# Go Outdoors VA

> Sports

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id430899744](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id430899744)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id430899744`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Go Outdoors Virginia
- **Category:** Sports
- **Rating:** 3.60 / 5 (229 ratings)
- **Version:** 2026.253.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-27
- **First published:** 2011-04-13
- **Size:** 211 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/go-outdoors-va/id430899744)
- **Website:** [http://www.gooutdoorsvirginia.com](http://www.gooutdoorsvirginia.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/about/policies/](http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/about/policies/)

## Description

Go Outdoors VA is an official Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) app designed for hunters and anglers. It lets you store licenses on your phone, sync recent purchases, and quickly access hunting and fishing regulations, season and bag limits, and state record fish. It also provides access to DWR's licensing system and relevant tools from GoOutdoorsVirginia.com.

Additional features include a location-based sunrise/sunset timer and moon phases, prime wildlife feeding times, tides and nautical weather, online Game Check and boat renewals, and DWR news feeds. The app requires Internet for some features, and user feedback is encouraged to help improve future updates.

## Rankings

- #109,234 — Overall

## Review summary

The Go Outdoors VA app is praised for its simple interface and faster in-app tagging, but repeated issues overshadow the positives. Users report stability problems (crashes, app won’t start after updates), login hurdles requiring frequent re-authentication, licenses failing to sync or display offline, a confusing navigation experience, and licensing tasks (renewals/purchases) that often cannot be completed in-app.

### Pros

- Easy-to-use interface / simple design (repeatedly noted as a strength)
- Quicker in-app tagging of harvests compared with calling or using the website

### Cons

- Crashes, freezes, and reliability problems (including crashes after updates)
- Repeated login prompts and a confusing login flow (fingerprint not working, needing to re-log in)
- Licenses not syncing or showing offline; offline access unreliable
- Confusing navigation and layout; hard to find information or perform actions
- Inability to renew or purchase licenses within the app / licensing workflow broken

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id430899744)