# onWater: Fishing Spots Map — Fish finder Forecast Reports

> Fishing spot discovery, condition tracking, and trip logging tool for anglers. (iPhone/iPad app by OnWater, LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/onwater-fishing-spots-map/id1551861363 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [OnWater, LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1551861365)
- Category: Navigation, Sports
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.50/5 from 2,659 App Store ratings · 198 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 282 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, Canadian French, Brazilian Portuguese, European Spanish
- Released: 2021-07-05
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/onwater-fishing-spots-map/id1551861363/reviews.md

## What is onWater?

Find New Places to Fish. Track Conditions. Fish Smarter.

OnWater helps you discover where to fish, know when it's worth going, and log what works. Built for both fly and conventional anglers, it's the modern toolkit for planning and improving every trip.

With a free OnWater account, you can:

Explore rivers, lakes, and streams across the country

See public and private property boundaries so you stay legal

Find access points, boat ramps, shuttles, and local shops

Use the River Measuring Tool to plan your float distance

Log trips in your fishing journal and track what worked

Upgrade to OnWater+ to unlock even more fishing tools:

Angler Intelligence: Ask anything with Angler Intelligence. Chat for answers. Measure & ID for photo based species, length, and estimated weight.

My Waters: Track streamflows, water temperatures, and forecasts. Set your ideal conditions and see which rivers are ready to fish.

Lake Depth Maps: Understand structure and plan where to fish on top lakes.

Offline Maps and Cell Coverage Layers: Stay prepared even without service.

Custom Routes and Saved Floats: Measure any route on the map and save your floats for later.

Species Maps: View known habitats and abundance levels for 100+ fish species.

Whether you're planning your next trip or making sense of the last one, OnWater gives you the tools to fish with purpose.

## Key features

- Discover fishing locations
- Track water conditions and forecasts
- Log fishing trips and successes
- View property boundaries
- Find access points and boat ramps
- Measure float distances
- Identify fish species and estimate weight

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yearly Subscription | $39.99 | per year |
| Monthly Subscription | $4.99 | per month |
| Yearly Subscription | $39.99 | per year |
| onWater Premium - Yearly | $49.99 | per year |
| onWater Premium - Yearly | $49.99 | per year |
| onWater Pro - Yearly | $89.99 | per year |
| onWater Pro - Yearly | $89.99 | per year |
| onWater Premium - Yearly | $49.99 | per year |
| NO LONGER AVAILABLE | $3.99 | per month |
| NO LONGER AVAILABLE | $4.99 | per month |
| NO LONGER AVAILABLE | $24.99 | per year |
| NO LONGER AVAILABLE | $6.99 | per month |
| onWater Premium - Yearly | $49.99 | per year |
| onWater Premium - Monthly | $9.99 | per month |


## Chart rankings

- #69 in Top Free · Navigation (US App Store)
- #63 in Top Grossing · Navigation (US App Store)

## What do users think of onWater?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Great fishing app
- 👍 Amazing resource
- 🚀 Easy to navigate
- 🚀 Provides very useful data
- 👍 Good location accuracy
- 👍 Wonderful for researching and exploring new water
- 👍 Incredibly useful
- 🚀 Flow reports and updates
- 👍 Awesome
- 👍 Great app
- 👍 Incredibly useful
- 👍 Best app
- 👍 Great App
- 👍 Cool Tool
- 👍 Very useful
- 👍 Awesome
- 👍 Great!
- 👍 Solid app
- 👍 Incredibly useful
- 👍 Flow Reports
- 👍 Awesome
- 👍 Great App
- 👍 Best fishing app out there
- 👍 All the right data
- 👍 Looks promising
- 👍 Incredibly useful for the novice and the master
- 👍 Game Changer
- 👍 WORTH IT!
- 👍 A must-have for any angler
- 👍 Best Fishing App
- 👍 Helped a novice feel more comfortable on the water
- 👍 Lots of useful features!
- 👍 It's about time!
- 👍 Awesome resource when exploring new water!

**Cons**

- 🐛 Limited Date
- 🐛 Not for Canada waters
- 🐛 This app is TRASH
- 🐛 Always picture coming soon
- 🐛 Don't do it
- 🐛 Locked most content behind paywall
- 🐛 Needs pictures
- 🐛 Not worth it where I'm from in Arkansas
- 🐛 Falls short
- 🐛 Crashing
- 🐛 Another Map Based App
- 🐛 Great idea, poor execution
- 🐛 Meh
- 🐛 Deceptive
- 🐛 AI generated fail
- 🐛 Where's the fish
- 🐛 Over charges.
- 🐛 I don't get it
- 🐛 Not what it says
- 🐛 Money Grab
- 🐛 Difficult to figure out
- 🐛 Offers close to nothing
- 🐛 Won't open
- 🐛 Won't work
- 🐛 NO
- 🐛 Don't subscribe if located in Canada
- 🐛 I see how it can be useful
- 🐛 Not impressed
- 🐛 Yet Another Fishing App
- 🐛 Can't sign up
- 🐛 Complaint
- 🐛 Piers
- 🐛 Does Not Work as Advertised
- 🐛 Poor coverage of the NE
- 🐛 Driftless Region is Lacking
- 🐛 Good idea, HORRIBLE execution

