Comparison

RipaLip University vs Catchzone

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

Head to head
About

RipaLip University

This app provides anglers with quick access to setup, tweak, and dial-in marine electronics. It offers guides, tips, and personalized settings for over 150 pieces of equipment, eliminating the need for lengthy manuals or online searches.

Highlights
  • Quick Start Guides
  • Advanced Reference Guides
  • Installation and Networking Info
  • How-To Videos
  • Personalized 'My Rig' section
  • Custom Cheatsheets with settings
  • Notes and waypoint saving
Features
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Learn how to quickly and easily setup, tweak and dial-in your marine electronics with RipaLip University! WHAT YOU'LL GET: · Access – The RipaLip University app helps you setup, tweak and dial-in your marine electronics by making it convenient for anglers to retrieve technical information, tips, and settings while they are on the water, when and where they need it the most. · Education – Browse through more than 150 pieces of marine electronics equipment. Begin with the Quick Start Guide for step-by-step instructions to make sure your electronics are ready for fishing and navigation. If you need more details, review the Advanced Reference Guide, Installation and Networking information, FAQs, How-To Videos and more! Eliminate the need to review cumbersome and lengthy manufacturer owner’s manuals or search YouTube for more information. · Personalization – RipaLip University’s My Rig section allows you to customize the app by adding quick access to all the gear on your boat. As you dial-in your electronics for a particular body of water, create a custom Cheatsheet and fill in your settings. Use the add custom settings option to include any additional information, water clarity, moon phase, water temp, spawn phase, lure, wind, whatever helps you. Lastly the notes section gives you a place to put in more details, waypoints, etc. You can save, edit and add information as often as you like · Cost-effective – RipaLip University offers two versions of the app. The Angler version gives you access to all guides and features for one piece of gear. The Pro version offers unlimited access to all gear in the app. “Regardless of your expertise level, anglers rely on some type of marine electronics for navigation, fish and structure location. But after spending thousands of dollars on marine electronics, anglers are oftentimes frustrated with the complexity of settings and choices that vary based on electronics manufacturer. RipaLip University will end anglers’ frustration and deliver piece-of-mind to anglers right there on the water, in the palm of their hands.” - David Janiszewski, RipaLip Owner and Founder. SUBSCRIPTION AND PRICING TERMS: RipaLip Angler subscription: $4.99 per year, auto-renewing RipaLip Pro subscription: $9.99 per year, auto-renewing Each subscription starts with a 2-week free trial. This price is for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted into your local currency depending on the country of residence. The subscription will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the current or trial period ends. You can go to your iTunes Account Settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your iTunes Account will be charged $4.99 (Angler) or $9.99 (Pro) at the end of your trial period and at the time of renewal. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription to RipaLip University, where applicable.

About

Catchzone

This app acts as a fishing guide, providing detailed information on fish seasons, regulations, and water bodies. It offers advanced features like auto-location, weather forecasts, tides, and offline access for anglers.

Highlights
  • Interactive water body maps
  • Fish season and regulation lookup
  • Auto-locating catch codes
  • Personal best tracking
  • Social feed for sharing catches
  • Local weather and tide forecasts
  • Offline map access
Features
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Catch Zone is your very own fishing guide in the palm of your hand. It has mapping features for you to scroll and look at water body’s, you can then tap on the water body and see which fish is in season and out of season for that river, lake, stream, or pond. As well as the regulations for the individual fish in that waterbody. It has a search feature from the map screen for you to look up any regulated waterbody. Your catch code will populate and you can see all the information on the water body you want to fish or are currently fishing. Catch Zone comes complete with an auto locating feature that will tell you your catch code for any waterbody in Washington or Oregon. Track your personal best with our catch tags that save to your personal profile. We have a large social feed for you to share your greatest catch and stories with the world. At the bottom of every fish screen, we have made it easy to access emergency regulations with a clickable link. Subscriptions are required for complete functionality of our app. We offer two subscriptions a monthly subscription or a yearly subscription. Both of our subscriptions give full access to our app. We have added a new weather page to our app! On the weather page you will find your local forecast, a seven day forecast, as well as Tides, River levels, stocking reports , dam counts, ocean conditions, and moon phases. Our tide feature is great it auto locates your closest station and then you can also select different locations near you or even search for any station you want to know about. We have added tips and info for every waterbody on our app. These tips and info will tell you what fish are in that waterbody, the best time to fish for them, and in some cases tell you how to set up your rod, and tell you what works best . This feature is very helpful for a new angler . It tells you where bank access is as well as where boat access is. Tons of our users have been using this feature to explore new areas! We have implemented a new offline mode on our app!!! You can open the app when you don’t have service and when you go to the map screen you can still search any waterbody and get the info you need with no service! Catch Zone is a subscription based app which means a subscription is required for access to the app and its functionality. We offer two subscriptions currently: Our yearly subscription costs 69.99 which will be billed after your 7 day free trial. Our monthly subscription costs is 9.99 which will be billed monthly after your free trial ends. Please see our End user license agreement https://app.termly.io/document/eula/cd33fe37-763d-4d8e-92b1-f2599c27511a

Screenshots

RipaLip University4 screens
Catchzone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Catchzone at fortnightly against RipaLip University's every 3 months. Catchzone also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 54%) and rating (3.8 vs 3.4). RipaLip University's advantage is ratings volume (39 vs 4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. RipaLip University sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year and Catchzone sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Catchzone holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RipaLip University has 39 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of RipaLip University's written reviews are positive against 80% of Catchzone's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RipaLip University ships an update every 3 months, Catchzone fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RipaLip University versus Catchzone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRipaLip UniversityCatchzone
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (39 ratings)3.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.2% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings39 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB166 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRipalip LLCFish Washington LLC

Customer experience

RipaLip University

All ratings39 ratings
Positive56.4%
Neutral5.1%
Negative38.5%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive54.2%
Neutral4.2%
Negative41.7%

Catchzone

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative15.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

RipaLip University

Subscriptions2
  • RipaLip Angler14 Days trial$4.991 Year
  • RipaLip Pro14 Days trial$9.991 Year
6 purchases

Catchzone

Subscriptions6
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial2 variants$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Bathmetry7 Days trial$12.991 Month
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  • Yearly Subscription$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Bathmetry7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription2 variants$69.991 Year

Questions

Is RipaLip University free?
RipaLip University is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Catchzone free?
Catchzone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RipaLip University or Catchzone?
Catchzone is rated higher. RipaLip University averages 3.4 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while Catchzone averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do RipaLip University or Catchzone have ads?
Neither RipaLip University nor Catchzone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RipaLip University or Catchzone?
RipaLip University ships an update every 3 months, and Catchzone fortnightly. Most recently, RipaLip University was updated on October 24, 2026 and Catchzone on October 24, 2026.

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