Comparison

Fishing Points vs PontoFish

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

Head to head
About

Fishing Points

This app helps anglers find the best times and locations to fish by providing detailed forecasts for tides, moon phases, weather, and marine conditions. It offers interactive maps to discover and save fishing spots, track routes, and access offline nautical charts, along with a catch logbook and fishing regulations.

Highlights
  • Fishing forecasts (tides, moon, weather, solunar)
  • Detailed fishing maps (satellite, nautical, lake depth)
  • Save and discover fishing spots and routes
  • Offline nautical chart access
  • Catch logbook and fishing rules
  • Hourly feeding times and fish activity
Features
Currently charting
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Download all-in-one fishing app already connecting more than 12 million anglers worldwide. Fishing Points is fishing forecasts and maps app, made for beginner-, seasoned-, and pro anglers to discover new fishing spots, understand best fishing times and catch more fish. Suitable for both salt and freshwater anglers on open seas, lakes or rivers. Explore our detailed fishing forecasts to discover the best fishing times for your location. Understand how fish brain works by analyzing fishing tides, moon phases, marine forecasts, solunar and weather forecasts. We show current conditions and forecasts for temperature, rain probability, rain intensity, wind speed, gusts, wind directions and air pressure all in one app. To know where to fish, explore four different fishing map types, save and discover fishing spots, favorite locations, trotlines, and trolling paths. Access detailed satellite fishing maps, worldwide nautical charts, or use offline mode with marine nautical maps for boating (NOAA). View seagrass, oyster beds, mangrove layers, and now detailed lake maps with depth and contour charts - perfect for spotting drop-offs, channels, and structure (available in select states: Florida, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, and Washington). Revisit your trips with a private catch logbook, check bag limits and fishing rules, and learn what works to maximize your next trip! FEEDING TIMES FORECAST - Hourly feeding times with strong major and minor time intervals - Daily fish activity - Best fishing times calendar for bass and other popular species - Customizable smart notifications on days with feeding times FIND YOUR LOCATIONS - Save fishing spots, locations, hotspots and waypoints - Record trolling paths and trotlines - Save your favorite locations with more than 40 icons and 10 colors - Find saved locations with GPS - The only fishing app with worldwide access to nautical maps - Offline mode with nautical charts provided by NOAA - Get information and quickly locate more than 50.000 boat ramps worldwide - Seagrass, oyster beds, mangroves map layers - Compass - Measure distances FISHING WEATHER - Accurate current fishing weather conditions with hourly forecast for humidity, precipitation probability, UV index - Wind forecast including wind speed, gusts and direction - Current fishing barometer with hourly air pressure forecast - Severe live weather alerts - Rain radar RIVER DATA - Current water levels & flows for 35k+ river stations TIDES FOR FISHING - Hourly tides for fishing charts with information on the next high and low tides - Tide prediction charts with detailed tidal current - Tides overview forecasts with daily highest and lowest tides MARINE FORECAST - Hourly waves forecast (waves, swell, wind waves) - Sea temperature (SST) - Sea and ocean currents data SOLUNAR DATA - Sunrise and sunset times - Sun positions - Moonrise and moonset times - Moon positions - Moon phases SYNC DATA - Access your saved data across all your computer and mobile devices. - Use Webapp to plan and analyze fishing trips on your computer. Try Webapp on https://web.fishingpoints.app FISH RULES AND FISH SPECIES - Information on fish species including bass, trout, snapper, snook, drum, grouper, catfish etc. - Fish rules and regulations on bag limits and open seasons for selected US States (Florida, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina and Louisiana) CATCH LOG - Create a fishing log and save the details of every catch (photos, weight, length) - Weather, solunar and tide information are added automatically to your catches SHARE - Import kmz or gpx files from GPS devices or other apps - Share your locations with friends - Share catch photos with your fellow anglers In case of questions, comments or suggestions, please send us a note to support@fishingpoints.app. Happy fishing! Privacy policy: https://fishingpoints.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://fishingpoints.app/terms

About

PontoFish

Organize, protect, and enhance your fishing trips with a GPS map, catch log, and intelligent planning tools. Save secret spots, record detailed catch information, and build a comprehensive fishing history.

