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Outfitter Spartanforge, is anyone using it and what is your opinion?
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Some good features coming in the next few months.
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Been using it since beta. Got a pretty good deal on spartan forge. I love it. Like it better than onx and the best part its cheaper lol
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Yep I like it also and am locked in for $20 for life. I still use onx and some other map apps as well, but its a great app that I'm using more than the rest.
There is a desktop version i just can not wait for.
Just like onx has. i was told This version which will mirror the app version like onx does will be available within a few weeks.
I do hope we can import waypoints at some point and that will probably be the nail inthe coffin fir me.
This app is gonna probably kill onx if they don’t keep up quickly.
i like onx but just the updates they have drug thier feet too long for me. But on the bright side they are giving away free be a buck killer classes by thp now for membership lol
Maybe we all can learn how to kill big bucks now. Lol
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I have it for the year because I forgot to cancel the free trial. For my area, they have by far the best imagery of any of the apps I've tried. Unfortunately, the website is pointless (sounds like that's changing) and I can't figure out if there's a way to export waypoints, tracks, etc. I don't think there is, which sucks because I like to fiddle around with that stuff in other programs...
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it's just very convenient to have all the map layers digitally available at the palm of your hand and searchable
you can use online tax parcel viewers similarly or download tax parcel shapefiles and find free software to view it.....but OnX and other apps are way more than just free tax assessor data
have you not looked at the onx or spartan forge screen of an avid user? you might be impressed
That's usually intentional. Products are made worse so that you're stuck using them. I try to intentionally avoid giving business to products that do that if there's any sort of reasonable alternative.
I'm probably a decade into huntstand. Played with all the other apps and can't switch.
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The only real advantage to Spartanforge, I think, is the imagery. That's it. Their historical wind feature is nice but I can live without it. I'm not going to use it for the movement prediction (that stuff is location specific IMO, especially at time scales that affect my hunting).
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Bill has said that is coming. Not sure when but its in the works along with the desktop version. Im guessing before the end of the year. A free version is coming also, kind of like on x and huntstand have.
Coming with the desktop version.....hoping by end of next month
Bill said a free version with property owner information will be available this fall with basic imagery. For upgraded imagery (less then 1/2 foot in many areas, lidar, and other app features you'll be able to upgrade at like 5-6 bucks a month if you just want to go month to month during season.....
The movement prediction is fairly accurate for the SE from my experience. Just remember it's not telling you to hunt today vs stay on the couch....it's saying deer are staying in core areas vs transitional areas and staying to there regular routines vs random, irregular travels. Just gives you a little more idea whether to stay closing to bedding, more in between food and bedding or closer to food, if you have the options. Also have had very good luck with predicted wind direction and strength using this app.
Something like this is what it would take for me to dip my toe in and consider converting. Pretty happy overall with onx but SF seems feature laden
Ultimately I couldn’t convert and hold myself to only 1 hunting map app. I have SF and HuntStand. I love both for different reason and try to use each for different things. Had OnX for a few years too and that’s what got me started on the apps to begin with. OnX is awesome but for the $ I couldn’t justify keeping it in addition to the other two.