Comparison

Rivus vs BayHawk

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

Head to head
About

Rivus

This app provides real-time river conditions, including flow, temperature, and weather, to help anglers determine the best fishing times and strategies. It offers hatch intelligence and personalized advice for planning fishing trips, even in areas with weak cell signals.

Highlights
  • Live water conditions for over 180 rivers
  • 7-day fishability forecast
  • Seasonal hatch intelligence
  • Conversational AI for fishing advice
  • Trip planning with expected conditions
  • Offline core read functionality
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Rivus reads your river the way an experienced angler would, then tells you the play, whether it is worth fishing today, what is hatching, and what to throw, right now. Open the app on the water and Rivus pulls the live flow and water temperature, the weather that actually moves fish, the hatches that are due, and how fishable it all adds up to today. No more bouncing between a gauge site, a weather app, a hatch chart, and a fly shop blog. One read, in one place. What you get: Live water conditions for more than 180 rivers across 36 states, and growing. Flow, water temperature, and trend, read the way they affect the fishing. A fishability read for right now and the next seven days, so you can pick your day and your water before you drive out. Hatch intelligence tuned to the season, the river type, and today's conditions, with the patterns that match. Eddy, the voice you talk to. Ask what is going on and get a straight, conversational answer. When the bite shuts off or your go-to fly quits working, Eddy helps you read the change and adjust before you waste the morning. Trip planning for the water you are headed to, with a real sense of what to expect when you arrive. Made for canyon water and cell dead zones. Your core reads keep working on a weak signal, so a thin bar at the river never leaves you guessing. Stop guessing at the water and start reading it. Download Rivus free, then unlock the full read with Rivus Pro for $9.99 a month or $79.99 a year. Your river, right now. Rivus Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Service: https://rivusapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://rivusapp.com/privacy

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

Rivus4 screens
BayHawk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Rivus at freemium against BayHawk's subscription. Rivus also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). BayHawk's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Rivus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BayHawk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rivus has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rivus ships an update weekly, BayHawk every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Rivus versus BayHawk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRivusBayHawk
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeo Rivus LLCBradford Wangerin

Customer experience

Rivus

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BayHawk

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Rivus

Subscriptions2
  • Rivus Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Rivus Pro Annual$79.991 Year
1 purchases

BayHawk

Subscriptions1
  • BayHawk Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Rivus free?
Rivus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BayHawk free?
BayHawk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rivus or BayHawk?
BayHawk is rated higher. Rivus averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while BayHawk averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Rivus or BayHawk have ads?
Neither Rivus nor BayHawk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rivus or BayHawk?
Rivus ships an update weekly, and BayHawk every 3 days. Most recently, Rivus was updated on November 5, 2026 and BayHawk on October 31, 2026.

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