Highlights
  • GPS map for saving fishing spots
  • Secret Spot protection
  • Catch log with photos and details
  • Fishing weather and activity forecast
  • Solunar prediction tools
  • Fisherman profile with privacy controls
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O PontoFish é um aplicativo feito para pescadores que querem organizar, proteger e melhorar suas pescarias usando mapa, GPS, diário de capturas, previsão, solunar e ferramentas inteligentes. Com o PontoFish, você pode salvar seus pontos de pesca, registrar capturas, acompanhar informações importantes do local e manter seus melhores pontos protegidos como Ponto Secreto. O app foi criado para pescadores esportivos, pescadores de lazer, caiaqueiros, piloteiros, guias, competidores e amantes da pesca em rios, lagos, represas, pesqueiros, praias e regiões de água doce. Principais recursos: • Mapa com GPS para marcar pontos de pesca • Ponto Secreto para proteger locais importantes • Diário de capturas com foto, espécie, peso, tamanho, local e observações • Previsão para pescaria com informações de clima e atividade • Informações solunares para ajudar no planejamento • Perfil do pescador com privacidade e controle da conta • Ferramentas para organizar suas pescarias • Exclusão de conta direta pelo aplicativo O PontoFish ajuda o pescador a guardar informações que normalmente ficam perdidas em fotos, conversas, cadernos ou memória. Cada ponto salvo, cada captura registrada e cada detalhe anotado ajudam a montar um histórico de pesca mais organizado. Planos do PontoFish: • Básico: acesso inicial com limite de pontos salvos • Plus: mais pontos e recursos intermediários para quem pesca com frequência • Premium: pontos ilimitados e recursos avançados para quem quer usar o PontoFish de forma completa Recursos avançados como HidroRota, ferramentas premium e funcionalidades inteligentes fazem parte dos planos pagos, conforme disponibilidade dentro do aplicativo. O PontoFish não é apenas um diário de pesca. É uma central para o pescador planejar, registrar, proteger e evoluir suas pescarias com mais controle. Baixe o PontoFish e comece a organizar seus pontos, capturas e informações de pesca em um só lugar. Política de Privacidade: https://pontofish.com.br/privacidade Termos de Uso (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Fishing Points4 screens
PontoFish4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PontoFish at 100% against Fishing Points's 65%. PontoFish also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). Fishing Points's advantage is chart position (#85 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Fishing Points sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. PontoFish asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fishing Points ships an update fortnightly, PontoFish every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Fishing Points versus PontoFish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFishing PointsPontoFish
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (31K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#85 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size223 MB132 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFishing Points d.o.o.Anderson Guedes

Customer experience

Fishing Points

All ratings31,010 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews828 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral8.6%
Negative26.7%

PontoFish

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Fishing Points

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Nautical map no longer showing current location
  • Tide times not accurate for some areas
  • App crashing or not loading properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to search for fishing locations
  • Integration with fish identification tools
  • Custom alerts for ideal fishing conditions
  • Offline map access
  • Improved syncing between devices

PontoFish

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Fishing Points

Subscriptions7
  • Premium3 variants$9.991 Month
  • Premium7 Days trial2 variants$9.991 Month
  • Basic Premium$29.991 Year
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  • Advanced Premium$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Premium1 Year trial$49.991 Year
None

PontoFish

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fishing Points free?
Fishing Points is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PontoFish free?
PontoFish is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fishing Points or PontoFish have ads?
Fishing Points shows ads; PontoFish does not.
Which is updated more often, Fishing Points or PontoFish?
Fishing Points ships an update fortnightly, and PontoFish every 4 days. Most recently, Fishing Points was updated on November 7, 2026 and PontoFish on November 5, 2026.

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