Archer Mania vs Archery Star
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Archer Mania
Experience realistic 3D archery with challenging levels that test your speed and accuracy. Navigate wind, barriers, and moving targets, with options for classical and speed archery modes. Unlock enhanced features and a special bow with an in-app purchase.
- Realistic 3D graphics
- Target Archery rounds
- Speed Archery rounds
- Adjustable firing controls
- Global leaderboards
- In-app purchase for Premium Pack
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"Archers - Take your mark. Ready on Line". Test your skills as a marksman in the centuries old sport of Archery. Work your way through the grueling levels, negotiating wind conditions, barriers and moving targets. *************** A big thanks to all our customers who have written in over the years, with suggestions for the game Version 7.0 onwards, Archer Mania now comes with an all new and much improved 3D engine for more immersive graphics. All the levels have been refined for improvement, and uniformity across different screen sizes. We have also simplified the game controls - instead of the earlier joystick pad on the screen, you can move your finger or thumb anywhere on the screen to move and aim the bow and arrow. The Speed Archery rounds are now specifically designed to be played using the Super Bow, that is automatically unlocked (and becomes the default option) when you purchase the Premium Pack within the game. You can however, manually still select either of the Bows to play any level you like. Check out the new step by step walkthrough in the Tutorial section of the game, in the Main Menu *************** Archer Mania comes with 10 rounds of classical Target Archery to test your speed and accuracy as you try and hit the Bulls Eye. Each round has different wind conditions and obstacles that you must avoid, to hit the Target. Additionally, an In App Purchase of the Premium Pack will unlock another 10 rounds of Speed Archery where the race is on to knock down all targets within the given time frame in each round. Once again, each round will have increasingly difficult conditions of wind speed and barriers. The Premium Pack also unlocks a Super Bow, having stationary sights that allow for more accurate aiming. Purchase of the Premium Pack will also disable ad popups at the end of a round. Features: - Realistic 3D look and feel - 10 challenging rounds of Target Archery - Game Center enabled for global leader boards and achievements - Additional 10 rounds of Speed Archery (in the Premium Pack) - Choice of a Super Bow (in the Premium Pack) - Adjustable firing controls for left and right handers The Range is clear … nock and fire!
Archery Star
Experience a realistic archery simulation with single-player challenges and online 1v1 matches. Test your skills across various levels and aim to become an archery arena superstar.
- Realistic archery simulation
- Single game modes
- Online 1v1 matches
- Improve archery skills
- Challenging levels
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This is a real simulation of archery games, both single game mode and "1 V 1" mode, which means you can compete with other person online, and become a super star in the archery arena. The operation of the game is easy and cool. It highly simulates the real archery operation. Archery Star is more than just 1-on-1 matches. Play in single game modes, improve your archery skills in a variety of challenging and fun levels, put yourself to the test and see how far you can go!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Archery Star at 4.7 against Archer Mania's 4.0. Archery Star also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Archer Mania sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Archery Star sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Archery Star holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Archery Star has 4.8K ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Archer Mania's written reviews are positive against 64% of Archery Star's.
Archer Mania ships an update every 2 months, Archery Star every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Archer Mania | Archery Star |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (28 ratings) | 4.7 (4.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 64.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 4.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 330 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vaibhav Electronics Pvt Ltd | Shenzhen Runqian Technology Limited |
Customer experience
Archer Mania
Archery Star
Bugs and requests
Archer Mania
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Archery Star
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes during matches
- Ads still show after paying to remove them
- Aim issues (arrows firing before aiming)
Requested features
3 requests- Instructions on gameplay
- Contact support without Facebook
- Fix ranking/scoring issues
In-app purchases
Archer Mania
- Premium Pack$0.99
Archery Star
- 80 diamonds$0.99
- first purchase offer$0.99
- stage 2 value chest$1.99
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- remove ads$1.99
- stage 3 value chest$3.99
- 500 diamonds$4.99
- 1000 diamonds$9.99
- training mode epic gift pack$9.99
- magician special offer$9.99
- 1v1 mode epic gift pack$19.99
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