Comparison

Fly Guide By HookedOnFlies 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

Fly Guide By HookedOnFlies

This app helps anglers improve their success by providing intelligent fly recommendations, tracking catches, and offering a comprehensive fly pattern database. It functions as a digital fishing journal and an interactive map to visualize fishing success and identify patterns.

Highlights
  • Personal fly fishing logbook
  • Interactive catch map
  • Smart fly recommendations
  • Fly database with 300+ patterns
  • AI-powered fly suggestions
  • Unlimited catch logging (Pro)
Features
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Fly Guide helps anglers choose the right fly, track catches, and discover patterns that improve success on the water. Whether you are fishing rivers, lakes, reservoirs or streams, Fly Guide combines a powerful fly fishing logbook, an intelligent recommendation system, and a large fly pattern database to help you catch more fish. Personal Fly Fishing Logbook Create your own digital fishing journal and build a complete history of your catches. Record: Fly used Hook size Species caught Location Date and time Photos Your fishing trips become a structured fly fishing log that helps you track what works and improve your results over time. Interactive Catch Map Visualise your fishing success. See every catch on an interactive fishing map, filter by species or date, and identify patterns in your fishing. Discover productive waters, seasonal trends and the locations where fish are most active. Smart Fly Recommendations Not sure which fly to tie on? Fly Guide provides fly fishing recommendations based on: Weather conditions Season Location Time of day Each recommendation includes a performance score so you can quickly select the best fly. Fly Database - Nearly 300 Fly Patterns Browse a large fly fishing fly database with almost 300 proven fly patterns. Each fly includes images, descriptions and practical fishing guidance. Save favourites and build your own digital fly box for easy access while fishing. AI-Powered Fly Suggestions Enter a water body and target species and Fly Guide generates highly targeted fly suggestions using environmental conditions. Perfect when exploring new rivers, lakes or fishing spots. Fly Guide Pro Upgrade to Fly Guide Pro for advanced tools: Unlimited catch logging Unlimited AI recommendations Personalised fly suggestions Catch analysis and performance insights Community catch data where available Start with a 7-day free trial. Fly Guide is built for fly anglers who want to track their fishing, learn patterns, and make better decisions on the water.

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

Fly Guide By HookedOnFlies4 screens
Fishing Codex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Fishing Codex at 5.0 against Fly Guide By HookedOnFlies's 4.5. Fishing Codex also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Fly Guide By HookedOnFlies sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fishing Codex holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Fly Guide By HookedOnFlies's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fishing Codex's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Fly Guide By HookedOnFlies versus Fishing Codex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFly Guide By HookedOnFliesFishing Codex
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam PullenFISHINGCODEX LIMITED

Customer experience

Fly Guide By HookedOnFlies

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Fishing Codex

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Fly Guide By HookedOnFlies

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
2 purchases

Fishing Codex

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

Questions

Is Fly Guide By HookedOnFlies free?
Fly Guide By HookedOnFlies is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fishing Codex free?
Fishing Codex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fly Guide By HookedOnFlies or Fishing Codex?
Fishing Codex is rated higher. Fly Guide By HookedOnFlies averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Fishing Codex averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Fly Guide By HookedOnFlies or Fishing Codex have ads?
Neither Fly Guide By HookedOnFlies nor Fishing Codex shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fly Guide By HookedOnFlies or Fishing Codex?
Fly Guide By HookedOnFlies ships an update every 8 days, and Fishing Codex every 8 days. Most recently, Fly Guide By HookedOnFlies was updated on October 30, 2026 and Fishing Codex on October 31, 2026.

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