Baitcraft vs Tiny Hunter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Baitcraft
Experience realistic freshwater angling with a focus on tackle, conditions, and fish behavior. Build your gear, adapt to the environment, and compete in tournaments to become a master angler.
- Realistic fishing mechanics
- Diverse fish species with unique behaviors
- Customizable tackle and gear setup
- Dynamic environmental conditions
- Multiple freshwater fishing locations
- Trophy fish and catch management
- Competitive tournaments
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Baitcraft is a realistic freshwater fishing simulator where the water sets the rules. Choose your tackle, read the conditions, find the fish, and make every cast count. Fishing here is more than casting and waiting. Your rod, reel, line, hook, float, bait, and other tackle all matter. Set up your gear for the water and species you’re after, then manage the fight when the line goes tight. Watch the tension, work the drag, tire the fish, and get it into the landing net before the hook comes free or the line gives way. FISH THAT DON’T ALL FIGHT THE SAME Different species have their own behavior, preferred food, size and weight ranges, and trophy potential. Where you fish, what you use, and when you cast can change what ends up on the hook. A small fish may come in easily. A trophy can turn the whole fight around. BUILD THE RIGHT TACKLE Put together your setup from rods, reels, lines, hooks, floats, bait, lures, groundbait, landing nets, and other fishing gear. Equipment has its own characteristics, so there is no single setup for every water and every fish. FISH THE CONDITIONS The water doesn’t stay the same. Time of day, seasons, wind, atmospheric pressure, temperature, clouds, and changing weather affect the conditions around you. Learn the water instead of relying on the same approach every time. EXPLORE NEW WATERS Travel between freshwater destinations and discover lakes, rivers, canals, reservoirs, and other fishing waters. Each location brings its own fish, bottom structure, conditions, and challenges. Explore the map, choose where to go next, and build your fishing journey one water at a time. CHASE TROPHY FISH A catch is more than a species name. Fish vary in size and weight, and the exceptional ones become trophies worth remembering. Fill your keepnet, decide what to keep, take your catch to the fish market, and use what you earn to prepare for the next trip. COMPETE IN TOURNAMENTS Put your fishing skills to the test in tournaments built around different species, weights, waters, and conditions. Climb the results and earn rewards for catches that count. FISH YOUR WAY Use a fish finder when you need more information. Change your tackle when the conditions call for it. Travel somewhere new when the old spot goes quiet. Or stay by the same water and keep looking for the fish you know is there. Baitcraft is built around the details that make fishing interesting: choosing the right setup, reading changing conditions, finding the fish, and never knowing exactly what will take the bait next. The water sets the rules. You make the cast. Privacy Policy: https://www.baitcraft.app/en/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.baitcraft.app/en/terms
Tiny Hunter
Embark on a cozy outdoor adventure where you can stalk wildlife, fish in serene waters, and build your own hunting camp. Explore beautiful low-poly environments, track animals, and bring your catches home to upgrade your base.
- Stalking and hunting various wildlife
- Fishing in diverse water bodies
- Building and upgrading a hunting camp
- Exploring distinct hunting grounds
- Collecting animal and fish data
- Unlocking new gear and weapons
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Lace up your boots, read the wind and head into the wild. Tiny Hunter is a cozy outdoor adventure where you stalk wildlife, cast your line in quiet waters and build a hunting camp of your own. Explore beautiful low-poly hunting grounds from above, follow tracks through meadows and forests, and bring every catch home to camp. HUNT THE WILD Stalk red deer, wild boar, foxes, moose and even brown bears through Pinewood Reserve. Move slowly, keep the wind in your face and stay downwind so your scent doesn't give you away. When the moment comes, steady your breath and take a careful, ethical shot. READ THE WIND Wind direction, time of day and weather all change how animals behave. Watch the scent drift, use the wildlife guide and pick the right spot before you raise your rifle. Patience is your best piece of gear. CAST YOUR LINE Need a break from the hunt? Head down to the pier. Fish for perch, roach, trout, grayling, pike and arctic char in ponds, lakes, streams and rivers, with rods and lures for every kind of water. EXPLORE HUNTING GROUNDS Discover Pinewood Reserve, with copper meadows, old-growth forest, hidden ponds and lookout towers to climb. Then travel north to snowbound Frostvale to track reindeer, musk ox, arctic foxes and wolves through the snow. BUILD YOUR CAMP Haul your catches back to camp and grow it from a simple shelter into a real hunter's base: a smokehouse, a cold store, a trophy lodge, a game hanger and even a quad bike with a trailer to carry big game home. GEAR UP, HEAD OUT Earn coins and unlock new rifles, from the trusty sporting rifle to the precision rifle for long, patient shots. Pick up fishing rods, lures, deer calls, bait, medkits and a bigger backpack for longer trips. EVERY CATCH, A NEW STORY Every animal and fish you bring in gets its own card in your Field Album, with its weight, the distance of the shot, the weather and the spot where it happened. Hunt for rare, uncommon and legendary trophies and complete your collection. FEATURES • Relaxing, stylized hunting and fishing in a living, low-poly world • Wind, scent, weather and a day-night cycle that change every hunt • Deer, boar, moose, bears, reindeer, musk ox and many more animals • Fishing in ponds, lakes, streams and rivers • Two hunting grounds: green Pinewood Reserve and snowy Frostvale • Camp building and upgrades, from shelter to trophy lodge • Rifles, rods, lures and gear to unlock as you level up • A Field Album of collectible cards for every catch • An XP leaderboard to compare your progress Tiny Hunter is free to play. Optional in-app purchases are available. Privacy policy: https://www.qiiwi.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Baitcraft at none against Tiny Hunter's shown. Baitcraft also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 71%). Tiny Hunter's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Baitcraft sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Tiny Hunter sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tiny Hunter holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Hunter has 139 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Baitcraft's written reviews are positive against 71% of Tiny Hunter's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Baitcraft ships an update weekly, Tiny Hunter every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Baitcraft | Tiny Hunter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (11 ratings) | 4.7 (139 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 139 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #52 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 225 MB | 647 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Symbiot Development OU | Qiiwi Games AB |
Customer experience
Baitcraft
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In-app purchases
Baitcraft
- 100 Gold Coins$1.99
- 300 Gold Coins$4.99
- 500 Gold Coins$6.99
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- 1000 Gold Coins$9.99
- 5000 Gold Coins$39.99
Tiny Hunter
- Special offer$0.99
- Handful of gems$0.99
- Rising hunter pack$1.99
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- Bag of coins$1.99
- Tracker's starter pack$2.99
- Frostvale expedition$4.99
- Satchel of coins$4.99
- Pouch of gems$4.99
- Season pass$9.99
- Strongbox of coins$9.99
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