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A Fishbrain alternative that keeps your spots private

Fishbrain is built around sharing catches with other anglers. HuntGrid Fishing is built the other way round: a private map and log where nobody sees where you fish unless you share it. Here’s how they compare, how to bring your catches over, and what HuntGrid Fishing doesn’t do yet.

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Fishbrain and HuntGrid Fishing side by side

Facts from Fishbrain’s own pages and help centre, and what HuntGrid Fishing does today.

FishbrainHuntGrid Fishing
Price
A free app, and Fishbrain Pro with a 3-day free trialFree, with no trial and no credit card
Your catches
Shown in the feed by default; for each catch you choose to share the exact spot, only the water’s name, or neitherPrivate by default: nobody sees them unless you share them
Other anglers’ catches
Pro members see the exact locations of public catches on the mapNo map of other anglers’ catch locations
Waypoints
Private by default and shareable with friends, in Fishbrain ProSpots private by default, in the free plan, with depth, bottom, cover, species and best conditions
Depth maps
Garmin (Navionics) HD depth maps for the US and Canada, in ProAgency lake surveys with their source and date, in the free plan
When you share
For each catch: the exact spot, the water’s name, or neitherExactly, roughly or by the water only

As of October 27, 2026, from Fishbrain Pro, Fishbrain help: free and Pro, Fishbrain help: who can see my fishing location?, Fishbrain help: catch locations on the map, Fishbrain privacy policy. Prices are in US dollars and change; check them on the app’s own site.

What HuntGrid Fishing gives you for free

  • Private by default

    Spots, catches and tracks are yours alone. We never sell location data, spots or catches.

  • A catch log in three taps

    +, Catch, then the species: a catch is logged in three taps, even offline. Add its size, photos and the rest later.

  • Personal bests

    Your longest and heaviest fish of each species, and your life list with the date of each first catch.

  • Free depth maps

    Depth shading and contours from agency lake surveys, with each survey’s source and date.

  • Your data stays yours

    Export your catches as a spreadsheet with every field, any time.

Switching

Move from Fishbrain in three steps

  1. Get your catches as a file

    Fishbrain’s privacy policy lets you ask for a copy of your personal data in a format other apps can read. The help page in HuntGrid Fishing shows which file to import.

  2. Import and check the species

    Open My maps → Import and pick the catch file: it’s read on your device, not uploaded. Each species name is matched to ours, and you check the ones we aren’t sure about before anything is saved.

  3. Mark your spots

    Tap + on the map to save your spots with their depth, bottom, cover and species. Nobody sees them unless you share them.

Move your spots and catches

What HuntGrid Fishing doesn’t do yet

Better you hear it here than find out on the water.

  • No public feed

    There’s no social feed of other anglers’ catches. That’s by design: your fishing stays yours.

  • Depth isn’t on every lake

    Depth shows only where a government agency has published a lake survey that we’ve loaded. Elsewhere the map shows no depth rather than a guess.

  • No App Store or Google Play app

    HuntGrid Fishing installs from the browser for now, on iPhone, Android and computers.

Fishbrain, Fishbrain Pro, Garmin and Navionics are trademarks of their owners. HuntGrid isn’t affiliated with them; their names are used only to describe switching and comparing. Check each app’s own site for its current plans and features.

Questions

Still have a question? Read the HuntGrid Fishing help pages or email support@huntgrid.net.

Is there a fishing app that keeps my spots private?

Yes. In HuntGrid Fishing your spots, catches and tracks are private by default: nobody, other HuntGrid users included, sees where you fish unless you share it. We never sell location data, spots or catches.

Does HuntGrid Fishing show other anglers’ catches on the map?

No. HuntGrid Fishing never maps other anglers’ catch locations.

Can I bring my Fishbrain catches?

Yes. Get your catch data from Fishbrain as a file, then import the CSV of your catches from My maps → Import. You check the species names we aren’t sure about before anything is saved.

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Your next fishing trip starts on the map

Create a free account and open HuntGrid Fishing in your browser. The same account works for HuntGrid Hunt.

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