Recoil Shot Timer vs TactLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Recoil Shot Timer
This app uses your Apple Watch to time shooting drills and tracks your performance on your phone. It accurately times shots even in noisy environments or with suppressed firearms, providing detailed analytics on your performance.
- Apple Watch drill timing
- Phone-based performance tracking
- AI-powered recoil detection
- Accurate timing in noisy conditions
- Detailed shot statistics
- Weapon type performance breakdown
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Time drills with your Apple Watch and track performance on your phone. Our recoil-driven, AI-powered app succeeds where traditional acoustic timers fail, giving you the ability to confidently time shots next to other shooters, in the rain, and with suppressed firearms. Track every shot. See every split. Your data is yours, forever. Easily view shot times from your watch as you're training. Dive deeper post-practice and view shot stats on your phone including number of rounds fired, fastest draw, and fastest split for any given day or period. You can also view stats by weapon type (pistol or rifle). Recoil Shot Timer was developed in partnership with the Office of Naval Research as part of the Joint Marksmanship Assessment Package for the Marine Corps. Trained with over 20,000 shots from hundreds of Marines and civilians, Recoil has become a fully functional shot timer with remarkable accuracy. Works best on centerfire rifles and pistols.
TactLog
This app helps analyze paper target shooting sessions by automating scoring and shot group analysis. It organizes target images locally, tracks performance with charts, and prioritizes user privacy with no cloud uploads.
- Automated target scoring
- Shot group analysis
- Target image organization
- Performance charting
- Local data storage
- Privacy-focused design
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Shot log app for TactNib’s paper targets – After shooting at TactNib’s paper target, use the app to collect and analyze the paper target shooting session. Features: • Automates the scoring of TactNib's paper targets, allowing users to adjust scores in case of inaccuracies in the algorithm. • Automates shot group analysis for multiple zones on TactNib's paper targets, enabling users to reassign shot markers to different zones. • Collects and organizes images of TactNib's paper targets into a local database, allowing for easy filtering and sorting of target images by date or score. • Charts your target scores to track your performance over time. We respect your privacy and do not use or upload your target sessions to our cloud servers. Your target sessions are for your eyes only and will be stored on your phone and your personal iCloud (if available). We encourage you to use our database backup option in the app's settings (Settings -> Manage Your Data -> Export Database), as we cannot retrieve your data if it becomes lost/deleted. In the future, as we expand our cloud services, we will communicate the purpose of the feature and how any data is used. Keep in mind your privacy is our top priority.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TactLog at 5.0 against Recoil Shot Timer's 4.3. TactLog also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Recoil Shot Timer's advantage is ratings volume (25 vs 7) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Recoil Shot Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. TactLog asks for nothing beyond the download.
TactLog holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Recoil Shot Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of TactLog's.
Recoil Shot Timer ships an update fortnightly, TactLog every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and June 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Recoil Shot Timer | TactLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 139 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | NIftyBytes | TactNib LLC |
Customer experience
Recoil Shot Timer
TactLog
In-app purchases
Recoil Shot Timer
- Monthly14 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Yearly14 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Recoil Pro - One Time Purchase$39.99
TactLog
No in-app purchases
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