Free Fishbrain Alternative
Fishbrain Pro charges $75/year for BiteTime™, depth charts, and tide forecasts. We give you the same astronomical bite-time calculation, plus tide estimates, weather enrichment, and a 30-day heatmap — for free, in your browser, for any of 208 countries.
5,230+ pre-rendered pages · 208 countries · 50 US states · 10 languages · 196 fish species
Same core bite-time math. We add 200+ countries Fishbrain doesn't cover and skip the subscription.
Five flagship features matching or exceeding Fishbrain Pro — no subscription, no app install, no account.
The same suncalc-based bite-time forecast that Fishbrain locks behind Pro. We compute it client-side for any country in seconds — major periods, minor periods, moon phase, sunrise/sunset, 1-5 star rating, plus a 30-day heatmap and ICS export for trip planning.
Open Solunar CalendarFishbrain's catch data is heavily concentrated in North America and Scandinavia. We cover Norway, Costa Rica, Thailand, Australia, Mauritius, Iceland, Japan — every coastline that matters. Editorial guides in 10 languages.
Browse CountriesWhere do you actually need a license? What does it cost? What's the season for striped bass in Massachusetts? We answer these for 208 countries and all 50 US states. Fishbrain has 30 states — we have 208 countries × 10 languages.
Compare LicensesSubmit a catch, no account, no app. GPS, photo, species, lure — all stored, geo-fuzzed for privacy, auto-enriched with weather, marine and tide data via OpenMeteo. Browse by species or country.
See Live CatchesSpin a real-time globe of fishing destinations. Theme-aware (light/dark), GPU-accelerated, no app install. Click a country → full guide opens in your language.
Open the GlobeYes. No subscription, no Pro tier, no feature paywall. We sustain the site through affiliate partnerships with charter booking and travel platforms — never through user fees.
No. Browse country guides, open the Solunar calendar, view live catches, and download the 30-day ICS calendar — all without signing up. The only feature that uses email is submitting your own catches (one magic-link per session, no password).
Both use the same physics (sun + moon position + transits + major/minor periods). Fishbrain wraps it in a Pro paywall at $75/year. We compute it in your browser using the same astronomical formulas, attach an estimated tide window, and rate each day 1-5 stars — for free, for any of the 208 countries we cover.
We don't replicate Fishbrain's social-network shape. We're not building follower counts and feeds. What we do offer: account-less catch logging, geo-fuzzed for privacy, auto-enriched with weather and tide data, browsable by species and country. If the social aspect is essential to you, Fishbrain is the better fit.
Web only — responsive design works on phone, tablet, desktop. No App Store install, no permissions, no battery drain. Add the site to your home screen for an app-like experience.
All site features are available in 10 languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Dutch, Japanese, and Polish. URL slugs are localized too — we don't dump everyone into English.
Open the Solunar calendar for any country and see today's bite windows in 30 seconds. No download, no signup.
Open the Solunar calendar