It's a go-to app for wind and marine conditions before heading out, with a reputation for accuracy that whole angling communities like Maine lobstermen rely on. It's weaker on wave height, which people call inaccurate, and water temperature is basically missing. The sore spot is that once-free things like the offshore report and the waves tab got moved behind a subscription or removed entirely, and against intrusive ads that angers even paying users.
評価点
Accurate wind forecasts, being ready for sea conditions before a trip, trust from entire coastal communities, monthly pricing
不満点
Inaccurate wave height, no water temperature, features moved behind a subscription or removed, intrusive ads, crashes
向いている人：Offshore and coastal anglers who care most about wind and safe conditions to go out
This is a narrowly specialized service for saltwater fishing in Southern California, and dedicated boaters love it: fresh bite reports, water temperature and chlorophyll charts, spotter-plane fish scouting, all of which saves them hours and hundreds of dollars in fuel. The weak spot is the barrier to entry: the app is nearly useless without a paid subscription and without internet, and some content (zone reports, certain species) is trimmed in the app versus the website. Beginners and anyone outside SoCal will get little from it.
評価点
Fresh bite reports from top captains, water temperature and chlorophyll charts, spotter-plane fish scouting, fuel and time savings, showing your position relative to temperature breaks
不満点
Nearly useless without a paid subscription, requires login and internet, zone reports and some species trimmed in the app versus the website, useful only for Southern California
向いている人：Serious saltwater anglers and private boaters in Southern California willing to pay for fresh fish scouting
Long-time users trust the solunar forecast and find it accurate for bass, reds and trout. The weak spots are specific: a lifetime purchase is lost when you switch from Android to iPhone, the calendar sometimes will not let you pick a date, and the default location resets to Lebanon, KS. The activity percentage also sometimes disagrees with what you see on the water.
評価点
Accurate solunar forecast proven over years, helps pick your time on the water, kids like the graphs, responsive support
不満点
Lifetime purchase lost when switching from Android to iPhone, the calendar sometimes will not let you pick a date, default location resets to the wrong city, the activity percentage sometimes disagrees with reality
向いている人：Experienced anglers and hunters who trust a solunar calendar and want to pick the best time to head out
Its strength is accurate lake maps with depth contours that genuinely help find deep holes and spots without wasting time, and support is responsive. The lack of offline hurts badly: many lakes have no signal and the app is useless there. A separate headache is the store side, items are perpetually out of stock, plus billing surprises after a supposedly free trial and intrusive AI all over the interface.
評価点：Accurate lake maps with depth contours, finding deep holes and spots without wasting time, responsive support, tackle inventory feature
不満点：No offline where there's no signal, store constantly out of stock, unexpected charges after the trial, AI all over the interface
向いている人：Freshwater bass anglers and kayakers who read depth maps and also buy tackle
For those it suits, people like the bite forecast by time and species and being able to save favorite spots, handy for a beginner deciding when to go. It breaks down on coverage: for some, after subscribing there is no data at all in their area, and the navigator is kilometers only. Note that many five-star notes are generic and some reviews look planted.
評価点：Forecast of the best bite time by species, saving favorite spots, helping a beginner decide when to go, a lot without a subscription
不満点：No data in some users' area even after subscribing, glitchy screens, navigator in kilometers only, at times confusing interface, inaccurate rain forecast
向いている人：A beginner angler who just wants to know the best time to head out, if their area has data.
People praise it as an all-in-one for saltwater: tides, wind, bite score, ready-made spots and a log that auto-fills tide and moon, and people genuinely started catching more. It breaks down on performance: it lags badly, overheats the phone and drains battery a percent a minute, and some get stuck at sign-in entirely. Plus smart spots are generic and incomplete in some states.
評価点：All-in-one for saltwater, log auto-filling tide and moon, ready-made spots and route planning, genuinely catching more fish
不満点：Lags badly and overheats the phone, drains battery a percent a minute, gets stuck at sign-in, daily updates, smart spots generic and incomplete outside Florida, expensive
向いている人：An inshore saltwater angler, especially in Florida, who wants an all-in-one and can tolerate the lag.
People really do learn new knots from the pictures and value the selection. But the teaching is weak, too few steps for a beginner, and some diagrams are simply wrong, for example the uni knot and perfection loop breakdowns. The lack of search and ads that stay even after a paid yearly subscription make it worse.
