Comparison

FishDonkey vs Fish Counter App

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

Fish Counter App

Easily track the number of fish caught during a fishing trip. Avoid losing count and share your success with friends. Features Siri support for hands-free operation.

Highlights
  • Simple fish counting interface
  • Accurate catch tracking
  • Share catch snapshots
  • Siri support
  • Offline use
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If you are like me and my buddies, once we get to 6 or 7 fish on a trip, we tend to lose count of exactly where we are in the count. uh.. Was that 6 or 7? Not anymore. Fish Counter App provides a simple, easy to use interface that allows you to keep track of just how many fish you are catching. So once the trip is done, you know exactly how many fish you caught. And if you have a great day, just send a screen snapshot to your buddies for bragging rights! Now with Siri support!

Screenshots

FishDonkey4 screens
Fish Counter App2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: FishDonkey at none against Fish Counter App's shown. FishDonkey also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 10 months) and rating (4.0 vs 3.7). Fish Counter App's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, 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 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FishDonkey has 87 ratings behind it against 9, 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 50% of Fish Counter App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FishDonkey ships an update monthly, Fish Counter App every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
FishDonkey versus Fish Counter App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFishDonkeyFish Counter App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (87 ratings) — better3.7 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews68.9% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings87 — better9
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFishery Innovations, LLCKen Boone

Customer experience

FishDonkey

All ratings86 ratings
Positive73.3%
Neutral2.3%
Negative24.4%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive68.9%
Neutral4.4%
Negative26.7%

Fish Counter App

All ratings9 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

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

Fish Counter App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

FishDonkey

No in-app purchases

None

Fish Counter App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FishDonkey free?
FishDonkey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fish Counter App free?
Fish Counter App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FishDonkey or Fish Counter App?
FishDonkey is rated higher. FishDonkey averages 4.0 out of 5 from 87 ratings, while Fish Counter App averages 3.7 from 9 ratings.
Do FishDonkey or Fish Counter App have ads?
Fish Counter App shows ads; FishDonkey does not.
Which is updated more often, FishDonkey or Fish Counter App?
FishDonkey ships an update monthly, and Fish Counter App every 10 months. Most recently, FishDonkey was updated on November 2, 2026 and Fish Counter App on November 3, 2026.

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