Contors vs HuntStand
HuntStand is a capable generalist — hunting maps plus land-management tools across whitetail and Western species, with a free tier and a large community. The comparison with Contors comes down to a choice: a broad toolbox, or a specialist that puts its entire product behind one animal.
| Contors | HuntStand | |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | Purpose-built for whitetail — 100% of the product aimed at the deer you actually hunt | Generalist — hunting plus land management, whitetail to Western big game |
| Pricing | Free plan (no card) · Pro $4.99/mo or $39.99/yr · Unlimited $9.99/mo or $79.99/yr | Free tier · Pro from $34.99/yr · Ultimate $99.99/yr for the advanced whitetail tools |
| Free trial | 7 days — free trial on Pro and Unlimited | No stated trial; free tier available |
| State coverage | Every state included on every plan | All 50 states + most of Canada on paid plans |
| Satellite & base maps | Three satellite providers in one app — Google, Esri, and USDA NAIP aerial — plus full USGS topo; switch per hunt | National aerial imagery with monthly satellite updates on paid plans |
| Lidar / terrain shading | USGS 3DEP lidar shading on both paid plans — layers over topo and satellite; USGS topo and contour lines are on every tier, free included | 3D mapping on paid plans |
| Property lines & owners | All 50 states with full parcel detail — owner name & contact info — on BOTH paid plans. Pro and Unlimited get identical parcel data, from $39.99/yr; boundary lines are on the free plan too | All 50 states with ownership data and owner search on paid plans — genuinely nationwide, like Contors |
| AI assistant | Scout acts, not just answers — drops pins, draws routes, plans hunts, grades wind on your terrain, and shows its work | Not advertised |
| AI stand rating | AI stand rating — every stand graded live against wind, thermals and your bedding | Not advertised |
| AI terrain analysis | AI terrain analysis reads your ground for draws, saddles and benches | 3D terrain fly-through |
| Buck tracking & trophy room | Buck Tracker & Trophy Room — hit-list profiles with AI age & score from trail-cam photos, sightings linked to your journal | Trail-camera photo tools |
| Deer prediction / analysis | Buck Refuge Model — a bedding-security heat map computed from your own boundary, cover and pressure | 15-day activity forecasts and rut maps — on the $99.99 Ultimate tier |
| Weather | 16-day forecast with wind, thermals and deer-movement conditions | Detailed weather forecasts |
| In-app support | Two taps to a monitored inbox — feedback and support built into the app, read by the builder | Help center and support channels |
| Referral program | Refer a buddy — you both earn a free month | Not advertised |
| Offline maps | Offline map areas — maps, pins and routes with zero signal | Unlimited offline maps on paid plans |
| Platforms | iOS app + full web/desktop | iOS, Android, web |
Where HuntStand fits
Managing ground with many hands on it — plots, timber, multi-member leases — plays to HuntStand’s land-management side, and owner search by name is genuinely useful. Note that its advanced whitetail tools (15-day forecasts, rut maps) sit on the $99.99/yr Ultimate tier.
Where Contors pulls ahead for whitetail
HuntStand’s forecasts tell you when regional deer might move; Scout tells you where to sit on your ground and marks it on your map. It plans hunts, draws access routes, and grades wind against your actual terrain. The Buck Refuge Model is computed from your property — not a state-level average. A 7-day trial (HuntStand states none), every state on every plan, a 16-day forecast to HuntStand’s standard weather, and Contors’ top tier lands at $79.99 to Ultimate’s $99.99.
Contors also ships Google, Esri and USDA NAIP satellite plus USGS topo with lidar shading on both paid plans and topo plus contours on every tier including free, AI terrain analysis that finds draws, saddles and benches on your ground, a Buck Tracker & Trophy Room with AI age and score from trail-cam photos, AI stand ratings, two-tap in-app support, and a refer-a-buddy program worth free months — each of these either absent from or unadvertised in HuntStand’s published materials.
Bottom line
Choose HuntStand for the management toolbox. For hunting whitetail — deciding where to sit and why — Contors goes deeper, starts cheaper, and gives you a free week to verify that on your own property.
Try Contors Free — 7 Days Free trial on both paid plans · free plan needs no card
Maps and data, side by side
Three satellite basemaps, two topos, lidar shading over either one, and the same county-record parcel data the big apps use — on a $39.99/yr plan.
| Maps & data | ContorsPro $39.99/yr | onX HuntElite $99.99/yr |
|---|---|---|
| Satellite basemaps | 3 — Google, Esri, USDA NAIP aerial | 1 |
| Topo basemaps | 2 — USGS Topo, Esri Outdoor | 1 — plus a Hybrid view that adds contours to satellite |
| Lidar shading over satellite | Yes — it's the default view | No — the Lidar toggle lives on the Topo basemap |
| Lidar shading over topo | Yes | Yes, on Elite |
| Lidar is included from | Pro, $39.99/yr, all 50 states | Elite, $99.99/yr |
| Parcel lines & owner names | All 50 states on Pro and Unlimited — county records via Regrid | One state on Premium ($34.99/yr); all 50 on Elite ($99.99/yr) |
| Offline maps | Pro: one saved area · Unlimited: as many as you want | Paid plans; lidar offline on Elite |
| AI that has read your map | Scout — knows your stands, boundaries, journal and today's conditions | Not advertised |
| Built for | Whitetail, and nothing else | Every species, every state |
Contors figures come from the app. onX figures come from onX's basemap guide, its Lidar support article and its pricing page, checked September 2026. onX® and onX Hunt® are trademarks of onXmaps, Inc.
onX® and onX Hunt® are trademarks of onXmaps, Inc. HuntStand® is a trademark of TerraStride Inc. Spartan Forge® is a trademark of Spartan Forge. Contors is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any of these companies. Competitor information reflects each company’s own published materials as of August 2026; features and prices change — verify current details on their websites. “Not advertised” means we did not find the feature in the company’s published materials, not that it does not exist.
What Contors looks like
