FishDonkey vs TrollView
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.)
TrollView
Log and track your trolling fishing trips, recording catches and details. Access real-time water temperatures and view public reports from other anglers to enhance your fishing experience.
- Live session timer
- Log fish catches with details
- View public fishing reports
- Real-time water temperature data
- Review fishing history and stats
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Track your trolling fishing sessions with ease. Log catches, view water temperatures, and discover what other anglers are catching. Features: • Start and track fishing sessions with live timer • Log fish catches with species and details • View public fishing reports from other anglers • Check real-time water temperatures from buoy stations • Review your fishing history and stats Perfect for Great Lakes trolling fishermen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TrollView at 5.0 against FishDonkey's 4.0. TrollView also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%). FishDonkey's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, monetization model, device support and iOS requirement 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. TrollView sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. FishDonkey asks for nothing beyond the download.
TrollView holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FishDonkey has 85 ratings behind it against 5, 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 100% of TrollView's.
FishDonkey ships an update every 3 weeks, TrollView every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FishDonkey | TrollView |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (85 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 85 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fishery Innovations, LLC | Maxwell Lacy |
Customer experience
FishDonkey
TrollView
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
TrollView
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FishDonkey
No in-app purchases
TrollView
- TrollView Premium$4.991 Month
Questions
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