Every feature, by category.

FishRadar ships 48 user-facing features across mapping, ocean science, catch logging, and on-the-water utilities. Free tier gets the live map and zone scores. Pro unlocks the full breakdown and forecast. Captain adds professional-grade overlays for serious offshore anglers.

Map & Discovery

Find every fishable zone on Earth, ranked by today's conditions.

Real-time zone scoring (0–100)

Free

Every fishable coordinate gets a single 0–100 score, refreshed hourly.

ON FIRE • HOT • GOOD • FAIR — at a glance.

Global map, any coast

Free

Search any city, port, or coastal area on Earth.

Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, Great Lakes — all live.

Zoom-aware spot density

Free

Pin density adapts to your zoom level so the map never feels cluttered.

Zoom in to reveal hidden zones; zoom out for the regional picture.

AI-validated spot filter

Free

Hide unverified community guesses; show only zones where the AI agrees with the rules-based score.

One toggle. Higher signal-to-noise.

Nearby spots list

Free

Sorted list of the highest-scoring zones within reach (5 km shore, 65 km boat).

No map gymnastics — just a ranked list.

Community catch pins

Free

Anglers drop pins where they catch; you see what's biting nearby.

Crowd-sourced spot intelligence with moderation.

Ocean Science Signals

Every score is a fusion of live ocean and atmospheric data.

Sea-surface temperature

Free

Live SST and thermal-front detection — where warm meets cold, fish stack up.

Satellite-derived, refreshed every few hours.

Chlorophyll concentration

Free

The base of every food chain, tracked from satellite.

Find baitballs by following the chlorophyll plumes.

Current speed & direction

Free

Live current vectors so you know which way fish are facing — and feeding.

Surface flow + tidal phase combined.

Wave height & period

Free

Significant wave height plus dominant period.

Know if it's fishable before you launch.

Wind speed & direction

Free

Live wind plus gust forecast.

Onshore vs offshore — every species cares.

Barometric pressure

Free

Pressure trend over the past 24 hours — falling pressure triggers feeding for many species.

Trend arrow shows rising / falling / steady.

Salinity zones

Pro

Hypersaline / marine / estuarine / brackish classification.

Critical for predicting estuary species movement.

Dissolved oxygen

Pro

Oxygen levels classified excellent / good / low / hypoxic.

Hypoxic alerts so you don't waste a trip on dead water.

Mixed Layer Depth (MLD)

Captain

Where the surface mixed water meets the thermocline.

Deep-water gamefish hunt the thermocline edge.

Moon phase + solunar peaks

Free

Daily major and minor solunar windows for your location.

Plan your trip around peak feeding times.

Full score breakdown

Pro

See every signal that contributed to a zone's score, with raw values.

Trust the number because you see the math.

7-day fishing forecast

Pro

Hourly score predictions for the next 7 days at any location.

Pick the best day in the week before you commit.

Spot Management

Save, sync, and take your spots offline.

Unlimited saved spots

Pro

Save every spot you fish. Free tier supports 5; Pro is unlimited.

Build a personal library you can compare year-over-year.

GPX / KML import

Pro

Import waypoints from your chartplotter or any GPS app.

Bring 20 years of saved spots in one tap.

Offline map regions

Pro

Download a region for offline use when you lose signal offshore.

Map + saved spots + last-synced scores work without service.

Cross-device sync

Pro

Saved spots, catches, and notes sync across your devices.

Same data, every device.

Catch Log

Record every catch with AI species ID and conditions.

Photo + GPS catch log

Free

Snap a photo. We auto-capture GPS, time, and the live score.

Your catch history is searchable by species, location, and conditions.

AI species identification

Pro

Snap a photo, the AI names the species + suggests bait that worked nearby + auto-fills the catch log. Pro: 20 identifications per day. Free tier: 2 lifetime trials.

20/day with Pro · 2 free trials

Regional leaderboard

Free

See top anglers by region and species.

Friendly competition, anonymized handles.

Catch stats dashboard

Free

Personal stats: top species, hottest months, best conditions.

