CatchStat vs The Lonestar Shootout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CatchStat
Follow live fishing tournaments, receive real-time updates on catches and releases, and view standings and payout information directly from your mobile device. Access detailed team data and stay informed about your favorite competitions.
- Live tournament following
- Push notifications for catches/releases
- Live standings
- Payout information
- Detailed team information
- Account login
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Sign into your Catchstat.com account and follow your favorite tournaments from your phone! Receive push notifications as fish are boated or released throughout tournaments. See live standings, payouts and detailed team information.
The Lonestar Shootout
Stay updated on the Houston Big Game Fishing Club Lonestar Shootout Tournament. Follow favorite boats and anglers for real-time catch notifications, view tournament rules, schedules, photos, videos, and live scoring.
- Real-time catch notifications
- Follow favorite boats and anglers
- Tournament rules and schedule
- Photo and video gallery
- Live scoring activity feed
- Push notifications
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Follow all the action of the Houston Big Game Fishing Club Lonestar Shootout Tournament in Houston Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. Stay informed of all the fishing action by following your favorite boats and anglers to be notified in real-time with push notification of all catches. View the tournament rules, schedule of events, photos, videos, and live scoring activity feed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Lonestar Shootout at 5.0 against CatchStat's 4.3. CatchStat's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Lonestar Shootout holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CatchStat has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CatchStat ships an update every 3 months, The Lonestar Shootout every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CatchStat | The Lonestar Shootout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | CatchStat.com | Reel Time Apps Inc. |
Customer experience
CatchStat
The Lonestar Shootout
In-app purchases
CatchStat
No in-app purchases
The Lonestar Shootout
No in-app purchases
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