CoHunt is a hunting app for iPhone and Android whose end-to-end encrypted group chat and live group map keep a hunting party connected miles beyond cell service, over Meshtastic mesh radios.
Meshtastic is an open-source radio system: small LoRa radios that pass short text messages and GPS positions to each other without cell towers or satellites. Each radio reaches a few miles and relays what it hears, so a spread-out party stays connected across many miles. Range depends on the radios and the terrain.
Dog tracking: Garmin Alpha and Astro collars (through CoHunt's Garmin watch app) and Tractive GPS trackers. CoHunt does not connect to Tracker or Ultracom collars.
No radios? Phones near each other can still share chat and positions directly over Bluetooth.
We make CoHunt. This page compares it with five popular hunting apps using each app's own price lists, store listings and help pages, checked in October 2026. For each app you'll find its prices, what it does best, its limits and the hunter it fits.
Quick Comparison Overview
| App | CoHunt $24.99/yr |
onX Hunt Elite $99.99/yr |
BaseMap Pro Ultimate $99.99/yr |
HuntStand Ultimate $99.99/yr |
HuntWise Free to $119.99/yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual Cost (entry / top tier) | $24.99 (single tier) | $34.99 / $99.99 | $39.99 / $99.99 | $34.99 / $99.99 | Free tier; $59.99 / $119.99 |
| Property Boundaries | ✓ All 50 states + 10 countries | ✓ US + Canada | ✓ US | ✓ US + Canada | ✓ US |
| Group Tracking | ✓ Real-time, also with no coverage | ✓ Live sharing, needs data | ✓ Live sharing, data or satellite | Friend Locator, needs data | Shared hunt areas and pins |
| Group Chat | ✓ End-to-end encrypted | No | No | ✓ In-app messaging | Community feed |
| Bluetooth Mesh | ✓ Phone to phone | No (Share Nearby passes markups) | No | No | No |
| Meshtastic LoRa Radio | ✓ Built in | No | No | No | No |
| Trail Camera Integration | ✓ Spypoint + Tactacam | ✓ Browning, Bushnell, Covert, Moultrie, Spartan | No photo sync found | ✓ Stealth Cam, Muddy | Map pins only |
| Ballistics Calculator | ✓ Built in | No | No | No | No |
| Dog Tracking | ✓ Garmin + Tractive | No | No | No | No |
| Account Required | No sign-up | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Detailed App Reviews
CoHunt: party chat and live map with no cell service
Price: $24.99/year, all features included
CoHunt is built for hunting parties that lose cell service: end-to-end encrypted chat and a live group map that keep the party connected for miles over Meshtastic radios. It adds a ballistics calculator, a built-in AR rangefinder, Spypoint and Tactacam Reveal trail cameras, Garmin and Tractive dog tracking and property boundaries for all 50 US states and ten more countries. As of October 2026 we know of no other hunting map app with Meshtastic built in.
Pros
- $24.99 a year, 75% less than onX Elite, HuntStand Ultimate or BaseMap Pro Ultimate ($99.99 each)
- End-to-end encrypted team chat that keeps working with no cell service
- Meshtastic LoRa radios carry chat and the group map miles beyond cell service
- Bluetooth between nearby phones, no radio needed
- Integrated ballistics calculator, on your phone and your Garmin watch
- Built-in AR rangefinder with live ballistic overlay
- Spypoint and Tactacam Reveal trail camera integration (AI species detection on Spypoint)
- Garmin Alpha/Astro and Tractive dog tracking
- Property boundaries for all 50 US states and ten more countries
- No sign-up (optional sign-in to restore on a new phone)
- No ads, no usage analytics; anonymous crash reports you can switch off
- One plan at $24.99 a year since July 2025
Cons
- Newer app with smaller community
- No desktop web access
- Limited hunting content partnerships
- No Tracker or Ultracom collar support
- No Canadian property data
- No draw odds or game movement forecasts
- Trail camera support limited to Spypoint and Tactacam Reveal
Best for: Hunting parties that spread out where phones lose signal and want chat, a live map, ballistics and dog tracking in one plan.
