Recoil Shot Timer vs Range Drills
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 Drills
This app offers tools for shooters to enhance their skills, precision, and safety. It helps users refine technique, develop safe firearm handling, monitor progress, and achieve shooting objectives. Suitable for both novice and experienced marksmen.
- Skill improvement tools
- Precision enhancement
- Safety habit building
- Performance tracking
- Goal achievement support
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Range Drills is a powerful training app designed to help shooters improve their skills, precision, and safety. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced marksman, Range Drills provides simple, effective tools to refine your technique, build safe firearm-handling habits, track your performance, and achieve your shooting goals. Train smarter. Shoot better. Hit your mark. Terms of Use: https://rangedrills.io/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://rangedrills.io/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Range Drills at 5.0 against Recoil Shot Timer's 4.3. Range Drills also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Recoil Shot Timer's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (25 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Range Drills sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Range Drills holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recoil Shot Timer has 25 ratings behind it against 3, 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 100% of Range Drills's.
Recoil Shot Timer ships an update fortnightly, Range Drills every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and August 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Recoil Shot Timer | Range Drills |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | NIftyBytes | IDODEV.IO LLC |
Customer experience
Recoil Shot Timer
Range Drills
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 Drills
- Range Drills Monthly Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Range Drills Annual Premium7 Days trial$100.001 Year
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