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The fishing game you cast for real.

Swing your iPhone like a rod. The line flies as far as your arm sends it, and bites arrive as taps in your palm before anything moves on screen.

No rodNo gearNo accountJust your iPhone

One email when it ships on the App Store. Nothing else, ever. Free to play.

Longcast catch card: a rare Northern Pike, 9 kilograms, caught on a 62 meter cast, fight rated 6.9 out of 10, with a Release for karma button.

Why it feels real

The closest thing to a real cast, with hardware you already own.

No rod attachment, no controller, no subscription to start. Longcast turns the sensors already inside your iPhone into fishing tackle.

Your swing is the cast

The motion sensors read your real arm: arc, speed, commitment. A lazy flick lands short. A full swing past 55 meters opens water most players never see.

Your palm is the float

The Taptic Engine plays each species family as its own rhythm of taps. Regulars learn to name the fish with the phone face-down on their knee.

Real patience, real water

Fish bite when fish bite. No energy bars, no timers to buy away, no coin rain. Sixty-six hand-drawn species, three venues, honest odds.

Thirty seconds

Watch a cast.

The swing, the taps, the fight, in half a minute.

How a cast works

The phone disappears. The rod remains.

Three moves, learned in one cast. Prefer stillness? Every move has a touch control.

Move 1Swing to cast

Tap CAST to arm, then swing the phone through like a rod. Your arc and speed set the distance, shown in meters as the line flies.

Three photos of an angler swinging a phone like a rod: cocked back at the shoulder, whipping forward, arm extended toward the water.
The real cast, start to finish: wind up, swing through, extend.

Move 2Feel the bite

Nibbles are a haptic language played by the Taptic Engine: two soft taps, three quick ones, patterns you learn to read. Three hard thuds mean strike, and you snap the phone upward to set the hook.

Three photos of an angler setting the hook: phone held low at the waist, rising through the chest, snapped upward to eye level.
The hook-set: feel the strike, snap upward, fish on.

Move 3Set the hook, win the fight

Jerk upward to set the hook, then manage tension: reel, let it run, and when the fish drags sideways, turn the phone toward the pull. Big fish give you a shorter window.

Three photos of an angler reeling with the phone at the chest: turned to the left, held square, turned to the right, following the fish's pull.
Follow the fight: turn the phone into the pull, left or right.

Straight from the game

Quiet water, loud moments.

Real screenshots, not renders. Dawn on Alder River, a personal-best pike, the ladders, and a group tournament mid-week.

The Longcast fishing scene at dawn: mountains behind still water, a glowing CAST button, and a bait chip in the reeds.
Pick your waterDawn, dusk, moon phases. The scene follows the real clock.
A catch card for a rare Northern Pike weighing 9 kilograms with fight rating and a release button.
Land the storyEvery catch gets a card: weight, cast, fight score, release karma.
Longcast global ladders: Discoverer, Biggest Fish, and Most Kg tabs with ranked anglers.
Climb the laddersDiscoverer, Biggest Fish, Most Kg. Global and per group.
A private group called Dawn Patrol running a biggest-fish tournament and a weekly grayling challenge.
Run a tournamentClosed groups, invite codes, a podium for the top three.

Far water

Distance is the whole game.

Sixty-six species live in bands of water. The commons feed near shore. Rare fish only bite past 45 meters. The ten unique species hold beyond 55, and reaching them takes a real cast.

The long soak is the price of hunting the far bands. Bring patience.

The house rule

Money never buys catch-power.

Catch odds are identical for every player, forever. Longcast is free to play, every species is catchable free, and releasing fish earns karma that opens new water. The optional Angler's Pass (6.99 USD a month or 39.99 a year) keeps every venue open and fills the bait wallet. It buys breadth, never luck. No energy bars, no coin rain.

Questions

Fair questions, straight answers.

Do I need any equipment?
No. Just the iPhone in your hand. The motion sensors read the swing and the Taptic Engine plays the bites. No rod attachment, no controller, nothing to buy.
Do I have to swing my phone?
No. A pull-back slingshot gesture casts and a swipe sets the hook. Touch controls switch on automatically when iOS Reduce Motion is on. If you do swing, keep a firm grip.
Is it really free?
Yes. Free to download, and all 66 species can be caught by a free player. The subscription adds venues and baits, not luck.
What phones does it need?
An iPhone running iOS 17 or later. The haptic bite language uses the Taptic Engine, so newer iPhones feel best.
Can I play with friends?
Yes. Private groups with invite codes, shared ladders, and closed group tournaments: the organiser picks a week or a month and a goal, heaviest bag or biggest fish, and the top three get a podium ceremony. No account, email, or password required.
Is it on Android or iPad?
No, iPhone only. Motion casting and the haptic bite language depend on the iPhone's sensors and Taptic Engine. No Android or iPad version is announced.
When does it launch?
Longcast is in final testing and launches on the App Store in 2026. The waitlist above gets exactly one email on launch day.