CatchStat vs DS Guide
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.
DS Guide
An all-in-one platform designed for water sports rental companies and tour operators. It helps streamline bookings, manage resources efficiently, and ultimately increase revenue.
- Streamline bookings
- Manage resources
- Boost revenue
- All-in-one platform
- Built for guides and tour operators
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Streamline bookings, manage resources, and boost revenue with an all-in-one platform built for guides, tour operators, and water sports rental companies.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DS Guide at 5.0 against CatchStat's 4.2. DS Guide also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). CatchStat's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
DS Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
CatchStat ships an update every 3 months, DS Guide every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 6, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CatchStat | DS Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
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| Size | 40 MB | 197 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CatchStat.com | Digital Sportsman, LLC |
Customer experience
CatchStat
DS Guide
In-app purchases
CatchStat
No in-app purchases
DS Guide
No in-app purchases
