CrabGear vs Trap Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CrabGear
This app helps West Coast Dungeness Crab Fishery captains report lost fishing gear recovery. Recovery Captains in participating ports can log the location and time of recovered gear.
- Report lost fishing gear recovery
- Log location of recovered gear
- Log time of recovered gear
- Support West Coast Dungeness Crab Fishery efforts
- Participating port captain functionality
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CrabGear supports supports the efforts of the West Coast Dungeness Crab Fishery to collect lost fishing gear. Recovery Captains in participating ports can use this mobile application to report where and when gear are recovered.
Trap Timer
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Track your Sub Sea Sonics ropeless gear. This app collects the information you provide - name, fishery, email, etc. and the location and time of each trap deployed. That data is sent to Sub Sea Sonics where the locations are shared to avoid entanglements. The data elements that are shared with other fishers is determined by the Ropeless Manufacturer's Workgroup. Depending on the fishery, data may also be shared with the appropriate regulatory agencies. You data is not used for marketing purposes and is not sold or given to data brokers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Trap Timer at weekly against CrabGear's every 16 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
CrabGear ships an update every 16 months, Trap Timer weekly. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CrabGear | Trap Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Nature Conservancy | Sub Sea Sonics |
In-app purchases
CrabGear
No in-app purchases
Trap Timer
No in-app purchases
