Comparison

Shooter Make Ready vs Foam Hunter

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Shooter Make Ready

Practice shooting skills at home with laser targets and a companion app. Track speed and accuracy with detailed hit analysis and various training scenarios. Enhances decision-making and firearm handling without live ammunition.

Highlights
  • Laser targets simulating steel plates, poppers, and silhouettes
  • Wireless hit detection and scoring
  • Up to eight targets with 50-foot radius
  • Five pre-set Courses of Fire
  • Shot Timer with split times and scoring
  • Sight picture visualization and shot correction analysis
Features
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Practice shooting in the comfort of your own home, anytime and as often as you like. Our laser targets and RedShot laser cartridges, or a SIRT training pistol from NextLevel Training, make it possible to do just that LASER TARGETS Imagine having laser targets that simulate steel plates, poppers, and silhouettes. Targets that show your hits as you shoot, and clang with the gratifying sound of 9mm striking steel. Targets that wirelessly send your hits to the Shooter Make Ready app on your smartphone or tablet so you can actually see and evaluate your speed and accuracy. You can keep it simple with one or two laser targets a short distance away. As your skills improve, add more targets and mix up the course of fire for more challenging scenarios. Up to eight laser targets can be arranged anywhere within a 50 foot radius, in the same room or throughout a building, for full 360 degree training scenarios not possible with camera and video based systems. A built-in rechargeable battery provides up to 36 continuous hours on a single charge, and will fully recharge in under 2 hours using a Mini-USB cable and charge adapter. REDSHOT LASER CARTRIDGE Our RedShot laser cartridges feature a bright red laser housed in a high quality brass casing with an activation pad designed to absorb the impact of the firing/striker pin for safe, dependable operation in your firearm. The cartridge is rimless so it isn’t ejected during normal use. The laser has a wavelength of 635 nm which is designed specifically for consistent, reliable operation with the widest range of dry fire target systems that use visible red light, including our Shooter Make Ready laser targets. SHOOTER MAKE READY APP The Shooter Make Ready app automatically connects to up to eight laser targets. Choose a Course Of Fire (COF) from five available in the app: Steel Training, Saturday Steel, React, Practical Shooting, and Friend Or Foe. Each COF is designed to help you develop specific skills to hone your speed, accuracy, and decision making. Range Officer commands can be enabled to direct the start of the Course Of Fire: “Are you ready?” “Standby!” followed by a 300ms start signal “Beeeep!”. Press the Start button on the Shot Timer screen and begin shooting at the start signal. Even a par time stop signal can be configured for time-limited shot strings. A Shot Timer view captures and displays target hits, cumulative times, split times, and overall scoring for each Course Of Fire. A Targets view shows target hit locations and features a sight picture visualization tool and shot correction chart overlays for analyzing shot groups. WHAT IS DRY FIRE PRACTICE? Dry fire practice is the activity of practicing firearm handling skills for training purposes, without the use of live ammunition. It is widely recognized by shooting enthusiasts, shooting competitors, law enforcement and military trainers, and firearm instructors as an extremely effective means for learning and improving firearm handling skills. Dry fire practice develops muscle memory through repetition, allowing the shooter to learn how to act and react safely, rapidly and instinctively while manipulating a firearm. It is proven to be extremely effective for developing and honing skills such as proper grip, stance, draw, presentation, ready position, target acquisition, natural point of aim, sight alignment, sight picture, trigger control, follow through, reloading, target discrimination, and movement and cover. Many firearm trainers suggest that dry fire practice should constitute 70-80 percent of your overall firearm training. The usual recommendation is to train for about 20 minutes 3-5 days a week, but practicing just 15 minutes twice a week will still greatly improve your shooting skills and build your confidence. Visit our website at acceleratedfirearmtraining.com to learn more about how Shooter Make Ready will accelerate your firearm training!

About

Foam Hunter

Study the scoring rings of 3D targets for archery practice or at home. Access official rulebooks and a searchable database of popular animal targets. Zoom in to view details and clearly marked arrow placement.

Highlights
  • 3D target scoring ring display
  • Searchable target database
  • Zoom and pan target views
  • Clearly marked arrow placement
  • Official ASA and IBO rulebooks
  • Cost-effective alternative to physical cards
Features
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Want to rule the 3d archery range? Study the scoring rings of 3D targets at practice or at home. With all the ASA and IBO targets (plus many more) you'll learn where to aim on any animal. Integrates with the Foam Hunter Scoring app. Choose a target as you shoot and save it for reference later. Also includes complete copies of the *official* ASA and IBO rulebooks. Features - Displays scoring rings for the most popular 3D foam animal targets from Delta McKenzie (ASA) and Rinehart (IBO) - Searchable database of 70 targets with more added regularly - Search by name ("Deer", "Antelope") as well as characteristics ("antlers", "white") - Zoom and pan to view target details - Arrow placement clearly marked and easier to see than cards - More cost effective than physical cards - Complete copies of the *official* ASA and IBO rulebooks.

Screenshots

Shooter Make Ready4 screens
Foam Hunter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Shooter Make Ready at Free against Foam Hunter's $3.99. Foam Hunter's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 11 months). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Shooter Make Ready is free to download; Foam Hunter costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Shooter Make Ready against 4.5 for Foam Hunter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shooter Make Ready ships an update every 11 months, Foam Hunter every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Shooter Make Ready versus Foam Hunter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShooter Make ReadyFoam Hunter
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.4 (5 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB78 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAccelerated Firearm Training, LLCMisty Creek Software

Customer experience

Shooter Make Ready

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Foam Hunter

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Shooter Make Ready

No in-app purchases

None

Foam Hunter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shooter Make Ready free?
Shooter Make Ready is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Foam Hunter free?
Foam Hunter costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Shooter Make Ready or Foam Hunter?
Foam Hunter is rated higher. Shooter Make Ready averages 4.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Foam Hunter averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Shooter Make Ready or Foam Hunter have ads?
Neither Shooter Make Ready nor Foam Hunter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shooter Make Ready or Foam Hunter?
Shooter Make Ready ships an update every 11 months, and Foam Hunter every 5 months. Most recently, Shooter Make Ready was updated on October 3, 2026 and Foam Hunter on October 24, 2026.

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