DS Guide vs Release Over 20
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DS Guide
An all-in-one platform designed for water sports rental companies and tour operators. It helps streamline bookings, manage resources efficiently, and ultimately increase revenue.
- Streamline bookings
- Manage resources
- Boost revenue
- All-in-one platform
- Built for guides and tour operators
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Streamline bookings, manage resources, and boost revenue with an all-in-one platform built for guides, tour operators, and water sports rental companies.
Release Over 20
This app allows registered participants of a catch-and-release fishing conservation program to easily log their catches and contribute to valuable data. It streamlines the process of submitting catch information and tracking releases, supporting the organization's conservation mission.
- Catch submission
- Release tracking
- Program statistics
- Conservation data contribution
- Streamlined logging process
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Release Over 20 is the official mobile app for Release Over 20, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to catch-and-release fishing conservation. This app replaces the previous online form submission process, making it easier for registered program participants to log their catches and contribute to conservation data. Features include catch submission, release tracking, and program statistics. This app is intended exclusively for active participants in the Release Over 20 conservation program. Visit releaseover20.org for more information about the mission. Visit releaseover20.org/support for more information about this application.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DS Guide at 5.0 against Release Over 20's 4.0. DS Guide also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Release Over 20's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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.
DS Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
DS Guide ships an update every 2 weeks, Release Over 20 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DS Guide | Release Over 20 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 198 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Digital Sportsman, LLC | Technical Angler, LLC |
In-app purchases
DS Guide
No in-app purchases
Release Over 20
No in-app purchases
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