Recoil Shot Timer vs Range Day
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.
Range Day
This app helps optimize your shooting range training sessions. It includes tools for calculating hit factors, creating custom drills, and accessing specialized training routines to track and improve your skills.
- Hit Factor Calculator
- Custom Drill Creator
- T.REX ARMS Training Drills
- Skill Improvement Tracking
- Range Session Optimization
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Range Day is designed to help optimize your time at the range. With a Hit Factor Calculator, a Custom Drill Creator, and access to unique T.REX ARMS training drills, you will be able to track your skills improvement over time and get the most out of your range days.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Range Day at none against Recoil Shot Timer's 3. Range Day also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (94% vs 75%). 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. Range Day asks for nothing beyond the download.
Range Day holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Range Day has 138 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Recoil Shot Timer's written reviews are positive against 94% of Range Day's.
Recoil Shot Timer ships an update fortnightly, Range Day every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Recoil Shot Timer | Range Day |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (25 ratings) | 4.7 (138 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 | 138 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | NIftyBytes | T.Rex Arms, Inc. |
Customer experience
Recoil Shot Timer
Range Day
Bugs and requests
Recoil Shot Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Range Day
Reported bugs
2 issues- Glitches when trying to modify or delete custom drills
- Unable to edit details of custom drills after saving
Requested features
7 requests- Allow creating custom drills using yards/feet instead of just meters
- Allow editing of custom drills
- Add ability to attach photos/diagrams to custom drills
- Add a shot timer feature
- Add ability to share drills with friends
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- Add a visual drill designer/editor
- Add a video library section
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
Range Day
No in-app purchases
Questions
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