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Working offline

CatchMate is designed so the most important thing — recording a session — keeps working when you have no signal. This article explains exactly what works offline, what needs a connection, and how the sync queue behaves.

What works offline

  • The whole live session recording flow: logging catches (Add Catch and Quick Log), the cast timer, the recast alarm, the catch timeline, the keepnet display, and ending the session
  • Editing or deleting catches in a live session
  • Photos attached to catches (queued for upload when you're back online)
  • Browsing previously loaded sessions, venues, and tackle profiles

What needs a connection

  • Starting a brand-new session that requires a fresh weather lookup
  • The AI Advisor and the post-session AI Debrief
  • Venue Maps tiles and the Best Venues This Week scan
  • The Social feed, friend search, league and competition leaderboards
  • Statistics pages that pull from the cloud

Recommended workflow

Always create your new fishing session when you have phone reception — the night before at home, or anywhere with stable mobile data. Once the session is created, do not start it until you are all set up and ready to fish. As soon as you start the session, the offline session-recording workflow will cover you for any loss of phone reception.

The sync banner

When you log a catch offline, it's saved on your device and added to a sync queue. A banner at the top of the screen shows how many catches are waiting to upload. The moment your phone reconnects to the internet — even briefly — the queue is uploaded automatically and the banner clears.

Ending a session offline

Ending a session offline is fully supported. The session is saved locally and uploaded as soon as a connection returns. The AI Debrief is queued and generated automatically once the upload completes.

Last updated: 3 May 2026

Try this in the app

Open CatchMate Coarse on your phone to follow the steps above.

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