Comparison

Favorite Army vs Tacklerow

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

Head to head
About

Favorite Army

Gain exclusive access to new fishing products before anyone else. Enjoy special perks like quarterly gifts, a lifetime warranty on gear, and significant discounts on all purchases. Members also receive free shipping on orders.

Highlights
  • Exclusive pre-launch product access
  • Quarterly product gifts
  • Lifetime warranty on rods & reels
  • 20% discount on all products
  • Free shipping on orders
Features
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Some of the benefits to joining the Favorite Army: - Exclusive access to Pre-Launch products - Quarterly gifts of Favorite Fishing products - Lifetime Warranty on registered rods & reels - 20% discount on all Favorite Fishing products - Free shipping on orders from Favorite Army

About

Tacklerow

Discover and purchase custom, handmade fishing lures directly from independent makers. Browse a wide variety of tackle, communicate with creators, and enjoy secure checkout. Makers can also open their own storefronts to sell their creations.

Highlights
  • Browse custom soft plastics, crankbaits, jigs, spinnerbaits, and flies
  • View real photos and maker profiles
  • Save desired lures to a wishlist
  • Message makers for custom orders
  • Secure checkout with Stripe
  • Track orders from purchase to delivery
  • Open a storefront to sell your own baits
Features
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Custom, handmade fishing lures, straight from the makers who build them. Tacklerow is a US marketplace for handmade fishing tackle. Every bait is hand-poured, painted, tied, or built by a real maker in their shop or garage, not stamped out in a factory. If you have spent years buying custom baits out of tackle boxes at the ramp or chasing sellers through Facebook groups, this is the store built for that. FIND BAITS THAT CATCH YOUR FISH Every listing is tagged with the species it is made for, so you can find baits built for what you chase and where you fish. • Browse and search custom soft plastics, crankbaits, jigs, spinnerbaits, and flies • See real photos of every bait, the maker behind it, and their full shop • Save the lures you want to come back to • Message a maker before you buy to ask about colors, sizes, or a custom order BUY WITH CONFIDENCE • Secure checkout, with your card handled by Stripe • Follow your order from paid to shipped to delivered, with tracking • Fill your cart from several makers at once; each shop is its own order • US based, with makers shipping across the country SELL YOUR BAITS Tacklerow is also where makers open a real storefront and get paid, without the DM chaos. • Build your shop and list your baits with photos, species, and price • Get paid to your bank through secure payouts • Manage orders and ship with tracking, all in one place • Keep more of every sale. BUILT BY ANGLERS Tacklerow is fishing first. No livestreams to sit through, no auctions to babysit, no corporate feel. Just handmade tackle, honest makers, and a store that respects the craft. Find your next confidence bait, or open your shop and start selling.

Screenshots

Favorite Army4 screens
Tacklerow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tacklerow at 100% against Favorite Army's 0%. Tacklerow also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). Favorite Army's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 4). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tacklerow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Favorite Army has 21 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Favorite Army's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tacklerow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Favorite Army ships an update every 3 weeks, Tacklerow every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Favorite Army versus Tacklerow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFavorite ArmyTacklerow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (21 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFavorite Fishing USA, LLCTodd Crown

Customer experience

Favorite Army

All ratings21 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Tacklerow

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Favorite Army

No in-app purchases

None

Tacklerow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Favorite Army free?
Favorite Army is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tacklerow free?
Tacklerow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Favorite Army or Tacklerow?
Tacklerow is rated higher. Favorite Army averages 4.6 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Tacklerow averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Favorite Army or Tacklerow have ads?
Neither Favorite Army nor Tacklerow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Favorite Army or Tacklerow?
Favorite Army ships an update every 3 weeks, and Tacklerow every 3 days. Most recently, Favorite Army was updated on November 3, 2026 and Tacklerow on October 31, 2026.

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