Guidesly Trips vs CR MAP by Canyon Runner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Guidesly Trips
Discover and instantly book guided outdoor adventures with experienced professionals. Connect with a community of enthusiasts, track your trips, and capture your memorable experiences.
- Instant booking for guided trips
- Connect with experienced guides
- Community feed for outdoor enthusiasts
- Digital payment and tipping
- Trip journaling and tracking
- Save favorite spots and catches
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Guidesly Trips: Guidesly is the first app to offer instant booking for thousands of guided trips with world-record-holding, experienced guides across the country. Whether you’re looking for family fly fishing fun, an all-day deep-sea excursion, or are on the hunt for the next big game, we’ve got you covered. Connect on the feed with guides and great minds alike to share the one thing you all have in common: the great outdoors. BOOK TRIPS INSTANTLY Lock down your trip on demand, and digitally pay and tip in-app. From first-time angler to pro hunter, customize your experience to cater to all your needs. LEARN FROM THE GREATEST We offer the best guides in the best destinations, ensuring that you will learn something new every time you go on a trip. Book with tournament champions, industry experts, and more. GET INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY Like, comment, and connect with guides and anglers across the country while sharing your recent catches. Join the conversation! CAPTURE YOUR ADVENTURES Track your on-the-go trips in your journal, where you can save the best spots, biggest catches, and top POIs. Check off your bucket list and add your favorite waterbodies! With live trip tracking, you’ll never miss a beat while out on the water. TRIPS BOOKED WITH GUIDESLY HAVE AN AVERAGE RATING OF 5-STARS “We had an absolute blast on our fishing trip! I booked through Guidesly, which was very easy. Overall a great time with 3 generations together. Thanks for a wonderful experience!” -Paul N. “I would recommend this fishing experience to anyone, especially those fisherman like me who don’t normally come back with any fish.” -David C. “We had a great day! They took care of making sure we were on the fish, helping our 3 children fish, and were generally really nice guys! I would 100% recommend!” -Emily B. Download Guidesly Trips today to join our community and discover top-rated guides. Connect with us: Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guidesly Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guidesly Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/guidesly Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/guidesly/ Book trips on our website: https://www.guidesly.com Interested in being a guide? Join Guidesly Pro on our website or through the Guidesly Pro app.
CR MAP by Canyon Runner
This app provides real-time boat tracking, weather data, and safety alerts for fishermen. It offers detailed maps, water temperature information, and a searchable database of fishing locations and wrecks. Developed by experienced fishermen, it aims to give users professional-level insights.
- Real-time vessel tracking
- Comprehensive weather overlays
- Water temperature and chlorophyll data
- Enhanced safety and warning system
- Searchable wrecks and fishing locations
- Integrated fishing log
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Introducing CR Map – the latest innovation from Canyon Runner - developed by fishermen, for fishermen. CR Map is an all-in-one system that gives you access to all of the intel that the pros use. CR Map brings together real-time tracking and monitoring, weather, water temperature, enhanced safety, a built-in weather warning system, and so much more! FREE ACCESS IS OPEN FOR A LIMITED TIME! CREATE A FREE ACCOUNT AND START NOW! With CR Map, you get access to a ton of data in one easy-to-use platform. And with access to real-time pro-staff and member boats, you can develop a professional perspective quickly and easily. With free access, you get the “Inshore Map” - giving you boat tracking for your boat, pro-staff and member boats, weather maps and alerts, navigation charts, and more out to 10 miles from shore. Our "Offshore Map' gives you unlimited coverage for the US, the Caribbean, and the Bahamas. VESSEL TRACKING Track your vessel, all member vessels, and Pro-Staff IN REAL TIME. Our system uses your cell phone or your Starlink Wi-Fi to locate your boat and display it on the CR Map in real-time. You can also see the real-time location of our 500+ member vessels, as well as our 18 Pro-Staff boats, fishing regionally from Maine through Florida, Bahamas and Costa Rica. WEATHER CR Map includes multiple paid weather services overlaid over your boat location and our charts and maps. - Sea Surface Temperature - Chlorophyll - Lighting - Wind - Wave height - Fog - Precipitation WATER TEMP Multiple daily water temperature and chlorophyll charts overlaid over Member and Pro-Staff boats in real-time – with in-depth analysis from 40+ years of experience. ENHANCED SAFETY / WARNING SYSTEM The CR Map tracks live lightning activity, real-time and forecasted wave heights, fog, storm, or other hazards to help you stay in front of inclement weather. CR Map can configure text, email or in-app alerts in the event of bad weather approaching your vessel, giving you the chance to move or return home. SEARCHABLE WRECKS AND FISHING LOCATIONS Get access to over 10,000 Wrecks, NOAA Buoys, and fishing locations in an easy and searchable format. AIS Built-in AIS tracking in real-time of the Longline and Dragger Fleet. RICH MAPPING OVERLAYS & RESOURCES Explore multiple chart overlays, locate 10,000+ wrecks and fishing spots, and utilize NOAA Buoy data directly on your map. FISHING LOG Keep track of your trips and catches with an integrated fishing log database.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CR MAP by Canyon Runner at 4.9 against Guidesly Trips's 4.4. On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
CR MAP by Canyon Runner holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 8 respectively.
Guidesly Trips ships an update every 3 weeks, CR MAP by Canyon Runner every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Guidesly Trips | CR MAP by Canyon Runner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (20 ratings) | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guidesly | Canyon Runner |
Customer experience
Guidesly Trips
CR MAP by Canyon Runner
In-app purchases
Guidesly Trips
No in-app purchases
CR MAP by Canyon Runner
No in-app purchases
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