Comparison

Rise vs Archery Counter

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 Counter

Features
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Archery Counter is the app for archers who want to count arrows right on their wrist – no clipboard, no pencil, no miscounting. Built specifically for Apple Watch. Whether you're training in the hall, competing on the field or shooting a 3D course in the woods: Archery Counter logs every arrow you shoot and gives you a precise breakdown of your performance after every training session. COUNT ARROWS IN REAL TIME • Generous plus and minus buttons in red and yellow • Fully usable even with a shooting glove • Corrections anytime via the minus button • Clear, high-contrast display – even in direct sunlight MANAGE SESSIONS • Start a new session with a single tap • Pause or save sessions whenever you want • Every arrow is automatically assigned to your active session • Live timer shows the duration of your training HISTORY AT A GLANCE • All past sessions in a chronological overview • Date, time, duration and arrow count per session • Quick access to every training unit MONTHLY STATISTICS • Clear bar chart for each training day • Number of sessions per month • Total arrows shot • Average per session • Switch months with a swipe or tap BOWTAB – YOUR ANCHOR POINTS ALWAYS AT HAND • Create your own bowtabs with any number of marks • Store a distance and crawl value for each mark • Set one bowtab as your default • Swipe straight from the arrow counter to your default bowtab • Edit marks anytime and manage your bowtabs with ease PRIVACY FIRST • No sign-up, no account • No cloud, no servers • All data stays on your Apple Watch PERFECT FOR • Archers in daily training • Competition and league shooters • 3D course shooters • Coaches and club trainers • Recurve, compound, barebow and traditional bows WHY ARCHERY COUNTER? Most archers lose track of how many arrows they've shot during a session. A classic clipboard is cumbersome, your phone gets in the way when drawing the bow. Archery Counter sits right where it belongs: on your wrist. With just one tap after every shot, you stay on top of your training and can fully focus on shooting. NO SUBSCRIPTION TRAPS Archery Counter is a one-time purchase. No hidden costs, no recurring fees, no in-app purchases. Download Archery Counter now and turn every training session into measurable progress.

Screenshots

Rise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Rise at Free against Archery Counter's $0.99. Rise also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Archery Counter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On ads, device support 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rise ships an update every 3 weeks, Archery Counter every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Rise versus Archery Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRiseArchery Counter
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (156 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings156 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCampbell AffleckRaik Brauns

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 Counter

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 Counter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rise free?
Rise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Archery Counter free?
Archery Counter costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rise or Archery Counter have ads?
Neither Rise nor Archery Counter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rise or Archery Counter?
Rise ships an update every 3 weeks, and Archery Counter every 2 months. Most recently, Rise was updated on November 7, 2026 and Archery Counter on October 25, 2026.

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