Fishing Points vs Fishbrain

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R2] Fishing Points 5/5 · US It’s good: The weather and fish activity make it very easy to know when to go fishing and I don’t need to spend money unless I want premium and they are never reminding me to buy premium its a very good app In general too.
2. [R5] Fishing Points 5/5 · US The best: This is the best app I’ve used and is really close to be 100 percent accurate
3. [R62] Fishbrain 5/5 · US Insane app: I shocked how good this app is it basically is a cheat code and has really helped me level up my game. Their BiteTime is actually very accurate and I’ve caught many more fish in days when the bitetime is high. Plus I love the fact you can check what people have logged in certain spots. This definitely deserves 5 stars.
4. [R72] Fishbrain 3/5 · US Paywall: The app is great for a bit but then it makes you buy premium to see bite guide and what people catch in certain spots all you can really see is the feed and the species of fish in the pond you fish at
5. [R20] Fishing Points 5/5 · US Best fishing app: Best fishing app all in one!
6. [R54] Fishing Points 5/5 · US Great app!: Love the the app so far has been very helpful and easy to use has helped in finding better fishing spots will continue to use when I’m on the water and off
7. [R70] Fishbrain 1/5 · US Poorly designed map: Whoever designed this app clearly never uses it themselves. Whenever I try to zoom in or out, the map always thinks I’m trying to ping a place on the map. It was so frustrating that it made me delete this app. Terrible user experience. I shouldn’t have to fight with the app to zoom into a place. The entire point of this app is to find places to fish, which takes a lot of map
8. [R102] Fishbrain 3/5 · GB It’s OK but I couldn’t subscribe ...: The main reason being location settings, they’re all over the place and very inaccurate. The catch locations are miles off. It also locate fisheries in the wrong places so not great for finding new places to fish. Also it seems very American based, especially the gear. All in all not bc a bad effort but until these two things are sorted I won’t be paying for
9. [R6] Fishing Points 3/5 · US Can’t get the depths to work!: I purchased the premium and when I click on the nautical map to show depths in my lake it doesn’t work. Is this normal? Can you please help me with this! I like the app but the depths is crucial to me! Thanks.
10. [R24] Fishing Points 3/5 · US Nautical map: I’ve come to find out the depths are off by a lot
11. [R109] Fishbrain 1/5 · US Impossible to use: Locks everything behind a paywall. Functionally useless without coughing up money. Sad! “Some of our features are extra complex and require more resources to maintain which therefore has to be a part of the Fishbrain Pro package” Not true, because viewing individual catches was free previously. As a software engineer, I know this feature is trivial to maintain and not complex
12. [R114] Fishbrain 3/5 · GB Some issues: Location issues, wrong all time! Have to set manually. Tackle box issues, app crashes when trying to select any lures.
13. [R4] Fishing Points 1/5 · US Pay to use: Not worth your time or money. Everything is locked behind a paywall.
14. [R7] Fishing Points 1/5 · US Not free: Yet another app that seems free on the surface, but ends up being a monthly subscription. Deceptive practices.
15. [R63] Fishbrain 3/5 · US Good but pay to get most things: It is good but if you are going to travel you would need the pro witch is 170$ per year and it only tells you stuff on bluegill so you can’t look at bass or catfish without pro
16. [R66] Fishbrain 3/5 · US Pay to use: The best parts of this app are locked behind a 155$ paywall and I don’t spend money like that. Sad because this could have been amazingly helpful. Will still be using this app to find places as that is one feature bass forecast lacks. Bass forecast is another app that seems to be cheaper and have more free features and I hope fish-brain takes notes on their competitors because I am thi
17. [R1] Fishing Points 1/5 · US Not what I was looking for: Don’t be like me and pay for a year to find out it’s not worth the money and doesn’t give proper depths and charts
18. [R10] Fishing Points 1/5 · US Garbage app: Has no depth chart. Useless garbage app. Waste of time
19. [R67] Fishbrain 2/5 · US Paying: It’s good and all and I know that the owners need to make a living but a monthly payment feels crazy, it really should just be a one time pay instead of a monthly payment to unlock basic things like images. On top of that instead of giving useful information when responding to critical feedback the developers give you a half assed ai response that doesn’t answer or fix your issue, overall
20. [R112] Fishbrain 1/5 · US Money hungry app: There’s way too many pay to use features on this app, just full of ads pushing you to buy their premium version. I even submitted a new species at a location and they didn’t update it after weeks. Waste of time and glad I waited to see if it’s even worth paying for.