評価点：Teaches new knots, good knot selection, simple clear pictures, handy to keep on the water
不満点：Too few steps for beginners, some knot diagrams are wrong, no search or sorting, ads remain even after paying
向いている人：Anglers who want to quickly look up or learn a knot and can tolerate ads and basic teaching
People genuinely plan their trip around this app: it pulls wind, waves, water clarity and dam release schedules into one place, which rivals don't do. It breaks on coverage: a couple of popular lakes like Guntersville are packed with detail while your home water shows nothing, and water clarity often goes stale for days. Almost everything useful sits behind a subscription that people struggle to cancel.
評価点：Breaking down a lake before a trip, wind and wave forecasts, dam release schedules, environmental data rivals lack
不満点：Blurry satellite imagery, water clarity rarely updates, patchy regional coverage, useful data locked behind subscription, hard to cancel billing
向いている人：Tournament bass anglers on popular reservoirs who prep the night before and don't mind paying for a subscription
A years-long favorite calendar of best fishing times: people praise the accuracy of bite peaks, the simplicity, and no endless add-on purchases unlike competitors. There's exactly one problem, but a serious one: the current version crashes every time you open the map or change location, and the weather block stopped loading. On iPad the app crashes immediately. The developer is silent, so an otherwise excellent app has become nearly useless.
評価点：Accurate bite peaks, accuracy proven over years across states, simplicity, no pushy add-on purchases, handy for planning short trips around the bite
不満点：Crashes when opening the map or changing location, weather block won't load, crashes immediately on iPad, no longer works with Apple Watch after updates, developer silent
向いている人：Anglers who want a simple accurate calendar of best bite times without extra purchases, if they can survive the map bug
People kept a log, chatted and praised the accurate forecast and peak bite times for years. But the March 2026 update locked other people's catches and peak times behind payment, and that used to be the main free value. Add sign-in failures, a stuck login and stale catch reports up to five years old, and many left.
評価点：Accurate forecast and peak bite times, catch log, chatting with anglers, some features stayed free
不満点：The March 2026 update locked other people's catches and peak times behind payment, sign-in failures and endless loading, stale catch reports up to five years old
向いている人：Anglers who want a forecast and a log and will now pay for what used to be free
People value it for solunar hunt and fish times and for being a one-time purchase with no subscription, and matching the classic Alden Knight paper tables wins over the old guard. The weak spot is the add-on weather module: people pay for it separately, yet wind, direction and temperature don't work after purchase. A separate pain is that the app forgets the purchase and restoring access just spins and never completes, plus updates lose trophy photos and there's no pinch-to-zoom.
評価点：Solunar hunt and fish times, one-time purchase with no subscription, matching classic Alden Knight tables, simplicity
不満点：Broken add-on weather module, app forgets the purchase and won't restore access, lost photos after updates, no pinch-to-zoom
向いている人：Old-school hunters and anglers who trust solunar tables and don't want subscriptions
This is the app for the Deeper castable sonar ball, and people love it for being compact: handy from a kayak instead of a full-size fish finder, helps target spots where fish actually are rather than empty water. But the phone connection drops, especially below 50% battery or more than a couple of feet away, the signal is delayed and jumpy, and you can't open the bathymetric map until you've mapped 70% of the lake, which is impossible from a kayak. Many are also annoyed that after subscribing the app keeps pushing them back to the payment page.
評価点：Compact, handy from a kayak, accurate on the narrow beam for finesse fishing, helps find fish, saves time
不満点：Phone connection drops especially below 50% battery, delayed and jumpy signal, can't open depth map until 70% of lake is mapped, keeps asking for subscription after paying
向いている人：Owners of a Deeper sonar on a kayak or boat who want portable fish-finding without a fixed fish finder
People praise the app for tides, saving spots and a catch log, and some think it is more accurate than rivals. But for inland lakes there is often no depth or chart data even though it is promised, and the activity forecast and wave heights disagree with reality. Plus unpleasant charges up to 49.99 dollars, sometimes even during the trial.
