Fishing Codex — the soon-to-be world's best fishing platform.
Fishing Codex is a private fishing logbook app for iOS and Android, plus a web marketplace at fishingcodex.com where anglers buy and sell proven fishing spots. The app is a free offline fishing tool; all buying, selling and claiming happens on the website.
A free private logbook for every spot — on your own map, seen by nobody but you.
Drop in a photo or mark from 25 years ago — the app auto-fills the tide and moon for that exact date, time and place, so you know exactly when to fish it next.
14-day forecast + your Best Fishing Times for any spot on earth, built on the same global weather and tide models major providers use — available offline from your last sync.
Set your limits — wind, swell, rain — and every day is rated by YOUR standards; with App Pro the app also re-ranks your own spots by the conditions you actually caught in.
Claim free spots and buy spots from other anglers — they drop onto your private map with the exact pin (free claims: 5-day access without App Pro).
Sell your spots — get paid when other anglers buy (the marketplace)
There's enough fish in the ocean to share. Buyers unlock proven water closer to home, beyond the few spots they already know — and the exact location is never public: it's released privately, only to each person who claims or buys.
Flip any of your spots public — free-to-claim or for sale. Free spots build your audience; paid spots earn when someone buys.
The public heatmap shows only a rough ~10 km glow — never your exact pin. The exact location unlocks privately for the person who bought or claimed it.
Every sale pays you directly — sell single spots from $2.99, run a monthly or yearly subscription to your collection, or offer lifetime access. Money lands in your own Stripe account; Fishing Codex never holds it.
Fishing Codex takes a 15% platform fee; payment-processing (Stripe) fees also apply — creators typically net around 80%.
Buying happens on fishingcodex.com with the same account as the app — the spot appears in the buyer's app with your conditions and tips.
Your own spots, on your device, seen by nobody but you.
Public heatmap
A blurred ~10 km glow for browsing areas before you claim or buy, so you roughly know where a listing is — never an exact pin.
Feed
Public catch posts and photos; locations stay protected.
Marketplace (fishingcodex.com)
Flip your own spots public to earn: free claim, buy-once, subscription, or lifetime.
Frequently asked questions
The basics
What is Fishing Codex?
Fishing Codex is a private fishing logbook app for iOS and Android, plus a web marketplace at fishingcodex.com where anglers buy and sell proven fishing spots. The app is a free offline fishing tool; all buying, selling and claiming happens on the website.
Is the Fishing Codex app free?
Yes. The app is free to download and the core of it is free to use: the private logbook, offline maps, worldwide tides, forecasts, navigation, and catch statistics. The only in-app purchase is App Pro, an optional subscription for power features. Marketplace spots are bought separately on fishingcodex.com.
Does Fishing Codex work offline?
The logbook, map and forecasts work fully offline. Spots save to your device first and sync later, offline map tiles are free for every region worldwide, tides are computed on the device itself, and forecasts stay available offline from your last sync.
Do I need an account to browse spots?
No. Anyone can browse the marketplace, creator profiles and the public map without an account. An account is needed only to claim or buy a spot, and the same account works in the app and on the website.
Buying & claiming spots
Why can’t I buy or claim spots inside the app?
You cannot buy or claim fishing spots inside the Fishing Codex app — all buying and claiming happens at fishingcodex.com. The app's only purchase is App Pro, a subscription for power features. App-store policies for this kind of content keep the marketplace on the website; sign in with the same account and everything you buy or claim syncs into the app automatically.
How do free spot claims work?
Every account gets 3 free claim slots for life — they never reset. Without App Pro, each claimed spot stays accessible for 5 days. Redeeming a friend’s invite code adds 3 bonus slots for both of you (one redemption per account). With App Pro, claims are unlimited and claimed spots stay on your map while the subscription is active.
How do creator subscriptions work?
A creator subscription is a monthly or yearly payment that puts the creator’s subscription bundle plus all of their free spots on your private in-app map while it stays active. New spots the creator adds to the bundle reach you automatically. Cancelling stops future renewals, and you keep access until the end of the period you already paid for.
