Comparison

Archery Release Trainer vs CM Archers Mind

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

Head to head
About

Archery Release Trainer

This app acts as a training tool for archers, helping them practice their shot process and overcome common release issues like target panic. It can be used with a physical release trainer or at the range for auditory cues, preparing archers for competition or hunting.

Highlights
  • Practice shot process
  • Fix target panic
  • Train with new release aids
  • Auditory shooting cues
  • Paper and 3D target images
  • Competition preparation
Features
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In combination with an archery release trainer this app serves as a training tool for archers to practice their shot process. It helps to teach archers to hold on target and go through their entire shot process before executing their release. It fixes common archery release problems such as "Target Panic" and "Punching the Release". The app can also be used to train with a new release aid or used at the archery range for auditory shooting ques. With both paper target and 3D target images, this app is an excellent tool for archers preparing for competition or hunting.

About

CM Archers Mind

Features
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In competition, technique is rarely what decides. You built your technique in training. What decides is whether you can call it up under pressure. CM Archers Mind is a training app for the mental side of archery. No meditation, no wellness. Everything here serves a single question: how do you call up your next good shot under pressure? YOUR SHOT ROUTINE Build your personal routine step by step, with your own key words. Train it guided, with spoken cues and haptics, even without a bow at home. You can record every step in your own voice. THE RESET The arrow is shot. The problem is not the arrow but what it leaves behind: tension, shallow breathing, a head still on the last arrow. Eight reset exercises, grouped by the time you actually have: the micro reset between two arrows, the set reset in a final's break, the end reset on the walk to the target, the day reset after a competition. Not everyone needs calming. If you rush, you need to slow down. If you freeze, you need activation. You assign yourself to one of four reaction patterns and get suitable exercises recommended. Every exercise has two views: at home the learning mode with reasoning, success criterion and the most common mistake — on the line just one word per step, large and haptically timed. A four-week programme takes you from your living room into competition and explains why each week looks the way it does. INTERRUPTION TRAINING Shoot, step away from the line, a timed task, come back, shoot on. What you practise is not the puzzle but the way back into your routine — exactly what every end in competition asks of you. Nine tasks from memory to word search, all generated by the app and therefore new every time. Every second round runs without a task and serves as the comparison. It grew out of junior training and works for anyone. MENTAL EXERCISES Breathing, concentration, visualisation, confidence, relaxation. Sixteen exercises, each with guidance in the same structure: why it works, when to use it, how you know it worked, and the most common mistake. PRESSURE AND COMPETITION Pressure training with scenarios, competition simulation with scoring, final simulation with sets, opponent and shoot-off. Plus guided competition preparation and a competition diary. ANALYSIS WITH RESTRAINT The app reports only numbers that follow from your data. If there is not enough data, it says so openly instead of showing a number that carries nothing. No interpretations, no statements about your personality. The key figure is the arrow after: how well you come back after a bad arrow, compared with your average. Every analysis can be expanded to show what the number says and what it does not. COACH AREA Coaches put together assignments — exercises, goals, a note, a due date — and pass them on as a file. Via AirDrop, mail or messenger. No account, no server. The athlete gets the assignment on the home screen and can send back a report with key figures. Competition diary and notes stay on their device. YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU Everything is stored locally. No registration, no internet connection required, no advertising, no tracking. Data leaves your device only if you export or share it yourself. Export as JSON, CSV or PDF. ALSO German and English, switchable inside the app. iPhone and iPad. Light and dark. Built-in manual with eighteen chapters, diagrams and full-text search.

Screenshots

Archery Release Trainer4 screens
CM Archers Mind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Archery Release Trainer at 11.0 against CM Archers Mind's 17.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Archery Release Trainer ships an update weekly, CM Archers Mind every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Archery Release Trainer versus CM Archers Mind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArchery Release TrainerCM Archers Mind
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEducatesoftCalogero Morello

In-app purchases

None

Archery Release Trainer

No in-app purchases

None

CM Archers Mind

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Archery Release Trainer free?
Archery Release Trainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CM Archers Mind free?
CM Archers Mind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Archery Release Trainer or CM Archers Mind have ads?
Neither Archery Release Trainer nor CM Archers Mind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Archery Release Trainer or CM Archers Mind?
Archery Release Trainer ships an update weekly, and CM Archers Mind every 11 days. Most recently, Archery Release Trainer was updated on September 28, 2026 and CM Archers Mind on October 29, 2026.

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