評価点：Tides, saving and organizing spots, catch log, fish species identification, accuracy above many rivals
不満点：No depth charts for inland lakes despite the promise, activity forecast and wave heights disagree with reality, lots of ads, blind charges up to 49.99 dollars
向いている人：Coastal and offshore anglers who care about tides and organizing spots, less suited to inland lakes
The core value is finding warm water and temperature breaks before heading offshore, then punching the coordinates straight into a chart plotter. It stumbles on coverage: no Gulf of Mexico, bathymetry stops at southern New Jersey, images often fail to load. It's pricey at around 79 dollars a year, and one guide flatly says he gets the same data free from NASA Worldview.
評価点：Accurate sea surface temperatures, finding temperature breaks before a trip, coordinates straight into a chart plotter, monthly billing option
不満点：Poor bathymetry, narrow regional coverage, images often don't load, high price, trouble accessing paid features
向いている人：Offshore anglers hunting temperature breaks who run a chart plotter
People praise that it feels built by anglers for anglers, handy for learning streams and rivers while traveling, with accurate flow-rate data. It breaks down on the free version where nearly every click asks for payment, and on the measurement tool that is buggy and rarely works. Plus map crashes and broken login for some.
評価点：Built by anglers for anglers, learning streams and rivers on trips, accurate flow-rate and weather data, finding nearby boat ramps
不満点：Nearly every click in the free version demands payment, buggy measurement tool, crashes viewing the map, inaccurate ramps and river miles, broken login for some
向いている人：A stream-and-river angler who travels and scouts new waters and is willing to pay for a subscription.
The core, solunar tables and moon phases for predicting game and fish activity, works and lands with people: many say the data is close to the US Naval Observatory and actually matches animal behavior. What breaks is the extras: weather and wind direction are often wrong or won't load, the app crashes after updates, and support doesn't answer emails. A separate sore point is that it used to be a one-time purchase and is now a subscription.
評価点：Accurate solunar tables and moon phases, matches US Naval Observatory data, ease of use, helps predict deer and fish activity
不満点：Weather and wind often wrong or won't load, crashes after updates, support silent, moved from one-time purchase to subscription
向いている人：Hunters and anglers who trust solunar tables and moon phases and want a simple bite forecast
People really do find spots and log their catches, one user caught their first fish in El Paso thanks to Fishbrain. But what used to be free is now locked behind a roughly 155 dollar a year subscription: you cannot even see other anglers' catches and photos in the feed. That turned a useful tool into a wall of locks.
評価点：Finding fishing spots, catch logging, connecting with other anglers, planning trips to unfamiliar waters
不満点：Almost everything locked behind a pricey subscription, cannot view other people's catches and photos, the map confuses zoom with dropping a pin, laggy after updates
向いている人：Beginners who need to find nearby spots and keep a catch log, and who will pay a subscription to see others' catches and lure tips
It's a simple solunar bite calendar with an easy-to-read clock, which is what people love it for, some using it for years on Toledo Bend. The main trouble is in the core itself: the time display is broken, mixing 24-hour and AM/PM formats into things like '13:34 pm' that can't exist. On top of that many call the bite predictions inaccurate, one angler with 40-plus trips a year always gets a 'fair-to-poor day', and ads pop up right while you're planning.
評価点：Easy-to-read bite clock, simplicity, solunar times, 7-day outlook for free
不満点：Broken time display mixing formats, inaccurate bite predictions, ads while planning, confusion over free versus paid
向いている人：Anglers wanting a simple solunar guide to bite times who tolerate rough predictions
People praise the fast way to find new lakes, access points and lakes with high populations of the fish they target, handy for a novice and for scouting. It breaks down on map detail: contours too coarse to pick out structure, many lakes simply missing, and depths wrong in places. Plus subscription pop-ups keep coming even after paying and state coverage is incomplete.
評価点：Fast finding of new lakes and access points, lakes with high populations of target fish, 3D maps and satellite, easy for a novice
不満点：Coarse contours with no structure detail, missing half the lakes Navionics has, depths wrong in places, subscription pop-ups even after paying, incomplete state coverage
向いている人：A Midwest angler scouting new lakes who is fine with a general picture without detailed contours.
The strength people stick with for years is the fishing journal: catch logs with photos, notes by fishing method, and a forecast of fish activity by time. Russian-speaking regulars praise exactly this. But the weather block simply doesn't work for many, showing a blank screen or a temperature off by 20-plus degrees, and tide times can be wrong. You also can't pick a specific spot on the water, and without paying you can't see tomorrow's forecast.
