Thicket 910 Labs

Thicket Support

Thicket ("Thicket: Hunting Map & Log") is a hunting map and logbook for iPhone, made by 910 Labs.

Contact us

We usually reply within two business days.

The quickest way to report a problem is from the app: Home, then Send Feedback. It opens an email to us from your own mail account, so we will see your email address. Unless you switch it off, the message also carries your iPhone model, iOS version, the app's version and the date and time. It never carries your locations or your records.

Common questions

Where are my records kept?

On your iPhone. Thicket has no account and no server of its own, and it does not send us your waypoints, routes, sightings, harvests, journal, photos or locations. Your records are included when you back up your iPhone to iCloud or a computer.

How do I move my records to a new iPhone?

Set up the new iPhone from a backup of the old one, made with iCloud or a computer. Your Thicket records come with it. Or, on the old iPhone, export Full History from Export & Import, move the file to the new iPhone, install Thicket there and use Import a File. Photos are not in the file. A photo you took in Thicket is also in your Photos library if you allowed that, and goes wherever your Photos library goes. One that isn't there stays on the old iPhone.

Can I export my records?

Yes. On Home, under Your Data, open Export & Import. - Your Records makes a zip of your places, routes and hunt areas as map files (GPX, KML and GeoJSON), spreadsheets of your sightings, harvests, routes, hunt plans, gear, licenses and saved weather places, your journal as a text file, and one file that Thicket reads back in. - Full History is the same zip plus every change you made, including records you deleted. - Map File Only is one GPX or KML file of your places, routes and areas, to open in another mapping app.

Pick one, and your iPhone makes the file and opens the share sheet: save it to Files, AirDrop it, or send it to another app. Photos are not in these files. A photo you take in Thicket is also saved to your Photos library if you allow it; one that isn't there is only inside Thicket, and deleting Thicket deletes it. License numbers are left out unless you switch on Include license numbers. The files show where your stands are and have no password, so keep them where you would keep your map. To export one route, open it and tap the share button: you get a GPX file of every point you recorded.

How do I bring records into Thicket?

On Export & Import, tap Import a File and pick a Thicket zip. On an iPhone with no records, the file is restored, your settings with it. On an iPhone that has records, only what is new is added: yours are kept, and a record you deleted stays deleted unless you choose to bring it back. Thicket also reads waypoints from a GPX or CSV file from another app. It does not read KML or GeoJSON files. Photos are not in a Thicket file, so a record shows "Photo unavailable" where its photo was.

How do I delete my records?

Delete a record in the app, and it leaves every screen. Thicket keeps a history of changes on your iPhone so that an update or a fault cannot quietly lose your records, and a deleted record stays in that history until you delete the app. A Full History export includes those deleted records. To remove everything, delete Thicket from your iPhone (Delete App, not Offload App). The Privacy Policy explains this in full.

Why does Thicket want my location?

To show where you are, record the routes you walk, place waypoints, sightings and harvests where you stand, and get the weather and sun times for your spot. It asks for While Using the App only, never Always. A route you are recording keeps recording with the screen locked, and your iPhone shows its location indicator while it does. Recording or following a route needs Precise Location. You can change this in the iPhone's Settings, under Apps, then Thicket, then Location.

Where does the weather on a sighting or harvest come from?

From the National Weather Service: the reading at the nearest weather station within 50 miles, taken within an hour of the record's time. The record names the station, how far away it is and when it reported. To find it, the app sends the service the record's place rounded to within about half a mile, never the exact spot. If the reading is not what you saw, change it or clear it on the record. Forecasts on Home, Hunting Conditions and hunt plans come from Apple Weather. Thicket is not affiliated with or endorsed by NOAA or the National Weather Service.

The weather or a place name is missing.

Forecasts come from Apple Weather, and place names and map imagery from Apple Maps; all need a signal. A sighting or harvest logged without signal gets its weather from the National Weather Service when you are back in signal, within a week. If no station reported near that place and time, or the record is older than a week, it says "Not captured" rather than guessing; you can type the temperature yourself.

No. They are the times the sun rises and sets at your location, worked out from its position. Legal shooting hours are set by your state and often differ. Check your state's regulations.

Are hunt areas property lines?

No. A hunt area is a shape you draw. Thicket has no property lines or public-land data. Knowing whose land you are on, and having permission to be there, is up to you.

Can I use Siri?

Yes. The Add Waypoint shortcut marks a waypoint where you are standing. Find it in the Shortcuts app, or ask Siri.

What are crash reports, and can I turn them off?

If Thicket crashes, the next time you open it the app sends a report to our crash-reporting service so we can fix the fault. A report is built to leave out your locations, routes, photos and anything you typed. To turn reports off: Home, then App Settings, then Send crash reports.

Does Thicket cost anything inside the app?

No. It has no accounts, no ads and no in-app purchases.

What do I need?

An iPhone with iOS 18.5 or later.

A word on safety.

Thicket is not designed for emergencies. GPS can be off by tens of yards under trees, and a phone's battery runs out. Carry a map and compass, tell someone where you are going, and look up from the screen while you walk.