Comparison

FishDonkey vs Tacull

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

Tacull

Compete in live catch-photo-release fishing tournaments. Submit catches with photos, length, species, and location from anywhere on the water. The leaderboard updates in real time as judges approve submissions.

Highlights
  • Live CPR fishing tournaments
  • Offline-first catch submission
  • Real-time leaderboard updates
  • AI-assisted judging
  • Photo-of-record provenance
Features
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Tacull is the catch-photo-release tournament platform for serious anglers. Compete in live CPR fishing tournaments, submit catches from anywhere on the water, and watch the leaderboard update as judges approve your fish in real time. No paper scorecards. No waiting until you're back at the dock. Just photo, submit, fish on. HOW IT WORKS - Find a tournament. Browse open tournaments hosted by your favorite circuits and registered organizations. Sign your waiver and you're in. - Catch and submit. Photograph your fish on the official measuring board. Tacull captures the photo, length, species, and location. The submission queue is offline-first — sync drops, dead zones, and weak signal don't lose your catch. - Track your standing. The leaderboard updates the moment a judge approves a submission. Watch the standings shift in real time. See what species are scoring and how you stack up. BUILT FOR THE WAY YOU FISH Offline-first by design. Submit a catch in a no-service backwater and Tacull will handle the upload as soon as you're back in coverage. No catch is ever lost. Photo-of-record provenance. Every submission carries timestamp, location, and image hash for fair competition. Judges see the same data you do. AI-assisted judging. Tacull's judging pipeline pre-screens species, length, and image quality so human judges can focus on edge cases — and your catch gets approved faster. Questions or partnership inquiries: info@tacull.com Tacull is built by Stone Keep Apps LLC.

Screenshots

FishDonkey4 screens
Tacull4 screens

Verdict

The call

FishDonkey and Tacull both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 69% of FishDonkey's written reviews are positive against 0% of Tacull's. FishDonkey also leads on ratings volume (87 vs 4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). Tacull's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). On price, rating, 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

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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for FishDonkey against 4.0 for Tacull. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FishDonkey has 87 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of FishDonkey's written reviews are positive against 0% of Tacull's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FishDonkey ships an update monthly, Tacull every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
FishDonkey versus Tacull: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFishDonkeyTacull
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (87 ratings)4.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings87 — better4
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB58 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFishery Innovations, LLCStone Keep Apps LLC

Customer experience

FishDonkey

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

Tacull

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Tacull

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

FishDonkey

No in-app purchases

None

Tacull

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FishDonkey free?
FishDonkey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tacull free?
Tacull is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FishDonkey or Tacull?
Tacull is rated higher. FishDonkey averages 4.0 out of 5 from 87 ratings, while Tacull averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do FishDonkey or Tacull have ads?
Neither FishDonkey nor Tacull shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FishDonkey or Tacull?
FishDonkey ships an update monthly, and Tacull every 10 days. Most recently, FishDonkey was updated on November 2, 2026 and Tacull on November 5, 2026.

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