評価点：Fishing journal with catch log and photos, notes by fishing method, fish-activity forecast by time, simple clear layout
不満点：Weather broken or blank screen, temperature off by 20-plus degrees, tide times wrong, can't pick an exact spot on the water, tomorrow's forecast is paywalled
向いている人：Anglers who value a detailed catch journal and a bite forecast by time and can live with broken weather
The app helps find new spots and share catches, and for some that is enough even without paying. But the peak bite times that were free for years were moved behind the subscription, and the forecast became hard to read. Sign-in failures, no live weather and plenty of fake catch coordinates that people post at random get in the way.
評価点：Finding new fishing spots, sharing photos and tips, some value stays free
不満点：Peak bite times moved behind the subscription, a forecast that is hard to read, sign-in failures, no live weather, fake coordinates on other people's catches
向いている人：Anglers who mainly want to find new spots and share catches, if fake pins and paying for peak times do not bother them
Where there is data, people praise the bite forecast for accuracy, and the free access to the AI stands out too. But for rivers and many lakes there is little or no data, and spot and bait tips that used to be free moved behind the subscription. A separate pain is charges during the trial and 27.99 dollars with no refund.
評価点：Accurate bite forecast where data exists, free access to the AI, help deciding where to go
不満点：Thin data for rivers and lakes in your area, inaccurate tide charts, charges during the trial with no refund, no way to judge the value before paying
向いている人：People fishing popular areas with good data coverage who want a bite forecast, but are willing to risk paying blind
People get it for the bite reports: what's biting, on what bait, with which techniques, and when reports are fresh they're valued. The catch is many have none: the last report dated June 20 when opened July 8, and without a subscription you get a generic description instead of a local report. Users also hit crashes when tapping the map, offer screens on launch, and instability searching for a new spot.
評価点：Specific bite reports by species and bait, social-style feed of catches, lots of data in one place
不満点：Reports often stale or missing, crashes when tapping the map, ads on launch, little works without a subscription, glitchy new-spot search
向いている人：Anglers who want local bite reports and fish unfamiliar waters
People praise the scale itself, sturdy and handy for culling fish at a tournament. It is maddening that on top of a 60-99 dollar device they also charge 5 dollars a month for app features, and some of those do not work even after paying. Plus glitches: the screen freezes, auto-log fails to record a fish, the catch map gets the location wrong.
評価点：Quality and grip of the scale itself, easy fish culling at tournaments, storing trips and catches
不満点：Subscription on top of an already-bought scale, some features broken even after paying, the mid-tier model does not connect, screen freezes, auto-log fails, catch map mislocates catches
向いている人：A tournament angler with a BUBBA scale who has accepted a monthly fee for catch tracking.
People value it for one thing: it opens up trout streams and access points you never knew existed, even near home. It breaks exactly where it matters most, on the water: the app hangs on a blue screen, demands a connection and won't open without cell data at the river, and offline is capped at 750 tiles. Coverage is very uneven nationwide, near-empty in Maine and Florida, all against complaints about price and post-update glitches.
評価点：Finding new trout streams and access points, spots near home, useful water-access data
不満点：Hangs on a blue screen, needs a connection at the river, 750 offline tile cap, uneven nationwide coverage, UI cut off at the edges
向いている人：Fly anglers chasing trout who want new streams and water-access points in well-covered regions
People value the pro-level lure and condition tips, for a beginner it is a ready-made plan for the day. It breaks down on almost everything sitting behind a paid subscription, with the free version buried under payment pop-ups. Plus complaints about crashes when adding a location and wrong water temperature.
評価点：Pro-style lure advice, tips tied to water conditions, help for beginners choosing bait
不満点：Almost everything locked behind a paid subscription, pushy payment pop-ups, crashes when picking a location, inaccurate water temperature, no custom ponds or cross-device sync
向いている人：A beginner bass angler willing to pay for lure guidance who does not want to work out conditions alone.
When it works, the lure tips genuinely help, people catch bass on the app's advice. But more and more often the app simply will not load, hanging on a grey screen, and ads are shown even to paying subscribers. Forecast accuracy is inconsistent, and the best baits of the day that used to be free were moved behind the subscription.
