Fish 'Em Up vs Fish Wizard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fish 'Em Up
Easily log and track your caught fish with detailed information for each catch. Share your fishing achievements and create groups to compete with other anglers.
- Track caught fish
- Log fish details
- Share fishing exploits
- Create angler groups
- Compete with groups
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FishEmUp is a tool to track your caught fish. Unlike other apps with more bloat, you can easily track all your caught fish with just a few clicks. You can use your log to see details about every fish you landed. Share your exploits with whoever you want. You can add to the fun by creating groups of anglers to compete against.
Fish Wizard
This app helps anglers meticulously record their fishing trips and catches. It allows users to log details like location, conditions, and species, with smart photo import and data analysis. Syncing and backups are managed on the user's terms.
- Log fishing trips and details
- Track individual catches with photos
- Record location and environmental conditions
- Smart photo import for catches
- Analyze fishing statistics and personal bests
- Optional iCloud sync
- Exportable data backup
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Make every day on the water part of your fishing story. Fish Wizard is a private, local-first fishing log for recording trips, catches, photos, and the details you want to remember. There is no account to create. Your log stays on your device by default, with optional iCloud sync available through your private iCloud account. LOG YOUR TRIPS Record the body of water, date and time, fishing style, target species, duration, notes, and catches from each outing. TRACK EVERY CATCH Save species and subspecies, length, weight, catch time, notes, photos, and the trip where it happened. Search and filter your log whenever you want to revisit a day on the water. LOG LOCATIONS AND CONDITIONS Pin a catch on the map and Fish Wizard fills in the conditions for that spot and time — air temperature, weather, water temperature when available, humidity, barometric pressure, and moon phase — so you can spot the patterns behind your best days. See conditions for each trip too. Location is optional, off by default, and controlled by a single opt-in you can turn off anytime. REVIEW PHOTOS WITH SMART IMPORT Fish Wizard can scan photos on your device to suggest likely fish pictures and group them by capture time. Every suggestion is review-first: nothing becomes a catch or trip until you confirm it. SEE YOUR FISHING STORY IN NUMBERS Explore trip and catch totals, averages, personal bests, species breakdowns, vessel stats, and more. KEEP BUILDING MOMENTUM Earn XP and unlock achievements as you log trips, catches, measurements, notes, and photos. SYNC ON YOUR TERMS Keep your log on-device by default, or turn on optional iCloud sync in Settings to keep your fishing history up to date across your devices through your private iCloud account. SHARE THE HIGHLIGHTS Create polished images for catches, trips, stats, and achievement progress, then share them through the standard iOS share sheet. BACK UP ON YOUR TERMS Export your log as a JSON backup and import it later. You can also delete your saved user data from Settings, with clear warnings when iCloud Sync is enabled. Fish Wizard includes no ads, analytics SDKs, account login, or third-party tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fish Wizard at 100% against Fish 'Em Up's 0%. Fish Wizard also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Fish 'Em Up's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On ratings volume, 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
Fish Wizard is free to download; Fish 'Em Up costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fish Wizard holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Fish 'Em Up's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fish Wizard's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fish 'Em Up | Fish Wizard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brian Richey | Shaphan Wade |
Customer experience
Fish 'Em Up
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In-app purchases
Fish 'Em Up
No in-app purchases
Fish Wizard
No in-app purchases