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Login issues
- Crashing when clicking flow stations on the map
- Requests to leave reviews blocking app functionality
- Stuck on the 'start fishing...' screen
- Lack of Canadian content

**Most requested features**

- Add depths in North Carolina and Virginia
- Show where the best place to fish is on each river

## Recent user reviews (10 of 198)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/onwater-fishing-spots-map/id1551861363/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Overpriced AI Slop

*2026-08-07*

Former pro member here. You know the anglers that blow ludicrous amounts of money on flashy gear that doesn’t actually work very well and they’re insanely proud of it? Those are the people running OnWater. Their massive push to make everything revolve around AI shows that they give zero F’s about protecting fisheries or for local fly and tackle shops. On top of that, for $90/year you can access satellite imagery that’s more grainy and out of date than what you can get for free on Google Maps. They’re also really trying to push the integration of social media aspects into the app, which raises serious concerns about whether points you save are actually private or if it’s available for every angler that wants to use barbed treble hooks to snag trout in your favorite hole. Do yourselves a favor. Go to the search bar, type in TroutRoutes, download it, buy the one state annual membership for 1/5 of the cost, and know you won’t have AI slop popping up every 2 seconds when you’re trying to digitally scout fishing spots.

**Developer response:** Thanks for the detailed feedback, and for having been a Pro member. A few quick responses: our AI features are meant to speed up scouting, not replace local knowledge or shop relationships and we're always working to make that balance better based on feedback like this. Regarding satellite imagery, resolution and recency varies by region but we're actively improving coverage. And to be clear, your saved waypoints, journal entries, and routes are private - nothing you save is shared or visible to other anglers unless you explicitly choose to share it. We'd genuinely like to understand more about what's not working for you; feel free to reach out at support@onwaterapp.com so we can dig in!

### 1/5 — Overpriced AI Slop

*2026-08-02, version 3.2.8*

Former pro member here. You know the anglers that blow ludicrous amounts of money on flashy gear that doesn’t actually work very well and they’re insanely proud of it? Those are the people running OnWater. Their massive push to make everything revolve around AI shows that they give zero F’s about protecting fisheries or for local fly and tackle shops. On top of that, for $90/year you can access to satellite imagery that’s more grainy and out of date than what you can get for free on Google Maps. They’re also really trying to push the integration of social media aspects into the app, which raises serious concerns about whether points you save are actually private or if it’s available for every angler that wants to use barbed treble hooks to snag trout in your favorite hole. Do yourselves a favor. Go to the search bar, type in TroutRoutes, download it, buy the one state annual membership for 1/5 of the cost, and know you want have AI slop popping up every 2 seconds when you’re trying to digitally scout fishing spots.

### 1/5 — Free flow data from the government put behind a paywall

*2026-08-01, version 3.2.8*

Trash app money grab

### 1/5 — Chill on the AI

*2026-07-14, version 3.2.7*

Probably first time I’ve been compelled to write a review in a decade. My goodness your app stresses me out sending notifications multiple times per day about using the AI features

App works great aside from this

### 5/5 — Awesome app, just could use some extra features

*2026-07-14*

I tried the trial, and after it ran out I realized I had to get the plus subscription. It’s awesome being able to look at how streams and rivers connect and what species are known to be there, as well as being able to know who’s property I’m trespassing on. The AI fish scanner for the journal is awesome, and I love just being able to upload a picture of my fish and everything about it is pretty much instantly logged. 

As much as I love this app, I will say that it does have a few misses. For one, many of the AI descriptions for waterbodies is generally correct, but often veers off course from the actual nature of the waters. I wish there was a way to suggest edits to the descriptions. Another thing is that not every body of water is mapped. In my small town there are many streams and ponds that I know contain fish that simply aren’t accounted for on the map and thus I can never log my catches accurately. Being able to suggest missed geographical features such as waterbodies, bridges, and waterfalls should be an added feature. 

Despite my lengthy gripes, I honestly love this app and I hope to see it develop into a thriving community of anglers. Rock on onWater dev team, I love what you’ve done so far and can’t wait to see what you accomplish in the future.

**Developer response:** Hey thanks so much for this feedback! We will take this into consideration and if there is anything else we can do to get that 5th star, please let us know at support@onwaterapp.com

### 5/5 — Best app ever

*2026-07-07, version 3.2.7*

The greatest app when it comes to fishing or hunting. It’s a life saver also and it’s an important app to have in the back country

### 2/5 — Useless

*2026-07-03, version 3.2.7*

This app is useless as a free version. Just about every click it wants me to upgrade. Deleted it after two days.

### 1/5 — Garbage

*2026-06-30, version 3.2.7*

Can’t even try the app. As soon as you click on it it’s like a pop-up every one second.

