Hooking vs RecFishing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hooking
This app is the first in Italy for purchasing and managing fishing permits. Since 2017, it has assisted associations and bodies in digitizing the sports fishing sector.
- Purchase fishing permits
- Manage fishing permits
- Digitalization for fishing associations
- Support for fishing entities
- Sports fishing sector focus
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Hooking è la prima app in Italia per l'acquisto e la gestione dei permessi di pesca. Dal 2017 Hooking affianca Associazioni ed Enti nel processo di digitalizzazione nel settore della pesca sportiva.
RecFishing
Easily log and manage your recreational fishing activities. Record catches, specify gear, and take photos of your species. Generate official catch declarations to comply with EU fisheries rules and support sustainable management.
- Log fishing activities
- Specify gear and species
- Record catches with photos
- Generate official catch declarations
- Offline reporting
- 24 EU languages
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RecFishing Fisher’s app is an official EU application for recreational fishers to easily log and manage their fishing activities. With just a few taps, you can record your catches, specify gear used, take photos of species caught, and track your personal catch history. The app also allows you to generate official catch declarations, ensuring compliance with EU fisheries rules while contributing to sustainable resource management. Main features: • Quick and intuitive reporting (even offline) • Gear registration and species logging • Catch history with photos and basic statistics • Generate and download official catch declarations • 24 EU languages • Secure and ad-free, with EU data protection standards By using RecFishing, you support better fisheries management and help safeguard marine ecosystems.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hooking at 70% against RecFishing's 11%. Hooking also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). RecFishing's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hooking ships an update every 2 weeks, RecFishing monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hooking | RecFishing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 69.6% of reviews — better | 10.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bitter Soft s.r.l. | European Union Apps |
Customer experience
Hooking
RecFishing
In-app purchases
Hooking
No in-app purchases
RecFishing
No in-app purchases
