Comparison

FishDonkey vs Vulture Systems

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Create diverse tournament types
  • Live leaderboards with updates
  • Anti-cheating technology
  • Online registration and payment
  • Customizable tournament rules
  • Participant messaging
  • Works offline
Features
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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.)

About

Vulture Systems

Monitor fishing gear remotely with long-range sensors and a smartphone app. Receive instant alarms, customize sounds, and log catches with detailed information and photos. Share your successes with friends.

Highlights
  • Long-range sensor monitoring
  • Real-time smartphone alarms
  • Customizable alarm sounds
  • Detailed catch logging
  • Catch sharing capabilities
  • Remote sensor control
  • Firmware updates via app
Features
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Vulture System's has now combined its same long range, two way communication system with the ability to interface the new Vulture Connected Handheld directly to your smartphone (iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watch). This allows the ability to still monitor your ice fishing tip ups, tip downs, rattle reels, bank fishing poles, traps, etc. still at the same long distance as before (up to one mile). When your sensor goes into alarm, it will immediately transmit the alarm directly to the handheld which will then push the alarm immediately to the Vulture Connect App. This allows for the ability to have louder alarms from your smartphone while still allowing for the ability to control your sensors from the waterproof Vulture Connected Handheld. Each sensor can be assigned a unique name to indicate the location or even add details of what bait was used. The sensor alarms can be customized to play a voice message or custom sound file upon going into alarm. Upon making a catch the user has the option to record the catch and indicate the type of fish caught, weight, length, GPS location, notes, photograph, and weather reports. Upon completion of a fish log the user has the ability to easily share the catch with friends via a number of different methods such as SMS, email, and Facebook! The user has the ability to check sensors, turn on the sensor white lights, and monitor sensors directly from the Vulture Connected Handheld or the Vulture Connect App. When new features are added to the Vulture Connected Handheld the user can easily update the handheld firmware with the push of a button directly from the Vulture Connected App! See www.vulturesystems.com for your details! We can't wait to see your #vulturecatch in the near future.

Screenshots

FishDonkey4 screens
Vulture Systems3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: FishDonkey at 69% against Vulture Systems's 0%. FishDonkey also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). Vulture Systems's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FishDonkey holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FishDonkey has 86 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of FishDonkey's written reviews are positive against 0% of Vulture Systems's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FishDonkey ships an update every 3 weeks, Vulture Systems every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
FishDonkey versus Vulture Systems: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFishDonkeyVulture Systems
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (86 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews68.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings86 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFishery Innovations, LLCVulture Systems, LLC

Customer experience

FishDonkey

All ratings85 ratings
Positive74.1%
Neutral2.4%
Negative23.5%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive68.9%
Neutral4.4%
Negative26.7%

Vulture Systems

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Vulture Systems

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

FishDonkey

No in-app purchases

None

Vulture Systems

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FishDonkey free?
FishDonkey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vulture Systems free?
Vulture Systems is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FishDonkey or Vulture Systems?
FishDonkey is rated higher. FishDonkey averages 4.0 out of 5 from 86 ratings, while Vulture Systems averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do FishDonkey or Vulture Systems have ads?
Neither FishDonkey nor Vulture Systems shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FishDonkey or Vulture Systems?
FishDonkey ships an update every 3 weeks, and Vulture Systems every 6 months. Most recently, FishDonkey was updated on October 24, 2026 and Vulture Systems on October 22, 2026.

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