Salt Strong User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience78.2% of reviews
Neutral3.6% of reviews
Negative experience18.2% of reviews

~ Based on 165 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Salt Strong Safe?

Salt Strong: Fishing Spots App appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Salt Strong is 93/100.

This assessment is based on 936 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

91.9% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.8% of ratings suggest some concerns
6.3% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 936 App Store ratings for Salt Strong.

Is Salt Strong Legit?

Salt Strong: Fishing Spots App appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Salt Strong is 73/100.

Based on 73 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Game changer

I had been on charters and stuff in the past but mostly fished freshwater. This app changed my life fishing in saltwater. The smart fishing spots, depth gauge on maps, oyster bed and seagrass locations. The videos they have as a member and the public ones on YouTube helped me so much. The biggest thing that changed the way I fish was the lures they offer on fishstrong.com, the prawn jr and the 2.0 are the only lures you will ever need”and occasionally a top water). Best investment I have made, I would highly recommend anyone that is new to saltwater fishing, just moved to a new area, or anyone that just wants to catch more fish.
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So much help to someone learning

The app is great but I need them to bring back the active wind directions layer so I can overlay it on spots and get a read on the wind before I travel

Can’t sign up

In a constant loading loop when trying to sign up on app, multiple tries

Doesn’t work :/

Was ready to pay for a subscription after hearing good thing online but the app doesn’t even get you past the sing in page (from multiple devices)
Guess I’m stuck with Fishbrain

Can’t sign up

I’ve been trying and trying to sign up. For a couple of weeks now. It just stays thinking and never allows me to sign up.

Don’t bother. Not free or worth the money.

$100 a year or $12.99 a month. Doesn’t do anything for you. Downloaded the Simrad or Garmin if you want good stuff. Simrad is $39.99 a year and it gives you everything. This app signs me out each time and makes me reset password every time I try to sign back in. Garbage.

Satellite images don’t load

This app was great, but now there are weekly updates to improve tracking or other issues, but they refuse to fix the biggest issue which is the google earth layer not loading. I’ve quit using the app for most searches and now just go straight to Google Earth. It’s faster and cheaper

Don’t update

Unfortunately the new update has slowed the loading of the google earth layer to the point that the app is unusable

I want to like this app

This app is pretty much unusable. I have an iPhone 17 and high speed internet but these maps will not populate at a reasonable rate. Even when I adjust settings to reduce information. It also superheats your phone and drains battery at a ridiculous rate. I’m talking like 1% every minute on the app.

Will not let me create account

Says bad email address when that is not true. The little circle thing just spins and spins

Tutorial

Every time I open the app, I have to do the tutorial, even though I complete it over and over again.

Junk app/Rip off

This is nothing more than money grabbing gimmick. If you don’t know where a good fishing spot would be, pay for one month of this app, take a snap shot of everywhere you might fish, and then cancel it. The alleged “hotspots” apparently never change, despite water temperatures and wind directions changing. Heck, they can’t even tell you where to fish depending on what time of day it is, and believe it or not, that matters. You can get tidal information, predicted and current wind speed/temps from free weather apps. Solunar tables? Easy to find, free, and still not useful if you don’t know how to plug in other info. Need to read “local reports”? Well, I kid you not… there are generic, common sense reports from alleged locals that I’ve never heard of or met and my family has been in this area for many generations. But if you still think that’s useful, just be prepared to learn those reports are on average more than 2 years old. Now think about that. What good is that to you?

It ought to be a crime to sell such garbage.
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Slow app

Takes forever to work with or without internet. Useless garbage

Eh?

This may be good in Fl, but not too impressed with the data offered in VA beach area. Smart spots are pretty generic, the obvious to anybody that fishes spots. And that’s fine. An obvious lack of data point is the layer that shows boat ramps…..the major city boat ramp in Lynhaven that everyone uses for bay access doesn’t even show up, on top of a handful of others I commonly use. Needs some work.
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Spectacular Information

This app is an all in one app for tides, weather, wind, bite score, and many other selectable features Along with the spots were the fish should be. Not there? Go to the next ones. I rarely do not catch fish!

Best app ever

Best $13 I ever spent. After joining Salt Strong I have fished 10 times and caught fish every time out. That did not happen before SS.

Update fatigue

It feels like the app updates daily for things you wouldn’t even notice. Make them a monthly thing. I shouldn’t have to update every time I open the app

Disappointed

Gives water depth and tide. That’s the only useful part. Smart spots are useless. Fished 2wice trying smart spots and your better off following the birds. Over priced for sure.

Honestly Unnecessary

You probably already know most of what is on here, so unless you need the pat on the back for your own validation I would just keep my money…..

Garmin support

I love the app and use it regularly, but I’ve always wondered if there were a way to overlay spots on my garmin chartplotter. That would be a game changer for sure. Not having to get my phone out to see if I’m in the right spot would help me a lot.