Comparison

Diagnostics vs Fishing Points

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

Head to head
About

Diagnostics

This free application helps owners of a specific hardware accessory check its operational status and view GPS data. It connects to a high-performance GPS receiver for mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Check hardware health
  • View GPS data
  • Supports VBOX Sport accessory
  • Works with iPhone and iPod Touch
  • Free to use
Features
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This free App allows owners of the Racelogic VBOX Sport accessory to check the health of the hardware and see the GPS data that is being received. Visit www.vboxmotorsport.co.uk to learn more about the VBOX Sport accessory that adds a high performance GPS receiver to iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

About

Fishing Points

This app helps anglers find the best times and locations to fish by providing detailed forecasts for tides, moon phases, weather, and marine conditions. It offers interactive maps to discover and save fishing spots, track routes, and access offline nautical charts, along with a catch logbook and fishing regulations.

Highlights
  • Fishing forecasts (tides, moon, weather, solunar)
  • Detailed fishing maps (satellite, nautical, lake depth)
  • Save and discover fishing spots and routes
  • Offline nautical chart access
  • Catch logbook and fishing rules
  • Hourly feeding times and fish activity
Features
Currently charting
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Download all-in-one fishing app already connecting more than 12 million anglers worldwide. Fishing Points is fishing forecasts and maps app, made for beginner-, seasoned-, and pro anglers to discover new fishing spots, understand best fishing times and catch more fish. Suitable for both salt and freshwater anglers on open seas, lakes or rivers. Explore our detailed fishing forecasts to discover the best fishing times for your location. Understand how fish brain works by analyzing fishing tides, moon phases, marine forecasts, solunar and weather forecasts. We show current conditions and forecasts for temperature, rain probability, rain intensity, wind speed, gusts, wind directions and air pressure all in one app. To know where to fish, explore four different fishing map types, save and discover fishing spots, favorite locations, trotlines, and trolling paths. Access detailed satellite fishing maps, worldwide nautical charts, or use offline mode with marine nautical maps for boating (NOAA). View seagrass, oyster beds, mangrove layers, and now detailed lake maps with depth and contour charts - perfect for spotting drop-offs, channels, and structure (available in select states: Florida, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, and Washington). Revisit your trips with a private catch logbook, check bag limits and fishing rules, and learn what works to maximize your next trip! FEEDING TIMES FORECAST - Hourly feeding times with strong major and minor time intervals - Daily fish activity - Best fishing times calendar for bass and other popular species - Customizable smart notifications on days with feeding times FIND YOUR LOCATIONS - Save fishing spots, locations, hotspots and waypoints - Record trolling paths and trotlines - Save your favorite locations with more than 40 icons and 10 colors - Find saved locations with GPS - The only fishing app with worldwide access to nautical maps - Offline mode with nautical charts provided by NOAA - Get information and quickly locate more than 50.000 boat ramps worldwide - Seagrass, oyster beds, mangroves map layers - Compass - Measure distances FISHING WEATHER - Accurate current fishing weather conditions with hourly forecast for humidity, precipitation probability, UV index - Wind forecast including wind speed, gusts and direction - Current fishing barometer with hourly air pressure forecast - Severe live weather alerts - Rain radar RIVER DATA - Current water levels & flows for 35k+ river stations TIDES FOR FISHING - Hourly tides for fishing charts with information on the next high and low tides - Tide prediction charts with detailed tidal current - Tides overview forecasts with daily highest and lowest tides MARINE FORECAST - Hourly waves forecast (waves, swell, wind waves) - Sea temperature (SST) - Sea and ocean currents data SOLUNAR DATA - Sunrise and sunset times - Sun positions - Moonrise and moonset times - Moon positions - Moon phases SYNC DATA - Access your saved data across all your computer and mobile devices. - Use Webapp to plan and analyze fishing trips on your computer. Try Webapp on https://web.fishingpoints.app FISH RULES AND FISH SPECIES - Information on fish species including bass, trout, snapper, snook, drum, grouper, catfish etc. - Fish rules and regulations on bag limits and open seasons for selected US States (Florida, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina and Louisiana) CATCH LOG - Create a fishing log and save the details of every catch (photos, weight, length) - Weather, solunar and tide information are added automatically to your catches SHARE - Import kmz or gpx files from GPS devices or other apps - Share your locations with friends - Share catch photos with your fellow anglers In case of questions, comments or suggestions, please send us a note to support@fishingpoints.app. Happy fishing! Privacy policy: https://fishingpoints.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://fishingpoints.app/terms

Screenshots

Diagnostics3 screens
Fishing Points4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Fishing Points at 4.7 against Diagnostics's 4.1. Fishing Points also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 28 months) and ratings volume (31K vs 10). Diagnostics's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price and device support 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. Fishing Points sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Diagnostics asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fishing Points holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fishing Points has 31K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Diagnostics's written reviews are positive against 65% of Fishing Points's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diagnostics ships an update every 28 months, Fishing Points fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Diagnostics versus Fishing Points: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiagnosticsFishing Points
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (10 ratings)4.7 (31K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better64.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1031K — better
Update frequencyEvery 28 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#89 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB223 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRacelogicFishing Points d.o.o.

Customer experience

Diagnostics

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Fishing Points

All ratings31,010 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews827 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral8.6%
Negative26.7%

Bugs and requests

Diagnostics

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Fishing Points

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Nautical map no longer showing current location
  • Tide times not accurate for some areas
  • App crashing or not loading properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to search for fishing locations
  • Integration with fish identification tools
  • Custom alerts for ideal fishing conditions
  • Offline map access
  • Improved syncing between devices

In-app purchases

None

Diagnostics

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Fishing Points

Subscriptions7
  • Premium3 variants$9.991 Month
  • Premium7 Days trial2 variants$9.991 Month
  • Basic Premium$29.991 Year
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  • Advanced Premium$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Premium1 Year trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Diagnostics free?
Diagnostics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fishing Points free?
Fishing Points is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Diagnostics or Fishing Points?
Fishing Points is rated higher. Diagnostics averages 4.1 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Fishing Points averages 4.7 from 31K ratings.
Do Diagnostics or Fishing Points have ads?
Fishing Points shows ads; Diagnostics does not.
Which is updated more often, Diagnostics or Fishing Points?
Diagnostics ships an update every 28 months, and Fishing Points fortnightly. Most recently, Diagnostics was updated on November 1, 2026 and Fishing Points on November 5, 2026.

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