# HotClays Trap Skeet & Sporting — user reviews > 88 indexed App Store user reviews of HotClays Trap Skeet & Sporting by HotClays LLC, rated 4.80/5 from 1,456 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hotclays-trap-skeet-and-sporting/id1493008999/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hotclays-trap-skeet-and-sporting/id1493008999.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,260 · 4★ 118 · 3★ 36 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 32 ## What do users think of HotClays Trap Skeet & Sporting? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Great app - 🚀 Easy to use - 💡 Useful for tracking progress - 👍 Fantastic app - 👍 Simple and works great - 👍 Best app for shotgun sports - 👍 Excellent app - 👍 Awesome app - 👍 Hands down the best app around **Cons** - 🐛 Laggy scoring on Apple Watch - 🐛 Missing features like 2nd shot button on Apple Watch - 🐛 Cursor jumps to Opt. when scoring Skeet - 🐛 Paid for premium but only got free version - 🐛 Max 10 shots per sporting stand is annoying - 🐛 No way to delete a round - 🐛 Complicated to use, a bit clunky - 🐛 Doesn't work with Apple Watch - 🐛 Unable to edit event or round details - 🐛 Difficult to assign shooter placement **Commonly reported bugs** - Laggy scoring on Apple Watch - Cursor jumps to Opt. when scoring Skeet - Paid for premium but only got free version - Doesn't work with Apple Watch **Most requested features** - Add ability to sort American trap by distance - Add more filter options for last rounds - Add ability to input club details and map - Add ability to edit/delete events and rounds - Add support for 12 or 14 birds per stand - Add ability to create stats for groups/squads ## Newest reviews (12 of 88) ### 4/5 — Please Bring Back the 5-Box Grouping *2026-08-22, version 2026.21* I really liked the previous layout where the 25 boxes were visually grouped into sets of 5. After the latest update, all the boxes have the same spacing, which makes it much harder to quickly count which box I’m on. Please consider bringing back the 5-box grouping (5 groups of 5). It made tracking and counting much easier and more intuitive. ### 2/5 — 2026.19 update *2026-07-15, version 2026.19* Not a fan of the new update. I entered 2 different groups for skeet that each group shot 6 rounds but it does not separate the groups anymore it's just logged as round 1 through 12 instead of group 1 rounds 1-6 and group 2 rounds 1 - 6. When I entered one group for trap and they shot 8 different rounds of trap. The rounds somehow was mixed up and not logged in the order that they were shot. However when I open the app up on another device with the 2026.1 version the rounds are in the correct order as they were logged. It's when I open the app up on a device that has the new 2026.19 version that it showed the rounds out of order and the graph under the persons name is also out of order of how the scores were actually logged. ### 3/5 — Annoyed *2026-07-12, version 2026.1* Some of the updates are nice, but the iPads and phones do not sync. What’s with the “New Series” vs a “New Event”? ### 4/5 — More functionality Please *2026-07-03, version 2026.18* Need to add the long run front and back to the skeet card! ### 3/5 — I don’t like the new update *2026-06-10, version 2026.16* I do not like the update that does not keep you squad in place. I have to re-select and move posts, yardages every round. ### 3/5 — Changes *2026-06-01, version 2026.15* Lot of nice changes being made to the app, just having difficulty in figuring out how to use them properly. Seems like you can choose multiple throwers now, but cannot change the names from A,B,C, etc and have it save properly. Also sharing info has become more cumbersome along with editing of courses. May just be my learning curve; happy to see changes, would be Evan happier if I knew how to use them ### 4/5 — Liked the old version better *2026-05-30, version 2026.14* I’ve used Hot Clays since 2021, was super happy with the free version for keeping score while shooting with my buddies. Since they changed the layout I’ve been very disappointed with the inability to change the course on the go. Wish I could get the old one back. ### 2/5 — Please go back to the old version *2026-05-23, version 2026.14* Writing this for version 2026.14 I loved this app before the update and was recommending to anyone I shot with. But now they’ve gone and messed with a good thing. Firstly, you now have to register which is annoying and makes me fear that ads/ mandatory subscription is coming. Second, it seems that you can’t start a new sheet without internet connection. This is app is for clay shooting; an activity that takes place in remote areas often with poor phone signal so if I can’t connect to 4/5G then it won’t let me start a new card. Thirdly, it used to be such that you would keep the discipline scores separate which I liked but now my skeet, sporting and sport trap scores all sit together making it more difficult to compare what I had done before. Fourth, it seems to be really difficult to set up the courses. I used to have a couple of default courses for the different grounds I went to and then I could just start another using the template next time I went. But because the stands move around (e.g. one week stand 4 might be a 4 pair on report and the next it might be a 5 pair sim) it was very easy to adjust - just go in to the edit button, click on the stand and remove or add a pair. Now it seems as though it’s locked them in so you can’t change it without creating an entire new course set up (or if you can change it easily, it’s not easy to see how). Please just undo all these changes and go back to how it was a month ago. If not, I’m going to have to try and look for something else which would be a shame because I really enjoyed this app before these changes. ### 2/5 — Beta for sure, in time will work. *2026-05-21, version 2026.14* Waiting for a search function, course identification, individual team scores, individual shooter scores for each course, etc…………. ### 4/5 — Good with 1 bug *2026-01-04* Works well but for some reason when you share the scorecard thru email is doesn’t add the 5th shooter in, just blank spaces all across ### 4/5 — Feedback for improvement *2025-11-20, version 2024.3* Love the app on the phone!! However, when trying to score using Apple Watch, the scoring is very laggy. There is a significant delay between tapping the watch and the app actually registering the score. Also, for disciplines like DTL, there isn’t a 2nd shot button on the watch. I genuinely love this app. I hope that the app on the watch can be optimised soon! ### 4/5 — Great *2024-10-19, version 2024.2* Great app. Only thing I would change is make it so can sort American trap by distance so I can know my 16 yard singles avg vs my 25 yard handicap singles. