BlindBook vs The Retrieve
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BlindBook
Log all your hunting activities, from tracking harvests and weather to scouting locations with detailed maps. This app helps you manage your hunting season, including waterfowl identification and club or outfitter management features.
- Log hunts with photos and harvest records
- Scout locations with satellite maps and pins
- Track wind, weather, and shooting hours
- Identify duck species with camera (WingID)
- Manage hunting crews, clubs, and outfitters
- Offline mapping for remote areas
- Store hunting licenses and track expirations
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BlindBook keeps your whole hunting season in one place. Log every hunt, pin your spots, check the wind and shooting hours, and look back on your season. Track migratory birds, deer, turkey, upland birds, hogs and gators. Free to log every hunt. LOG EVERY HUNT • Hunt log with photos, harvest records and hunt-day weather • Wind vs. your blind or stand, plus temperature, pressure and cloud cover for every hunt • Ducks and geese: harvest by species, blind and conditions • Deer: antler points, inside spread, shot distance and tag number • Turkey: setup, gobbling activity, beard and spurs • Upland: cover, flushes, roosters and hens • Hogs: day or night, method, bait, boars and sows • Gators: waterbody, length, tail girth and tag SCOUT AND MAP • Satellite map with pins for blinds, stands, scrapes, roosts, wallows and trail cams • Sunrise, sunset and shooting hours wherever you hunt • Attach photos to your pins with Solo Pro LOOK BACK ON YOUR SEASON • Analytics: season totals, top species and top locations • Trophy Room with species slams to collect • Hunt Gallery: every photo from every hunt • Doghouse: your retriever's hunts and retrieves • Gear loadouts for every season with Solo Pro FOR WATERFOWLERS • WingID: identify duck species with your camera • Waterfowl U, hosted by Joel Strickland of Surviving Duck Season • Verified waterfowl season dates and bag limits for all 50 US states and Canadian provinces • Field guide with species details HUNT WITH YOUR CREW Same group every weekend? Start a crew: a shared hunt log, photo gallery and properties, with group scheduling, to-dos and a leaderboard. Bring guests along with no paperwork. RUN YOUR CLUB Member management and invitations, property mapping with blinds and scouting reports, a club calendar, s, leaderboards, shared galleries, and equipment tracking. RUN YOUR OUTFIT Client bookings and multi-day hunts, invoicing and payments with BlindBookPay, digital waivers and e-sion, and team scheduling. PLUS • Store your hunting licenses and track expirations • See the guided hunts you've booked with an outfitter • Mapping works offline in remote spots Download free. Solo Pro, crew, club and outfitter plans available.
The Retrieve
Log and track all your dog's training sessions and hunts. Monitor retrieve rates, performance trends, and health metrics like weight and diet. Organize your memories with custom hashtags and share moments with beautiful session summaries.
- Log training sessions with notes
- Record hunts with results
- Search sessions by keyword/hashtag
- Organize with custom hashtags
- Session summaries with photos/stats
- Track retrieve rates and trends
- Manage multiple dogs and health logs
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Remember every moment in the pursuit of the retrieve. Every retriever lives for the moment the bird falls and the retrieve begins. The Retrieve helps you remember the hunts, the training, and the dogs that made those moments unforgettable. Log every training session, record every hunt, and see your dog improve over time with clear, simple tracking. Features: Log training sessions with notes, weather, and duration Record hunts with results and conditions Search your sessions instantly by keyword or hashtag Organize sessions with custom hashtags like #mallard or #AKC Beautiful session summaries with photos, stats, and notes at a glance Share training and hunt moments with the perfect photo Weekly training recap notifications to keep you on track Track retrieve rates and performance trends Track your dog's health with weight logs, diet tracking, and vaccine reminders Manage multiple dogs View your dog's full history in one place Built for serious handlers who want better insight into their dog's progress.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BlindBook at every 4 days against The Retrieve's every 5 weeks. BlindBook also leads on ratings volume (29 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.2). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. BlindBook sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and The Retrieve sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BlindBook against 5.0 for The Retrieve. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BlindBook has 29 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BlindBook ships an update every 4 days, The Retrieve every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlindBook | The Retrieve |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (29 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 152 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WaterfowlAI | Samantha Bohlman |
Customer experience
BlindBook
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In-app purchases
BlindBook
- BlindBook Pro$9.991 Month
- BlindBook Pro$79.991 Year
- BlindBook Pro + WU$119.991 Year
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- BlindBook Pro + WU$149.991 Year
The Retrieve
- The Retrieve: Premium Upgrade$4.99
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