“Mainly got the app for help fishing, and all of the info that I would really use is locked behind a paywall, still not a bad app, though.”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 979 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.6 ★142,060 ratings
10M+Downloads
12+Age rating
287 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Fish smarter with Fishbrain! Find new fishing spots, get detailed local info, and connect with a community of more than 20 million anglers. Fishbrain provides you with the maps and tools you need to improve your fishing skills.
FIND NEW FISHING SPOTS Fishbrain is the fastest and easiest way to find places to fish. Explore thousands of fishing waters and see exactly where fish are being caught with the Fishbrain map. Take your scouting to the next level with advanced map layers and customization options. Whether you’re fishing for bass, trout, catfish, redfish, or any other species, Fishbrain can help you set the hook.
GET THE LATEST LOCAL INFO Be the first to know about fishing trends in your area. Get pictures and updates from local anglers. See which baits & lures are catching the most fish.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 9.63.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 9.63.0, updated 2026-09-21.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 11.66.1 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 11.67.0, updated 2026-09-22.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
From the package we downloaded and read — version 11.66.1, scanned 2026-09-17.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
6 or more requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
3 or more found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
The catch list 1
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Raised by 58 distinct reviewers — 10.8% of the 539 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
Context 1
Measured and published because a reader would want to know — deliberately not a charge. The measurement alone does not show a harm.
Asks for more sensitive permissions than similar apps
The package requests substantially more of the device's sensitive permissions than the typical app in its category. This is a measurement, not an accusation: a permission is granted because a feature needs it, and a wide request list is a reason to look rather than a finding on its own.
What we saw: Requests 6 sensitive permissions (ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION, ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION, CAMERA, READ_CONTACTS, READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, READ_MEDIA_IMAGES); the median for 86 scanned apps in Sports is 0
Positive evidence 2
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
States a price, or offers a one-time purchase
The app's own text offers a one-time or lifetime purchase, or reviewers report that the price is stated clearly.
What we saw: Offers a one-time or lifetime purchase: "One time purchase"
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 3
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
In the app's own text: Tracking and data collection concerns
The app ships session-recording or a wide tracking stack, holds permissions that read personal data, or is reported by users to sell, leak or over-collect it. The evidence line says which of those was observed.
What we saw: Ships 5 distinct tracking/analytics SDKs: Amplitude, Braze, Datadog RUM, Firebase Analytics and 1 more
In the app's own text: Trial terms not stated in the app's own text
The app's own screens offer a free trial without stating, beside it, what happens when the trial ends. Read this as context rather than as a charge: renewal terms are normally shown on the store's purchase sheet instead, which we cannot see, and we can only observe one kind of evidence for this — so it is shown, but never counted as a charge.
What we saw: Offers a free trial ("Free Trial") with no renewal price, renewal date or auto-renew notice anywhere in the app's own text
In the app's own text: Countdown-timer purchase pressure
The app's own purchase copy attaches a deadline to buying — a countdown, 'offer ends in', 'limited time' — or ships a countdown view on a purchase-screen layout.
What we saw: Deadline pressure in the app's own copy: "Limited time offer for Fishbrain Pro"
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Have to pay to use anything useful”
“The free version is basically worthless.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 9.63.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown5
Lowest$12.99
Highest$79.99
Monthly Power Fishing Package$12.99
Monthly Power Fishing Package$14.99
Quarter Power Fishing Package$41.99
Annual Power Fishing Package$79.99
Fishbrain Premium$14.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.