What are fishing challenges in BeAngler?
Challenges are friendly contests in the BeAngler app. Each one has a name, dates and a rule for what earns points. The BeAngler team runs them: several can be on at once, and new ones appear for a season, a holiday or just a fun goal for everyone. The list keeps changing, so this page is not about one particular challenge – it explains how they all work.
The main thing: there is no separate sign-up to take part. No "Join" button and no form. While a challenge is on, BeAngler counts what you already do in the app. If you log your catches, you are already competing.
What earns points
Each challenge has its own rule. For example:
- Catches – public catches with a photo, logged during the challenge.
- Battles played – battles with at least two people.
- Battles won – battles you finished in first place.
- Invited friends – people who signed up with your personal link; only one sign-up per phone counts.
Other rules may come later. Either way, the rules are written inside each challenge, so you know in advance what counts and what does not.
How ties are settled
BeAngler never draws lots. Ties are settled by fixed rules, so the same catches always give the same table. In a catch challenge with equal counts, the higher total weight goes first, then more different species, then whoever got there first. No guessing whether a tie was settled fairly.
How a challenge runs: from start to results
While a challenge is on, eligible catches and battles count. When it ends, there are three more days for catches logged without signal: many anglers fish where there is no coverage, and such a catch counts for the day it was caught if the phone gets online at least once in those three days. Then the entries are checked, and results are announced on the seventh day after the end. Read how the app works without internet on its own page.
Notifications come at the key moments – the start, reminders, the final days and the results – and only during the day, between 10:00 and 21:00 your time. A challenge will not wake you up at four in the morning.
Prizes and badges
Up to three prize places win months of Pro – the paid plan described on the pricing page – and a badge on their profile. The Hall of fame keeps the winners of past challenges, and the Badges screen shows everything you have earned.
Fair play
Entries are checked before results are announced, and if something is wrong, a player can be removed from the contest. A catch that already counted in an earlier challenge with the same rule does not count again – one big fish will not win you several contests in a row. If the rule asks for it, a catch must be public and have a photo – the same honest record as in your own logbook.
What you see in the app
The Challenges section shows current and finished challenges, what counts for you and your place in each, the Hall of fame, your badges, the rules and your personal invite link. It all comes from what you already log during a fishing session or a battle, so taking part costs you nothing but the fishing itself.
Challenges are just one part of BeAngler. Have a look at the other features to see how catches, sessions and battles work together.
