Comparison

ADFG vs Salmon Finder

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

Head to head
About

ADFG

This app provides Alaska hunters and anglers with essential information and services for planning trips and managing their activities. Access licenses, permits, and big game tags digitally, view regulations, and record harvests directly from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Digital licenses and permits
  • Big game locking-tag records
  • Hunting regulations
  • Record harvests
  • Sport fish identification guide
  • Offline map and regulation downloads
Features
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The Alaska Department of Fish & Game realizes that people are now accustomed to carrying a lot of information and credentials on their mobile device. This mobile app is designed for anglers and hunters in Alaska and designed to enhance pre-trip planning and in-field experience. It provides access to the information and services needed to follow applicable hunting and fishing regulations. Currently, that includes the following: • Display licenses, permits and big game locking-tag records – The mobile app allows you to purchase and view your hunting, fishing, trapping, and most combination licenses. You can also obtain big game locking-tag records, commercial crewmember licenses, hunting permits, harvest tickets, and some personal use fishing permits. All licenses, permits, and big game locking-tag records are valid to carry and display to enforcement in the field on your mobile device. • View Hunting and sport fishing regulations – The mobile app allows you to view all current hunting regulations (including some personal use regulations) for the entire state. Additionally, you can view hunting regulations based on your physical location, search locations statewide, and download maps and regulations for offline use. In the future, the mobile app will include support for sport fishing regulations. • Record Harvest – The mobile app allows you to record hunting and fishing harvests in the field and report some personal use fishing harvests. • Sport fish species identification – Additional features include separate sections for a species identification guide complete with images and text descriptions of commonly targeted sport fish species; definitions, regional and statewide methods and means, prohibited acts and other necessary regulatory content that is not displayed at site specific or sub-levels.

About

Salmon Finder

Stay updated on salmon counts in Alaska with this app. It provides a user-friendly map and graph view of fish counts from the Department of Fish and Game, sending notifications when data is updated during the fishing season.

Highlights
  • Geography-based fish counts
  • Updated from Alaska's Department of Fish and Game
  • Map and graph view
  • Notifications for updated counts
  • Supports spring, summer, and fall seasons
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Salmon Finder presents a geography-based method for keeping up to date with fish counts during the spring, summer, and fall fishing season. No more searching for the spreadsheet on a website, Salmon Finder will keep you updated with the current counts from Alaska's Department of Fish and Game, with an easy to read map-and-graph view, along with notifications for updated counts during the season. Privacy: https://salmonfinder.com/privacypolicy/ Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ADFG4 screens
Salmon Finder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Salmon Finder at 100% against ADFG's 23%. Salmon Finder also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5). ADFG's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (100 vs 2). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Salmon Finder sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per year. ADFG asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Salmon Finder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ADFG has 100 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of ADFG's written reviews are positive against 100% of Salmon Finder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ADFG ships an update every 5 weeks, Salmon Finder monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
ADFG versus Salmon Finder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterADFGSalmon Finder
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (100 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings100 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size140 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDepartment of Fish & GameDevious Panda, Ltd

Customer experience

ADFG

All ratings100 ratings
Positive34.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative61.0%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive23.2%
Neutral7.1%
Negative69.6%

Salmon Finder

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

ADFG

Reported bugs

27 issues
  • Login issues
  • Sync errors
  • App crashes
  • Harvest report submission crashes
  • Map crashes
Show 22 more
  • Identity provider sign-in failure
  • Login with Google fails
  • Can't create account
  • MyAlaska login issues
  • Support link not working
  • Can't change address
  • Harvest not properly recorded
  • Can't download maps
  • Regs require WiFi
  • Clunky and glitchy
  • Login with Facebook issues
  • Spinning wheel of death on login
  • Google login button disappears
  • Can't upload permanent licenses
  • App doesn't open
  • Login adds @myalaskaprod.local to username
  • Email confirmation not received
  • Randomly logs out and can't log back in
  • MyAlaska login adds @myalaskaprod.local
  • Doesn't show current license
  • Login unavailable for Google
  • App won't download/load

Requested features

13 requests
  • More push notifications for dates
  • Push notifications for emergency orders
  • Commercial announcements and regs
  • Permit card digital storage
  • Separate app for commercial fishing
Show 8 more
  • Hunting draw tag information import
  • Tide charts
  • Option to skip login for regs access
  • Add hunting permits picked up locally
  • Auto-populate permits
  • Link online purchases to app
  • Mapping function in fishing
  • Emergency Orders and updates via app

Salmon Finder

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ADFG

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Salmon Finder

Subscriptions1
  • Annual subscription$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • Salmon Finder Tip $9.99$9.99
  • Support Salmonfinder ($24.99)$24.99

Questions

Is ADFG free?
ADFG is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Salmon Finder free?
Salmon Finder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ADFG or Salmon Finder?
Salmon Finder is rated higher. ADFG averages 2.5 out of 5 from 100 ratings, while Salmon Finder averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ADFG or Salmon Finder have ads?
Neither ADFG nor Salmon Finder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ADFG or Salmon Finder?
ADFG ships an update every 5 weeks, and Salmon Finder monthly. Most recently, ADFG was updated on November 3, 2026 and Salmon Finder on November 4, 2026.

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