Comparison

Precision Trolling vs Catchzone

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Catchzone

This app acts as a fishing guide, providing detailed information on fish seasons, regulations, and water bodies. It offers advanced features like auto-location, weather forecasts, tides, and offline access for anglers.

Highlights
  • Interactive water body maps
  • Fish season and regulation lookup
  • Auto-locating catch codes
  • Personal best tracking
  • Social feed for sharing catches
  • Local weather and tide forecasts
  • Offline map access
Features
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Catch Zone is your very own fishing guide in the palm of your hand. It has mapping features for you to scroll and look at water body’s, you can then tap on the water body and see which fish is in season and out of season for that river, lake, stream, or pond. As well as the regulations for the individual fish in that waterbody. It has a search feature from the map screen for you to look up any regulated waterbody. Your catch code will populate and you can see all the information on the water body you want to fish or are currently fishing. Catch Zone comes complete with an auto locating feature that will tell you your catch code for any waterbody in Washington or Oregon. Track your personal best with our catch tags that save to your personal profile. We have a large social feed for you to share your greatest catch and stories with the world. At the bottom of every fish screen, we have made it easy to access emergency regulations with a clickable link. Subscriptions are required for complete functionality of our app. We offer two subscriptions a monthly subscription or a yearly subscription. Both of our subscriptions give full access to our app. We have added a new weather page to our app! On the weather page you will find your local forecast, a seven day forecast, as well as Tides, River levels, stocking reports , dam counts, ocean conditions, and moon phases. Our tide feature is great it auto locates your closest station and then you can also select different locations near you or even search for any station you want to know about. We have added tips and info for every waterbody on our app. These tips and info will tell you what fish are in that waterbody, the best time to fish for them, and in some cases tell you how to set up your rod, and tell you what works best . This feature is very helpful for a new angler . It tells you where bank access is as well as where boat access is. Tons of our users have been using this feature to explore new areas! We have implemented a new offline mode on our app!!! You can open the app when you don’t have service and when you go to the map screen you can still search any waterbody and get the info you need with no service! Catch Zone is a subscription based app which means a subscription is required for access to the app and its functionality. We offer two subscriptions currently: Our yearly subscription costs 69.99 which will be billed after your 7 day free trial. Our monthly subscription costs is 9.99 which will be billed monthly after your free trial ends. Please see our End user license agreement https://app.termly.io/document/eula/cd33fe37-763d-4d8e-92b1-f2599c27511a

Screenshots

Precision Trolling4 screens
Catchzone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Precision Trolling at free with in-app purchases against Catchzone's subscription. Precision Trolling also leads on ratings volume (917 vs 3) and review sentiment (90% vs 80%). Catchzone's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Precision Trolling sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Catchzone sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Catchzone holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Precision Trolling has 917 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of Precision Trolling's written reviews are positive against 80% of Catchzone's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Precision Trolling ships an update every 6 weeks, Catchzone fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Precision Trolling versus Catchzone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrecision TrollingCatchzone
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (917 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.9% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings917 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB166 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPRECISION TROLLING DATA, LLCFish Washington LLC

Customer experience

Precision Trolling

All ratings917 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral4.7%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews268 reviews
Positive89.9%
Neutral5.6%
Negative4.5%

Catchzone

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative15.0%

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

Catchzone

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Precision Trolling

One-time11
  • Flicker Shad 5$2.99
  • Deep Husky Jerk DHJ-12$2.99
  • Deep Diver Model 800$2.99
Show 8 more
  • 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
6 purchases

Catchzone

Subscriptions6
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial2 variants$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Bathmetry7 Days trial$12.991 Month
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  • Yearly Subscription$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Bathmetry7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription2 variants$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Precision Trolling free?
Precision Trolling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Catchzone free?
Catchzone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Precision Trolling or Catchzone?
Catchzone is rated higher. Precision Trolling averages 4.5 out of 5 from 917 ratings, while Catchzone averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Precision Trolling or Catchzone have ads?
Neither Precision Trolling nor Catchzone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Precision Trolling or Catchzone?
Precision Trolling ships an update every 6 weeks, and Catchzone fortnightly. Most recently, Precision Trolling was updated on October 17, 2026 and Catchzone on October 16, 2026.

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