Comparison

PENTASHOT vs Shooter

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

Head to head
About

PENTASHOT

Features
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HM Connect target app gives you three modes - Training, Competition and Individual. In training mode you are not limited by time, number of series or shots, just shoot as many as you'd like. In competition mode you can choose number of series, shooting time is 50 seconds. In individual mode you can choose number or series, number of shots, shooting time and size of hit zone.

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Shooter

Features
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Shooter scores your paper target from a photo. Photograph the card, check the shots the app found, and save the series to your shooting log — air pistol, air rifle, smallbore, pistol and rifle, at 10 m, 25 m, 50 m and beyond. SCORE A TARGET FROM A PHOTO • 170 targets from 43 federations, including ISSF, NRA, CMP, NSRA, DSB, FFTir, SPSF and KNSA • Cards marked “Works offline” are scored on the phone itself, with no internet • Other cards are scored with AI over the internet, or you place the shots yourself • Whole-ring or decimal scoring with the card’s own gauge rules and your calibre • A strip or card with several bulls is scored bull by bull, in order • Every hole the app found is shown on the photo: move, add or delete shots before you save SCOPE MODE • Photograph through the spotting scope after each shot; the app proposes the one new hole • The phone reads each score aloud, so your eyes stay on the sights • Fire the camera with the on-screen shutter, a tap or a Bluetooth camera remote LOG A SESSION BY HAND • No photo? Type each shot on a ring keypad. It counts in your totals and trends YOUR SHOOTING LOG AND STATISTICS • Every session, scanned or typed, in one history you can filter by year, discipline and gun • Heat map of where your shots land, for the whole session and for each series • Form curve, score trend, quick stats and a training calendar for each discipline • Group size, mean radius and the centre of the group on every scanned target • Training patterns: where the shots outside your group tend to go • Analysis notes under each result, recurring faults per discipline and a PDF analysis report GUNS, RANGE DAYS AND CLUB • A record for each gun: sight click values, default ammunition and licence details • Range days per gun: set how many days you need before a date, see how many are left, get a reminder • Your federation’s badges, with your progress toward each tier • Club check-in by QR code on the club’s own phone, with a register it can search and export • Export your sessions as PDF or CSV, or share a score as an image YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR PHONE • No account, no sign-up • Sessions are stored on your phone; back them up to iCloud Drive or Google Drive when you choose • Import your history from TargetScan • Available in 20 languages FREE AND PRO • Your first 10 scans are free. Typing sessions by hand and every statistic are always free • Shooter Pro removes the 10-scan limit Scores are training records, not official match results. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getshooter.app/privacy

Screenshots

PENTASHOT3 screens
Shooter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PENTASHOT at none against Shooter's 5. PENTASHOT also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Shooter's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Shooter sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. PENTASHOT asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PENTASHOT ships an update every 2 months, Shooter daily. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
PENTASHOT versus Shooter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPENTASHOTShooter
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB91 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPENTASHOT EU s.r.o.Peter Danulf

In-app purchases

None

PENTASHOT

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Shooter

Subscriptions2
  • Shooter Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Shooter Pro Yearly14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time3
  • 10 AI Scoring Credits$1.99
  • 25 AI Scoring Credits$3.99
  • 100 AI Scoring Credits$9.99

Questions

Is PENTASHOT free?
PENTASHOT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shooter free?
Shooter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PENTASHOT or Shooter have ads?
Neither PENTASHOT nor Shooter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PENTASHOT or Shooter?
PENTASHOT ships an update every 2 months, and Shooter daily. Most recently, PENTASHOT was updated on October 29, 2026 and Shooter on November 5, 2026.

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