BiteGrade vs FishHook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BiteGrade
This app provides a real-time fishing score from 0-100 based on weather, pressure, moon phase, and tides for your location. It offers detailed breakdowns, conditions at a glance, species-specific tips, and smart advice tailored to current environmental factors.
- Real-time bite grade score (0-100)
- Detailed score breakdown
- Current conditions overview
- Species guide with tips
- Smart, tailored fishing advice
- Saltwater and freshwater support
- Customizable score weighting
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Know before you go. BiteGrade scores fishing conditions from 0-100 using real-time weather, barometric pressure, moon phase, and tide data for your exact location. REAL-TIME BITE GRADE Get an instant letter-grade rating based on current conditions. See exactly what's helping and hurting your chances with a detailed score breakdown. CONDITIONS AT A GLANCE Temperature, barometric pressure, wind speed, and tides — all in one view. Track pressure trends and tide movement to time your trips perfectly. SPECIES GUIDE 24+ saltwater and freshwater species with condition-specific tips. Learn what each species prefers and how to adjust your approach for current conditions. SMART TIPS Get tailored advice based on what's happening right now — tide direction, pressure changes, wind, and weather. No generic tips, just what matters today. SALTWATER & FRESHWATER Full support for both. Saltwater mode includes live tide data with next high/low predictions. Freshwater mode emphasizes time of day and weather factors. Tide data currently available for US coastal areas. International users get full scoring from weather, pressure, moon, and wind. BITEGRADE BASIC — $2.99/month or $19.99/year Live Bite Grade, Species Guide, Smart Tips, and full Salt & Freshwater support. BITEGRADE PRO — $4.99/month or $49.99/year Everything in Basic plus 5-Day Bite Grade Forecast with best fishing times, Personal Fishing Log with photo capture, Interactive Catch Map, and Location Search. Start with a 1-week free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Privacy Policy: https://hidden-term-e08b.talexander1123-ta.workers.dev/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://hidden-term-e08b.talexander1123-ta.workers.dev/terms.html
FishHook
Discover fishing spots, track your catches, and identify fish species with this comprehensive, free fishing app. It offers detailed maps, bank access information, and AI-powered species identification, all without subscriptions or ads.
- Detailed fishing spot maps with conditions
- Bank and shore access filtering
- Fishing journal with catch logging
- AI-powered fish species identification
- Bite forecasts and river gauge alerts
- Community features and tournaments
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FishHook is the fishing app that refuses to nickel-and-dime you. Every feature is free — no subscriptions, no locked "pro" tiers. FISHING MAPS — Explore thousands of fishing spots with real conditions: weather, tides, water flow, and depth. Boat ramps, kayak launches, parking, and tackle shops. Drop your own private pins and build your personal map. BANK & SHORE ACCESS — Not everyone has a boat. Spots are marked for firm bank access, wheelchair access, accessible parking, handrails, and surf access — reported by anglers who've actually stood there. Filter the map to just those. Nobody else does this. FISHING JOURNAL — Log every catch with photos, species, weight, length, bait, and conditions snapshots. No signal? Log it anyway — it saves on your phone and uploads itself when you're back in range. AI FISH ID — Snap a photo and our AI identifies the species from 800+ fish. Free. Really. BITE FORECASTS — Daily bite windows from solunar data, barometric pressure trends, and sunrise/sunset — plus an evening heads-up when tomorrow looks prime at your spots. RIVER GAUGE ALERTS — Save USGS gauges and get notified when flows hit your ideal range. ROUTES & BOAT GPS — Draw the runs you fish and save them. Move spots between FishHook and your chartplotter as standard GPX — Garmin, Lowrance, Simrad, Humminbird, and Raymarine all read it. COMMUNITY — Follow fellow anglers, build your Crew, join verified fishing clubs, and compete in free tournaments scored from real logged catches. ANGLER SHOWCASE — Trophies, species dex, and personal bests that tell your fishing story. Your data stays yours: private catches stay private, exact locations are never exposed without your say-so, and you can export or delete everything anytime. Tight lines.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FishHook at none against BiteGrade's 1. FishHook also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (19 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. BiteGrade sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year. FishHook asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BiteGrade against 4.9 for FishHook. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FishHook has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BiteGrade ships an update every 4 months, FishHook every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | BiteGrade | FishHook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tyler Alexander | Jacek Prucnal |
Customer experience
BiteGrade
FishHook
In-app purchases
BiteGrade
- BiteGrade Pro3 Days trial$19.991 Year
FishHook
No in-app purchases









