Comparison

Jigg vs Fishing Codex

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

Head to head
About

Jigg

Log your fishing catches with detailed stats and photos. Participate in competitive tournaments, track standings, and connect with a community of anglers. Discover new spots and improve your strategy with advanced analytics.

Highlights
  • Detailed catch logging
  • Competitive fishing events
  • Real-time standings
  • Community sharing
  • Advanced analytics
  • Discover fishing spots
Features
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Jigg is an advanced competition fishing and capture log application designed for passionate anglers. With Jigg, users can log their catches with detailed information, including species, weight, location, and photos. The app features competitive fishing events, allowing anglers to participate in tournaments and track their standings in real-time. Jigg also offers a community aspect where users can share their fishing experiences, follow other anglers, and discover new fishing spots. Advanced analytics and insights help users improve their fishing strategies. Whether for casual fishing or competitive angling, Jigg is the ultimate companion for fishing enthusiasts. Subscription Terms: Jigg Premium offers monthly and annual subscription options. Payment is charged to your App Store account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. For full details, please review our Terms of Service: https://jigg.com.au/terms-of-service and Privacy Policy: https://jigg.com.au/privacy-policy

About

Fishing Codex

Log your fishing trips privately with detailed catch information, tide, moon, and weather data. Discover your best fishing times and locations, even offline. Explore maps and compete with other anglers.

Highlights
  • Private catch logging
  • Automatic tide, moon, and weather data
  • Offline functionality
  • Location privacy
  • Catch statistics and patterns
  • Go-To navigation
  • Offline map tiles
Features
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Fishing Codex is your private fishing logbook — log every catch, keep your locations private, and learn the water you fish. Free forever, fully offline, no account required. One tap logs the fish. Fishing Codex fills in the tide, moon and weather for that exact place and moment, then turns years of catches into patterns you can actually fish — your best tides, your best moons, your best times of year. YOUR LOGBOOK STAYS PRIVATE • Drop a pin where you fish — your exact locations stay private, visible only to you • Nothing leaves your logbook unless you choose to publish it • Works fully offline with no account required — entries save to your device first and sync later LOG EVERY CATCH • Fish On! mode: one tap starts the fight timer, and location, tide, moon and weather are captured automatically • Photos, species, length, weight and method — every catch in your own logbook • Tell the app what water you fish — sea, lake or river — and it shows only the conditions that water can have • Rebuild years of fishing history from your photo library: every old photo gets the tide and moon it was actually caught on, worked out from its date and place • Import from GPX, KML and CSV files in minutes KNOW WHEN TO GO • Best Fishing Times opens on today's answer — how good the day is and when the next feeding window falls — with about 30 days of windows scored from tides, sun, moon, weather and sea • Every entry carries a weather-and-sea forecast for its exact place — wind, swell, rain, temperature and more, readable offline • Tide predictions work worldwide and keep working offline • Your own stats reveal your real patterns — best tides, moon phases, seasons and times, per species FISH TOGETHER • Crews: your own crew from day one — a feed, chat, weekly quests and crew badges • Events: competitions, challenges and trips — enter a catch in one tap and watch the leaderboard live; some events let the community pick the winner • A worldwide catch feed, and badges for the moments that matter • Available in 13 languages — pick yours on the first screen NAVIGATE & EXPLORE • Go-To navigation with a live course arrow, built for open water • Offline map tiles, free for everyone, searchable and downloadable by region • The public map shows where anglers are active as a soft heat glow over a broad area • Free entries published by other anglers can be claimed every day — the exact location appears on your private map, and each claim stays for 5 days FISHING CODEX PRO • The full 14-day weather-and-sea forecast on every entry • Full Best Fishing Times — the whole 30-day range, plus per-species and starred views • Advanced catch stats and month-by-month trends • Rank your entries against today's conditions • 10 GB of cloud photo backup, up from 200 MB Fishing Codex Pro is an auto-renewable subscription (Monthly or Annual). The subscription title, length and price are shown in the app and at purchase; it auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and can be managed in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://fishingcodex.app/app-terms.html Privacy Policy: https://fishingcodex.app/app-privacy.html

Screenshots

Jigg4 screens
Fishing Codex4 screens

Verdict

The call

Jigg and Fishing Codex are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Jigg sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Fishing Codex sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jigg ships an update every 11 days, Fishing Codex every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Jigg versus Fishing Codex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJiggFishing Codex
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMAP BASED APPS PTY LTDFISHINGCODEX LIMITED

Customer experience

Jigg

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Fishing Codex

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Jigg

Subscriptions2
  • Jigg Premium14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Jigg Premium$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Fishing Codex

Subscriptions2
  • Fishing Codex Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Fishing Codex Pro (Annual)$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Jigg free?
Jigg is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fishing Codex free?
Fishing Codex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Jigg or Fishing Codex have ads?
Neither Jigg nor Fishing Codex shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Jigg or Fishing Codex?
Jigg ships an update every 11 days, and Fishing Codex every 8 days. Most recently, Jigg was updated on October 8, 2026 and Fishing Codex on October 14, 2026.

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