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Still waiting for support to help me with a subscription *2026-07-17, version 2026.19* I would give this a 5 but I have email support and have yet to get a response a week later.. ### 1/5 — HotClays Premium *2026-06-05, version 2026.15* Latest update 6/2026 made the app look fancier but stripped all useful features making it useless. This mistake will cost the developer a lot of money. Also looks like they raised the price for a less effective app. ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2026-05-29, version 2026.14* The new update has remove many of the desired features of the previous version. The new update has rendered this app incredibly less useful. As a paid subscriber, I am very disappointed. ### 1/5 — Destroyed easy adding stations *2026-05-24, version 2026.14* Horrible update has destroyed any way to add stations as you go. ### 1/5 — Bad Updates *2026-05-23, version 2026.14* The recent updates have broken a lot of the previous functionality of the app. Lots of broken statistics. Loss of previously saved guns and ammo. No ability to filter things through saved guns/ammo or yardages. I’m actually upset that I had JUST renewed my paid premium membership just to have lost a lot of previously saved data. I would NOT purchase the paid subscription for this at all!! I plan on emailing the developer with a list of issues with the app, but I do not plan ever receiving a response. ### 1/5 — New login lost all my data *2026-05-19, version 2026.13* A recent new version forced me to log in and set a new password, and then lost 3 years of my son’s trap, skeet, and sporting clays scores. This app worked well, but losing all that data is unforgivable. ### 1/5 — 5 years worth of data gone! *2026-05-17, version 2026.13* What happened with this update. My son is a senior and suddenly the only data that shows up is from 2021. 5 years of keeping stats are gone! ### 1/5 — Disappointed coach *2024-09-27, version 2022.4* I would have rated zero if that was possible. I emailed though the contact us of the app with two questions about the app I had to use the app for tracking our athletes scores and never received any reply. ### 1/5 — Paid for premium. Only got free version *2024-05-29, version 2022.4* I paid for the premium version. It never unlocked past the free version. HotClays does not have a live person to contact. They don’t respond to their email or Instagram account. ### 1/5 — Watch *2022-11-02, version 2022.4* Doesn’t work with Apple Watch ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I love this app *2026-08-03, version 2026.21* I never bother with a score sheet anymore. This app is so easy to set up scoring on the fly, or pre-load your favorite courses. It’s as easy as pulling up your course, adding your shooters’ names and you are ready to go. I love how easily it tracks each station, and stores your history so you can see how you are progressing over time. I recommend it to everyone I see on the course. Did I mention that it keeps you moving faster? Too many times I am waiting behind large groups trying to fill in their score sheets with 2-3 groups backing up behind them. With this app I can literally hold my phone in one hand and the station trigger in the other and tap hits or misses without even having to look at the screen. By the time we are done shooting our station, our scores are already saved and we are ready to move on. ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-07-16, version 2026.20* I’ve been using the app as an individual for a couple years now, which has been great. More recently using the premium version to run my club’s sporting clays league with much success. Transitioned away from paper sheets that were unreadable and at times wet & soggy. Requested an export change from the developer who was extremely responsive and helpful in making the suggested change. Thanks ### 5/5 — Love the app *2026-07-11, version 2026.19* Best tool for visualizing and showing the shooter what stations they need to address and work on. ### 5/5 — Trap *2026-07-11, version 2026.19* Best app I have used highly recommend. Must have!! ### 5/5 — Brilliant and simple! *2026-07-02, version 2026.18* A must have for live scoring. ### 5/5 — Fantastic Support *2026-05-14, version 2026.13* I generally do not write reviews for anything but I felt I needed to. We have been using the premium version of HotClays for several years now and it has worked ok. When I seen they had an update I was excited to see what it was all about, boy has it changed! It took a little work but I worked back and forth with Eddie the last couple days and I can say I’m genuinely excited to start league and use this app this year. Fantastic support, looking forward to making this updated app work for our club. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Ease of use *2026-03-26, version 2026.1* Simple to operate and score with. ### 5/5 — ✌️ *2024-12-14, version 2024.3* Great app ### 5/5 — Best I have found *2024-09-28, version 2022.4* This app is simple and works great. Especially useful with an Apple Watch. I really like it for when I go out shooting alone. Easy to keep score and save results. ### 5/5 — The best sporting clays app! *2024-08-25, version 2022.4* I recently got into sporting clays and discovered this app by pure luck… loved it. Afterwards I downloaded easily 10 other apps and determined this was hands down the best. 10/10 and thank you for creating! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-04.*