Guidebox vs FishNerd

Guidebox provides combined maps, reports, weather and catch logs for anglers who want a private and secure platform to track their fishing and current conditions. Spots and catches are never shared with anyone. Log catches, bookmark spots, get conditions, and generate fishing reports tailored to your preferences. Your fishing, indexed, secured, and powered up. KEEPS YOUR DATA PRIVATE Your catches, waypoints, photos, and locations are encrypted, backed up, and shared with no-one—ever. Sign in with email, Apple, or Google. DESIGNED FOR THE FIELD Automatically saves recent forecasts, tides, and reports to take your data off grid! View your waypoints & catches on the offline map. Log everything, anywhere, data will sync when you reconnect. Full Features: • Bookmark spots with target species, method, and water type. Every report and filter uses what you set. • Log catches in under a minute. Pick a photo; location and conditions auto-fill. • Bulk-import your backlog 50 photos at a time, auto-grouped by time and GPS* • Filter waypoints and catches by species, region, more! • High resolution basemaps: hybrid satellite, terrain, satellite, streets. Includes layers for public lands, contours, hydrography (free) and 3D terrain* • See real-time conditions. Guidebox pulls live conditions from USGS, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, NOAA (tides, buoys & water forecasts), the National Weather Service, and Water Survey of Canada — 14,000+ stream gauges, 3,400+ tide stations, wave buoys, NWS flood forecasts, and full US + Canada hydrography from USGS 3DHP & NHN • Fish-stocking data for 37 U.S. states and 7 Canadian provinces — over 27,000 stocking locations — sourced from state and provincial fish & wildlife agencies, refreshed automatically* (data varies by state) • Reports combine weather, pressure, gauges, and tides with your species and water preferences alongside established scientific literature to predict fish behavior and activity* • Get tactics tailored to your bookmark. Species-specific recommendations based on real conditions — not a generic article. • Index your year of fishing. Heatmaps, species collections, personal bests, and 36 achievement medals built from your catch logs. *premium features (available with Angler or Guide subscriptions) — Privacy Policy: https://guidebox.app/privacy EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Totally free. No in-app purchases. No "Pro" tier, no paywall, nothing locked away — FishNerd is the fishing app that's actually free. The only catch is the fish. Snap one photo and FishNerd does the rest: our AI names the species, reads the GPS to pin your exact spot, and logs the weather, pressure, moon and tide — the full story of every catch, in seconds. WHY ANGLERS LOVE FISHNERD • Totally free — no in-app purchases, no paywall, no "Pro" • AI species ID from a single photo, with local size & bag limits • Automatic GPS from your photos + live maps • Weather, pressure, moon & tides on every catch • Your private catch log — spot your patterns by species, spot & month • Fish with your crew — share catches, keep your spots friends-only • English, Português, and Español Whether you're chasing bass at dawn or peacock bass on the fly, FishNerd turns every trip into data you'll actually use — and memories you'll want to share. A note on spots: FishNerd is a private logbook, not a spot-finder. You log your own locations and see only the spots your friends choose to share — we never reveal other anglers' or strangers' spots, and we never sell your location. Download free and log your next catch. Tight lines!