### 1/5 — Too many adds

*2026-06-27, version 3.2.7*

Adds pop up constantly trying to get you to pay for upgrades. Deleted

### 1/5 — Pointless

*2026-06-23*

I signed up for OnWater and thought I had canceled my subscription, only to find out I was charged for a full year. While that was frustrating, the bigger issue is that the app simply isn’t worth the money.
The most useful feature is locating nearby boat ramps. Beyond that, there isn’t much value that can’t be found for free through other fishing apps, state resources, weather services, or a quick Google search.
The app relies heavily on user-generated fishing reports and catches, but most anglers aren’t interested in sharing productive fishing spots with strangers. Because of that, there isn’t enough quality information being shared to make the community features useful. The platform also appears to have a relatively small user base, which further limits the value of those features.
The AI fishing assistant is another disappointment. It feels like a watered-down version of ChatGPT or Google’s AI tools. The answers are often generic and don’t provide any information I couldn’t find elsewhere. If you’re advertising AI as a premium feature, it needs to offer something unique or useful enough to justify its existence.
Customer support wasn’t much better. The support chat bot doesn’t actually provide meaningful assistance—it simply tells you someone will contact you by email. If that’s the case, why not just provide a direct email option from the start instead of making users go through a chat system that doesn’t solve anything?
The pricing structure also feels excessive. There are multiple paid tiers, but the lower-priced membership is so limited that it barely feels worthwhile. Many of the features locked behind the higher tier are things I would expect any paying subscriber to receive.
When compared to Fishbrain and several other fishing apps, OnWater falls short in terms of community, features, and overall value. I paid for a year and honestly feel like I wasted my money. Unless the user base grows significantly and the premium features improve, I wouldn’t recommend paying for this app.

**Developer response:** Hi, and thank you for taking the time to write such a thoughtful review. We're sorry the app fell short, and we want to make it right.
Review submissions aren't traceable to your onWater account, so if your billing issue still hasn't been addressed, please email us at support@onwaterapp.com and we'll take care of it.
Your feedback on the community features, Angler Intelligence chat, support, and pricing is exactly the kind of input we need as we improve the platform. If you're open to a 30-minute feedback interview, please send a few dates and times to that same address and we'll get an invite over. Thank you again for helping us get better!

## Frequently asked questions about onWater

### What does the onWater app do?

The onWater app helps anglers discover new places to fish, track current water conditions and forecasts, and log their fishing trips to learn what works best. It provides tools for planning and improving every fishing expedition.

### What are the key features of onWater?

Key features include discovering rivers, lakes, and streams, viewing public and private property boundaries, finding access points and boat ramps, and using a River Measuring Tool. Paid features offer advanced tools like AI-powered fish identification, detailed water condition tracking, lake depth maps, and offline capabilities.

### How much does onWater cost?

The app offers a free account with basic features for discovering fishing spots and logging trips. Additional advanced tools and data are available through an upgrade to OnWater+, which is a paid subscription.

### Is onWater compatible with my device?

While specific device compatibility isn't detailed, the app is designed for mobile use. Features like offline maps and cell coverage layers suggest it's built to function in various environments, including those with limited connectivity.

### Who would benefit from using onWater?

Both fly and conventional anglers would benefit from using onWater. It's useful for anyone planning their next fishing trip, wanting to understand current water conditions, or looking to analyze past trips to become a more successful angler.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.3.0 — 2026-08-13

You can now see algal blooms on the map, check live USGS webcams before you head out, and get lake surface temperature on waterbody overviews and in My Waters.
We've also added upvotes and New, Top, and Nearest sorting to the community feed, along with sign in improvements, and bug fixes.
Thanks for Paddling with us, and thanks for your help finding bugs. Please keep sending us feedback, we're always listening.

### 3.2.9 — 2026-08-03

You can now bookmark points of interest like boat ramps, fishing access points, and streamflow stations for quick access later.
We've also expanded support for international species filters and added tide data for select international locations.
Thanks for Fishing with us, and thanks for your help finding bugs. Please keep sending us feedback, we're always listening.

### 3.2.8 — 2026-07-16

You can now bookmark points of interest like boat ramps, fishing access points, and streamflow stations for quick access later.
We've also expanded support for international species filters and added tide data for select international locations.
Thanks for Fishing with us, and thanks for your help finding bugs. Please keep sending us feedback, we're always listening.

### 3.2.7 — 2026-06-26

We've made a number of improvements throughout the app, including a more accurate distance measuring tool and a faster, more refined search experience.
This update also includes a variety of usability improvements and bug fixes to make onWater even smoother to use.
Thanks for Fishing with us, and thanks for your help finding bugs. Please keep sending us feedback, we're always listening.

### 3.2.6 — 2026-06-15

We've been busy making overall enhancements to the app as well as addressing performance issues and bugs.
Thanks for Fishing with us, and thanks for your help finding bugs. Please keep sending us feedback, we're always listening.

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