Precision Trolling vs FishDonkey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Precision Trolling
This app provides anglers with precise lure depth data for effective trolling. It helps predict lure running depths, target fish accurately, and avoid snags. Easily find productive lure and lead length combinations to maximize your time in the strike zone.
- Predict lure running depths
- Target fish at specific depths
- Avoid costly snags
- Duplicate productive lure combinations
- Search for lures at similar depths
- Data Wheels for feet down/back calculation
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The fishing information contained in the popular publication Precision Trolling is a troller’s dream come true. Dubbed “the Troller’s Bible” by the tens of thousands of anglers who use this information to target fish at specific depths, Precision Trolling is just what the name implies. Precision Trolling is a method of fishing that allows anglers to accurately predict the running depths of their favorite lures and diving devices! By manipulating lead length anglers can easily “aim” their favorite fishing lures at specific depths, accurately target fish they are seeing on their sonar while avoiding costly snagged lures. Even better, once a productive lead length is determined, it’s easy to duplicate that lure and lead length combination with other lines, putting more lures in the strike zone! The Precision Trolling Data App goes a step further. Once an angler has determined that a particular lure and lead length are effective at catching fish, it’s easy to search for other lures in the list of Precision Trolling App that achieve similar depths. Once a productive depth is determined where fish are biting, it’s a logical step to try different lures at the same depth to determine which lure or lures fish react best to. The new Precision Trolling Data App allows anglers to access a wealth of trolling data. The familiar “Dive Curves” made popular in the Precision Trolling book are now incorporated into easy to use “pickers” or “wheels”. The Data Wheels let you adjust the “feet down” to determine the “feet back”. This is particularly useful if you want to target fish at a certain depth that you are seeing on your sonar unit. The Data Wheel also allows anglers to adjust the “feet back” to determine the “feet down” that the lure will dive. This a fast and effective way of zeroing in on a target depth with any of the lures or diving devices included in the Precision Trolling app. For more information on Precision Trolling and how to become a better troller click here: www.precisiontrollingdata.com Precision Trolling Data LLC owns a patent U.S. Patent No. 7,113,449 entitled “Marine Electronics With Lure Depth Analyzer” issued September 26, 2006 which prevents other companies/individuals from providing lure data on an electronic device. All of the data provided in or by this app is also copyrighted by Precision Trolling Data LLC. Privacy Policy: https://www.precisiontrollingdata.com/privacy-notice Terms Of service: https://www.precisiontrollingdata.com/end-user-license
FishDonkey
Easily create and manage various types of fishing tournaments, from catch and release to competitive leagues. Features include live leaderboards, anti-cheating technology, and flexible customization options for organizers and participants.
- Create diverse tournament types
- Live leaderboards with updates
- Anti-cheating technology
- Online registration and payment
- Customizable tournament rules
- Participant messaging
- Works offline
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Create and run fishing tournaments on a mobile phone: Catch and release,traditional tournaments by weight or length. You can run bracket (playoff style) head to head tournaments, multi day (Day 1 + Day 2 + Day 3), points based tournaments, photo or video. This is the best and easiest platform with the most options for running your event. FishDonkey is the Future of Tournament Fishing®. Conservation is an important aspect of tournament fishing. Not only do we enable our users to run fun and exciting fishing tournaments, but we also help conserve the fishery on your local lake. The app includes: - Online payment, online registration. - Live leaderboards with exciting updates all day long. - Anti-cheating technology (TM). - Digital Livewell®. - Boat Check-ins and Livewell Checks. - Cheating/fraud prevention tools. - Date and time stamped photos and videos. - Flexible tournament creation allows you to customize your tournament. Best at Tournament Creation The FishDonkey app has built in options to help you create and run an automated tournament just the way you want. Create a variety of tournament options such as biggest fish, largest stringer of fish, grand slam, multispecies tournaments, wildcard, or custom names. You can run a tournament anywhere. Specify any length of time, an hour, a month… easily define and manage the start and end dates. Track daily or weekly winners. Highlighted Features Works without an internet connection. Prevents cheating in catch and release tournaments. Send any participant (or all) messages by email, text, or phone call from the app. Enter your sponsors, prizes, rules, logos and welcome message. Define multiple divisions for children, kayak, boat fishing, angler, co-angler, etc. Potential uses Local fishing leagues World-wide tournaments High School Tournament Trail Team practice sessions Ice fishing tournaments, boat tournaments, shore tournaments, team tournaments Multi-species tournaments Tournaments with divisions (veterans, children, etc.) Cost It is free to create a tournament. Anglers pay a small fee when they join. (All pricing policies are subject to change.)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Precision Trolling at 4.5 against FishDonkey's 4.0. Precision Trolling also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 70%) and ratings volume (917 vs 85). FishDonkey's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. Precision Trolling sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. FishDonkey asks for nothing beyond the download.
Precision Trolling holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Precision Trolling has 917 ratings behind it against 85, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Precision Trolling's written reviews are positive against 70% of FishDonkey's.
Precision Trolling ships an update every 6 weeks, FishDonkey every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 27, 2026.
| Parameter | Precision Trolling | FishDonkey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (917 ratings) — better | 4.0 (85 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.8% of reviews — better | 70.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 917 — better | 85 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PRECISION TROLLING DATA, LLC | Fishery Innovations, LLC |
Customer experience
Precision Trolling
FishDonkey
User reviews
Precision Trolling
From 917 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 🔒 Accurate data
- 👍 Helpful for trolling
- 👍 Expands library of lures
- 👍 Useful even without cell service
Room to improve
- 🐛 Requires restoring purchase after update
- 🐛 Slow to update with new lures
- 🐛 Crashes and glitches
- 🐛 Limited line and weight options
- 🐛 Hard to see in bright sunlight
FishDonkey
From 85 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Great support
- 👍 Facilitates catch and release
- 👍 Real-time rankings
- 👍 Good for organizers
Room to improve
- 🐛 Camera controls difficult one-handed
- 🐛 Video crashes
- 🐛 Age restriction confusion
- 🐛 App requires access to all photos
- 🐛 Confusing to enter fish
Bugs and requests
Precision Trolling
Reported bugs
3 issues- Restore purchase not working
- Duplicate data entries
- Frequent crashes and freezes
Requested features
5 requests- Add more lures and line/weight options
- Improve app stability and responsiveness
- Add visual dive curve graphs
- Allow transfer of purchases between devices
- Provide trolling speed data for lures
FishDonkey
Reported bugs
7 issues- Video portion crashes
- Bump board ad close button is hidden
- Server crashes
- Digital live well not allowing fish entry
- Cannot check results/leaderboards if not the payer
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- App won't move past divisions during setup
- App did not work for multiple users
Requested features
6 requests- Easier one-handed camera controls
- Local/private tournament setup option
- Camera picture delay function for solo fishing
- Geographic specific feature for tournament search
- Add more countries and fish species
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- Improve boat education about AIS
In-app purchases
Precision Trolling
- Flicker Shad 5$2.99
- Deep Husky Jerk DHJ-12$2.99
- Deep Diver Model 800$2.99
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- Flicker Minnow 9$2.99
- Flicker Minnow 7$2.99
- Bandit Deep Walleye 5/8 oz$2.99
- Smithwick Perfect 10 Rogue$2.99
- Berkley Flicker Minnow 11$2.99
- Snap Weight 2 oz.$2.99
- Snap Weight 1 oz.$2.99
- Lifetime Package$109.99
FishDonkey
No in-app purchases
Questions
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