FishDonkey vs STRIKER™ Cast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FishDonkey
Easily create and manage various types of fishing tournaments, from catch and release to competitive leagues. Features include live leaderboards, anti-cheating technology, and flexible customization options for organizers and participants.
- Create diverse tournament types
- Live leaderboards with updates
- Anti-cheating technology
- Online registration and payment
- Customizable tournament rules
- Participant messaging
- Works offline
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Create and run fishing tournaments on a mobile phone: Catch and release,traditional tournaments by weight or length. You can run bracket (playoff style) head to head tournaments, multi day (Day 1 + Day 2 + Day 3), points based tournaments, photo or video. This is the best and easiest platform with the most options for running your event. FishDonkey is the Future of Tournament Fishing®. Conservation is an important aspect of tournament fishing. Not only do we enable our users to run fun and exciting fishing tournaments, but we also help conserve the fishery on your local lake. The app includes: - Online payment, online registration. - Live leaderboards with exciting updates all day long. - Anti-cheating technology (TM). - Digital Livewell®. - Boat Check-ins and Livewell Checks. - Cheating/fraud prevention tools. - Date and time stamped photos and videos. - Flexible tournament creation allows you to customize your tournament. Best at Tournament Creation The FishDonkey app has built in options to help you create and run an automated tournament just the way you want. Create a variety of tournament options such as biggest fish, largest stringer of fish, grand slam, multispecies tournaments, wildcard, or custom names. You can run a tournament anywhere. Specify any length of time, an hour, a month… easily define and manage the start and end dates. Track daily or weekly winners. Highlighted Features Works without an internet connection. Prevents cheating in catch and release tournaments. Send any participant (or all) messages by email, text, or phone call from the app. Enter your sponsors, prizes, rules, logos and welcome message. Define multiple divisions for children, kayak, boat fishing, angler, co-angler, etc. Potential uses Local fishing leagues World-wide tournaments High School Tournament Trail Team practice sessions Ice fishing tournaments, boat tournaments, shore tournaments, team tournaments Multi-species tournaments Tournaments with divisions (veterans, children, etc.) Cost It is free to create a tournament. Anglers pay a small fee when they join. (All pricing policies are subject to change.)
STRIKER™ Cast
Enhance your fishing trips by wirelessly connecting your mobile device to a portable sonar unit. Visualize fish and underwater structures in real-time, with options for traditional sonar or ice fishing modes. Create custom maps and mark your favorite fishing spots for easier returns.
- Wireless sonar streaming up to 200'
- Displays fish and structure in detail
- Traditional 2-D sonar and ice fishing modes
- Automatic setting adjustments
- Custom map creation with 1' contours
- Mark favorite fishing spots
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Why guess where to find fish? See exactly where they’re hiding with STRIKER™ Cast portable fishfinder and the STRIKER Cast app. This app lets you pair your mobile device with the sonar device and start fishing in minutes. Cast from shore, dock or watercraft, and reel back in to locate and display fish on your iPhone or iPad. With the STRIKER Cast GPS model, you can even create your own custom maps with 1’ contours. This app is not intended to be a standalone fishing or sonar app. • Sonar streams wirelessly from up to 200’ away • Displays fish and structure in crisp, easy-to-interpret detail • Choose from easy-to-understand traditional 2-D sonar and ice fishing flasher modes • Includes automatic setting adjustments for gain, range and more • Access maps with up to 1’ contours from the Garmin Quickdraw™ Community or create your own • Mark your favorite fishing spots so you can easily find your way back Make your first cast a STRIKER Cast. Please note: Continuous use of GPS can shorten battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: STRIKER™ Cast at 4.7 against FishDonkey's 4.0. STRIKER™ Cast also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (82% vs 69%). FishDonkey's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 16 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
STRIKER™ Cast holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 87 and 185 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of FishDonkey's written reviews are positive against 82% of STRIKER™ Cast's.
FishDonkey ships an update monthly, STRIKER™ Cast every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FishDonkey | STRIKER™ Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (87 ratings) | 4.7 (185 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.9% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 87 | 185 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fishery Innovations, LLC | Garmin |
Customer experience
FishDonkey
STRIKER™ Cast
User reviews
FishDonkey
From 87 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Great support
- 👍 Facilitates catch and release
- 👍 Real-time rankings
- 👍 Good for organizers
Room to improve
- 🐛 Camera controls difficult one-handed
- 🐛 Video crashes
- 🐛 Age restriction confusion
- 🐛 App requires access to all photos
- 🐛 Confusing to enter fish
STRIKER™ Cast
From 185 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎣 Accurate fish and depth detection
- 💰 Affordable price point
- 📱 Easy to use app interface
- 🗺️ Excellent mapping functionality
- 🔋 Long battery life
Room to improve
- 🔌 Proprietary charging connector
- 📵 Requires cell service/internet connection
- 🐛 Occasional connectivity issues
- 📱 Small text for depth/temp readouts
- ⚠️ Device durability concerns
Bugs and requests
FishDonkey
Reported bugs
7 issues- Video portion crashes
- Bump board ad close button is hidden
- Server crashes
- Digital live well not allowing fish entry
- Cannot check results/leaderboards if not the payer
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- App won't move past divisions during setup
- App did not work for multiple users
Requested features
6 requests- Easier one-handed camera controls
- Local/private tournament setup option
- Camera picture delay function for solo fishing
- Geographic specific feature for tournament search
- Add more countries and fish species
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- Improve boat education about AIS
STRIKER™ Cast
Reported bugs
9 issues- App won't connect to Garmin server after restart
- Connectivity drops within 30 meters
- App requires login even in areas with no cell service
- Device won't reconnect after disconnecting
- App freezes on certain phone models
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- Offline functionality unavailable
- Account creation failures
- Accuracy degradation over time
- Requires frequent app restarts
Requested features
14 requests- Fish alarm audio notification
- Split screen sonar and map view
- Fish size estimation capability
- Fish species identification
- Offline map downloading
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- Integration with Navionics app
- Regular app updates and improvements
- Satellite imagery layer for maps
- Device location tracking if lost
- Replaceable battery option
- USB-C charging connector
- 3D sonar visualization
- Larger depth and temperature display
- Lake name identification
In-app purchases
FishDonkey
No in-app purchases
STRIKER™ Cast
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is FishDonkey free?
Is STRIKER™ Cast free?
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