Honest comparison · Solunar bite times + tide tables

Tides4Fishing vs Fishare.

We respect what Tides4Fishing does well. Here is exactly where we're different and where we're not.

What Tides4Fishing owns
  • Solunar feeding-time tables
  • Global tide station coverage
  • Free, ad-supported model
Where Fishare is different
  • Bite score from a real neural network. Theirs is the same 1926 Solunar feeding-time table every Solunar app uses — calculated from moon/sun position only, ignores wind, swell, tide stage, SST.
  • 27 features per hour including wind direction, pressure trend, water temperature, swell period, current direction — all factored into the bite score. Solunar is one input among many, not the whole answer.
  • Unified map with all the live conditions. Theirs is tables + a tide curve.
  • Free with no ads.

When you should stay with Tides4Fishing

What Fishare doesn't do (yet or by design)

Solunar tables are a 1926 lookup. They worked then because no one had real catch data to test them against. The model showed us "incoming tide on a spring beats moon phase as the strongest single signal" before we hand-coded it — and that's the kind of insight Solunar tables structurally cannot produce.

Frequently asked

Is Fishare really free?

Yes — the live map, bite score, 7-day forecast and spot pages are free to browse with no account. Logging catches and getting push notifications when peaks open requires a free account. There is no paid tier today.

How is Fishare different from Tides4Fishing?

Solunar tables are a 1926 lookup. They worked then because no one had real catch data to test them against. The model showed us "incoming tide on a spring beats moon phase as the strongest single signal" before we hand-coded it — and that's the kind of insight Solunar tables structurally cannot produce.

Where does the Fishare bite score come from?

A multi-input neural network trained on millions of real catches across over 1,000 species — not a Solunar lookup. Inputs include wind, swell, tide stage, where the warm-cold water edges are, what the current is doing, moon phase, and a couple of dozen other features per hour. The model has been validated against catch data we held back from training. The catches keep coming in, so the model keeps getting sharper.

Does Fishare have an iOS or Android app?

Fishare is a Progressive Web App (PWA) — open fishare.app in mobile Safari or Chrome, then 'Add to Home Screen'. It runs offline, sends push notifications, and stays in sync without an app-store install. Native iOS / Android builds are on the roadmap.

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