評価点：Lure tips that work, helps decide when and where to catch bass, a daily bite rating
不満点：Often fails to load and hangs on a grey screen, ads even for paying subscribers, inconsistent forecast accuracy, best baits of the day hidden behind the subscription
向いている人：Bass anglers who want daily lure tips, if they can put up with loading failures and ads
People value it as a cheap Navionics alternative after Garmin raised prices, it works for ice fishing and from a kayak and shows structure and currents. It breaks down on accuracy: depths off by several feet, GPS missing the mark, and some boats lose map detail after an update. Plus support does not reply and the one-time-versus-yearly purchases are murky.
評価点：Cheaper than Navionics, works for ice fishing and from a kayak, shows structure and drop-offs, tide and current data
不満点：Depths off by several feet, GPS off by dozens of yards, paid upgrade fails to deliver promised detail, support goes silent, confusing one-time and yearly map purchases, no legend
向いている人：A budget angler on a kayak or ice who needs a structure map without Garmin's pricey subscription.
When it works, the best fishing times are accurate, and people spend years comparing them against the real bite. But the tides often do not work, there is no switch to a 12-hour time format, and the graph does not show all the hours of the day. Support stays silent, and some people did not renew.
評価点：Accurate best-fishing-time picks, a simple clear interface, helps you settle into a new region
不満点：Tides often do not work, no switch to a 12-hour time format, the graph does not show all hours of the day, support does not respond
向いている人：Anglers who want a simple best-bite-time calendar and can tolerate broken tides
People love the depth maps and being able to plan a trip at home, then push waypoints to the Lowrance sonar on the boat. Stability keeps breaking: crashes when opening the map, waypoints vanishing after a sync, freezes during basic navigation. They also removed the water-level adjustment that was the whole reason to pay.
評価点：Detailed depth maps, planning trips at home and pushing points to the on-boat unit, the shaded depth palette
不満点：Constant crashes and freezes, sync deletes waypoints, removed water-level adjustment, will not connect to Ghost and Live units, wrong weather, interface not made for boaters
向いている人：An owner of Lowrance gear who plans trips ahead and transfers points to the sonar, if they can tolerate crashes.
The job people buy it for: keeping a fishing log, trip track and catch log tied to location, and the app even pulls photos from your camera roll and creates entries from them, which people love. But the latest update nearly killed it: starting a trip throws an error, logging a catch crashes the app roughly half the time, and this is even in the paid Pro version. Many write that development was abandoned for a couple of years while the subscription kept billing, and support is terrible.
評価点：Automatic catch log from camera-roll photos, trip track and mileage, marking spots along the bank, Apple Watch integration, ease of use
不満点：Frequent crashes after update even in Pro, starting a trip errors out, logging a catch crashes the app, development abandoned for years, terrible support
向いている人：Anglers who want a detailed catch log with automatic photo parsing and trip tracking, if they can tolerate crashes
At its core the app helps a beginner find spots and figure out where to go for fish. But the path to any value is built like a trap, dozens of survey questions, then a promise of free access and a sudden charge of around 80 dollars a year with no monthly option. Many never saw the free access they were promised.
評価点：Finds fishing spots, suggests where to go and what fish to catch, handy for beginners, simple setup
不満点：A long survey leads straight to payment, promises free but charges around 80 dollars, no monthly option only yearly, almost everything locked until you pay
向いている人：Beginners who want a simple spot finder, if they will pay a full year upfront without a trial
People like the idea, identify the species and get its regulations right away, and the fish info is good. It breaks down on the core job: identification often gets it wrong or does not see the fish in the photo at all, and for an offshore angler out of signal range it simply does not work. Plus everything hinges on a mandatory email login and identifications capped by credits.
評価点：Species identification with its regulations, good reference info on the identified fish, help in unfamiliar waters
不満点：Identification often wrong or fails to see the fish in the photo, does not work out of signal range, mandatory email login, identifications capped by credits, cannot add a fish to the log without a photo and an ID
向いている人：An angler in unfamiliar waters with signal who needs regulations for the species they caught, if they can live with ID misses.
Florida's official wildlife app is valued for one thing: carrying your fishing license digitally on your phone instead of paper, plus rules, limits and a species identifier at hand. But people are furious that short 3 and 7-day licenses were removed, so out-of-state visitors now have to buy an annual one or stand in line for an hour at a tax office. On top of that the app crashes on launch and on iPad, the license often won't load, and tide and sunrise data are wrong versus NOAA.
