Comparison

Catchzone vs Fishtechy

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

Head to head
About

Catchzone

This app acts as a fishing guide, providing detailed information on fish seasons, regulations, and water bodies. It offers advanced features like auto-location, weather forecasts, tides, and offline access for anglers.

Highlights
  • Interactive water body maps
  • Fish season and regulation lookup
  • Auto-locating catch codes
  • Personal best tracking
  • Social feed for sharing catches
  • Local weather and tide forecasts
  • Offline map access
Features
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Catch Zone is your very own fishing guide in the palm of your hand. It has mapping features for you to scroll and look at water body’s, you can then tap on the water body and see which fish is in season and out of season for that river, lake, stream, or pond. As well as the regulations for the individual fish in that waterbody. It has a search feature from the map screen for you to look up any regulated waterbody. Your catch code will populate and you can see all the information on the water body you want to fish or are currently fishing. Catch Zone comes complete with an auto locating feature that will tell you your catch code for any waterbody in Washington or Oregon. Track your personal best with our catch tags that save to your personal profile. We have a large social feed for you to share your greatest catch and stories with the world. At the bottom of every fish screen, we have made it easy to access emergency regulations with a clickable link. Subscriptions are required for complete functionality of our app. We offer two subscriptions a monthly subscription or a yearly subscription. Both of our subscriptions give full access to our app. We have added a new weather page to our app! On the weather page you will find your local forecast, a seven day forecast, as well as Tides, River levels, stocking reports , dam counts, ocean conditions, and moon phases. Our tide feature is great it auto locates your closest station and then you can also select different locations near you or even search for any station you want to know about. We have added tips and info for every waterbody on our app. These tips and info will tell you what fish are in that waterbody, the best time to fish for them, and in some cases tell you how to set up your rod, and tell you what works best . This feature is very helpful for a new angler . It tells you where bank access is as well as where boat access is. Tons of our users have been using this feature to explore new areas! We have implemented a new offline mode on our app!!! You can open the app when you don’t have service and when you go to the map screen you can still search any waterbody and get the info you need with no service! Catch Zone is a subscription based app which means a subscription is required for access to the app and its functionality. We offer two subscriptions currently: Our yearly subscription costs 69.99 which will be billed after your 7 day free trial. Our monthly subscription costs is 9.99 which will be billed monthly after your free trial ends. Please see our End user license agreement https://app.termly.io/document/eula/cd33fe37-763d-4d8e-92b1-f2599c27511a

About

Fishtechy

This app uses AI and a special ball to accurately measure fish from your smartphone. It helps anglers log catches, participate in competitions, and promotes responsible fishing practices by reducing fish handling.

Highlights
  • AI-powered fish measurement
  • Instant results and smart gallery
  • Conservation-first design
  • Challenges and competitions
  • Smart catch log with automatic data entry
  • Proof Ball with NFC verification
Features
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Measure fish from your phone. Position a Proof Ball next to your catch, take a photo or video, and upload it to the free Fishtechy® app. AI measures your catch's length, girth and estimated weight, identifies the species, and creates a private digital journal — all in seconds. Proof, Not Guesswork No board, no tape, no guessing. A Proof Ball or Proof Bar in frame is all the app needs. Snap a photo or record a video and the numbers are waiting when you're done. Reduce Fish Handling Measure it. Release it. Faster. Less time out of the water means a healthier fish and a healthier fishery — a practical addition to any angler's gear, from bass boats to fly rods. The Most Accurate Way to Digitally Measure Fish Proof products give the AI a known dimension to measure against, so length and girth are verified measurements, not estimates. Weight is calculated from length and girth and always labeled as an estimate. Used correctly, nothing on your phone measures a fish more accurately. Support Conservation Every catch can count for science — only if you say so. Choose to share your catch data anonymously, without precise location, with vetted fisheries science organizations like NOAA to help protect the waters you fish. Never automatic, and you can withdraw at any time. Digital Journal & Automatic Species ID AI identifies your fish and logs species, size, location, time and weather to a private digital journal and map of your catches. No manual data entry. All your catch data in one place. Online Contests & Challenges Create or join fishing tournaments using your real catches. Compete privately with friends or publicly with anglers around the world. Catches can be scored as a percent of their world record, so you can compete fairly even when you're catching different species. Real catches. Digital leaderboards. For Your Whole Trip Fishtechy’s Story Mode tracks your entire trip, including miles walked or floated, a map of your route, elevation gained, and fish caught along the way. Track the whole trip with the Fishtechy app Your Data, Your Call Your catch data stays under your control. Nothing is shared with scientists or anyone else without your explicit consent. The proof is in the ball. Download the free Fishtechy app today.

Screenshots

Catchzone4 screens
Fishtechy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Catchzone at 80% against Fishtechy's 41%. Catchzone also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Fishtechy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ratings volume (190 vs 3). On price, ads, 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

Both are free to download. Catchzone sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Fishtechy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Catchzone holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fishtechy has 190 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Catchzone's written reviews are positive against 41% of Fishtechy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Catchzone ships an update fortnightly, Fishtechy every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Catchzone versus Fishtechy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatchzoneFishtechy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better4.4 (190 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better41.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3190 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.4
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB230 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFish Washington LLCFutrix, L.L.C

Customer experience

Catchzone

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative15.0%

Fishtechy

All ratings190 ratings
Positive84.7%
Neutral4.7%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive41.0%
Neutral10.3%
Negative48.7%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Catchzone

Subscriptions6
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial2 variants$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Bathmetry7 Days trial$12.991 Month
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  • Yearly Subscription$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Bathmetry7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription2 variants$69.991 Year
None

Fishtechy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Catchzone free?
Catchzone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fishtechy free?
Fishtechy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Catchzone or Fishtechy?
Catchzone is rated higher. Catchzone averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Fishtechy averages 4.4 from 190 ratings.
Do Catchzone or Fishtechy have ads?
Neither Catchzone nor Fishtechy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Catchzone or Fishtechy?
Catchzone ships an update fortnightly, and Fishtechy every 5 days. Most recently, Catchzone was updated on October 11, 2026 and Fishtechy on October 12, 2026.

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