Comparison

Fishing Friend vs CatchMate

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

Head to head
About

Fishing Friend

Record fishing trips, track trophies, and plan future outings with detailed weather and solunar forecasts. Log catches with photos, stories, and GPS locations. Export data for custom analysis.

Highlights
  • Log fishing events, trophies, and spots
  • Add GPS positions, photos, and stories
  • Detailed weather and solunar forecasts
  • Trophy management and email export
  • CSV and KML data export
  • Share fishing spot information
  • GPS navigation to fishing spots
Features
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This is the ultimate all-in-one fishing app - it manages all your fishing memories plus it allows you to research and plan your fishing days. You can record your fishing events, trophies,and fishing spot locations. Adding the latest catch is done within seconds. Whether your focus is on planning your next fishing day based on weather and solunar periods, keeping a trophy gallery and fishing journal, or statistics and research of your past fishing events, this is the application you need. Along with the basic facts like fish specy, time, amount, weight, and trophy score you can add additional information. - Position - Your current GPS position can be added. You can view and edit this location on a live map. - Picture - You can attach a picture of your trophy so it keeps your memories fresh. - Weather - General condition, temperature, wind direction, and moon phase. - Story - This offers the possibility to add a story about the catch. - Location - Record your fishing water, detailed location, and fishing spot. + Trophy Management. When you want to get a printout of your trophies, the application will assist you to store it, manage it, and email it! The application supports iTunes File Sharing for backup of application data, and optional Dropbox integration. You can easily export all catch information in the highly compatible CSV (comma separated values) and KML (location data - keyhole markup language) file format and perform your custom statistics on your data. + Research and Planning. Did you dream of documenting and planning your fishing spots? This application allows you to visually lay out your fishing water with symbols of your fishing spots that you can place on the map and give a name. Optionally, it allows you to share your fishing spot information with a friend via e-mail and Dropbox. Your friend can import them from the e-mail attachment with just one click. Shapes and other important place marks in your fishing water can be drawn and designed comfortably on your desktop computer using G. Maps or G. Earth and later imported into the Fishing Friend app as overlay on all maps. + GPS. If you get lost while afield, you can ask the application to show your exact position in relation to your fishing spots, allowing you to navigate to your spot. + Weather and Solunar Periods. The Fishing Friend simplifies your life. It gives you all information about weather, sun, moon, solunar periods, including a 4 day forecast in one view. + Advantages. Fishing Friends’ many advantages include: Experience – Created by fishers for fishers. Efficiency - Whether fish specy, bait, or location, after the first entries the application learns them and offers them for future selection.  Overview - You can get statistics from your past catches. Openness - CSV and KML export of catches allows you maximum flexibility and creativity doing your own statistics and research. Please leave me feedback in the App Store. For suggestions, please send me an e-mail so that I can improve the application according your needs. Have fun.

About

CatchMate

Features
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CatchMate ist dein smarter Angelbegleiter mit KI-Fischerkennung, Schonzeiten für alle 16 Bundesländer und digitalem Fangtagebuch. KI-FISCHERKENNUNG Fotografiere deinen Fang und die KI bestimmt die Fischart in Sekunden, inklusive Schonzeit und Mindestmaß für dein Bundesland. FANGTAGEBUCH Dokumentiere jeden Fang mit Foto, Fischart, Gewässer, Länge und Datum. Sicher in der Cloud gespeichert und auf allen Geräten verfügbar. SCHONZEITEN UND MINDESTMASSE Alle Schonzeiten und Mindestmaße für alle 16 Bundesländer. Nie wieder raten, ob ein Fisch entnommen werden darf. FISCHKOMPENDIUM Steckbriefe zu 92 heimischen Fischarten mit Bildern, Lebensraum und Erkennungsmerkmalen. Duelle Duelliere dich mit deinen Freunden! ABONNEMENT-INFORMATIONEN Terms of Use: https://catchmate-legal-d3268.web.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://catchmate-legal-d3268.web.app/privacy/

Screenshots

Fishing Friend4 screens
CatchMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CatchMate at Free against Fishing Friend's $4.99. CatchMate also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CatchMate is free to download; Fishing Friend costs $4.99 up front. Fishing Friend sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and CatchMate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fishing Friend ships an update every 4 months, CatchMate every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Fishing Friend versus CatchMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFishing FriendCatchMate
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael KircherKenneth Lauer

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Fishing Friend

One-time3
  • CSV Exports$0.99
  • Shapes & placemarks$1.99
  • Export, Import & Dropbox Sharing$3.99
2 purchases

CatchMate

Subscriptions2
  • CatchMate Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • CatchMate Pro Yearly$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Fishing Friend free?
Fishing Friend costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is CatchMate free?
CatchMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fishing Friend or CatchMate have ads?
Neither Fishing Friend nor CatchMate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fishing Friend or CatchMate?
Fishing Friend ships an update every 4 months, and CatchMate every 3 days. Most recently, Fishing Friend was updated on October 2, 2026 and CatchMate on September 27, 2026.

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