# FishLegal — user reviews > 19 indexed App Store user reviews of FishLegal by FishLegal, rated 4.30/5 from 119 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fishlegal/id1230932238/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fishlegal/id1230932238.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 79 · 4★ 22 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 9 ## Newest reviews (2 of 19) ### 5/5 — Informative and Detailed *2017-08-03, version 1.0* Love this app! Pro Subscription is well worth the money. This is a solid resource for fishermen, environmentalists, and teachers. Just purchased so haven't discovered any glitches or misinformation; will keep you posted! ### 5/5 — Offline map *2017-08-02, version 1.0* Offline MPA map really helps to know the rules of those numerous marine protected areas! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — DO NOT TRUST this app!!! *2023-07-06, version 2.2.2* I was counting on using this app to help with rockfish, identification and regulations. Unfortunately, the regulations are six years out of date, and have changed significantly! Fortunately, I had at least some familiarity with current regulations, and was able to avoid keeping illegal rockfish (listed as legal in this app) that could have resulted in a huge ticket. In addition, their listing/map of marine protected areas is incomplete; Cordell bank national Marine sanctuary is absent! ### 1/5 — useless *2022-06-21, version 2.2.2* This app provides frustratingly imprecise positioning combined with a practically useless operator interface. Don't waste your time. It would be quicker to drive to sacramento and grab a copy of the rules and memorize them. ### 1/5 — Broken *2021-12-20, version 2.2.1* App cannot tell where you are at even with access to location ### 2/5 — Nice concept but to pricey *2018-06-30, version 1.0.2* To expensive so bother. I can google everything in seconds that this app charges $9.99 a year for. This should be a one time download purchase or a version created by DFG for free. ### 2/5 — No updates, no news updates *2017-12-30, version 1.0.2* App states Just Updated?! Have not received any updated news, have not received any updates at all while updates are being posted by CDFW Received yesterday: CDFW Informational Notice - Dungeness Crab Health Advisory Lifted for Remainder of California Coast ### 4/5 — App has the fish I was looking for *2021-09-10, version 2.1* There’s definitely more pictures needed for some of the fish . I like the layout and organization more than any books and it’s a good price for a full year ### 4/5 — Not shabby, but some errors *2020-12-03, version 2.0.1* The app shows rockfish has no size limit. Absolutely incorrect, 12 inch minimum on rockfish. Additionally, more photos of species identification for rockfish would be helpful for many users. Overall great app. Very accurate for boundaries and easy to use. ### 5/5 — Handy quick guide *2025-01-07, version 2.4.0* Extremely useful for quick identification and keeping up to date on legalities, as well as providing alerts and updates. Hoping they can add more species and photos in time. ### 5/5 — Easy to use, shows where u are *2022-11-15, version 2.2.2* No one has time to futz with an app while fishing. This is easy to use, shows where you are. Good reference for no fish zones and showing your location helps keep you out of the No zone areas. Very helpful. Use it a lot. ### 5/5 — Great site *2022-06-05, version 2.2.2* Quite impressed with the function of being able to see how close you are to an MLBA showing your location. On the screen does not show you where you are until you press a little button on the top left corner. If you didn’t know that you would not know you have that opportunity that I know of of knowing how close you are to our MLPA but quite impressive in my opinion.Also like the fact that you can press that location on an MLPA and it tells you the legalities of what you can do in that area again quite impressive. ## Most praised reviews (7 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Very helpful *2022-03-14, version 2.2.2* A game warden in the Monterey area recommended this app to me and my fishing buddy. This is the simplest, most convenient way I’ve found for knowing the boundaries of the conservation areas and their fishing regulations. ### 5/5 — Great app *2021-08-19, version 2.1* Please add crabbing regulations ### 5/5 — Great simple app *2021-03-04, version 2.0.1* Love how easily I can double check the species and regulations. ### 5/5 — Great app *2021-02-09, version 2.0.1* Worth getting the pro They did a good job getting all the information you can get for free all in one app for us. It takes a lot of time to get this info and plotting it out on your charts. One guy said there off on the size limits of rock fish , well he has wrong information for California. Only some rock fish have size limits, not all. He must throw back a lot of fish. ### 5/5 — Very helpful *2019-10-24, version 2.0.1* Great to have all the marine reserve info so easily searchable. ### 5/5 — Love this app!! *2019-01-17, version 2.0.1* Excellent app, great customer support ### 5/5 — Awesome app easy to use!! *2019-01-04, version 2.0.1* Always up to date!!! Super easy to use and stay legal!! I seriously don’t know how people can start fishing or stay up to date with out this app with how much things change and the mpa boundaries, it can be a nightmare trying to navigate the DFW site. I had a question about a reg and emailed them and fish legal immediately responded and was super helpful really above and beyond well worth the 10 bucks!! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-06.*