Smart Sights vs Archery iX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Sights
Calculate precise archery sight marks with this tool. It supports various units and calibrates from multiple measurements for accurate arrow flight prediction. Generate sight tapes or cards for easy use on your device or printed.
- Sight mark calculation
- Supports feet, yards, or meters
- Calibrates from multiple measurements
- Angle measurement and calculation
- Use on watch or phone
- Generate printable sight tapes/cards
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Sight mark calculator for archery. Works in feet, yards or meters. Calibrates from two or more measurements for highly accurate fit to arrow flight. Use from watch or phone, or printed card or sight tape. Angles can be measured from phone or watch. Can calculate cuts for angles. Trial use for 28 days, unlocked with one off purchase.
Archery iX
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A multi-discipline 'Archery Scoring App' which is comprehensive yet easy to use with sufficient detail to satisfy even seasoned professionals. Works Offline....except of course for the Shop, Sharing and Backup. Archery iX is an Archery Scoring Application for: World Archery Target World Archery Field World Archery 3D Archery Australia Target Archery Australia Field 3D Archery Association of Australia Archery-GB Target Archery-GB Field Archery-GB 3D USAA - USA Archery NFAA - National Field Archery Association (USA) ASA - Archery Shooters Association IBO - International Bowhunting Organization IFAA - International Field Archery Association NASP - National Archery in the Schools Program If your club is affiliated to any of the above, then this App is for you. Even though the same target faces are used in most regions of the globe, some regions have added their own bit of spice to the mix, therefore the growing list of Regional Archery Disciplines enable you to use those specifically for your region. Easily switch Disciplines Each discipline has its own set of rules and target face designs, select your discipline and start scoring. Group your Practice and Competition shoots separately Lock your Sessions to prevent accidental changes To be extra safe you can backup all your shoots to iCloud, save a copy of your score sheet to the file system or share via social media, email and printer. Search function Looking for a particular shoot or number of shoots is easy with the search function, search results can then be used to view statistics of those selected shoots. Search for one or multiple archers. Coaches will appreciate this function as they can monitor the progress of each individual archer they are training and compare their performance to choose the right archers for the next Olympics. Multi-Archer Scoring Create a shoot for up to 4 Archers at a time and record the scores simultaneously, easily. Each archer will have their own statistics and score sheet at the end of the shoot. Enter your score via NUMBER PAD or TARGET FACE Use the Number Pad for quick scoring and the Target Face for VERY ACCURATE placement of arrows. Good for squeezing out that last bit of tweaking. For the 'TARGET FACE' choice, please note there are no animal pictures at this stage, scoring is on concentric rings. Create custom Session/Round types Archery iX comes packaged with most Session/Round Types to get you going quickly. If the Session/Round type is missing - Simply create it. For Coaches - Create multiple archers This App is great for parents or coaches who have multiple student archers under their wing and would like to keep track of their performance. Get comparison statistics to see who is ready for the next big competition or the Olympics Record your Bows and Arrows Add your equipment which can then be attached to the score sheet for later reference. Utilities -> Practice your timing with the shot timer -> Print smaller target faces for your 'garage shooting range' to simulate longer distances -> Print blank score sheets for your event Backup your entire database to iCloud. -------------------------------------------------------- Subscription Plans This App is free to download, but has a limit of 20 Shoots/Rounds per Discipline for the free version. This should give you ample time to test the functionality of the App. Sharing or Printing of your Round is also disabled in the Free Version. To remove these limitations, please subscribe to one of the plans available. Updates, improvements and additions are made constantly. -------------------------------------------------------- Contact for Bugs, Suggestions or Questions: archery.ix@icloud.com Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/archery.ix/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Smart Sights at 3 against Archery iX's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Smart Sights sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Archery iX sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Smart Sights ships an update every 11 days, Archery iX every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Sights | Archery iX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | George Denholm | Lutz Wahlers |
In-app purchases
Smart Sights
- Smart Sights Unlock$3.99
Archery iX
- 1 Month Subscription$0.991 Month
- 6 Month Subscription$5.996 Months
- 1 Year Subscription$9.991 Year








