What you will learn: how to send a fishing mate a 48-hour link to one spot or one habitat patch — without giving them your whole map.
Gifts are incomplete on purpose: one preview, then it expires. Recipients are not given your saved list.
What you can gift
| Button | From | What the friend opens |
|---|---|---|
| Gift a private preview | A strong spot / zone on the map | Spot preview map + score |
| Share one secret habitat | A habitat area in Found Areas | Habitat polygon preview |
Busy state: Creating gift…
Success sheet: Your private preview is live. / You just gifted a private preview. One angler now has it.
Then Copy & send (copies a message with the link). On a phone, the system share sheet may open. Example message:
I gifted you a private AlgoCatch preview - an incomplete secret, valid 48h.
{url}
Copied - ready to send confirms the clipboard.
The app menu can show You've gifted {n} private previews or No private previews gifted yet.
Who can gift
- VIP — gifting is part of the plan.
- Free / trial — you may gift an unlocked habitat (typically gilthead) with a weekly quota. When the quota is used: Weekly gift used. Next gift resets {time}. or Next free gift resets soon. You cannot gift habitats your plan has not unlocked (You can only gift habitats unlocked on your plan.).
Spot gifting CTA is VIP only (hidden or locked on Free).
If create fails: Could not create the gift. Please try again.
If you cancel the native share sheet: Gift share cancelled.
Nudges you might see
After you find a nice orada patch, a sheet can say Send this habitat to a mate / Draft a private Orada peek. Not now dismisses it.
If autostart cannot find a peak: No Orada peak in this view - pan the map, then gift from Found Areas.