Comparison

VicGold vs Salt Diary

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

Head to head
About

VicGold

This app helps gold prospectors in Victoria, Australia, by overlaying historical gold find locations onto detailed maps. It features GPS tracking and offline map capabilities for areas with no mobile service.

Highlights
  • Historical gold find overlays
  • GPS geo-location tracking
  • Offline map support
  • Fast loading vector maps
  • Layered map information
Features
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VicGold is a smartphone App for gold prospectors in Victoria Australia. It combines the convenience of Mapbox Maps, using beautiful super fast loading vector map tilesets rendered by your devices GPU, with a large and ever growing amount of historic information showing where gold was found previously, from way back to our original gold rush, up to the current day, contained in simple to use layer overlays. It also features GPS Geo-location, allowing you to Locate or Track yourself live on the map, and put yourself right on on top of the gold. In addition to online Mapbox Maps, Offline maps are also available and included for all of Victoria, for when you want to prospect in areas where there is no mobile coverage.

About

Salt Diary

Features
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Salt diary is a simple, easy to use app that allows you to log and track your pelagic fishing. (Premium subscription required). Log each fish within seconds of it happening whether it be Raised, Hooked or Caught. With each entry into your personal Salt Diary crucial information like water temperature, currents, tide and moon phases, altimetry and much more are automatically logged privately and securely. The Salt Diary app is not just a logbook but also a tool in your arsenal that takes the guess work out, teaches you what to look for to become more consistent and ultimately catch more fish. By the way, there are many more features to come each as cool and informative as the last. Never rely on memory alone. With our streamlined logging system, you can instantly record fish activity based on three critical stages: Raised: “You can learn a lot from the fish you didn’t catch” Learn from fish that enter your spread, hit your baits or inspect your lures, never to be seen again. Hooked: Track your strikes and hook-up ratios to optimise your tackle, speed, and techniques. Caught: Keep a detailed record of every fish you land, including size, weight, location and photos. Combined with environmental data, Salt Diary helps you build a lifetime archive while uncovering the patterns behind your most successful catches. Precise Location & Environmental Data(Premium Feature) Salt Diary does the heavy lifting for you. Every time you log a fish the app captures precise GPS coordinates alongside vital environmental data. Track Sea Surface Temperature (SST), Currents, Moon Phases, Tides Phases, Altimetry, Barometric Pressure and Chlorophyll Concentration to identify patterns that lead to your high-yield fishing spots. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://saltdiary.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

VicGold3 screens
Salt Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Salt Diary at Free against VicGold's $29.99. VicGold's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Salt Diary is free to download; VicGold costs $29.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VicGold ships an update every 11 days, Salt Diary weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
VicGold versus Salt Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVicGoldSalt Diary
Price$29.99Free — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size234 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBRADLEY J HUGHESSalt Diary Pty Ltd

In-app purchases

None

VicGold

No in-app purchases

None

Salt Diary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VicGold free?
VicGold costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Salt Diary free?
Salt Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do VicGold or Salt Diary have ads?
Neither VicGold nor Salt Diary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VicGold or Salt Diary?
VicGold ships an update every 11 days, and Salt Diary weekly. Most recently, VicGold was updated on October 8, 2026 and Salt Diary on October 13, 2026.

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