Comparison

Buoy Zone vs AnglerBook

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

Head to head
About

Buoy Zone

This app simplifies yacht racing course setup for sailing clubs and race officers. It allows for real-time course sharing, mark laying guidance with compass directions, and participant tracking on a map. Streamline race management and focus on the competition.

Highlights
  • Real-time course sharing
  • Mark laying guidance
  • Participant tracking on map
  • Compass direction and bearing
  • Distance calculation
  • Course updates
Features
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Buoy Zone is designed to help sailing clubs, Race Offices and support vessels, lay yacht racing courses. The Race Officer sets a course from the start boat and shares this course with their support boats and other participants. The participants can see the course on a map, get course updates in real-time and all support boats can also been seen on the map. Any boats laying marks can zoom in on the map and see exactly where to lay their marks, or tap on a mark for real-time compass direction, bearing and distance. Take the time and pain out of setting an accurate course, and get on with the awesome racing.

About

AnglerBook

Features
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AnglerBook is the fly-fishing journal built by anglers, for anglers. Record a session while you fish, log every catch with the conditions that mattered, and keep a gear locker and a flybox that mirror what is actually in your vest. And when a day goes wrong, help is one tap away. RECORD FROM THE WATER Tap REC and keep fishing. Your position and the weather are captured for you. A Live Activity keeps the timer, catch count and conditions on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, and you can start or stop from your Apple Watch without taking the phone out. HELP WHEN IT MATTERS The recording screen has an emergency page: the emergency number for wherever you are (112, 999, 911…), your coordinates ready to read out or copy, a one-tap message to a contact of your choice with your position, and guidance for satellite SOS when there is no signal. A shortcut, not a guarantee — but it is there when you need it. A LOGBOOK THAT REMEMBERS Species, size, fly, water and weather in seconds. Every fly has its own card with every fish it has ever caught. Photos of catches and flies go into their own albums, next to the day they belong to. Months later you know what was hatching, what you tied on, and why it worked. YOUR GEAR, YOUR FLYBOX Pick rods, reels, lines and waders from a built-in catalog of real brands, models and variants, or add your own. Keep your flies by type, with how many are in the box and whether they are barbless. Drag rods and flies into the order you reach for them. Add a fly mid-session without leaving the catch you are logging. Deleted something by mistake? Undo. FISHING BUDDIES Share your buddy code and follow each other. Fish the same water on the same day and you are in that day's standings; every catch counts toward the season. Wherever you fish. Your buddies see your nickname, roughly where you fished and your catch counts — never your coordinates. You always see who follows you, and you can block anyone you would rather not. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your logbook is yours. It lives on your device and syncs privately across your devices through iCloud. Sign in with Apple. No ads. No tracking. No selling your data. ANGLERBOOK PRO Pro unlocks the full journal: iCloud sync, session maps, photo albums, the Live Activity and Fishing Buddies. Pick a pass for a trip or a plan for the season: • 3-Day Pass — €1.99 • 7-Day Pass — €4.99 • Monthly — €7.99 • Annual — €29.99, with a 7-day free trial Passes are one-time purchases. Monthly and Annual are auto-renewing subscriptions: payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings. Prices shown in EUR; the App Store shows your local price. Terms of Use: https://anglerbook.fun/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://anglerbook.fun/privacy.html

Screenshots

Buoy Zone4 screens
AnglerBook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Buoy Zone at 15.6 against AnglerBook's 26.5. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Buoy Zone sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.49 per month and AnglerBook sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Buoy Zone ships an update fortnightly, AnglerBook every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Buoy Zone versus AnglerBook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuoy ZoneAnglerBook
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOCEAN LABS LIMITEDGLYSK OU

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Buoy Zone

Subscriptions2
  • Race Officer Monthly$8.491 Month
  • Race Officer Annual$43.991 Year
4 purchases

AnglerBook

Subscriptions2
  • AnglerBook Pro — Monthly$6.991 Month
  • AnglerBook Pro7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • AnglerBook Pro — 3-Day Pass$1.99
  • AnglerBook Pro — 7-Day Pass$3.99

Questions

Is Buoy Zone free?
Buoy Zone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AnglerBook free?
AnglerBook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Buoy Zone or AnglerBook have ads?
Neither Buoy Zone nor AnglerBook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Buoy Zone or AnglerBook?
Buoy Zone ships an update fortnightly, and AnglerBook every 10 days. Most recently, Buoy Zone was updated on November 6, 2026 and AnglerBook on November 5, 2026.

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