CaptApp vs Salty Offshore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CaptApp
Log your fishing trips with ease, recording detailed information about each catch or release. Attach videos to your logs and participate in worldwide tournaments. User-controlled GPS data ensures your fishing spots remain private.
- Log fish caught or released
- Record up to ten data points per fish
- Attach video files to logs
- Automatic calculation of raises, bites, and releases
- Join worldwide billfish release tournaments
- User-controlled GPS data sharing
- Track species, angler, boat, and crew
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USED BY PROFESSIONAL CAPTAINS DAILY CaptApp is the most innovative and interactive professional fish-logging application available. It’s designed by professional captains to be powerful and yet easy to use, even for those who are new to technology—if you can operate an iPhone, you can use CaptApp. Powerful but Simple: With CaptApp, you can now collect up to ten different points of information for each fish caught or released during your day of fishing with just three taps or less—it’s very fast and easy to use. All or just part of this information can be shared with the anglers and crew and it can also be attached to the boat by hull number. The application does all of the math for you regarding the numbers of Raises, Bites, Releases and Harvests. Just tap and go! Video Association: With just a few more taps, you can easily add a video file, connecting the angler with each fish released using our revolutionary video process. It’s incredibly user-friendly and easy to learn. Tournament Leaderboard: With all of this easily-collected information literally at your fingertips, you can now join a worldwide billfish release tournament during any day of the year. On the CaptApp website at captapp.com, there’s a top-five leaderboard for most total billfish points by some categories. If you love offshore fishing, this is something you’ll want to check out every day! GPS Data: We understand how important it is to maintain control over your fishing hotspots so we never share any GPS position data—the user is in full control of their shared information, including GPS. Data Gathering: With CaptApp, you can now quickly and easily collect information on Fish Raised, Bites, Releases, Species, Angler, Boat, Captain, Crew, Location and Time. The application automatically adjusts the numbers of Raises, Bites and Releases as well, and all of this can be associated with video.
Salty Offshore
Create custom offshore fishing maps by layering sea surface temperature, chlorophyll, and currents. Track conditions at your favorite spots over time and share live maps with your crew for collaborative trip planning. Designed for both professionals and recreational anglers.
- Layered environmental data (SST, chlorophyll, currents)
- Customizable range and color scales
- Track conditions at specific spots over time
- Share live maps with crew
- Real-time satellite pass tracking
- Build personalized fishing maps
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Plan the Run. Record the Trip. Learn the Water. Salty is offshore planning and analysis. Plan the run on water analysis, record the trip, and keep a logbook that shows the conditions behind every bite. The more you fish it, the sharper it gets. Plan the Run • Water Analysis: water temperature, water color, currents, sea surface height, salinity, subsurface temperature, dissolved oxygen and more, for your region every day • Overlay Datasets: put two kinds of ocean data on one chart and see where they agree • Temperature Breaks and Eddies outlined on the chart • Water Playback: play recent satellite passes and watch the water move • Weather: wind, gusts, pressure and radar on the same chart as your water • Shaded Relief and Depth Contours to see the bottom you fish • AIS: see the boats working near you and where they've been • Bite Windows, tides and live buoys for the places you fish • Collaborative Planning: share waypoints, trips and your map with your crew Record the Trip • Trip Tracker records your trail, speed and depth • Hands-Free Logging: log bites, catches and raised fish from the Lock Screen or with Siri • End-of-Trip Summary: confirm your catches, bites and raised fish by species when you're back • Waypoints save the places you fish, with the water at each one • Position Sharing: send a link so someone ashore can see your boat • Shareable Trip Images: post your day with your own photo behind the trail Learn the Water • Conditions at Every Bite: the water temperature, water color and depth at each bite • Trip Analysis: the water along your trip and at each bite • Season Patterns: see which conditions repeated across your season • Waypoint History: see how the water has changed at your waypoints • Condition Alerts: pick the water you want at a waypoint, and we'll notify you when it's there Ready Offshore • 34 offshore regions on five continents • Offline Maps: download your water before you lose signal • Saved Maps and Saved Overlays bring back your setup in one tap • New Satellite Pass Alerts when new water temperature or chlorophyll arrives for your region • Import and export waypoints as GPX files for your chartplotter Start with a free preview. Features and data availability vary by plan and region. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://saltyoffshore.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Salty Offshore at 5.0 against CaptApp's 4.5. Salty Offshore also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). CaptApp's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and iOS requirement (13.1 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Salty Offshore sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. CaptApp asks for nothing beyond the download.
Salty Offshore holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of CaptApp's written reviews are positive against 100% of Salty Offshore's.
CaptApp ships an update monthly, Salty Offshore every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CaptApp | Salty Offshore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 148 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Captech Solutions Inc. | Ryan Coughlin |
Customer experience
CaptApp
Salty Offshore
In-app purchases
CaptApp
No in-app purchases
Salty Offshore
- AIS Vessels$9.991 Month
- Salty Basic Monthly7 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Salty Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$24.991 Month
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- Salty Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$24.991 Month
- Basic Annual7 Days trial$99.991 Year
- Salty Pro (Annual - New)7 Days trial$199.991 Year
- Salty Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$199.991 Year
- Elite Annual7 Days trial$500.001 Year
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