Fishing Friends Network
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Premium Membership

What Membership Costs, and Why

Priced from what it actually costs FFN to run, plus a fair margin, not copied from what other fishing apps charge.

Free

$0
The front door. Never behind a paywall.
  • Profile and Fishing Name
  • Learning Library
  • Golden Nuggets
  • Lunker Board
  • Log your catches, GPS optional
  • Community and events
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Premium

$7.99 / month
Roughly 4 to 5 times FFN's real cost to deliver it. Cancel anytime, reverts to Free.
  • AI fishing assistant
  • Live status with Fishing Friends
  • Advanced maps and water data
  • Waypoints
  • Premium Reels
  • Helps fund background checks
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Mentoring

$13.99 / month
On top of Premium. Active only while your child has a matched mentor.
  • A matched, checked mentor
  • Annual mentor rechecks funded
  • Ongoing oversight and support
  • Funds the shared mentor pool
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Where Your Money Goes

Where the Premium Dollar Goes

25%
20%
30%
25%
Running the app
Background checks
Giving pledge
Building FFN forward

Published in rounded shares, not exact dollar figures. This is the same honesty standard as the giving pledge: real, but not an open ledger.

Mentoring, In Detail

How the Mentoring Fees Work

FeeWho paysWhat it actually covers
Mentor signup, $20–25The volunteer, onceProcessing the application. Not the background check itself.
Mentoring membership, $13.99/moThe parent, monthlyThe shared pool: matching, oversight, and annual rechecks for every mentor in the program.
The background check itselfFunded by the pool aboveRuns on every mentor who applies, regardless of any one family's payment status that month.

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