Comparison

Catchzone vs AnglerShield

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

AnglerShield

Features
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Assurance for Competitive Anglers Whether you’re preparing for your next tournament or already on the water, AnglerShield helps you overcome unexpected setbacks so you can stay focused on competing. Features include: •⁠ ⁠Tournament tackle protection •⁠ ⁠Fast and simple claims •⁠ ⁠Replacement angler/co-angler assistance •⁠ ⁠Emergency tournament support •⁠ ⁠Digital tackle inventory •⁠ ⁠Secure documentation and records •⁠ ⁠Coverage management •⁠ ⁠Tournament-ready resources From lost or damaged equipment to last-minute tournament challenges, AnglerShield is designed to help keep you fishing when it matters most. Download AnglerShield today and fish with confidence.

Screenshots

Catchzone4 screens
AnglerShield4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AnglerShield at none against Catchzone's 8. Catchzone's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). 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. AnglerShield asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Catchzone ships an update fortnightly, AnglerShield every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 6, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Catchzone versus AnglerShield: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatchzoneAnglerShield
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFish Washington LLCServicemark Ventures, LLC

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

AnglerShield

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Catchzone free?
Catchzone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AnglerShield free?
AnglerShield is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Catchzone or AnglerShield have ads?
Neither Catchzone nor AnglerShield shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Catchzone or AnglerShield?
Catchzone ships an update fortnightly, and AnglerShield every 2 months. Most recently, Catchzone was updated on August 6, 2026 and AnglerShield on September 16, 2026.

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