Fisherman's Watch vs HomeNode
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fisherman's Watch
Predicts fishing success based on weather, sun, and moon cycles. It uses mathematical models for over 300 fish species to suggest optimal fishing times. Users can customize which factors influence the forecast.
- Fishing success prediction
- Weather, sun, and moon influence
- Mathematical models for 300+ fish species
- Optimal fishing time suggestions
- Customizable forecast factors
- Regional fish packages
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Fisherman Watch presents by "Fish Planet" give an accurate prediction of success on fishing and addressed to all fishermen and amateurs, and anglers sportsmen. The program displays the influence of weather and movements of the sun and moon on the result of fishing on selected species of fish and allows you to choose the best hours for fishing. Based on the collection of mathematical models of the behavior of fish MathFish5.1(TM). The forecast is based on more than 300 species. Built forecast catch smallmouth bass, pike, perch, bream, carp, crucian carp and other fish species. Application via the Internet receives weather at the point of location of the mobile phone. It records the values of atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, wind, clouds and the dynamics of all these parameters. After that, to this point information is calculated sunrise, sunset and the culminations of the sun and moon, high tide and low tide - if the point is located in the coastal zone. Then, in accordance with these seasonal-diurnal model of the behavior of fish MathFish5.1(TM) - is detecting the influence of all these parameters for each of fish. It is important that for the different species of fish these effects are also accounted differently. For each fish You want to catch, have the best time, this time is determined by the mathematical model accurately defined biologists parameters. Similarly, the influence of the tide on coastal fishing fish species, which is not affected, in contrast to the height of the moon above the horizon, on catching fish in inland waters. The user can choose what factors he considered when forecasting.With the help of the switches that are on the screen, you can disable the influence of the Sun, moon, tides, weather and even the daily behaviors of the selected fish species. In this case, will stay only the data of seasonal behavior of fish for those coordinates where is the phone. Itself the seasonal model, depends on the coordinates of the fisher. To better reflect the influence of climate on the World map is built the model of climatic zones taking into account details of the relief and global currents. For for more convenient display you can select the desired fish species. In the application settings the fishs are distributed across the families. In the basic free version of the app included 3 fish. Regional packages are separately available for download: North America - 76 species; Europe and Asia - 151 species; Marine fish - 322 species.
HomeNode
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Do it yourself home automation. The HomeNode App makes it easy to manage your devices. // Code for NodeMcu https://github.com/thebestion/HomeNode-NodeMCU-HomeAutomation
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Fisherman's Watch at Free against HomeNode's $0.99. HomeNode's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On update cadence, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Fisherman's Watch is free to download; HomeNode costs $0.99 up front. Fisherman's Watch sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. HomeNode asks for nothing beyond the download.
Fisherman's Watch ships an update every 38 months, HomeNode every 55 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fisherman's Watch | HomeNode |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 2.5 (16 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 13.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months — better | Every 55 months |
| Ads | Yes | — |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Web and Print | Sebastian Hans Harke |
In-app purchases
Fisherman's Watch
- Fishes of Europe and Asia$1.99
- Fishes of North America$1.99
- Fishes of the seas and oceans$1.99
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- All-in-one$4.99
HomeNode
No in-app purchases
Questions
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