Fish & Tides is a weather-based fishing forecast app that provides a proprietary bite score for anglers on iOS and Android.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
It removes the friction of bouncing between tide tables, weather services, and solunar charts by distilling all variables into one clear score.
For Anglers ranging from casual hobbyists to serious fishermen requiring precise, data-driven timing.
What does it look like?
Key features
Calculates a 0-100 score by weighting tide, solunar, and weather data to guide fishing timing.
Provides tide predictions for 128 countries, expanding reach beyond major agency networks.
Records catch details with automated environmental tagging to reveal personal patterns over time.
How much does it cost?
The freemium model allows users to test the core bite-scoring mechanism before committing to Pro features, which are gated to drive subscription conversion.
Velocity
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Fish & Tides: Bite Forecast maintains a maintenance-level cadence, shipping only 2 releases in the observed window. With the latest release occurring 11 days ago and the previous update on the other platform occurring 38 days ago, the development trend is stable but limited to minor technical adjustments. The publisher provides opaque release notes, focusing exclusively on general improvements and bug fixes without detailing specific feature enhancements. No major feature updates have been identified in the recent history.
Who built it?
Rivolu
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Tide Alert (NOAA) - Tide ChartUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Fresh user feedback skews frustrated. Users appreciate the free tier provides enough basic functionality to evaluate the app before committing to a payment.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- The free tier provides enough basic functionality to evaluate the app before committing to a payment
- Incorrect location data and failed forecast loading prevent users from accessing basic weather information reliably
2 of 2 recent reviews analyzed · limited sample
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Competitive landscape for Fish & Tides: Bite Forecast
How's the Weather market?
Fish & Tides holds a #173 rank in the US Weather category, reflecting its status as a specialized utility. The gap between its free-tier reach and the lack of recent feature updates suggests a focus on user acquisition over monetization depth.
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Key takeaways for Fish & Tides: Bite Forecast
Where is it heading?
The fishing-utility market is consolidating around apps that offer both precise environmental data and personal history tracking. Fish & Tides is currently exposed due to technical reliability issues, which must be resolved to prevent users from migrating to more stable, established alternatives.
- Technical instability in the latest version (failed forecast loading) prevents users from accessing the core bite score, directly increasing churn risk.
- The current maintenance-only release cadence limits the ability to respond to user feedback or introduce new competitive features.
The SWOT
- Proprietary bite-scoring model provides a single, actionable timing signal
- Automated catch-log tagging increases user switching costs over time
Next best moves
Audit forecast-loading logic because failed data decoding is the top-reported frustration → restore daily utility
The counter-intuitive read
The app's value is not the weather forecast…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The app has pivoted its competitive narrative from a focus on technical reliability to the long-term value of proprietary catch-log data. This shift highlights a transition toward building user switching costs despite the ongoing maintenance-only development cadence.
Bottom line
Restoring core forecast reliability is the only way to protect the daily habit loop. Once stability is proven, the catch-log data becomes the primary retention lever against generic weather rivals.
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Is Fish & Tides free to use?
Does Fish & Tides work for locations outside the US?
Why are my forecasts not loading?
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