onX Hunt: US and Canada maps with a desktop planner
Price: $99.99/year or $14.99/month (Elite) · $34.99/year (Premium, one state) · $49.99/year (Premium, two states) · 7-day free trial
Who makes it: onX Maps, a venture-backed company. Summit Partners led its 2018 and 2022 rounds, and TCV announced a strategic investment in November 2025.
onX Hunt has property data for all 50 states plus Canada, a desktop version, trail-camera sync with Browning, Bushnell, Covert, Moultrie and Spartan, and waypoints from SIG, Leupold, Leica and Horus optics. Since spring 2026 its Location Sharing shows the live positions of up to 10 people while everyone has a data connection and a Premium or Elite membership, in the US and Canada. It has no in-app chat, ballistics calculator or dog tracking.
Pros
- Desktop version, plus CarPlay and Android Auto
- Lidar maps
- Property data for all 50 states plus Canada
- Live Location Sharing for up to 10 people (needs data)
- Share Nearby passes up to 100 markups phone to phone without signal
- Browning, Bushnell, Covert, Moultrie and Spartan trail camera integration
- onX SOS emergency add-on ($49.99 a year)
Cons
- Elite at $99.99/year is four times CoHunt's price
- No in-app chat at any tier
- Location Sharing needs a data connection and Premium or Elite for every member
- No ballistics calculator (takes waypoints from the free HORUS Ballistics app)
- No GPS dog collar integration
- No Bluetooth mesh or Meshtastic LoRa
- Privacy policy allows targeted advertising through ad partners; it says onX does not sell personal information
- Account required
For more detail, see our CoHunt vs onX Hunt comparison.
BaseMap: draw odds, Global Rescue and rangefinder mapping
Price: $39.99/year (Pro) · $69.99/year (Pro Advantage) · $99.99/year (Pro Ultimate)
Who makes it: BaseMap, Inc., an independently owned company.
BaseMap 7.0 (July 2026) added 3D maps online and offline on iPhone and Android, plus location sharing over a satellite-enabled connection; 7.1 (September 2026) added terrain analysis, viewshed and Apple CarPlay. Its iOS listing still marks one Pro feature, "3D Earth view", as iOS-only. Pro Advantage adds a Global Rescue membership, and Pro Ultimate adds Global Rescue plus HuntPlanner draw odds. BaseMap marks ranged targets from any rangefinder.
Pros
- 3D maps online and offline on iPhone and Android (since 7.0)
- Location sharing over a satellite-enabled connection (since 7.0)
- Terrain analysis, viewshed and Apple CarPlay (7.1)
- Marks ranged targets from any rangefinder; syncs with compatible Bluetooth units
- HuntPlanner draw odds (Pro Ultimate)
- Global Rescue membership (Pro Advantage / Pro Ultimate)
- Independently owned
Cons
- No in-app chat, Bluetooth mesh or Meshtastic
- No ballistics calculator
- No GPS dog collar integration
- No trail-camera photo sync found
- No international property data
- Privacy policy (last updated April 16, 2018): "Currently, our systems do not recognize browser 'do-not-track' requests"
- Policy lets network advertisers show BaseMap's ads to you on other websites (the app itself has no ads)
For the full breakdown, see our dedicated CoHunt vs BaseMap comparison.
HuntStand: whitetail forecasts and Stealth Cam and Muddy camera sync
Price: $34.99/year (Pro, on huntstand.com; the App Store lists $29.99) · $99.99/year (Ultimate) · free tier with ads
Who makes it: HuntStand is published by GSM Outdoors (Irving, Texas), owned by Platinum Equity since 2024.
