Android App
Live on Google Play
Android - v1.61 is available now with the Premium interface, AI-assisted FishID and planning helpers, saved locations, backups, photo thumbnails, and current compatibility updates.
Android and iOS apps live
Rather Be Fishing - Fishing Logbook
Android - v1.61
iOS - v1.0
Log trips, catches, photos, map pins, weather, patterns, saved locations, and local backups, then plan whether today's forecast is worth fishing with a refreshed Premium interface.
Rather Be Fishing
Fishing Logbook
Offline-first trips, catches, photos, map pins, and weather patterns.
iOS App
Live on the App Store
iOS v1.0 is available now as a native SwiftUI iPhone app. It is not a web wrapper and uses local-first storage, MapKit, Photos, weather lookups, hosted FishID and planning endpoints, AdMob consent, themes, backup/export, and the same core logbook workflow.
Built for the logbook
Main features
Premium visual system
Use a cleaner Premium interface with themed panels, dashboard-style navigation, improved stats, and selectable Raised 3D and Field Journal styles.
Fish ID Assist
Use FishID to send a selected catch photo through online AI verification and get confident common-name species suggestions.
Play-compatible update
Includes Android 16 KB memory page compatibility, update prompts, UI refinements, and cleaner online FishID analysis.
Should I Go Fishing planner
Check saved or searched locations against forecast conditions, daylight, available time, and estimated drive time.
Ask and saved plans
Use natural trip checks like "Can I fish [location] from work today at 5PM?" and save reusable plan labels.
Add planned trips
Add a recommendation to the logbook as a planned trip, then complete it later with catches and notes.
Trip and catch logs
Track dates, water type, locations, species, bait, technique, notes, length, and weight.
Photos and thumbnails
Attach catch photos and choose the trip card background with crop, zoom, and rotation controls.
Map pin locations
Save latitude and longitude for catches with a satellite map picker and location-aware starting view.
Weather helpers
Use historical weather helpers for the selected trip and catch time, then edit fields manually if needed.
Search and filters
Filter by location, species, water type, date range, and sorting options.
Stats and locations
Review fishing stats, species charts, environmental ranges, most successful locations, and trips by location.
Tools and autocomplete
Manage saved locations, species, lures, and techniques so common entries are ready when logging a trip or catch.
Backup and CSV export
Export a full local backup for moving devices, including trips, catches, photos, saved locations, saved plans, origins, settings, and autocomplete lists.
Safer changes
Delete, import, photo removal, and photo replacement actions ask for confirmation before changing local data.
Release notes
Version Notes
iOS v1.0 - Live on the App Store
- New native SwiftUI iPhone version of Rather Be Fishing - Fishing Logbook.
- Offline-first trip, catch, location, saved plan, settings, theme, and backup/export data.
- Catch photos with metadata import, FishID scanning through the hosted Rather Be Fishing endpoint, photo delete controls, and trip thumbnail editing.
- MapKit and CoreLocation support for saved fishing spots, catch coordinates, map picker, current location, and Apple Maps directions.
- Forecast, historical weather, tide, solar, solunar, and planner logic ported from the Android app without fake recommendations.
- Premium, Raised 3D, and Field Journal themes applied across the app.
- AdMob for iOS with Google UMP consent flow and App Store privacy-ready configuration.
Android - v1.61
- Optimized Location Searching, FishID Scanning and Plan Forecaster
Android - v1.60.3
- Bug Fixes and Optimizations
Android - v1.60.2
- Added Fish ID Assist for common-name species suggestions from catch photos.
- Updated FishID results to show common fish names instead of scientific names.
- Uses online FishID verification so weak matches are not shown as likely answers.
- Improved Android 16 KB memory page compatibility for newer devices.
- Added update checks on app start with an Update Now prompt when a newer Play Store version is available.
- Improved Premium, Raised 3D, and Field Journal theme rendering across shared panels and Settings.
Android - v1.60.1
- Updated the production bundle for Android 16 KB memory page compatibility.
- Added app update prompts, edge-to-edge compatibility improvements, and theme polish.
- Removed debug demo trip, catch, and location seeding so debug builds only show actual user-entered data.
Android - v1.60
- Prepared Fish ID Assist controls for catch photo species suggestions.
Android - v1.55.1
- Fixed open-ended planner checks so they no longer default to the first sunrise window.
- Improved all-day recommendation ranking to compare meaningful 2-4 hour fishing windows.
- Prevented clipped end-of-day fragments from being selected as the best window.
Android - v1.55
- Updated shared panels, navigation, forms, popups, dashboard, lists, stats, tools, and settings to the Premium visual system.
- Improved broad location searches with nearby, state-aware result ranking.
- Redesigned Plan recommendations with location header, best window, forecast chips, trip logistics, and Add to Trips.
- Added Pressure, Lunar, and Moon Phase recommendation tiles.
- Improved wind warnings, planner reasons, and Skip/Go recommendation explanations.
Android - v1.5
- Added the Plan tab with Should I Go Fishing trip recommendations.
- Added Ask for natural trip checks with saved and searched locations.
- Added saved plans such as Quick Trip To [Location].
- Added Home, Work, Current Location, and manual origins for planning.
- Added daylight, any-time, and optional night-hours planning.
- Added forecast scoring with wind gusts, rain chance, clouds, fog, sunrise, and sunset.
- Added Add to Trips from planner recommendations.
- Added centered progress popups for searches, saves, imports, and forecast checks.
- Added driving-directions prompts from Locations and Logbook trip cards.
- Moved Backup & Transfer into Settings.
- Expanded backup/import to include saved plans, origins, locations, and autocomplete lists.
Android - v1.01
- Moved saved Locations into Tools and removed the footer Locations tab.
- Added local backup export/import for trips, catches, photos, settings, saved locations, and autocomplete lists.
- Added Export to CSV for spreadsheet-friendly trip and catch data.
- Added editable autocomplete lists with starter species, lures/bait, and techniques.
- Expanded the default fish species starter list.
Real app previews
Android Screenshots
iPhone previews
iOS Screenshots
Native iPhone screenshots captured from the iOS v1.0 App Store release.
