BeFish
Catches, spots & fishing pals
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
New: weather on the marine chart, wrecks and seabed types like a real boat chart, routes and instruments, and fishing rigs by species.
Photograph every catch, keep track of your spots, check the fishing weather and compare yourself with your friends.
BeFish is the fishing logbook you share. One catch, two photos: the fish and your reaction, taken back to back. Weight, species, depth, even the length measured with your iPhone — everything is logged, and your best catches rise to the top of the leaderboard on their own.
I'M IN THE WATER
Before heading out, set your return time and pick trusted friends. If you don't confirm you're out of the water, they're alerted with your last position. The countdown stays on your Lock Screen, and you confirm you're back in one tap, even from your Apple Watch. BeFish is not an emergency service: at sea in France, call CROSS 196.
FISHING WEATHER
Tap a spot on the map: wind, barometer, tide, swell, water temperature and moon, hour by hour and over ten days, with a bite index that explains every factor. Water visibility is reported by fishers around every spot, and forecast for the next day. Star your spots: the evening before, BeFish lets you know when a good window is coming. No signal offshore? Tide and swell stay on screen.
BITING NEAR YOU RIGHT NOW
What other fishers have caught in your area over the past few days: species and numbers, never a spot or a name.
RIVERS AND FRESH WATER
River gauging stations on the map, with level, flow, trend and up to three months of history. Flood watch, drought restrictions and what the order says about fishing, fish recorded by the French Biodiversity Office: French public data in one place. Elsewhere, an estimated flow.
THE MAP, FROM SHORE OR BOAT
Like a real boat chart: wrecks, seabed type, seamarks and depths, with the weather on top — wind, waves, currents, rain and pressure, hour by hour. Routes and instruments, anchor alarm, trolling tracks and longlines. Import and export your spots as GPX.
KNOTS AND RIGS
Eight essential knots step by step, with a diagram at every step, and twelve rigs by species.
YOUR FISHING CONDITIONS
Your catches keep the weather and sea state of the spot. Over your outings, your profile sums up the conditions you catch fish in, and what your best catches have in common.
THE SPEARFISHING GUIDE
The rules to know in France: minimum sizes for your area, banned species, quotas and marking, with the official texts. Reserves and no-fishing zones (Cerbère-Banyuls, the Calanques, the Côte Bleue, the Strait of Bonifacio) are drawn on the map, and BeFish warns you if your catch looks undersized, protected or out of season.
YOUR SPOTS STAY YOURS
The location of each catch is visible only to you and your friends. Never public. Your spot notebook keeps your notes on every spot, for you alone. Find your catches and your friends' on the map, and share your live location during an outing.
WITH FRIENDS AND CLUBS
Friend requests, reactions, comments, private and group chats with photos and voice messages. Start your crew's or association's club: a leaderboard, contests, outings everyone can sign up for, and a view of who's still in the water. Your catches are friends-only by default.
LEADERBOARDS, SPECIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
The podium of the biggest catches, by species and period. 83 species to unlock, from common to legendary. 37 achievements, also in Game Center, and widgets for your Home Screen.
YOUR SEASON IN REVIEW
Your best catch, your species, your best month: your season recap is ready to share as a story, like each of your catches.
AT SEA, EVEN OFFLINE
No connection when you post? Your catch, photos included, goes out on its own as soon as you're back online.
From the shore, by boat or spearfishing, in English, French, Spanish and Italian. Weather, tides, rivers and the marine chart are indications: they don't replace official forecasts and charts, or Vigicrues.
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What's new
Weather on the marine chart
• Wind, gusts, waves, water temperature, rain, currents and pressure, hour by hour over four days.
• As colours, animated particles, arrows, wind barbs or values; isobars for pressure.
• Pick your model: Météo-France, ECMWF, GFS or ICON.
• Tap a point: all the weather there, the depth and the type of seabed.
Like a real boat chart
• A light "Marine chart" base map, like a paper chart.
• Wrecks and obstructions, each with its sheet: name, depth, the story of the sinking.
• Seabed type (rock, sand, mud), official seamarks, regulated areas, cables and pipelines.
• Areas you've already viewed stay readable with no network.
Navigation
• "Go here" or plot a route with your finger: distance, course to steer, cross-track error, arrival time.
• Instruments: course and speed over ground, heading, depth, true and apparent wind, tide, trip log… Choose your boxes.
The feed
• Zoom into catch photos, or open them full screen.
• Crop your photo before posting.
• Like a comment, reply, mention a friend with @.
Fishing
• Rigs by species: twelve rigs, at sea and in fresh water, with the gear and the knots.
Plus smoother navigation throughout the app.
This information is an aid: it doesn't replace official nautical charts or marine weather bulletins. BeFish is not an emergency service: at sea in France, call CROSS 196.
Tight lines.
The developer, thomas marsa, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- thomas marsa
- Size
- 22.1 MB
- Category
- Sports
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 10.6 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
English and 3 more
- English, French, Italian, Spanish
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Contains
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
Social Media
- Copyright
- © ThomasMrs

