GL Angler Diary vs CSA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GL Angler Diary
Record your fishing catches and share valuable data with biologists. Track essential details like length, fate, sex, and fin clips for steelhead. Contribute to scientific understanding of fish populations.
- Record fishing catches
- Share data with biologists
- Track steelhead details
- Log length, fate, sex, fin clips
- Contribute to scientific research
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The Great Lakes Angler Diary was developed by Brenton Consulting, LLC, with funding from Michigan State University Extension, Michigan Sea Grant, and Detroit Area Steelheaders. The purpose of this app is to allow anglers to record their catches and share information with biologists. At a minimum, anglers are asked to record the following for all steelhead (rainbow trout) caught during the fishing season: - Length (to nearest quarter inch) - Fate (kept or released) - Sex (male or female) - Fin clips
CSA
Streamline field service operations by processing service orders directly from a mobile device. This app replaces traditional clipboards, enabling better control and processing of customer service information for technicians.
- Mobile service order processing
- Replaces clipboards
- Improved information control
- Enhanced customer service performance
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Field service technicians are faced with increasingly complex tasks and customers with high service level expectations. Customers expect instant and accurate responses to service requests, and they demand a high level of performance. To deliver the performance your customers expect, Orbit Mobile Service Orders provides the ability to process service orders using a mobile device. With Orbit Mobile Service Orders, you trade in your clipboards for mobile devices, allowing your utility to control and process information better. Contact Central Service Association for more details.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: GL Angler Diary at 12.0 against CSA's 14.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GL Angler Diary against 5.0 for CSA. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
GL Angler Diary ships an update every 6 weeks, CSA every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GL Angler Diary | CSA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sudhiandra Lodd | Central Service Association |
Customer experience
GL Angler Diary
CSA
In-app purchases
GL Angler Diary
No in-app purchases
CSA
No in-app purchases
