Comparison

Catchzone vs MyWDFW

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

MyWDFW

This official mobile app allows Washington residents to purchase hunting and fishing licenses. Users can e-tag game, report harvests, and display active license privileges directly from their device.

Highlights
  • Purchase hunting and fishing licenses
  • E-tag game
  • Report migratory bird harvests
  • Submit fish and crab catches
  • Complete annual harvest surveys
  • Display active license privileges
Features
Currently charting
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MyWDFW is the official hunting and fishing licensing mobile app of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The app allows hunters and anglers to purchase licenses, e-tag game, report migratory bird harvests, submit fish and crab catches, complete required annual harvest surveys, and review and display active license privileges directly from their iPhone.

Screenshots

Catchzone4 screens
MyWDFW4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Catchzone at 80% against MyWDFW's 10%. Catchzone also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.6) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). MyWDFW's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ratings volume (255 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. MyWDFW asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Catchzone holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyWDFW has 255 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 10% of MyWDFW's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Catchzone ships an update fortnightly, MyWDFW every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Catchzone versus MyWDFW: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatchzoneMyWDFW
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better1.6 (255 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better10.3% of reviews
Number of ratings3255 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
Best chart rank—#80 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFish Washington LLCWashington Department of Fish & Wildlife

Customer experience

Catchzone

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

MyWDFW

All ratings255 ratings
Positive14.5%
Neutral1.6%
Negative83.9%
Written reviews117 reviews
Positive10.3%
Neutral1.7%
Negative88.0%

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

MyWDFW

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Catchzone free?
Catchzone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MyWDFW free?
MyWDFW is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Catchzone or MyWDFW?
Catchzone is rated higher. Catchzone averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while MyWDFW averages 1.6 from 255 ratings.
Do Catchzone or MyWDFW have ads?
Neither Catchzone nor MyWDFW shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Catchzone or MyWDFW?
Catchzone ships an update fortnightly, and MyWDFW every 4 months. Most recently, Catchzone was updated on October 11, 2026 and MyWDFW on October 15, 2026.

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