361 Fishing is a regional saltwater fishing utility for Texas anglers, providing marine maps, weather radar, and tide forecasting on iOS.
Product velocity
Active
Daily rank 🇺🇸
#83
Sports · paid
Sentiment
5.0
4 reviews
Nemesis
Fishing Points: Map & Forecast
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Anglers hire 361 Fishing to consolidate fragmented environmental data into a single trip-planning tool, reducing the guesswork involved in selecting fishing locations.
For Artificial and fly fishing anglers operating in the Texas 361 area.
What does it look like?
Key features
Marine maps with bathymetry and NOAA hazards.
Algorithm-driven location recommendations based on user-defined environmental weights.
Visualizes user GPS tracks directly on the map interface.
How much does it cost?
Subscription model anchored at $4.99/month, utilizing a free trial to demonstrate value of consolidated fishing intelligence.
Velocity
Active developmentShow more...
5 versions in history. Development pace: active.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Not enough recent reviews to extract reliable themes yet.
Read the full review analysisCompetition
Competitive landscape for 361 Fishing
How's the Sports market?
361 Fishing operates as a niche utility in the Sports category, maintaining a 5.0 rating on the App Store. The lack of a broad user base compared to global fishing apps signals that growth is constrained by its regional-only focus.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By Fishing Points d.o.o.
This app dominates the fishing utility niche with massive scale and a comprehensive feature set that directly overlaps with this app's core value proposition.
- Offers a comprehensive global database of fishing spots and catch logs, whereas this app is limited to specific regional bays.
- Integrates advanced solunar and weather forecasting tools that provide predictive insights beyond basic map zooming.
- Supports multi-platform synchronization across mobile and web, while this app remains an isolated mobile-first experience.
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Key takeaways for 361 Fishing
Where is it heading?
The fishing utility market is consolidating around community-driven platforms that offer social validation alongside planning tools. 361 Fishing remains exposed due to its isolated, regional-only architecture, so long-term viability depends on transitioning from a static utility to a social-retention loop.
- The app maintains a low-velocity update cadence, focusing on maintenance rather than aggressive feature expansion.
- The lack of social features creates a churn risk as users migrate to community-driven rivals for catch validation.
The SWOT
- Deep SEAk mapping provides specialized bathymetric data unavailable in general-purpose outdoor apps
- Custom environmental weighting enables personalized trip planning that increases user reliance
- Integrating a social catch-log would create a community-driven retention loop to counter churn risk
Next best moves
Ship a social catch-log feature because the current app lacks community-driven retention → increase session frequency
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's regional limitation is its primary moat…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Global fishing spot database (available in Fishing Points but absent here) +2
Since the last report: The report reflects a shift toward active competitive defense, moving from a feature-list description to a strategic assessment of the app's subscription model and retention risks.
Bottom line
361 Fishing secures a loyal prosumer base through high-precision local mapping, but the $4.99/month subscription is vulnerable to free, broad-market utilities, so the PM should prioritize adding a social catch-log to build community-driven retention.
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Is 361 Fishing worth the monthly subscription cost?
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Sources
- [1] App Store, source
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