What is lifetime access?
Lifetime access is a single payment that grants permanent access to ALL of a creator’s spots — including every spot they list in the future.
What happens to spots I bought if the creator deletes their account?
Your access survives. A permanent snapshot of the spot is stored at the moment of purchase, so one-off and lifetime purchases — including their photos — stay yours even if the creator later delists the spot or deletes their account.
Can I get a refund?
Refunds are not given voluntarily; a refund is issued only where the law requires it. Web marketplace purchases are digital access to fishing knowledge, and sales are final.
Exact GPS coordinates are never public. The public map shows only a fuzzed ~10 km zone; exact pins unlock privately for the person who bought or claimed the spot. The fuzz is deterministic and identical for every viewer — repeat visits, comparing accounts, or paying money can never buy a closer look at anyone’s real location.
What happens when my access to a spot ends?
When temporary access ends — an expired free claim or a lapsed subscription — the exact coordinates are removed from your map. Permanent purchases (one-off and lifetime) never expire.
Selling & getting paid (creators)
How do creators get paid, and what are the fees?
Fishing Codex takes a 15% platform fee; payment-processing (Stripe) fees also apply — creators typically net around 80%. Money goes directly to the creator's own Stripe account; Fishing Codex never holds it. Creators connect their own Stripe account once, verify their identity on Stripe's own pages, and Stripe pays out to their bank on Stripe's payout schedule.
Paid listings start at $2.99 USD. You choose how to earn: sell single spots one-off, run a monthly or yearly subscription to your collection, or offer lifetime access to everything you list. Free-to-claim listings cost nothing and build your audience.
Which spots can be listed on the marketplace?
A spot needs GPS coordinates and at least one photo, and it must have been captured with the in-app camera. The one exception is the early-adopter window, when spots imported from your own fishing history can also be listed.
What is the 90-day early-adopter window?
For a one-time global window of 90 days — the same window for every user worldwide — creators can also list spots imported from their own fishing history, with at most 50 of these legacy listings live at a time. Once the window closes, legacy listing ends permanently and only spots captured in-app can be listed.
What is the 500 m / 90-day area lockdown?
When a spot is listed, the area around it (roughly 500 m) is locked for about 90 days — no other creator can publish a new spot there while the lock is active. This keeps listings scarce and rewards active fishing. Unlisting a spot ends its lockdown early, and once a lockdown expires, only spots caught after it ended can be listed in that area.
How do reviews and creator badges work?
Only verified buyers and claimers can review a spot or a creator, one review per target. Creator tier badges are earned from review counts — Bronze at 3, Silver at 20, Gold at 100, Diamond at 1000 — and a separate Philanthropist badge (Sharer, Local Guide, Community Pillar) rewards creators for the free spots they list and the thanks they receive from the community.
App Pro
What is App Pro and what does it unlock?
App Pro is the app’s only in-app purchase — a monthly or annual subscription sold through the App Store and Google Play. It unlocks unlimited free-spot claims that stay on your map while the subscription is active, following creators (all their free spots land on your map automatically), advanced catch statistics, condition-matched spot ranking, and 10 GB of cloud photo backup (free accounts get 200 MB).
Is App Pro required to use the app?
No. The private logbook, offline maps, tides, forecasts, Best Fishing Times and statistics are free. App Pro adds power features on top, and its price is shown in your local currency inside the app.
How do I cancel App Pro?
App Pro is billed by Apple or Google, not by Fishing Codex. Cancel in iOS Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions, or in Google Play → Payments and subscriptions. When Pro lapses, followed creators’ free spots and spots claimed under Pro leave your map after a grace period, and claiming returns to the capped model.
Account & policies
How old do I have to be to use Fishing Codex?
Fishing Codex requires a minimum age of 13.
How do I delete my account or export my data?
Delete your account in the app (Me → Settings → Danger Zone → Delete account) or from your web account settings — deletion is full deletion, not deactivation. Export your data first from the app (Settings → Data → Data export).
