CMonster vs DS Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CMonster
Control your Power-Pole Shallow Water Anchor with this app via Bluetooth LE. It offers advanced boat control for sport fishing. Requires ownership of compatible Power-Pole devices.
- Bluetooth LE control
- Power-Pole device operation
- Advanced boat control
- Sport fishing enhancement
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Over the past decade the Power-Pole Shallow Water Anchor has changed the world of sport fishing by offering the most technologically advanced boat control system ever invented. The C-Monster application is designed exclusively for controlling the operations of Power-Pole devices using Bluetooth LE connection. You must own Power-Pole devices to use this application. Currently, the iOS app is only compatible with Power-Pole hydraulic models built late January 2015 or after. This can be confirmed if the serial number ends in “AC” for the 8’ Blade or “AA” for any other hydraulic model. An add-on iOS module will soon be available to allow existing C-Monster equipped Power-Pole models not matching the criteria listed to utilize this app.
DS Guide
An all-in-one platform designed for water sports rental companies and tour operators. It helps streamline bookings, manage resources efficiently, and ultimately increase revenue.
- Streamline bookings
- Manage resources
- Boost revenue
- All-in-one platform
- Built for guides and tour operators
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Streamline bookings, manage resources, and boost revenue with an all-in-one platform built for guides, tour operators, and water sports rental companies.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DS Guide at 100% against CMonster's 13%. DS Guide also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). CMonster's advantage is ratings volume (101 vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DS Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CMonster has 101 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of CMonster's written reviews are positive against 100% of DS Guide's.
CMonster ships an update every 3 months, DS Guide every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 2, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CMonster | DS Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (101 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 101 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 197 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JL Marine Systems | Digital Sportsman, LLC |
Customer experience
CMonster
DS Guide
In-app purchases
CMonster
No in-app purchases
DS Guide
No in-app purchases
