HornScore vs MtnWispr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HornScore
This app transforms your phone into a professional field judging and scoring tool for hunting. It offers features to compare animals to a library of real scored specimens, calculate detailed measurements, and estimate scores from photos. It also includes community features for sharing and guessing scores.
- Field judging and scoring tool
- Compare animals to a library
- Detailed scoring calculator
- Estimate scores from photos
- Offline access to guides and data
- Community feed and direct messaging
- Boone & Crockett and SCI systems
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Field judge like a pro. HornScore turns your iPhone into a scoring tool. Whether you're glassing a bull at 400 yards or green-scoring a buck on the tailgate, HornScore gives you the numbers — and shows you exactly where they came from. Version 2.0 is a complete, ground-up rebuild. Native. Fast. Designed for iOS 26. THE FIELD JUDGING SUITE HORNMATCH — Compare to real animals. The fastest way to judge an animal is to put it next to one you already know. HornMatch searches real scored animals — your own, the curated HornScore Library, and the community — and lets you filter down by score, total points, mass, age, and rack configuration until you find the match. Save your estimate as a range, or carry the comparable's measurements into the calculator and refine from there. HORNCALC — Break down every number. A full scoring calculator with live net-score computation, typical and non-typical racks, bilateral measurements, and deductions you can actually see. Species guides and anatomical references are one tap away, without leaving your score. Pull a reference animal up side by side and copy its values in. HORNTRACE — Measure straight from a photo. Set your scale against an anatomical reference of known length, trace the measurement on your photo, and get an estimate. A guided walkthrough gets you through your first one fast. SCORE ANYTHING, ANYWHERE - Boone & Crockett and SCI scoring systems - Harvest scoring with full measurement breakdowns - Field estimates when you don't have hands on the animal - Drafts that resume exactly where you left off - Edit any score, any time, without starting over - Rescore any animal you see WORKS WITHOUT SERVICE Because the backcountry doesn't have LTE. Species guides, measurement diagrams, your own scores, and the curated HornScore Library all live on your phone. Downloads sync themselves — and you control exactly what's on your device, species by species, from a single screen. THE COMMUNITY - A feed of real animals with real scores - Direct messages with the hunters you follow - Guess the Score — post your animal, hide the number, let people take their shot - Follow, comment, and discover verified hunters - Branded, full-resolution score cards built for sharing HORNSCORE PRO Unlock the complete Field Judging suite — HornMatch, HornCalc, and HornTrace — plus advanced rescoring, advanced filtering, and detailed measurement breakdowns on every public score. Monthly and annual plans, with a free trial for new members. Download HornScore and score your next one right. Terms of Service: https://hornscore.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://hornscore.com/privacy
MtnWispr
Practice your elk and duck calls with instant feedback. This app analyzes your vocalizations against expert recordings, providing scores and specific corrections to improve your technique before hunting season.
- Call scoring against expert audio
- Real-time vocalization analysis
- Specific correction feedback
- Elk and duck call libraries
- Progress tracking over time
- Video lessons and drills
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Find out if your calling would bring in a bull or turn a flock of mallards before opening day, not during it. MtnWispr listens to your elk and duck calling and scores it against expert reference calls. You get a number and, on most calls, a plain-English correction telling you exactly what to fix. Then you call again. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a species and a call, then hit record. At home, in the truck, or at camp. 2. Get scored in seconds. 3. Read the correction and hear the difference. Play the expert reference back to back with your own attempt. 4. Call again. Watch the number move. ELK CALLS Calf mew Distressed calf sequence Bull calling cows bugle Location bugle Glunking (beta) Tending bugle (beta) Elk calls are scored against real elk audio, so a call that lands on the right pitch but sounds nothing like an animal does not score well. On the four core calls, the result also breaks your call down against a real elk, so you can see what is off, not just that something is. The two beta calls show the score only. DUCK CALLS (BETA) Quack Greeting call Comeback call Feeding call 2-note confidence call 3-note confidence call Duck calls are scored against recordings by Joel Turner, a two-time state champion duck caller, and the scoring was set from his own grades. It listens to the tone of each note first, and on the sequence calls it also checks your rhythm and note count. Duck scoring is in beta: you get the score, one coaching line, and the reference to play back against your own call. THE ACADEMY Two-time World Championship elk caller Joel Turner breaks each elk call down into micro-steps: the base note, the jaw drop, the sweep, the cadence. Each step has a video, a reference clip, and a scored test so you know you have it before moving on. The elk Academy also covers elk biology and situational calling, rut phases, herd dynamics, and bull temperament, so you know which call to make and when to make it. The Duck Academy takes you through the quack, greeting, confidence, feeding and comeback calls in the order Joel uses them on a hunt. Each call has a video lesson from Joel, a two-time state champion duck caller, and a scored drill. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Every scored attempt is saved. Watch your calf mew climb from June to August or your feeding call clean up before the opener, see which calls you have nailed and which still need work, and stop guessing whether you actually improved since last year. WHY IT WORKS Most hunters practice by blowing into a call and hoping. There is no feedback loop, so bad habits get reinforced for years. Elk members routinely find they were losing air around the edges of the call, dropping into mature cow sounds at the end of a mew, or sitting just under the ringing tone on a location bugle. On a duck call, the mistake Joel hears most is air going into the cheeks instead of coming from the gut. None of that is audible to the person making the sound. MtnWispr makes it visible. ACCOUNT REQUIRED MtnWispr is a membership service. Sign in with your existing MtnWispr account to use the app. Scoring runs on our servers, so an internet connection is required. MtnWispr was built in Idaho and trained on Joel Turner's methodology.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MtnWispr at 5.0 against HornScore's 4.5. MtnWispr also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). HornScore's advantage is ratings volume (38 vs 3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. HornScore sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. MtnWispr asks for nothing beyond the download.
MtnWispr holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HornScore has 38 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of HornScore's written reviews are positive against 100% of MtnWispr's.
HornScore ships an update fortnightly, MtnWispr monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HornScore | MtnWispr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (38 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | HornScore | Mathews Consulting Group LLC |
Customer experience
HornScore
MtnWispr
Bugs and requests
HornScore
Reported bugs
1 issue- Inaccurate measurements for certain animals
Requested features
2 requests- Automatic measurement and scoring
- More detailed data on main beam and mass
MtnWispr
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HornScore
- HornScore Pro (Monthly)$9.991 Month
- HornScore Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
MtnWispr
No in-app purchases
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