Discover patterns in your own data.

Smart Alerts & Widgets

Stay informed without opening the app.

Bite-window push alerts

Pro

Get notified when a saved spot crosses your score threshold.

We watch the forecast. You sleep.

Apple Watch companion app

Captain

Live score for your nearest saved spot on your wrist.

Phone stays in the dry bag.

Captain-tier Pro Tools

Built for serious offshore anglers and guides.

A* boat routing

Captain

Optimal route from your current position to the highest-scoring reachable zone, factoring wave + wind.

Not just the closest spot — the best spot you can actually fish.

Live AIS fleet overlay

Captain

Commercial fishing fleet positions, refreshed hourly.

See where the pros are working right now.

Voice commands

Pro

Hold to ask: "What's the score at Bodrum?" or "Find sea bass near me."

Wet hands, gloves on — hold the button and ask.

On-the-water Utilities

Calculators, alarms, and safety tools.

Downrigger calculator

Captain

Compute true depth from line out, weight, and trolling speed.

Hit the thermocline first try.

Trolling speed & spread calculator

Captain

Speed, line-length, and spread geometry for any setup.

Optimize for the species you're targeting.

Anchor alarm

Captain

Background drift detection — alerts if you swing past your set radius.

Sleep through the night with confidence.

AR compass overlay

Pro

Camera viewfinder with bearing, heading, and saved-spot pins overlaid in AR.

Point your phone — your spot is there.

Return-to-port navigation

Captain

One-tap routing back to the nearest safe harbor.

Safety first when conditions deteriorate.

Emergency contacts list

Free

Coast Guard, marine radio Ch. 16, your emergency contacts — one tap.

On the water, seconds matter.

Transparent AI accuracy

Free

Public dashboard showing how often the AI is right.

No black box. Trust the score because you can audit it.

Light, Dark & System Auto Themes

Free

Three theme options that follow you anywhere — sun-glare-readable Light mode for bright decks, immersive Dark for night fishing, and System-Auto that follows iOS/Android.

Sun-readable on a deck.

FishRadar Ear — Fish-Sound Detection

Fish finders ping. FishRadar listens. Real fish sounds, detected on your phone.

Live spectrogram — see what your mic hears

Free

A real-time waterfall of the sound around your phone, with every detection pointing at the exact seconds of evidence it heard. Openly labeled Replay when it runs the bundled demo recording.

No fake sonar screen — evidence on screen.

Sound Library & true stories

Free

Real recordings of drums, croakers, toadfish and spawning choruses, plus the science stories behind them. Education is never gated.

Learn the voices free, forever.

Chorus Mode & Hull Ear

Pro

Live listening with the phone you already own — in the air on calm nights, or pressed flat on the hull. Choruses only: massed spawning fish, never a single-fish promise.

The honest phone-only fish detection.

Full Ear with works-with hydrophone

Captain

Species confirmed by voice, single calls, proof clips, spawning alerts and louder-or-quieter trend — through any hydrophone on the works-with list. FishRadar sells the listening, not the hardware.

The Knock self-test proves your setup in 8 seconds.

Hold-for-Proof share cards

Pro

Press and hold any detection to mint a share card carrying its spectrogram evidence. Your location is never on the card.

Proof, not promises.

Sentry Mode — Strike Watch

The phone stands guard over your rod and saves the moment something pulls.

Sentry — watch the rod

Free

Prop the phone up, drag a box over the rod tip or float, and it alarms on sharp movement.

Wind moves rods too — that is why it saves the clip and lets you call it.

Sentry — feel the strike

Free

Clip the phone into the rod holder and it feels the strike through the blank.

No camera needed, works in the dark.

Strike evidence, saved automatically

Free

Every alarm keeps the video and the motion trace from the seconds around it.

Share the moment, not a claim.

Sentry — up to three rods at once

Pro

Watch three rod tips in one frame, each alarming on its own, with sensitivity tuned for wind or heavy gear.

One phone, the whole spread.

Try Pro free for 7 days

No commitment. Cancel any time during the trial and you won't be charged.

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