This jigger drops one line into four fishing apps and writes down only what each App Store listing states: rating, size, version, age band. Nothing is guessed, and every card carries the day it was read.
Selection steps
Six questions cover the whole routine, in the order the work ran.
A listing qualifies when it is a fishing-themed simulation title on the App Store and states a price model, an age rating and a rating count. Four listings met that bar on 9 November 2026. None of the four is built around frozen-lake play; the Ice Fishing label names the shortlist, not the genre of each app.
Rating and number of ratings, genre, price model, age rating, size, minimum iOS version, current version, last update date and the numeric store id. A field the listing does not state is left out rather than guessed.
The App Store does not publish install counts. The cards say so in words instead of showing an estimate, and no figure from a third-party tracker is used.
Rating and rating count are inputs, together with how well the loop suits long, spaced-out sessions. The order is an editorial judgement, not a formula. The two 4.8 listings are separated by loop fit rather than by score, and a 5.0 that rests on three ratings sits third for the reason given in the chart.
A score is only as firm as its sample. A 4.8 from 5.7K ratings and a 4.8 from 11K ratings are strong evidence; a 5.0 from three ratings is not. The 3.1 from 1.1K ratings is a firm, lower score.
Each card shows the day its listing was read. A listing is read again when a new version, a changed rating or a correction makes the old line doubtful. The full rule sits on the editorial policy page.
Checked 9 November 2026
Each card links to its own review and to the App Store listing. The App Store publishes no install counter, so no card carries a download figure.
NO. 1
MULTICAST GAMES LIMITED
Opens the Ice Fishing shortlist as the idle loop with the most visible machinery: a boat, a cargo bar and three currency counters.
4.8★ · 5.7K ratings · Simulation · Free with In-App Purchases · Ages 13+ · 276.8 MB · iOS 13.0+ · v7.9.3 · updated 28 Feb 2025 · id 1534396279 · checked 9 November 2026
NO. 2
CYBERJOY LIMITED
Second on the Ice Fishing card: the largest rating sample on file, with a crewed boat and a prompt to travel to new areas.
4.8★ · 11K ratings · Simulation · Free with In-App Purchases · Ages 9+ · 395.8 MB · iOS 13.0+ · v1.8.5 · updated about 15 Jul 2025 · id 6502436718 · checked 9 November 2026
NO. 3
帅 袁
Third on the Ice Fishing list because the perfect 5.0 rests on three ratings; the rank follows the thin sample, not the score.
5.0★ · 3 ratings (thin sample) · Simulation · Free · Ages 4+ · 130.8 MB · iOS 12.0+ · v2.0 · updated 23 Apr 2025 · id 6736379424 · checked 9 November 2026
NO. 4
Cangul Kocuk
Closes the Ice Fishing ranking: the smallest install on file and a light cast-and-depth loop, held back by the lowest store rating.
3.1★ · 1.1K ratings · Simulation · Free (Contains Advertising) · Ages 4+ · 23.2 MB · iOS 15.0+ · v13.0 · updated about 12 Aug 2025 · id 6446418140 · checked 9 November 2026
Store ratings
Bars scale to the five-star maximum and use the ratings as listed on 9 November 2026.
The hatched bar marks a 5.0 that rests on three ratings. Three ratings can swing with one more opinion, so that bar shows the score as listed and not a settled verdict. The 3.1 from 1.1K ratings is a much firmer reading, even though the bar is shorter.
Price model and age band
Chips hide cards in the list below and in the ranking. With scripting off, all four listings stay on the page.
Four listings on file.
No listing on file matches both chips. Reset one chip to see the cards again.
App Store
The first listing on the card, Idle Fish 2: Fishing Tycoon, opens in a new tab on the App Store. The install happens there, not on this site: this jigger hosts no app and hands out no file.
