FishPass vs Angling LIVE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FishPass
Purchase fishing permits for UK rivers and lakes digitally. Browse available fishing spots with detailed maps, photos, and catch information. Record your catches and report issues directly within the app.
- Digital fishing permit purchase
- Browse fishing beats with photos
- Detailed mapping of fishing spots
- Record catch returns
- Upload photos of catches
- Report river issues
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Fish Pass is the fastest way to purchase fishing on rivers and lakes in the UK. Based upon the successful Westcountry Angling Passport (WAP) scheme, that has run in Devon and Cornwall for nearly 20 years, Fish Pass brings this system into the digital age with a stylish and friendly interface. Fish Pass offers fishing for wild brown trout, sea trout, salmon and grayling in unrivalled surroundings as well as a multitude of coarse venues. Fish Pass has completely replaced the old Westcountry Angling Passport tokens, allowing you to purchase tokens in advance of your day’s fishing and simply scan a code at the river to convert your tokens into a day ticket. No paper, no pen, and your catch returns can be filled in the app too. Browse the beats available with photos, catches, tackle and tactics. Detailed mapping of parking and the exact banks you can fish from. Top up your account with new tokens with your debit or credit card. Catch returns must be filled as per the rules of WAP and this is as simple as a couple of drop down fields and a few words typed out if you feel the need. Photos of your prized catch can be uploaded or problems that you have encountered on the river like possible pollution or invasive species.
Angling LIVE
This app provides real-time event leaderboards and a secure area for competitors to submit fish captures during fishing events. Organizers can approve or reject entries, and users can view scheduled and live event information.
- Real-time event leaderboards
- Secure competitor login
- Fish capture submission
- Event organizer approval/rejection
- Scheduled and live event viewing
- GPS access for events
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The Angling LIVE App provides news, real time event leader boards and a secure login area for competitors to upload fish captures during events. These fish entries are sent to an admin panel for event organisers to ‘Approve' or ‘Reject' the fish according to event rules. All planned events for the current year can be viewed using the Scheduled tab. When an event goes live, all relevant information will be displayed under the LIVE tab. This includes competitor login areas. Login details for each event will be supplied by the match organisers. At no point will competitors be asked to login via any other part of the App. Angling LIVE provides a service and all event discrepancies are the responsibility of the organisers. Each competitor must have a device capable of downloading the Angling LIVE App and a source of mobile data signal throughout the event. For certain events, the device must be setup to allow Angling LIVE to access their GPS. This will be published by the event organisers on registration.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Angling LIVE at 100% against FishPass's 63%. FishPass's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FishPass ships an update every 9 months, Angling LIVE every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FishPass | Angling LIVE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Westcountry Rivers Trust | Mark Harraway |
Customer experience
FishPass
Angling LIVE
In-app purchases
FishPass
No in-app purchases
Angling LIVE
No in-app purchases








