Description
Have you ever heard a bugle, grunt, gobble, or yelp in the woods and wondered: “Is that real… or another hunter?”
HuntingCallChecker is the first app that uses real bioacoustics technology to analyze hunting calls and tell you the truth in seconds. No more wasted stalks, no more chasing other hunters, and no more confusion about what you’re hearing in the field.
Just listen through your iPhone microphone and press the button. The app scores the sound from 0 to 1, where 1 means real animal and 0 means synthetic.
Works for major game species: Elk (bull bugle + cow calls), Moose (bull grunts + cow calls), Turkey (hen yelps + gobbles), Whitetail + Mule Deer (buck grunts, bleats, snort-wheeze). More species coming soon.
HuntingCallChecker detects the acoustic features that real animals produce and synthetic calls cannot imitate: Natural frequency, Harmonics, Jitter, Envelope and syllable timing, Spectral flatness, Harmonic-to-noise ratio, Formants and resonance. These are the same features wildlife biologists and sound engineers use, now in an app designed for hunters.
Why hunters love it: Avoid chasing other hunters by accident, Know if the call is worth pursuing, Identify fake calls instantly, Save time, energy, and effort, Safer in the field and clearer decision making. If you’ve ever climbed a ridge chasing a bugle that turned out to be a tube call—or moved on a gobble that was another hunter—this app fixes that problem.
Weather and range adaptive: Wind, humidity, and vegetation change how calls sound. HuntingCallChecker automatically compensates for field conditions and adjusts the score.
Simple results: No audio editing, no tuning, no confusing settings. Just: Real animal, synthetic call, or uncertain.
Designed by hunters, for hunters. This isn’t a game. It’s a tool you’ll actually use in the field. Whether you hunt: Elk in September, Whitetail in November, Turkey in the spring, Moose or Mule Deer in the rut, HuntingCallChecker gives you the confidence and information you need right now, where it matters most.
Hear a call? Check it. Download HuntingCallChecker today. The author also has a book called "Hearing the Hunt" that discusses animal sounds and how this app works. There is also a HuntingCallChecker web site that gives instructions for using the app.
What's new (v2.1)
This version allows the user to zoom into the spectrogram using their finger gestures. This version also has some crow analyzer fixes.