Comparison

BuckBuddy vs AquaTerra

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

Head to head
About

BuckBuddy

Connect with fellow hunters, share your experiences, and track harvested animals. This GPS-driven platform enhances safety and success by facilitating communication and collaborative searches for wounded game.

Highlights
  • Connect with like-minded hunters
  • Real-time location sharing
  • Harvested animal tracking
  • Wounded animal assistance
  • GPS-driven map features
  • Share hunting success
Features
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Buck Buddy is a revolutionary social platform designed exclusively for hunters, enabling them to connect, share hunting experiences, track harvested animals, aid in wounded animal searches, and build a supportive community of like-minded individuals, all through a GPS-driven app that enhances safety and success in the hunting world. From the beginning of time, early humans’ survival was based on their ability to successfully hunt. A common practice was to hunt in groups in order to improve their chances of a catch. Today, there are over 11 million deer hunters in the U.S. according to the National Deer Association. And while many of the hunters choose a combination of hunting in groups or solo, there is no social platform that exists to bring them all together. Until now, introducing the Buck Buddy app. The Buck Buddy app, allows hunters to connect with other hunters while bringing strangers with a common interest and mission together. Track your animal with ease: Upon downloading the app, the hunter creates a profile page consisting of your name, address, and/or cell number or email. Once registered you can click on a deer stand located on the map which informs other hunters that it’s your location. From your spot, you will get a notification from others within a three to five-mile radius. At that point, you can share a picture of your harvested animal and save that information for others to see. This helps not only in tracking your animal but will minimize the time spent on an animal that has already been taken. Useful for searching and helping others search: The Buck Buddy app is also useful for searching and helping others search for a wounded animal. Buck Buddy can also be used in the same way for shed hunting. And because Buck Buddy is GPS driven you can share and post from the comfort of your home. Buck Buddy is the perfect platform for the harvesting of any animal. Make your collective experience safer and more successful. Buck Buddy is the creation of an avid hunter for over 20 years. He states, “I created Buck Buddy because communicating in the deer hunting world was missing but needed. This is the app where we hunters can at the very least familiarize ourselves and what we are hunting within the areas we are sharing making our collective experience safer and more successful.” Take your best shot with Buck Buddy today by downloading on IOS for your free one-month trial period. Additional Features: Hunter Connection: Connect with Like-minded Hunters Real-time Location Sharing: Mark Your Deer Stand and Stay Connected Harvested Animal Tracking: Capture and Share Hunting Success Wounded Animal Assistance: Collaborative Search and Rescue Terms of Service: https://buckbuddyapp.com/terms-of-service/

About

AquaTerra

Connect with others who share your passion for outdoor activities. Find companions for fishing, hunting, or other adventures based on shared interests, location, or even by fulfilling specific needs like equipment or transportation.

Highlights
  • Match by interest
  • Match by location
  • Match by need
  • Connect with friends
  • Private conversations
  • Block users
Features
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AquaTerra offers a broad range of ways to connect to find like-minded individuals for all your outdoor hobbies. Users can match by interest (i.e. dock fishing, bow hunting, small game, etc.) or by location (radius from your location, whether at home or on vacation). Users can also match by need. This means if you have land but no ammo, or gas money but no boat, you can set your match requests to find someone who has what you need and connect! Subscription Features: Users can connect and add friends within the platform.
Users can participate in private one-on-one conversations.
Users possess the capability to search for individuals in proximity to their current location. Users have the choice to block other users as necessary.
 Subscription Price: $1.99/Monthly These prices are in dollars ($) for customers located in Canada. Pricing in other countries may vary due to conversions to your local currency and other factors. The subscription will be renewed automatically if it is not canceled within at least 24 hours prior to the expiration of the current subscription. 
You can manage your subscription or turn off the automatic renewal of your subscription by managing the account settings and preferences within your mobile device operating system and the associated mobile application store. Privacy policy: https://cms.aquaterra.app/api/privacy-policy Terms & Conditions:https://cms.aquaterra.app/api/terms-and-condition

Screenshots

BuckBuddy4 screens
AquaTerra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: AquaTerra at none against BuckBuddy's shown. AquaTerra also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.6). BuckBuddy's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. BuckBuddy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and AquaTerra sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BuckBuddy against 5.0 for AquaTerra. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BuckBuddy ships an update every 6 weeks, AquaTerra every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BuckBuddy versus AquaTerra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuckBuddyAquaTerra
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB39 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperBuck Buddy LLCAquaTerra LLC

Customer experience

BuckBuddy

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

AquaTerra

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

BuckBuddy

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
1 purchases

AquaTerra

Subscriptions1
  • one month standard$1.991 Month

Questions

Is BuckBuddy free?
BuckBuddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AquaTerra free?
AquaTerra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BuckBuddy or AquaTerra?
BuckBuddy and AquaTerra are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do BuckBuddy or AquaTerra have ads?
BuckBuddy shows ads; AquaTerra does not.
Which is updated more often, BuckBuddy or AquaTerra?
BuckBuddy ships an update every 6 weeks, and AquaTerra every 4 months. Most recently, BuckBuddy was updated on October 24, 2026 and AquaTerra on October 7, 2026.

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