Comparison

DuckSmart vs Greenhead

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

Head to head
About

DuckSmart

This app helps waterfowl hunters make informed decisions by analyzing weather, environmental factors, and providing tools for scouting and journaling. It offers a hunt prediction score, species identification, and personal mapping to enhance preparation and success in the field.

Highlights
  • Weather-based hunt prediction
  • Sunrise & environmental timing
  • Personal hunt mapping
  • Hunt journaling
  • Duck species identification
  • Subscription plans
Features
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DuckSmart is built for waterfowl hunters who believe preparation matters. Waterfowl hunting isn’t random. Weather shifts, pressure changes, wind direction, and timing all influence bird movement. DuckSmart brings those critical factors together in one place so you can make smarter decisions before you ever step into the blind. Whether you’re scouting days ahead or checking conditions the night before a hunt, DuckSmart helps turn raw data into meaningful insight. Key Features Weather-Based Hunt Prediction DuckSmart analyzes changing conditions such as temperature trends, barometric pressure, wind, and timing to generate a hunt prediction score designed to help you plan with confidence. Sunrise & Environmental Timing Quick access to sunrise, sunset, and daily environmental factors that matter when birds are most active. Personal Hunt Mapping Pin your hunting and scouting locations on your own private map. Add notes, conditions, and observations so every trip builds on the last. Hunt Journaling Log hunts manually, noting weather, bird activity, and outcomes. Over time, your journal becomes a personal knowledge base tailored to your hunting. Duck Species Identification Browse and identify common duck species with helpful visual and descriptive information to support in-the-field recognition. Built by a Hunter, Not a Corporation DuckSmart isn’t a replacement for experience or tradition—it’s a tool designed to support them. Built by an avid waterfowl hunter, DuckSmart focuses on clarity, simplicity, and features that actually matter in real hunting situations. No guarantees. No gimmicks. Just better information, organized for the blind. Hunt prepared. Hunt informed. Hunt smarter. Subscription Options: - DuckSmart Pro Monthly: $4.99/month - DuckSmart Pro Yearly: $39.99/year (save 33%) Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://mallardworks.io/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://mallardworks.io/terms-%26-conditions

About

Greenhead

Features
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Greenhead is a waterfowl hunting assistant for Indiana public hunting areas. It reads the DNR's weekly waterfowl inventory - the counts agency staff actually make on public properties, with the date each one was taken - so you can see what a place was holding before you drive an hour to it. It pulls the hour-by-hour weather for that property across your shooting window, because calm at first light and fifteen by nine are two different mornings. And you can ask it things. Where should I go Saturday. How do I set this spread for a north wind. What should I pack. Send it a photo of your spread or your blind and it will tell you what to move. Log your hunts, keep your photos with the day and the weather they belong to, and save scouting notes with the spot where you actually saw birds working. WHAT IT KNOWS Indiana public hunting areas. Season dates are read from the state agency's own publications rather than a summary of them. Counts come from the DNR weekly waterfowl inventory. Weather comes from the National Weather Service. WHAT IT WILL NOT DO It will never give you a bag limit, a shooting-hours window or a species restriction. Those are yours to read, every time, and being confidently wrong about them is how somebody gets cited. If it has no season data for a place and a date, it says so and sends you to your state regulations. It does not guess, and it does not treat a gap as an answer. Other states are coming. Today it only knows Indiana - if you hunt somewhere else it will tell you it cannot help rather than invent something. YOUR SPOTS STAY YOURS Hunts, blinds, photos and scouting notes are visible only to your account. Nothing is sold, nothing is shared with other users, and there is no advertising.

Screenshots

DuckSmart4 screens
Greenhead4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Greenhead at none against DuckSmart's 7. Greenhead also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DuckSmart sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Greenhead asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DuckSmart versus Greenhead: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDuckSmartGreenhead
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (40 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings40 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMallard Works, LLCDavid Campbell

In-app purchases

7 purchases

DuckSmart

Subscriptions7
  • Ambasador Monthly Price14 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • DuckSmart Pro Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • DuckSmart Corporate Extra Seat$29.991 Year
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  • Ambassador Access14 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • DuckSmart Pro Yearly14 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • DuckSmart Group$249.991 Year
  • DuckSmart Corporate - 5+ Users$249.991 Year
None

Greenhead

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DuckSmart free?
DuckSmart is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Greenhead free?
Greenhead is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DuckSmart or Greenhead have ads?
DuckSmart shows ads; Greenhead does not.

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