Comparison

QuackIndex vs Blind Guide

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

Head to head
About

QuackIndex

This app consolidates weather, wind, water levels, terrain, and state regulations for duck hunting spots. It provides a daily QuackIndex score to help plan hunts based on various environmental factors and includes a journal for logging activity with AI analysis.

Highlights
  • Daily QuackIndex conditions score
  • Duck movement condition insights
  • Water and terrain data
  • State waterfowl regulations
  • AI-powered hunt journal analysis
  • Free U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service field-ID guide
Features
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QuackIndex helps U.S. duck hunters bring weather, wind, nearby water readings, terrain context, state regulations, and hunt journals together for a saved hunting spot. See a daily 0–100 QuackIndex score built from 3 plain, always-visible factors — Duck Movement (50%), Water Conditions (30%), and Huntable Wind (20%) — no hidden math. It is a planning aid—it does not count ducks or guarantee hunting results. FEATURES • Duck Movement — weather severity, wind push, and season timing (including a dedicated blue-winged teal early-season model), plus a real barometric-pressure signal, with Freeze Severity, Temperature Trend, and Pressure Trend broken out right below it. • Water and terrain — see nearby USGS gauge readings, USACE reservoir data, or NOAA tide information when available, plus satellite water context, hillshade, wetlands, maps, and public-land context. • State regulations — review waterfowl season information, bag limits, and official source citations for your saved spot. Always confirm the linked official rules before hunting. • Know Your Ducks — a free U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service field-ID guide. • Hunt Journal — log hunting and scouting activity, then request AI analysis of patterns in your own entries. QUACKINDEX PRO Unlock extended forecasts, deeper movement-map tools, terrain layers, Look Back to reconstruct any past date's score and movement map, and unlimited AI Hunt Journal analysis. Eligible new subscribers receive a two-week free introductory offer. Paid subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled through Apple ID subscription settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Blind Guide

Log waterfowl hunts and analyze your success with automatic weather data. Get personalized forecasts and insights to improve your hunting strategy based on historical data and conditions.

Highlights
  • Log hunts with automatic weather data
  • Analyze harvest statistics
  • Predictive hunt forecasts
  • Blind performance analysis
  • Migration timing insights
  • CSV data export
Features
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Blind Guide is a field journal for waterfowl hunters and a forecast that learns from it. Log a hunt in under a minute. Blind Guide pulls the weather for you — temperature, wind, sky, barometric pressure and moon phase — and adds it to your hunt and bird harvest. Then it reads that record back to you: Which blind produces on a west wind. Whether you actually do better on a falling barometer, or just think you do. Where the birds have been at this point in past seasons. The forecast feature provides a daily Hunt Score for each of your blinds, so you know which blind should have the birds based on migration, weather conditions, moon phase and your historical success. The statistics pane is a visual record of the birds you've harvested in a season with the ability to see details like 'Harvest by Month', 'Best Conditions', 'Best Blind', and "Best Day' all based on the hunts you record. FREE, WITH NO LIMIT • Unlimited hunts logging, forever — no cap, no trial • Automatic weather logging on every hunt • Your season totals: birds, days afield, species • A two-day forecast for one of your spots PRO • A 7-day Hunt Score forecast for every spot you hunt • Which blind to hunt, matched to the wind • Hunt Scores tuned to what has actually produced for you • Your season explained — by species, spot, blind, weather and moon • The full conditions on every hunt • CSV export of everything you have logged BUILT ON REAL DATA The migration timing behind the forecast comes from decades of published waterfowl survey counts across all four flyways — state agency aerial surveys, refuge records and national archives — not a guess about when birds "usually" show up. Blind Guide Pro is $8.99/month or $49.99/year. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled; manage or cancel any time in your Apple subscription settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://blindguideapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://blindguideapp.com/privacy

Screenshots

QuackIndex4 screens
Blind Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Blind Guide at every 5 days against QuackIndex's fortnightly. QuackIndex's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. QuackIndex sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Blind Guide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 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 QuackIndex against 5.0 for Blind Guide. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QuackIndex ships an update fortnightly, Blind Guide every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
QuackIndex versus Blind Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuackIndexBlind Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings57 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristopher FrierTrailmark Operations

Customer experience

QuackIndex

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Blind Guide

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

QuackIndex

Subscriptions2
  • QuackIndex Pro14 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • QuackIndex Pro14 Days trial$49.991 Year
2 purchases

Blind Guide

Subscriptions2
  • Blind Guide Pro, Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Blind Guide Pro, Annual$49.991 Year

Questions

Is QuackIndex free?
QuackIndex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Blind Guide free?
Blind Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, QuackIndex or Blind Guide?
QuackIndex and Blind Guide are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do QuackIndex or Blind Guide have ads?
Neither QuackIndex nor Blind Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QuackIndex or Blind Guide?
QuackIndex ships an update fortnightly, and Blind Guide every 5 days. Most recently, QuackIndex was updated on October 31, 2026 and Blind Guide on October 31, 2026.

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