GSM Outdoors, the company behind Stealth Cam, Muddy and more than 50 outdoor brands in all, bought TerraStride, HuntStand's developer, in late 2022. HuntStand syncs cellular photos from Stealth Cam and Muddy cameras through GSM's Command app; other brands' photos can be uploaded from the SD card on HuntStand's website. Its privacy policy (July 31, 2026) allows targeted advertising, which you can switch off in your account profile.
Pros
- Stealth Cam and Muddy photo sync through GSM's Command app
- HuntZone wind forecasting, up to 72 hours ahead
- 15-day game activity forecasts and rut maps (Ultimate)
- Stand reservations and shared Group Hunt Areas
- Western game unit maps (Ultimate)
- Property data for all 50 states and most of Canada
Cons
- Camera sync limited to Stealth Cam and Muddy; other brands by SD-card upload
- Free tier shows ads
- Privacy policy allows targeted ads (opt-out in your profile)
- No Bluetooth mesh or Meshtastic LoRa
- No ballistics calculator, no dog tracking
- Account required (email, Apple or Google)
- No property data outside the US and Canada
For more detail, see our dedicated CoHunt vs HuntStand comparison.
HuntWise: weather-driven hunting forecasts
Price: Free tier · Pro $59.99/year ($19.99/month) · Elite $119.99/year ($39.99/month) (App Store, October 2026)
Who makes it: Sportsman Tracker, owned by Kalkomey (backed by Cove Hill Partners) since September 2021.
HuntWise is built around forecasts (HuntCast, RutCast, WindCast), with public land layers and landowner contact details. It shares hunt areas, pins, notes and photos with others in real time; we found no live location sharing (October 2026). Its property data covers the US.
Pros
- HuntCast, RutCast and WindCast forecasts
- Public land layers and landowner contact details
- Real-time sharing of hunt areas, pins, notes and photos
- Offline maps and pins
- A free tier
Cons
- No live location sharing or team chat found
- No ballistics calculator
- No dog tracking
- US boundaries only
- Account required
For more detail, see our CoHunt vs HuntWise comparison.
WeHunt: the Nordic team app, priced per hunter
Price: Free / Standard €42.99 / Premium €85.99 / GPS MAX €115.98 to €240.99 per hunter (449 / 899 / 1,199 kr and up in Sweden and Norway)
Who makes it: Natlink. Open Air Group brought WeHunt, Tracker and Burrel together as Natlink in March 2024, and Verdane bought a majority stake in 2025.
Joining a team, team, hunt and private chat, sharing your own position, property lines and offline maps are free; seeing the other hunters takes Standard and seeing the dogs takes Premium, per hunter, and there is no team plan. Premium tracks Tracker, Ultracom and Garmin dogs. CoHunt does not connect to Tracker collars, so the team cost comparison below holds for dogs on Garmin collars.
Pros
- Free tier with team, hunt and private chat, your own position and offline maps
- Property lines in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and France, free
- Tracker, Ultracom and Garmin dog tracking (Premium)
- VHF dog tracking without coverage with Natlink hardware (since 8.15.0)
- 24-hour passes, and a 1-week Premium pass in Sweden
Cons
- No team plan: Standard to see the other hunters, Premium to see the dogs, per hunter
- Device plan per Tracker-SIM collar on top of Premium (GPS MAX)
- Premium on the Swedish plan page: in April 2026 we recorded 799 kr; WeHunt's page now says 899 kr
- Chat and hunter positions use mobile data
- No Bluetooth mesh or Meshtastic LoRa
- No ballistics calculator at any tier
- Privacy policy (February 17, 2026) allows marketing on account, usage and device data and shares pseudonymized map-usage data with licensed partners
- No US, Canadian or New Zealand property data
For the full price breakdown, including the GPS MAX ladder, see our dedicated CoHunt vs WeHunt comparison.
Key Decision Factors
Budget Considerations
CoHunt is $24.99 a year, 75% less than onX Elite, HuntStand Ultimate or BaseMap Pro Ultimate ($99.99 each); over five years that is $375 per hunter. Against their entry plans the gap is smaller: onX Premium and HuntStand Pro are $34.99 a year, BaseMap Pro $39.99. HuntWise and WeHunt have free tiers.
