Fishtechy vs Tailwaters
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Tailwaters
Provides real-time water release data, hydropower generation schedules, and river conditions for five White River Basin Dams. Includes river access maps, weather forecasts, and customizable alerts for anglers.
- Live water release data (CFS)
- Hydropower generation schedules
- River access maps
- On-water weather forecasts
- Generation alerts
- Favorite dam sorting
- Dark/light themes
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Know before you go. Tailwaters shows live water releases, hydropower generation schedules, and river conditions for all five White River Basin Dams — Beaver, Table Rock, Bull Shoals, Norfork, and Greers Ferry. LIVE CONDITIONS Total CFS, lake elevation, and tailwater levels, updated hourly Generating or not-generating status at a glance Today's generation schedule with hour-by-hour releases, megawatts, and estimated CFS RIVER ACCESS MAPS Boat ramps, wade access, shoals, and catch-and-release zones Regulation notes for each reach so you know the rules before you fish WEATHER ON THE WATER Current conditions and a 12-hour hourly forecast for every tailwater Animated NOAA rain radar BUILT FOR ANGLERS Star your favorite Dams and they sort to the top Generation alerts when a dam starts or stops releasing Dark and light themes, designed for one-handed use on the water Data comes straight from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Southwestern Power Administration, and the National Weather Service. Schedules are estimates and can change without notice — always verify conditions before entering a tailwater.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tailwaters at 5.0 against Fishtechy's 4.4. Tailwaters also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). Fishtechy's advantage is ratings volume (192 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tailwaters holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fishtechy has 192 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Fishtechy ships an update every 5 days, Tailwaters every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fishtechy | Tailwaters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (192 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 192 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 235 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Futrix, L.L.C | Johnny Bates |
Customer experience
Fishtechy
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In-app purchases
Fishtechy
No in-app purchases
Tailwaters
No in-app purchases









