Listens to your bite alarm
Teach it once. Done.
In a few minutes, Rodwatch learns the tone of your bite alarm or receiver. No cable, no adapter, no changes to your gear.
Every bite. Right from the start.
Your phone films your rods all night. When your bite alarm beeps, Rodwatch saves a clip on its own that starts at least 10 seconds earlier.
Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play
For iPhone with iOS 17 or later and Android 11 or later.
Pre-roll
The clip starts before the first beep.
Rodwatch always keeps at least the last 10 seconds in memory. When your bite alarm beeps, they’re already part of the clip. Start the camera by hand and all you get is the end.
The first beep
The LED lights up, line peels off the spool. It’s all in the clip already.
Out of the bivvy
You deal with the fish, the camera keeps rolling.
The fight
Every beep after that extends the clip. It ends 2 minutes after the last one.
Features
Night view
Dazzles no one.
Black screen, dimmed red, brightness at minimum. Nobody notices a thing: not you, not the fish, not your neighbours on the bank.
How it works
In three steps.
Set up
Put your phone on a tripod or in a phone holder, with your rods and bite alarms in the picture. Add a power bank and the battery lasts the night.
Teach your bite alarms
Let each bite alarm beep a few times. Rodwatch remembers the tone, no cable needed.
Arm it and sleep
One tap and Rodwatch waits for the beep. The screen goes dark, the camera keeps running.
Features
What Rodwatch can do.
Clip with pre-roll
Every clip starts before the first beep. You set the pre-roll yourself.
Listens to your bite alarm
Recognises the tone you taught it, straight from the bite alarm or from the receiver.
Save now
One tap saves the moment even without a beep, with the same pre-roll.
Night view
Black screen, dimmed red, brightness at minimum.
Battery alarm
If the battery drops below 10%, Rodwatch warns you before recording stops. Night view shows the battery level.
- Plus
LED detection
The optical bite detection: Rodwatch sees the LED on your bite alarm light up.
- Plus
Wake alarm
Your phone beeps along with your bite alarm: short for a single beep, long on a run. So it wakes you even when only the LED lights up.
- Plus
LED only
Listening to music? Turn off tone detection. Rodwatch then only watches for the LED and keeps recording video and sound.
Real bites
From real nights on the bank.
This is where we’ll show clips from our night tests as soon as they’re approved.
What you need
That’s all it takes.
- An iPhone with iOS 17 or later, or an Android phone with Android 11 or later
- A tripod or a phone holder
- A power bank for the whole night
- A bite alarm that beeps, or a receiver. With Plus, the LED on your bite alarm is enough.
Questions
Common questions.
Can Rodwatch see in the dark?
No, Rodwatch has no night vision. The app uses your phone’s camera, and that needs some light. If it’s pitch dark, you won’t see much in the clip. Rodwatch still picks up the beep, because the app is listening. With Plus, Rodwatch also sees the LED on your bite alarm, because it gives off its own light.
Does the app have to stay open all night?
On iPhone, yes: Rodwatch only films while the app is open. The screen stays on but dark, so it doesn’t dazzle. With “Guided Access”, nothing stops monitoring by accident. On Android you can lock the phone, and Rodwatch keeps recording. Either way, plug your phone into a power bank.
Can Rodwatch tell apart bite alarms with the same tone?
No. If two bite alarms sound the same, Rodwatch saves the clip but doesn’t know which rod it was. Set them to different tones and each clip shows the rod.
How long does the battery last, and how often are there false alarms?
We’re measuring that right now on real nights. The figures will be here as soon as testing is finished. If the battery drops below 10%, Rodwatch warns you before recording stops.
How much does Rodwatch cost?
In the eurozone, Rodwatch Basis costs €2.99 a month or €14.99 a year. Rodwatch Plus, with LED detection, wake alarm and the option to turn off tone detection, costs €4.99 a month, €29.99 a year or €59.99 as a one-off purchase. Elsewhere, the App Store and Google Play show you the price in your local currency. There’s no free trial. Without a subscription, you can teach your bite alarm at home and use test mode to check whether Rodwatch recognises it.
Do I need a receiver?
No. Rodwatch hears the beep right at the bite alarm. If you have a receiver, Rodwatch can listen to that too. With Plus, Rodwatch sees the LED on your bite alarm and wakes you up itself.
Which bite alarms does Rodwatch work with?
With bite alarms and receivers that beep audibly. You can check whether yours is recognised at home when you teach it, even without a subscription.
What happens to my clips?
They stay on your phone. Rodwatch needs no internet, no account and no cloud, and sends us nothing. Clips only leave the device if you share them yourself.
Ready for your next night on the bank?
Rodwatch runs on your phone. No internet, no account, no cloud.
Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play
For iPhone with iOS 17 or later and Android 11 or later.