Simply Fishing

Through your own private iCloud. When you log a catch on your iPhone, it syncs automatically to your Mac and Apple Watch via your iCloud account — usually within a few seconds. There is no Simply Fishing server. Your data never leaves your iCloud.

Yes — especially on cellular Apple Watch models. The solunar calendar, day detail, log-catch flow, and complications all run locally on the Watch. Catches you log on a standalone cellular Watch sync to CloudKit directly. Wi-Fi-only Watches sync when they next see Wi-Fi.

CloudKit usually propagates within a few seconds, but it can be slower if the Mac has been asleep. Bringing Simply Fishing to the foreground triggers a manual flush, which usually pulls any pending changes through within a second or two.

No. Simply Fishing is intentionally a single-user tool. The point is a quiet utility for your own planning and memory — not another stream to manage.

No. One purchase covers the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch versions forever, with no in-app upgrades, ads, or trial-to-paid mechanics.

It's a combined solunar + weather score for each day. 5 fish = peak conditions (often a full or new moon with mild weather and good major periods overlapping daylight). 1 fish = unfavourable. It's a planning aid, not a guarantee — fish, like people, sometimes ignore the schedule.

Open-Meteo — an open-source, ad-free weather API. We cache the forecast on disk so the calendar still works at the lake when you don't have signal.

Yes. Tap the layers icon in the top right of the map. Three styles: USGS Topo (default), OpenTopoMap, and Apple Standard. Tiles for areas where you've logged catches are cached for offline use.