Deer Hunter! vs Contrail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Deer Hunter!
Embark on a realistic hunting adventure in the great outdoors. Stalk various animals, aim for vital organs for a clean takedown, and harvest your kills for rewards. Upgrade your arsenal with different rifles and attachments to face bigger game.
- Stalk 8 different animals
- Target vital organs for takedowns
- Harvest kills for rewards
- Browse and upgrade hunting rifles
- Equip rifles with attachments
- Face North American game
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Step into the Great Outdoors as your stalk 8 different animals, waiting for the perfect time to take your shot. Land a hit on their vital organs to ensure a fast takedown, then harvest your kill to claim your rewards. Between hunts, browse through a range of different hunting rifles, each with it’s own set of attachments, from sights to muzzle brakes. Take your new equipment deeper into the wilderness and face down some of the biggest game in North America, as you continue your hunting adventure!
Contrail
Control a plane and avoid crossing red lines to fly as far as possible. Build a heat multiplier by skimming danger zones for a higher score. Unlock new trails and keep your daily streak alive in this minimalist arcade flyer.
- Tap to bank left or right
- Build heat multiplier with near-misses
- Progress through different sky zones
- Unlock contrail colors and trails
- Instant restarts
- Daily streak tracking
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Don't cross the lines. Contrail is a minimalist arcade flyer about one simple, unforgiving rule: never cross a red line. Tap the left or right side of the screen to bank your plane, weave through a sky full of rival contrails, and see how far you can fly before you slip up. One mistake ends the run. Every run pulls you back for one more. HOW TO FLY • Tap the sides to bank left or right — that's the whole control scheme • Skim a red line without crossing it to build heat • Cross one, and you're gone CHASE THE HEAT Brushing past danger isn't just a thrill — it's how you score. String near-misses and evasions together to climb the heat multiplier from ×1.5 all the way to a blazing ×5. The closer you fly, the faster your score climbs… and the easier it is to lose everything. FLY THROUGH THE ZONES The sky shifts as you go the distance. Push from clear blue into Overcast, Storm Front, and beyond — each zone with its own mood and a rising tide of traffic that never quite lets you breathe. MAKE IT YOURS Unlock a range of contrail colors and earn new trails as you play. Keep a daily streak alive, beat your best distance, and track your lifetime flights. BUILT TO PICK UP • Simple single tap play - turn clockwise on screen right, counterclockwise on screen left • Instant restarts — no menus between you and the next run • Clean, calm visuals with a satisfying edge • Free to play, with a single optional purchase to remove ads forever How far can you fly?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Contrail at 5.0 against Deer Hunter!'s 3.6. Contrail also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). Deer Hunter!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (14 vs 1). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Contrail sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Deer Hunter! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Contrail holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Deer Hunter! has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Deer Hunter!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Contrail's.
Deer Hunter! ships an update monthly, Contrail every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deer Hunter! | Contrail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 467 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Full Fat Productions Ltd | Tropostrata LLC |
Customer experience
Deer Hunter!
Contrail
In-app purchases
Deer Hunter!
No in-app purchases
Contrail
- No Ads$2.99
Questions
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