Group Hunting
Plenty of hunting apps have team chat. CoHunt's is end-to-end encrypted and keeps working with no cell service. As far as we could find (October 2026), none of the other apps here can chat or share live positions phone to phone with no coverage. BaseMap can share locations over a satellite connection, onX passes markups phone to phone with Share Nearby, and WeHunt shows dogs over VHF radio with Natlink hardware.
Platform Compatibility
All six apps run on iPhone and Android. BaseMap added 3D maps on Android in version 7.0 (July 2026); its iOS listing still marks "3D Earth view" as iOS-only. CoHunt works the same on both platforms.
Privacy Protection
CoHunt needs no sign-up and keeps your location off our servers. Of the five apps in the table above, it is the only one you can use without creating an account (checked October 2026). The app shows no ads and has no usage analytics; it sends anonymous crash reports, which you can switch off.
International Hunting
Of the apps on this page, CoHunt is the only one with property boundaries on both sides of the Atlantic (checked October 2026): the US, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany (excluding Bavaria), Austria, France, Spain, Italy and New Zealand. onX and HuntStand cover the US and Canada; BaseMap and HuntWise cover the US. WeHunt's property lines cover Denmark, Finland, France, Norway and Sweden.
Scandinavian Hunters
CoHunt is the most trending hunting app in Scandinavia. WeHunt has no team plan: joining a team, chatting and sharing your own position are free, seeing the other hunters takes Standard (€42.99) and seeing the dogs takes Premium (€85.99), per hunter. If your dogs wear Garmin collars, five hunters who all see the dogs pay €429.95 a year on WeHunt and €149.95 on CoHunt (5 × €29.99, CoHunt's euro price), about €280 less per season. CoHunt does not connect to Tracker collars; with Tracker collars on Tracker SIMs, WeHunt is €579.90 a year for five hunters (5,995 kr in Sweden or Norway). See our full CoHunt vs WeHunt comparison for the team-cost breakdown and the complete GPS MAX ladder.
Our Recommendation
For most hunting parties: CoHunt
Encrypted chat and a live group map that keep your party connected miles beyond cell service over Meshtastic radios, plus ballistics, Garmin and Tractive dog tracking, trail cameras and property lines in 11 countries, all for $24.99 a year: 75% less than onX Elite, HuntStand Ultimate or BaseMap Pro Ultimate.
Specialist apps for narrower needs
Each of these can run alongside CoHunt:
- onX Hunt for Canadian property data and a desktop planner. Its Location Sharing works only while everyone has a data connection.
- BaseMap for Western draw odds and a Global Rescue membership, both in Pro Ultimate at $99.99 a year.
- HuntStand for whitetail stand forecasts and Stealth Cam or Muddy camera sync.
- HuntWise for weather, rut and wind forecasts.
- WeHunt for Nordic teams whose dogs wear Tracker or Ultracom collars, which CoHunt does not connect to.
Feature Importance Rankings
Our view of what matters most when choosing, in order:
- Group Communication: increasingly important for safety and coordination
- Reliability: the app must work consistently in the field
- Offline Maps: essential for areas without cell service
- Property Boundaries: critical for legal and safe hunting
- Privacy: protecting your hunting spots from data collection
- Cost: value for money matters for annual subscriptions
- GPS Accuracy: the app must provide precise location data
- Battery Efficiency: it can't drain your phone in remote areas
Making Your Choice
If your party spreads out where phones lose signal, choose CoHunt. Its encrypted chat and live group map reach miles beyond cell service over Meshtastic radios, and ballistics, dog tracking, trail cameras and property lines come in the same $24.99 plan.
If you rely on a specialist app for one thing, such as onX for Canadian property data or WeHunt for Tracker collars, keep it for that and run CoHunt alongside it for the hunt itself. You can try CoHunt free for 7 days on the web first.
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