Comparison

Rise vs Archery Apprentice

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

Head to head
About

Rise

Track your archery progress with advanced statistics and charts. Simulate tournaments, record scores, and connect with other archers. Set goals and analyze your performance to improve your skills.

Highlights
  • Tournament simulations
  • Score recording options
  • Advanced statistics
  • Goal setting
  • Connect with other archers
  • Customizable rounds
  • Loadout tracking
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

Archery Apprentice

Features
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Track your archery scores, manage equipment, and compete in tournaments with Archery Apprentice. Perfect for archers of all levels. Features: • Score tracking with detailed statistics • Equipment management for bows and setups • Tournament creation and participation • Round history and progress tracking

Screenshots

Rise4 screens
Archery Apprentice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Rise at Free against Archery Apprentice's $0.99. Rise also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.1). Archery Apprentice's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On update cadence, ads and device support 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

Rise is free to download; Archery Apprentice costs $0.99 up front. Rise sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Archery Apprentice asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Rise versus Archery Apprentice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRiseArchery Apprentice
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (156 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings156 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCampbell AffleckChristopher Pishaki

Bugs and requests

Rise

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Email verification link not received
  • App crashes frequently
  • App unstable
  • Timer sound not working on iPhone
  • Video not working on tablet
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  • App crashes when not using target face scoring
  • App crashes when tapping 'FINISH SCORING'
  • App crashes when going to stats
  • App crashes when deleting past rounds
  • App crashes and doesn't save progress when closed during a round
  • App not starting since last update
  • App requires restart occasionally
  • App doesn't fill whole iPad screen
  • Cannot delete test data without deleting the app
  • Buggy, poor editing
  • No Android port

Requested features

9 requests
  • Eliminate single arrows from an end
  • Share in PDF
  • Share in JPEG
  • Add a timer function to a round type
  • Set gear like arrows and bow stats
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  • Score multiple people for a match
  • Target face comparison between two specific ends
  • CSV export of each game
  • Ability to delete data

Archery Apprentice

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

Archery Apprentice

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rise free?
Rise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Archery Apprentice free?
Archery Apprentice costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rise or Archery Apprentice have ads?
Neither Rise nor Archery Apprentice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rise or Archery Apprentice?
Rise ships an update every 3 weeks, and Archery Apprentice every 3 weeks. Most recently, Rise was updated on November 7, 2026 and Archery Apprentice on October 28, 2026.

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