Comparison

Rise vs MantisX

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

Head to head
About

Rise

This app helps archers track their progress with detailed scoring, advanced statistics, and goal setting. Connect with a community of archers, join groups, and compete on leaderboards. It supports various scoring systems and offers tools for form analysis and practice.

Highlights
  • Text and target face score recording
  • Support for multiple scoring systems (USAA, NFAA, 3D)
  • Advanced statistics and charts
  • Goal setting and tracking
  • Connect with other archers and join groups
  • Customizable rounds and loadouts
  • Form analysis tools
Features
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The cleanest and most intuitive archery tracking app on the App Store, and the only place to track your development and connect with other archers. Rise is an archery scoring app designed to help you to track your archery development with advanced charts and statistics. Whether you’re shooting at your local range for fun or gearing up for international competitions, Rise makes it easy to save your sessions, set goals, and get instant statistics each time you practice. FEATURES • NEW! Tournament Simulations: Simulate hundreds of real USA Archery, World Archery, and Korea Archery Association tournaments, including National Team qualifiers, World Cups, Indoor World Series events, National Championships, collegiate competitions, and the Olympic Games. Shoot qualification and elimination rounds, compete against real historical results, and see how you rank against real competitors • Text and target face score recording options • Target faces for USA Archery, World Archery, NFAA, 3D (ASA/IBO/OPA), and Imperial scoring • Practice, scoring, arrow counter, and Olympic Round modes • Create an account and access your archery data from any supported device • Profile customization with name, division, and profile photo • Connect with other archers and share your recent sessions • Join and create groups for archery ranges, teams, JOAD clubs, and more • Join a group to compete in monthly leaderboards with other group members • Preloaded with USAA indoor and outdoor rounds — or create your own custom rounds! • Autosave feature that lets you pick up where you left off • Number your arrows and see how different arrows group • Advanced statistics for every saved scoring and practice session • Group scoring rounds together when they’re part of a tournament or to view group statistics • Add notes or tags to each session to track form changes, shooting conditions, injuries, etc. • Filter by distance, loadout, date, and tags • Create multiple loadouts for your different setups or bows, apply them to history items, and view loadout-specific statistics • Track your set up tuning details for each loadout, including brace height, nock height, poundage, arrow spine, sight settings, and more • Save and track your goals • Delayed camera feed for viewing your form as you shoot • Built in Countdown timer to help practice shot timing • Simulate a competition environment by scoring against Rise Bot, whose scores are based off your own recent performance • Support for metric and imperial distances • Support for light and dark modes • Export a saved scoring round as a CSV or PDF • Export your entire shooting history as a CSV Rise is constantly growing, and new updates are always in the works! If you have any questions or want to suggest a feature, please email us at support@risearchery.com, or follow the Facebook page, Rise - Archery Scoring.

About

MantisX

This training system enhances bow handling by analyzing shot mechanics. It requires a separate sensor to collect movement data, which the app then processes to provide insights into your shooting technique.

Highlights
  • Bow handling improvement
  • Shot mechanics analysis
  • Movement data collection
  • Sensor integration
  • Shooting technique insights
Features
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MantisX is a training system that helps you improve your bow handling. Use of the app requires a MantisX Sensor which can be bought here: https://mantisarchery.com. It attaches to our detachable rail adapter. The internal electronics of the MantisX Sensor collect movement data before, during, and after your shot. The app analyzes the data of your shooting mechanics.

Screenshots

Rise4 screens
MantisX3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Rise at 4.8 against MantisX's 3.9. Rise also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 60%) and ratings volume (155 vs 16). MantisX's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Rise sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. MantisX asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rise holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rise has 155 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Rise's written reviews are positive against 60% of MantisX's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rise ships an update every 4 weeks, MantisX every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Rise versus MantisX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRiseMantisX
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (155 ratings) — better3.9 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews75.7% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings155 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB186 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCampbell AffleckMantis Tech LLC

Customer experience

Rise

All ratings155 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral1.9%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive75.7%
Neutral2.7%
Negative21.6%

MantisX

All ratings16 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative18.8%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Rise

Subscriptions4
  • Rise Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Rise Coach Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Rise Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
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  • Rise Coach Yearly$149.991 Year
One-time1
  • Rise Pro Lifetime$199.99
None

MantisX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rise free?
Rise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MantisX free?
MantisX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rise or MantisX?
Rise is rated higher. Rise averages 4.8 out of 5 from 155 ratings, while MantisX averages 3.9 from 16 ratings.
Do Rise or MantisX have ads?
Neither Rise nor MantisX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rise or MantisX?
Rise ships an update every 4 weeks, and MantisX every 3 weeks. Most recently, Rise was updated on October 27, 2026 and MantisX on October 24, 2026.

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