pacific fishery management areas, with tidal closures, rockfish conservation areas and other protected zones drawn on the map. THE OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS, BUILT IN The BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis (2025-2027) ships inside the app as an offline reader. A water with its own listing in the book opens straight to that page; everywhere else opens the region's chapter. Either way you can check the printed source without a connection. REGULATIONS UPDATED MID-SEASON Openings, closures and variation orders change all season long. BetterFish updates its own regulation data over the air, signed and verified before it is trusted, so the app corrects itself without waiting on an app update. A What's New screen lists what moved, filtered by region or tidal area, by distance from you, or by searching for a water. TIDES AND RIVER FLOW See the seasonal flow pattern for a river and jump to the live gauge that covers it. Tidal waters hand off to official tide predictions, so you can time the trip as well as follow the rules. PUT A NAME TO YOUR CATCH Photograph a fish and an identifier that runs entirely on your phone suggests the species, with illustrated ID guides for the lookalikes. Suggestions, not verdicts: the guides show you what to check. TACTICS AND GEAR How to fish for 21 BC species by water type and season: proven setups, lures and presentations, plus knots and the basics of reading a river. PLAN THE WHOLE TRIP Map layers for stocked lakes, boat launches, campgrounds and provincial parks, and a private-land layer so you know what's off limits. Keep your licence details and documents on hand, and see what each water requires. YOUR SPOTS STAY YOURS Save spots with catch logs and photos. Your photos never leave the phone, and nothing else does either unless you choose to make an account and back it up. Share a spot with a friend as a file; nothing is shared unless you send it. COVERAGE All of British Columbia SUBSCRIPTION BetterFish is free to download. Full access is one annual subscription, CA$24.99 per year in Canada, and it starts with a 3-day free trial. The price for your country is shown on the purchase screen before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and the subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://betterfish.ca/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://betterfish.ca/privacy/ BetterFish is an independent reference tool, not an official or legal source, and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the Province of British Columbia, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, or any government agency. It is not an official or legal source. Always confirm the current rules with the BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis and Fisheries and Oceans Canada before you fish. You need a valid licence, and any required stamps, to fish in BC; BetterFish does not sell them.

Screenshots

iHunter4 screens
BetterFish4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BetterFish at none against iHunter's 50. BetterFish also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). iHunter's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and chart position (#130 vs unranked). On price, ads, monetization model 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. iHunter sells 48 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. BetterFish asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iHunter ships an update every 5 days, BetterFish monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
iHunter versus BetterFish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriHunterBetterFish
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (358 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings358 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#130 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size318 MB331 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInside Outside Studios IncLindsey Dewart

Customer experience

iHunter

All ratings358 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.8%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral9.2%
Negative24.1%

BetterFish

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

iHunter

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App crashes after 1-2 minutes of use
  • Crashes when zooming in or checking map details
  • Crashes during waypoint labeling
  • Unwanted zoom-out when reopening app
  • Failed to open PDF file errors
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  • Map not visible without network connection
  • Account data and purchases disappearing
  • Forced app updates interrupting active use
  • Performance degradation after recent updates
  • Glitchy behavior with long load times
  • Unresponsive interface during zooming

Requested features

17 requests
  • Apple CarPlay integration
  • Landowner contact information and phone numbers
  • Updated satellite imagery with monthly updates
  • Better 3D angles and terrain visualization
  • Improved road and highway overlay options
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  • Terrain filtering by slope angle and tree lines
  • Fishing zones and seasonal limits
  • More waypoint marker icon options
  • Live compass feature
  • Buddy tracking functionality
  • Better zoom level for satellite imagery
  • Automatic zoom retention when switching apps
  • Improved map imagery quality from ArcGIS
  • River and lake name labels on maps
  • Motor vehicle restricted area markers
  • LEH zone subdivision markings
  • Lower pricing for individual map purchases

BetterFish

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

48 purchases

iHunter

Subscriptions7
  • iHunter SK Core7 Days trial$3.991 Year
  • iHunter AB Core7 Days trial$3.991 Year
  • iHunter AB Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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  • iHunter BC Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • iHunter SK Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • iHunter MB Pro7 Days trial$11.491 Year
  • iHunter ON Pro7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time41
  • iHunter Manitoba$3.99
  • iHunter Washington$3.99
  • iHunter Alberta$3.99
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  • iHunter Saskatchewan$3.99
  • iHunter Ontario$3.99
  • RM of Invermay 2023$9.99
  • RM of Invergordon 2026$9.99
  • RM of Humboldt 2025$9.99
  • RM of Lake Lenore 2025$9.99
  • RM of Lake Lenore 2024$9.99
  • RM of LeRoy 2024$9.99
  • RM of Chester 2023$9.99
  • RM of Montmartre 2023$9.99
  • RM of Pleasantdale 2024$9.99
  • RM of Wreford 2024$9.99
  • RM of Bayne 2024$9.99
  • RM of Fish Creek 2024$9.99
  • RM of Big Quill 2024$9.99
  • RM of Lakeside 2023$9.99
  • RM of Round Valley 2023$9.99
  • RM of Usborne 2021$10.99
  • RM of Humboldt 2021$10.99
  • RM of Morris 2021$10.99
  • RM of Mount Hope 2022$10.99
  • RM of Eye Hill 2021$10.99
  • RM of Grass Lake 2021$10.99
  • Vermilion River 2023$14.99
  • RM of Three Lakes 2026$14.99
  • RM of Hoodoo 2026$14.99
  • RM of Hoodoo 2025$14.99
  • RM of Kinistino 2024$14.99
  • RM of Wolverine 2024$14.99
  • RM of Emerald 2019$14.99
  • RM of Viscount 2024$14.99
  • RM of Three Lakes 2024$14.99
  • RM of Willow Creek 2024$14.99
  • RM of Foam Lake 2022$14.99
  • RM of Flett's Springs 2024$14.99
  • RM of Ponass Lake 2019$14.99
  • RM of Viscount 2020$14.99
  • RM of Sasman 2019$15.99
None

BetterFish

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iHunter free?
iHunter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BetterFish free?
BetterFish is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iHunter or BetterFish have ads?
Neither iHunter nor BetterFish shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iHunter or BetterFish?
iHunter ships an update every 5 days, and BetterFish monthly. Most recently, iHunter was updated on October 22, 2026 and BetterFish on October 15, 2026.

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