Contors vs onX Hunt
onX Hunt is the biggest name in hunting maps, and if you chase elk in Colorado one week and turkeys in Missouri the next, its breadth is the point. But breadth has a price — literally: all-state coverage costs $99.99/yr on Elite, and every species onX serves dilutes the attention any one of them gets. Contors spends 100% of its product on whitetail — and covers every state on a $39.99/yr plan with a 7-day trial matching onX’s.
| Contors | onX Hunt | |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | Purpose-built for whitetail — 100% of the product aimed at the deer you actually hunt | Generalist — all species across all 50 states, with deep public-land tools |
| Pricing | Free plan (no card) · Pro $4.99/mo or $39.99/yr · Unlimited $9.99/mo or $79.99/yr | Free basic · Premium $34.99/yr covers one state · $49.99/yr two states · Elite $99.99/yr or $14.99/mo for all states + Canada |
| Free trial | 7 days — free trial on Pro and Unlimited | 7 days |
| State coverage | Every state included on every plan | Per-state on Premium; all 50 + Canada requires Elite ($99.99/yr) |
| Satellite & base maps | Three satellite providers in one app — Google, Esri, and USDA NAIP aerial — plus full USGS topo; switch per hunt | Proprietary basemaps with satellite, topo and hybrid views; Elite adds recent + leaf-off imagery |
| 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 | Elite adds TerrainX terrain analysis |
| 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 | Landowner information on paid plans — but coverage follows the per-state tiering: one state at $34.99/yr, two states at $49.99/yr, and all 50 states requires Elite at $99.99/yr |
| 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 | TerrainX terrain tools on Elite |
| 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 Cam Analysis on Elite |
| Deer prediction / analysis | Buck Refuge Model — a bedding-security heat map computed from your own boundary, cover and pressure | Not advertised |
| Weather | 16-day forecast with wind, thermals and deer-movement conditions | Wind and weather layers on paid plans |
| 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 and Android apps + full web/desktop | iOS, Android, web |
Where onX Hunt fits
Multi-species hunters, Western public-land hunts, draw-odds research and hunting-unit boundaries — that is onX’s home turf, and Elite’s leaf-off imagery and TerrainX are capable tools for it.
Where Contors pulls ahead for whitetail
Scout does something no feature list line can convey: it acts. Ask where mature bucks bed and it reads your boundary, cover, pressure and today’s wind — then drops the markers, plans the sit, and explains why. The Buck Refuge Model turns your own scouting into a bedding-security heat map of your ground, not a generic layer. Every state is included at every price. The trial is twice as long. And the parcel math is the sharpest contrast on the page: Contors includes all 50 states of parcel data — owner names and contact details — on both paid plans, starting at Pro’s $39.99/yr. Getting national coverage from onX means climbing the per-state ladder ($34.99 one state, $49.99 two) to Elite at $99.99/yr — two and a half times the price for the coverage Contors starts with.
The base map story matters too: Contors carries three satellite providers — Google, Esri and USDA NAIP — plus full USGS topo, with lidar terrain shading on both paid plans, layered over topo and satellite; onX reserves its advanced terrain analysis for Elite. Add the Buck Tracker & Trophy Room with AI aging and scoring from trail-cam photos, AI stand ratings against live wind, two-tap in-app support, and a referral program that earns you and a buddy free months.
Bottom line
Hunting five species in five states? onX. Hunting whitetail seriously? Contors was built for exactly you — and the 7-day trial means you can prove it on your own property before paying a dime.
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
