Catch Tracker AI vs BayHawk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Catch Tracker AI
This app helps anglers log their catches with detailed notes and photos. It offers AI species identification, weather data, and GPS mapping to analyze fishing patterns and improve success. Offline mode ensures data can be logged anywhere.
- Digital logbook for catches
- Photo gallery of catches
- AI species identification
- Real-time weather data
- GPS mapping and satellite imagery
- Offline data logging
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Stop guessing and start catching. Catch Tracker AI is the modern fishing logbook designed to help you track your history, analyze patterns, and improve your game on the water. Whether you are chasing a new Personal Best or just enjoying a weekend on the lake, Catch Tracker AI handles the data so you can focus on the fish. CORE FEATURES: • Digital Logbook: Save every catch with detailed notes on weight, bait used, and date. • Photo Gallery: Keep a visual history of your best moments. • Community Driven: Vote on features and shape the future of the app. • Offline Mode: Take photos and log data even when you have no signal; upload when you get back online. UNLOCK PRO ACCESS: Take your fishing to the next level with our advanced AI and Mapping tools: • AI Species Identification: Not sure what you caught? Snap a photo, and our AI instantly identifies the species for you. • Real-Time Weather Data: Automatically pull temperature, weather conditions, and barometric pressure for every catch based on your GPS location. • Premium Satellite Maps: Drop pins on your exact catch locations and view high-resolution satellite imagery to scout new spots. • Personal Best Tracker: Automatically highlight your heaviest catches. Download Catch Tracker AI today and build the ultimate record of your fishing journey. Note: Some features require a Pro subscription (available monthly or yearly). Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
BayHawk
This app uses your logged catches and real-time conditions to predict optimal fishing spots. It offers AI-driven trip plans, detailed spot analysis, and offline maps for inshore saltwater anglers. Log your catches, track regulations, and improve your fishing success.
- AI-powered bite predictions
- Live bite score for every spot
- Detailed spot condition analysis
- AI trip plans and pattern insights
- Offline maps with fishing structure
- Catch logging with photo ID
- Apple Watch integration
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BayHawk turns your own fishing into your edge. Most fishing apps run the same generic formula for everyone. BayHawk learns from your catches. Every fish and every slow day you log trains a private model on your water, so its bite predictions get sharper the more you fish. You are the hawk. BayHawk gives you the eyes. Built for inshore saltwater anglers chasing redfish, speckled trout, and flounder across the bays, flats, and marshes. WHAT YOU GET - A live bite score for every spot, built from real conditions: tide, wind, water temp, salinity, pressure, solunar, and bottom structure - See exactly why a spot scored what it did, factor by factor. No black box. - A plain-language read on the day: what is helping, what is hurting, and what to target - AI trip plans and pattern insights built from your own spots and catches - Maps with satellite imagery, seagrass, oyster reefs, and depth contours - Catch logging with photo fish and lure ID, plus bag-limit tracking and state regulations - An Apple Watch app to log a fish the moment it hits the stringer - Works offline, so your spots and conditions are there with no signal - Share a safety plan with someone ashore before you run YOUR DATA IS YOURS No ads. No tracking. We do not sell your spots or your catches. Sign in with your Apple ID and your data syncs privately between your phone, your watch, and the web. Delete it anytime. Start with a 7-day free trial. The more you put in, the smarter it gets. Better data, better days on the bay. SUBSCRIPTION BayHawk is a $29.99/year subscription with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and your account is charged within 24 hours before renewal. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bayhawkfishing.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Catch Tracker AI at freemium against BayHawk's subscription. Catch Tracker AI also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). BayHawk's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Catch Tracker AI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and BayHawk sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BayHawk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Catch Tracker AI has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Catch Tracker AI ships an update every 2 days, BayHawk every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Catch Tracker AI | BayHawk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CADE THOMAS BECNEL | Bradford Wangerin |
Customer experience
Catch Tracker AI
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In-app purchases
Catch Tracker AI
- CatchTracker AI Monthly Pro1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- CatchTracker AI Yearly Pro$29.991 Year
BayHawk
- BayHawk Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year









