Cobia vs FishAngler
FishAngler VIP is $49.99 a year for its AI, bite windows, depth maps and other anglers’ exact catch GPS. In Cobia the AI guide and the depth contours are free, with no credits to run out of.
Android coming soon
Prices and features checked October 17, 2026. Sources at the bottom of the page.
FishAngler has a genuinely useful free tier, with a seven day forecast and tides, but its FINN AI guide, bite windows, bait picks, Navionics and 3D depth maps and the exact GPS of other anglers’ shared catches are FishAngler VIP at $49.99 a year, and the AI runs on 500 monthly credits. Cobia’s AI guide is free with no credit counter, depth contours are free, and no paid tier sees anyone’s pin.
$0 against $49.99 a year
Here is what FishAngler VIP puts behind the paywall, next to what you get in Cobia for nothing.
Cobia
$0every feature, today
- Daily briefing with a bite score and the reasoning
- Strike Zones, where fish should be on the map
- AI fishing guide, no message limit
- Depth contours and habitat layers
- Lure picks from the tackle you own
- Verified catches, crowns, Slams and leaderboards
- No paid tier that can see your pins
FishAngler VIP
$49.99a year for the paid tier
- FINN AI, 500 credits a month
- Bite window forecasts
- Bait recommendations
- Navionics and 3D depth maps
- Exact GPS of other anglers’ shared catches
- The fourteen day forecast
- An ad free experience
FishAngler VIP is $6.99 a month or $49.99 a year. Checked October 17, 2026 on FishAngler’s own pricing page and App Store listing.
Cobia and FishAngler, feature by feature
Read off each app’s own pricing page, App Store listing and help center. Where we could not confirm a feature, the row is left out rather than guessed.
| Feature | Cobia | FishAngler |
|---|---|---|
| What it costs | Free. Every feature, no subscription | Free tier with ads. VIP is $6.99 a month or $49.99 a year |
| AI fishing guide you can talk to | Free and unlimited, grounded in live conditions and your tackle | FINN AI is VIP, 500 credits a month |
| When to go forecast | Free. Daily bite score with the reasoning, plus solunar windows | Bite windows are VIP |
| Multi day outlook | Free. Seven day lookahead | Seven days free. Fourteen days is VIP |
| Depth contours on the fishing map | Free. NOAA BlueTopo and CRM soundings | VIP only, Navionics and 3D maps |
| Lure recommendations | Free. Ranked from the lures you already own | Bait recommendations are VIP |
| Species ID | Free. With your state size and bag limit on the same screen | AI fish ID |
| Who can see exact catch pins | Only what the angler chose to share. No paid tier shows more | VIP members see exact GPS of shared catches |
| Location privacy per catch | Exact, general area, or water body only | Share or keep private, per catch |
| Ads | None in the feed | Ads on the free tier. Removed on VIP |
| Platforms | iPhone. Android in development | iPhone and Android |
Where Cobia pulls ahead of FishAngler
Nothing to subscribe to
All twenty one features are free today. No trial timer, no credit card, no feature that used to be free and now is not.
An AI guide you can actually talk to
Ask it anything. It reads your tide station, the wind, the water temperature, your catch history and your tackle box before it answers, with no credits and no cap.
A forecast map, free
Strike Zones shades the water in four tiers, fair, good, great and hot, by running live conditions, depth, habitat and real catch history through a model. Free today, and the one layer we may price later, so you would hear it here first.
Your pin is not the product
No paid tier shows anyone more of your catch than a free account sees. Share an exact pin, a general area, or just the water, catch by catch.
The data others charge for
Depth contours from NOAA BlueTopo, FWC seagrass and oyster layers, named NOAA tide stations and water temperature from more than 6,400 stations, all free.
Leaderboards that mean something
Only catches shot live in the Cobia Camera rank. A three year old photo from another state cannot take your crown.
A game, not just a log
Crowns at every named water, a top ten for each of 605 species, weekly boards, and Slams you build for your own crew.
It knows what is in your box
Snap a tackle shop receipt and every lure is added. Recommendations come from what you own, not from what somebody is selling.
Nobody pays to see where you fish
FishAngler lets you keep a catch private, which is good. But for a catch an angler does share, its own VIP page lists the exact GPS location as something VIP members get. That makes other anglers’ spots part of the subscription. On Cobia nobody can pay to see more than a free account sees.
- Three choices on every catch, exact location, general area, or water body only
- A point that cannot be reversed, made once on our server from a random seed
- The same view for everyone, because there is no paid tier to see more
- Under 18 accounts cannot share an exact pin at all
Where FishAngler is ahead
A comparison that only lists our strengths is an ad. So here is where we would point you at the other app.
- A strong free forecast. Seven days and tides on the free tier.
- Android today. Cobia is iPhone only for now.
- An established community with groups and years of shared reports.
Cobia and FishAngler, answered
It has a free tier with ads that includes a spot map, reports, a seven day forecast, tides, a catch log and fish ID. FINN AI, bite windows, bait picks, depth maps and exact catch GPS are FishAngler VIP, at $6.99 a month or $49.99 a year.
FINN is listed as a VIP feature with 500 credits a month. Cobia’s AI fishing guide is free and has no credit or message limit.
For the parts VIP charges for, yes. Cobia includes an AI guide, a daily bite score with solunar windows, depth contours and lure picks from your own tackle box at no cost, and adds habitat layers, verified catches and a full game layer of crowns and Slams.
Yes. All twenty one features are free to use today, including the AI fishing guide, depth contours, habitat layers and Strike Zones, with no trial timer and no credit card. Strike Zones is the one layer that may be priced later, and no decision has been made.
Not yet. Cobia is on iPhone with iOS 17 or later, and an Android build is in development.
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Every claim about FishAngler on this page was checked on October 17, 2026. Prices change, so check the current price before you buy anything. FishAngler is a trademark of its owner and is named here only to identify the app being compared. Cobia is not affiliated with it.
Try it on your own water
Download Cobia, set your home water, and see whether tomorrow morning’s briefing beats what you are paying FishAngler for.
Android coming soon
iPhone, iOS 17 or later. Setup takes about a minute.