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Fishing Points vs Fish AI

Fishing Points 4.7★ · Free + IAP 70
Winner Fishing Points
Fish AI 4.7★ · Free + IAP 40

Fishing Points is the better choice for serious anglers due to its more comprehensive features and established reliability, despite its paywall issues, while Fish AI is largely criticized for being a pay-to-use app with limited functionality without a subscription.

Full reviews: Fishing Points · Fish AI

Fishing Points offers a wider range of features for planning fishing trips, including weather, tides, and catch logging, though many advanced features are behind a paywall. Fish AI, while promising AI-driven insights, is heavily criticized for its aggressive paywall and limited free functionality, making it less appealing for most users.

Head to head

Features edge: Fishing PointsR1R2R6R9
Fishing Points Fishing Points offers a variety of features including weather forecasts, fish activity predictions, tide information, and catch logging R2R11. Users appreciate its ability to mark spots, plan routes, and integrate with GPS devices . However, some users report issues with depth charts, nautical maps, and the accuracy of tide information R1R6R9R10.
Fish AI Fish AI promises features like finding new spots and providing fishing tips . However, many users report that the core functionality, especially viewing maps and fishing spots, is locked behind a paywall immediately after setup . There's a desire for features like seeing other anglers' catches and what they are using .
Ease of Use edge: Fishing PointsR2R3R6R21
Fishing Points Fishing Points is generally considered easy to use, with users appreciating its straightforward interface for marking spots and checking forecasts R2. Some users, however, express confusion about certain features like fishing forecasts for the next year R3 or difficulty getting specific map functions to work R6. There are also reports of the app not launching or opening R21.
Fish AI Fish AI is described as easy to set up and get started by some . However, many users find the app frustrating due to being forced through a long quiz or setup process only to be immediately hit with a paywall, preventing them from accessing the map or core features R79R85.
Reliability edge: Fishing PointsR1R5R6R9
Fishing Points Fishing Points is praised for its accuracy in weather and fish activity predictions, and its GPS functionality for marking and returning to spots R5. However, there are significant complaints about the inaccuracy or complete lack of depth charts and nautical maps for many lakes and inland waters R1R6R10R24. Some users also report issues with tide accuracy and the app not launching R9R21.
Fish AI Fish AI's reliability is hard to assess fully due to the pervasive paywall complaints . Users who manage to access it claim it helps them find fish and improve their catch rate . One user reported the app wouldn't open the map or allow interaction with the coach .
Price/Value edge: Fishing PointsR1R4R7R13
Fishing Points Fishing Points is a 'Free + IAP' app, but many users feel that essential features are locked behind a paywall, leading to complaints about it not being truly free R4R7R19. Some premium users also report seeing ads . There are significant complaints about deceptive free trial practices, with users being charged immediately for annual subscriptions R1R13R45. The annual subscription is mentioned as $49.99 R13 or $38 . Some users find the price high compared to free alternatives .
Fish AI Fish AI is also a 'Free + IAP' app, but it is overwhelmingly criticized for being a 'money grab' with almost everything behind a paywall . Users report being charged for a full year after signing up for a 'free trial' . The annual cost is frequently cited as $80 R79R85R101R109. Many feel it's not worth the money and suggest alternatives like Fishbrain R101R109.
Support edge: Fishing PointsR6R13R45R46
Fishing Points Some users of Fishing Points have sought help for issues like depth charts not working R6 or suggested new features R46. One user reported difficulty leaving a review R13. There are complaints about the company refusing to help with refunds for purchases made through Apple R45.
Fish AI Fish AI users report significant issues with obtaining refunds and contacting support. Multiple reviews mention being charged for a full year after a free trial and being unable to get a refund or a response from the support team via email or social media .
Pick Fishing Points if

You are a serious angler looking for a comprehensive tool with features like weather, fish activity forecasts, and catch logging, and you are willing to pay for a subscription to access advanced mapping and planning tools R2. You primarily fish in areas with good map coverage or are comfortable with its limitations for inland waters .

Pick Fish AI if

You are a beginner angler looking for basic fishing tips and location suggestions, and you are comfortable with a high annual subscription fee without a clear understanding of the full feature set .

