Comparison

LimitLock vs PBCatch

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

Head to head
About

LimitLock

Features
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LimitLock is the fastest way to manage your tournament bag on the water. Set your fish limit, log each catch with a weight and color tag, and LimitLock keeps your bag sorted heaviest-to-lightest. When your bag is full and you boat a bigger fish, it instantly tells you which one to cull and updates your totals. HOW IT WORKS - Set your limit (1-10 fish) - Log each catch by tapping + or using voice ("3.52 yellow") - LimitLock auto-identifies your lightest fish and marks it for culling - When you catch a bigger one, log it and LimitLock swaps it in automatically - Running day stats show how many fish you've caught and total weight boated VOICE LOGGING Say the weight and color tag out loud - "2.9 green" - and LimitLock does the rest. No fumbling with your phone on a rocking boat. APPLE WATCH COMPANION Log catches, view your sorted bag, and check totals right from your wrist. Stays in sync with your phone automatically via Watch Connectivity. DAY STATS Ever finish a tournament and wonder how many fish you actually caught? LimitLock tracks every fish you boat throughout the day - not just what's in your bag - so you'll always know. Built by a tournament fisherman, for tournament fishermen.

About

PBCatch

Log your fishing catches with detailed stats, identify species from photos, and map your favorite fishing spots. Track your tackle and discover patterns for peak fishing times. A free app with an optional premium subscription for advanced analytics.

Highlights
  • On-device fish identification
  • Personal Best Wall
  • Life List of species
  • Catch history with weather data
  • Fishing spot mapping
  • Tacklebox tracking
  • Cloud sync and photo backup
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Every angler remembers their personal best. PBCatch is the fishing log built around that — log every catch, and your biggest of each species takes that species' card. Tap it to open everything you have landed of that species: every fish, every weight, every condition it came in. FISH IDENTIFICATION Snap a photo of your fish and PBCatch names it. 122 freshwater and saltwater species, recognised on-device — your photo never leaves your phone. You get the species, the scientific name, how confident the match is, and the next-best options if it looks wrong. Always editable by you. EVERY CATCH, KEPT • Personal Best Wall — one card per species, your biggest fish holding the slot • Life List — 122 species to collect, grouped into collections that fill in as you land something new • Full history per species — PB progression, best conditions, every catch • Weather and water captured automatically with every catch, so you are not typing numbers on a wet phone YOUR SPOTS Save the places you fish and see them all on one map. Every catch you have logged there, what the water is doing now, and what it was doing on the days you actually caught fish. YOUR TACKLEBOX Track the lures you throw and see which ones actually produce, by species and by spot. WHAT PREMIUM ADDS Premium is your own history read back to you: • Live conditions at your spots — water temperature, flow, pressure, wind and sky right now, each shown directly next to the range of your own catches at that spot • Your peak fishing times — your season month by month, your hours clock by clock, and what bit in each window • Patterns and techniques — what worked for you, in what conditions, and with what lure • The Filter — slice any of it by species, lure or spot PBCatch doesn't guess. It remembers. EVERYTHING ELSE IS FREE Catch logging, on-device species identification, the Personal Best Wall, the Life List, your spots, the tacklebox, and cloud sync with photo backup across your devices. Your first week of Premium is on us. — Premium is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Service: https://pbcatch.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://pbcatch.app/privacy

Screenshots

LimitLock3 screens
PBCatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LimitLock at none against PBCatch's 2. LimitLock also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. PBCatch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. LimitLock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LimitLock ships an update every 6 days, PBCatch every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
LimitLock versus PBCatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLimitLockPBCatch
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB187 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTim JonesPinepoint LLC

In-app purchases

None

LimitLock

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

PBCatch

Subscriptions2
  • PBCatch Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • PBCatch Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is LimitLock free?
LimitLock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PBCatch free?
PBCatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LimitLock or PBCatch have ads?
Neither LimitLock nor PBCatch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LimitLock or PBCatch?
LimitLock ships an update every 6 days, and PBCatch every 3 weeks. Most recently, LimitLock was updated on November 9, 2026 and PBCatch on November 9, 2026.

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