# HuntWise: A Better Hunting App

> GPS, Maps, and Hunting Times

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id645518545](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id645518545)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id645518545`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sportsman Tracker
- **Category:** Navigation
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (68,435 ratings)
- **Version:** 9.3.17
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-10
- **First published:** 2013-05-18
- **Size:** 171 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/huntwise-a-better-hunting-app/id645518545)
- **Website:** [https://huntwise.com](https://huntwise.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sportsmantracker.com/privacy-policy](https://sportsmantracker.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

HuntWise provides the ultimate hunting advantage by combining weather analytics, mapping, and community features to improve success. HuntCast identifies the best times to hunt based on weather variables, while RutCast guides you through each phase of the whitetail rut. WindCast helps optimize stand placements, and HuntCast Alerts keep you ahead of primo hunting windows.

The mapping suite gives you over 450 hunting maps, offline access, landowner contacts, and public land layers to expand hunting opportunities. Gear deals help you save on top gear, and the built-in community lets you share hunts and insights to plan and execute with your crew.

## Rankings

- #4,978 — Overall

## Review summary

Users repeatedly praise HuntWise for its core hunting data (property lines/maps) and ease of use, but major recurring issues pull down overall satisfaction. The top negatives are billing and subscription problems, data accuracy concerns for land ownership, outdated maps, frequent glitches and ad interruptions, and weak customer support for refunds.

### Pros

- Helps hunting planning with property lines and land/public land maps.
- Wind direction and weather data work reasonably well.
- Relatively easy to use compared to alternatives.

### Cons

- Billing and subscription problems: free trials charged, renewal charges, and perceived upselling to pro/elite plans.
- Land ownership/parcel data reliability issues: property lines or owners not visible for months, landowner names reverting to old data, missing parcels.
- Maps are outdated or not updated frequently enough.
- App instability: glitches, crashes (huntcast issues), and ads blocking the screen even for paying users.
- Customer support and refund handling problems.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id645518545)