Evidence note: Both apps suffer from significant negative reviews regarding their 'Free + IAP' model, with many users feeling misled about free trials and being forced into subscriptions. Fish AI's reviews are particularly skewed by these complaints, making it difficult to assess its core functionality and reliability for paying users. Fishing Points has a more established user base and a wider range of features, leading to more specific feedback beyond just pricing.

Frequently asked

Is Fishing Points truly free to use?
No, Fishing Points is not truly free; while it has a free tier, many essential features like detailed maps, future forecasts, and full catch logging are locked behind a paywall, and some users even report seeing ads while paying R4R7R11R19.
What is the cost of Fish AI?
Fish AI is reported to cost around $80 per year, with some users mentioning it as the only subscription option after a short or deceptive free trial R79R85R101R109.
Do these apps offer accurate depth charts for lakes?
Fishing Points receives numerous complaints about its depth charts being inaccurate, incomplete, or entirely missing for many inland lakes and rivers, particularly in freshwater areas R1R6R10R24. Fish AI's ability to provide accurate depth charts is unclear from reviews, as most users cannot access the map features without paying .

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [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
  2. [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.
  3. [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.
  4. [R9] Fishing Points 3/5 · US Not the best at tides. Usually 6 hours off. Used to work better on the tides.: Fix the tides
  5. [R3] Fishing Points 3/5 · US Confused: I don’t know, I think it has fishing forecasts for next year I just am confused of it like changes as it gets closer or something.
  6. [R21] Fishing Points 3/5 · US App won’t launch: App won’t launch or open as of 5/3/2023. Overall I have enjoyed using this app over the past few years, but I will have to look into another app option if this problem persists. App itself and its features are 5/5, but rating 3/5 due to recent accessibility issues.
  7. [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
  8. [R4] Fishing Points 1/5 · US Pay to use: Not worth your time or money. Everything is locked behind a paywall.
  9. [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.
  10. [R13] Fishing Points 1/5 · US Need refund!: Total scam. This app wasn’t even in my subscription list. Took my hard earned money. $49.99. This app is useless. I will just stick to my other fishing app that actually shows other anglers catches and hotspots. And then they make it hard to actually leave a review! It says choose a nickname but every nickname I choose is taken? Yeah ok!
  11. [R45] Fishing Points 1/5 · US Bait and switch: I signed up for what was advertised as a 7-day free trial, but I was charged immediately for a full subscription. I realized within 10 minutes that the app wasn’t what I wanted and deleted it right away. When I tried to request a refund, Apple denied it without explanation, and the company refused to help, saying they don’t deal with purchases made through Apple. This is a bait-a
  12. [R46] Fishing Points 5/5 · US developer response pls: i sent u guys an email and if i don't get it i'll explain here so i suggested that u make a section for saltwater lures and fishing pools and fresh water lures and fresh water fishing pools and pls developer response
  13. [R11] Fishing Points 5/5 · US It’s great: Use for mainly logging all my catches. Just added fish identification which is cool, but it’s a pay feature to log the catch after using it.
  14. [R19] Fishing Points 1/5 · US Price: It’s not free
  15. [R79] Fish AI 1/5 · US God awful: I got fish at to find new spots but I didn’t realize it takes you through 2 million questions just to charge you 80 bucks to use it waste of time and money.
  16. [R85] Fish AI 1/5 · US Expensive: Has you answer a long survey then offers 3 free days followed by 80$ a year. No monthly option, just early.
  17. [R101] Fish AI 1/5 · US Bad: Just get fish brain, I’m not paying 80 for an app. Atleast Fishbrain works without paying.
  18. [R109] Fish AI 1/5 · US It sucks: It costs $80 a year for an analyst when a YouTuber said it was free. Just a scam for money and was a paid YouTuber. Get Fishbrain instead
  19. [R10] Fishing Points 1/5 · US Garbage app: Has no depth chart. Useless garbage app. Waste of time
  20. [R24] Fishing Points 3/5 · US Nautical map: I’ve come to find out the depths are off by a lot

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store