Comparison

Hooked vs Tippet

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

Head to head
About

Hooked

This app helps families create lasting memories of fishing trips by logging catches with photos, weather, and location. It offers badges, certificates, and personalized year-end recaps, all while prioritizing child privacy and offline functionality.

Highlights
  • Log catches with photo, weather, and location
  • Collect badges and certificates
  • Photo and video recording
  • Live weather and moon phase data
  • Offline functionality
  • Trip and year-end recaps
  • Private video feed
Features
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Hooked: Catch and Collect is the family fishing journal designed for kids and the people who fish with them. Every catch becomes a memory. The photo, the weather, the moon phase, the time and place, all captured in a single tap. Whether your kid is landing their first bluegill from grandpa's pond or hauling a tarpon off the Florida pier, Hooked turns every fishing trip into a collectible journal that grows with every cast. WHAT MAKES HOOKED DIFFERENT Designed for families who fish together. No accounts, no logins, no chat features. Just open the app and log a catch. Built for parents and kids to use side by side at the lake. 120 species across the US. Full content for Tennessee, North Carolina, Florida, and Texas, with bait suggestions, how-to tips, fun facts, and state-by-state keeper sizes and limits. USA Inland and USA Coastal fallbacks cover the rest of the country. 75 badges and certificates to collect. Pond Master, Carolina Coast Master, Tarpon Silver King, Living Legend, and dozens more. Catch all 12 freshwater starters to unlock the Pond Master celebration. Earn certificates that auto-save with your kid name. Photo and video catches. Snap a photo, record a 90-second clip, or pick from your camera roll. Everything stays on your device. Photos and videos never leave your phone unless you tap Share. Live weather and moon phase. Captured automatically when you log a catch. Look back six months later and remember exactly what the wind was doing the day you landed the big one. Trip recaps. Bundle catches into named trips. Generate a beautiful summary card to share with family and friends. Perfect for kids fishing camps and family vacations. Year in Review. Every December, get a personalized year-end story: most-caught species, biggest fish, best trip, badges earned. Save as a vertical story image or print at home. Reels feed. A private scrollable feed of your kid video catches. Show grandma. Save for the high school graduation slideshow. Works fully offline. No internet needed. Log catches at the lake, on the boat, in the woods. Weather syncs up when you are back online. Built around kids privacy. No accounts, no behavioral tracking, no advertising, no data leaving your device. Full privacy policy at hookedfishing.app/privacy.html Family Sharing supported. One Hooked Premium subscription works for up to six family members through Apple Family Sharing. No extra cost. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Hooked Premium unlocks the full app. Available as: Monthly: 3.99 USD per month. Annual: 24.99 USD per year, which saves 50 percent and is the best value. Lifetime: 59.99 USD one-time purchase. All plans include a 14-day free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage and cancel anytime in your Apple ID Account Settings. CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN United States and Canada. Other regions coming as we add localized fishing data. WHO BUILT THIS Hooked is built in Powell, Tennessee by an angler father for his kids and their friends. Made by Simplify Ecomm LLC. Privacy Policy: hookedfishing.app/privacy.html Terms of Use: hookedfishing.app/terms.html Questions or feedback: hello@hookedfishing.app

About

Tippet

Features
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Tippet: your fishing catch log, on the map. Every fish you catch has a story: where, when, and what it took. Tippet remembers all of it. Snap a photo of your catch and Tippet reads the date, time, and location straight from the photo, then drops a pin on the map. Add the species, fly or lure, length, weight, and gear, and you've built a catch log worth keeping. LOG A CATCH IN SECONDS - Photo-first: date, time, and GPS pulled automatically from your photo - Record species, fly/pattern/size, rod, reel, length, and weight - Air and water temperature filled in from the nearest gauge, or enter your own SEE WHAT'S BITING - A live map of catches with fishing-relevant overlays: reported water temperature and water level from thousands of USGS and Environment Canada gauges - Filter by species, size, and date - Tap any water to check current conditions YOUR SPOTS, YOUR RULES - Every catch is exact by default. You decide. Set any catch to a fuzzed (approximate) location, or keep it fully private. - Your true coordinates are always saved for you and shown only to you. IDENTIFY WITH AI - Snap a photo and Tippet suggests the species and an approximate size - Suggestions prefill the form - you confirm everything before saving FIND YOUR WAY IN - Public access layer: boat ramps and fishing access points across the US and Canada - Drop pins with notes on the water - exact, approximate, or private, your call A COMMUNITY OF ANGLERS - Follow other anglers and see their catches in your feed - Like catches, search for any angler, and browse followers and following - Climb the leaderboards - global, friends-only, or custom competitions you create - Report or block anything that doesn't belong; we keep it clean Fly-fishing first, but Tippet works for every kind of fishing. Free to use. Questions? support@tippet.app

Screenshots

Hooked4 screens
Tippet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tippet at none against Hooked's 3. Hooked's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hooked sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Tippet asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hooked versus Tippet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHookedTippet
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimplify Ecomm LLCHans Zanger

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hooked

Subscriptions2
  • Hooked Premium - Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Hooked Premium - Annual14 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Hooked Premium - Lifetime$59.99
None

Tippet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hooked free?
Hooked is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tippet free?
Tippet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hooked or Tippet have ads?
Neither Hooked nor Tippet shows ads.

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