評価点：Digital license on your phone, rules and limits at hand, species identifier, convenient for those always carrying a phone
不満点：Short 3 and 7-day licenses removed, crashes on launch and on iPad, license often won't load, tides and sunrise wrong versus NOAA, no way to add license to phone wallet
向いている人：Florida anglers and hunters who need a digital license and state rules at hand
A simple solunar calendar of bite times: some rely on it for years, and wind readers like the handy wind forecast. But people are put off that the last major update stripped features and broke the interface, and many want the old version back. Plus data errors: tides in feet show as meters, the 24-hour format gets confused (12:16 becomes 24:16), and date scrolling stopped working.
不満点：Update stripped features and broke the interface, tides in feet show as meters, 24-hour time format confusion, date scrolling broken, paid version barely differs from free
向いている人：Solunar-table believers who want a simple bite calendar and wind forecast and can tolerate data bugs
People genuinely value having the data in one place: water temperature, recent satellite imagery, live marina cameras and weather for planning a trip. But the headline feature, the AI fishing plan, is broken for days at a time, the app freezes to a white screen, and support answers neither emails nor the in-app form. Cancelling the subscription and getting a refund is also nearly impossible.
評価点：Accurate water temperature, recent satellite imagery, live marina cameras, all weather data in one place
不満点：AI plan broken for days, frequent crashes and white screen, support silent, can't cancel subscription or get a refund
向いている人：Anglers who want water and weather data before hitting the lake and can tolerate a raw AI feature
Valued for depth maps with contours and structure points, a social feed of other people's catches, and a long history (some since 2012). But many complain that after paying you hit a loop of problems: premium won't unlock, the map loads only vegetation or a white screen, and for the lake or river you actually need there's simply no data. Plus few active people in the feed, so fresh catch reports are almost nonexistent.
評価点：Contour depth maps and structure points, social catch feed, long history, decent GPS accuracy on the water
不満点：Premium often won't unlock after paying, map loads only vegetation or a white screen, no data for many lakes and rivers, few active people in the feed, support hard to reach
向いている人：Anglers who care about depth maps and connecting with others on specific waters, if there's any data for their spot
It half-solves the job: it does okay on simple lake and saltwater fish, but on aquarium fish, especially cichlids, it consistently misses, calling everything a guppy or neon. Beyond identification it offers almost nothing: no species search like its siblings Picture Insect and Picture Mushroom, and anything interesting is locked behind a subscription. Essentially a field guide with no guide.
評価点：Recognizes simple lake and saltwater fish, decent info when it guesses right, familiar Picture family brand
不満点：Misses on aquarium fish and cichlids, no species search, limited number of IDs, everything behind a subscription
向いている人：Anglers wanting a quick guess at a lake or saltwater catch, not aquarium keepers
People genuinely love the idea: logging catches like Pokemon Go, accurate ID, slick design. But the product is half-broken: photo uploads mass-hang on the identification screen, the 'crew' feature doesn't work, and you can't invite friends. On top of that every single feature is locked behind a subscription that isn't flagged at install, and in smaller areas there's often nobody around and the feed is dead.
評価点：Logging catches like Pokemon Go, accurate identification, quality design, the collecting thrill
不満点：Photo upload hangs on the ID screen, crew feature and friend invites don't work, everything behind a subscription with no warning, empty in small areas
向いている人：Anglers who enjoy building a catch collection and sharing, if they'll pay and live in an active area
When it works, the compact sonar finds fish and depth well from a kayak or on ice, and people love casting it out and mapping the bottom. But more often it does not work: the unit will not connect or drops out, connecting takes half an hour, dark mode makes text unreadable, sign-in throws an Error. The app also has not been updated in ages and support ignores emails.
評価点：Compact castable sonar for kayak and ice, finding fish and depth from a cast, mapping the bottom and structure, marking fish on screen
不満点：Unit will not connect or drops out, connecting takes half an hour, battery lasts 75 minutes, dark mode makes text unreadable, maps cut off with Map too big, sign-in throws an Error, support silent, app long unupdated
向いている人：A kayak or ice angler who wants a castable sonar and can endure the connection problems.
