Comparison

Recoil Shot Timer vs Digital Match Book

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Digital Match Book

Features
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Digital Match Book is a local-first field companion for precision rifle competitors. FIND A MATCH Browse upcoming public matches, add a match shell to your library, and open the event's public Impact Scoring registration page. DMB does not collect Impact credentials. PREP AND WORK THE MATCH Move through General Match Info, checklists, stages, and Final Wrap Up. Keep target tables, stage descriptions, current zero data, equipment, and notes together. WIND AND DIRECTION Capture whole-MPH wind readings from a connected Kestrel, record target direction of fire, and review W/DOF in degrees or clock format without overwriting the competitor-owned Actual field. STAGE LOG AND RIFLE DATA Record personal hits, misses, no-shots, PEWS, impacts, and notes. Maintain rifle profiles, barrels, loads, zero cards, ladders, and bullet-count logs. DMB LAB Watch live Kestrel readings, record sessions, and analyze timestamped wind speed and direction. A simulated Kestrel is available from the Live tab for review without hardware. IMPORT AND SHARE Import or share local match packages. Optional COF document, photo, or text processing requires your own OpenAI API key and explicit approval before each upload. No Digital Match Book account is required. Working data stays on the device unless you deliberately export, share, register externally, or approve optional COF processing.

Screenshots

Recoil Shot Timer4 screens
Digital Match Book4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Digital Match Book at none against Recoil Shot Timer's 3. Recoil Shot Timer's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Recoil Shot Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Digital Match Book asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recoil Shot Timer ships an update fortnightly, Digital Match Book every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Recoil Shot Timer versus Digital Match Book: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecoil Shot TimerDigital Match Book
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (28 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB7 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperNIftyBytesCASEY ROBERT KLEINMAN

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Recoil Shot Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Recoil Pro - One Time Purchase$39.99
None

Digital Match Book

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Recoil Shot Timer free?
Recoil Shot Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Digital Match Book free?
Digital Match Book is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Recoil Shot Timer or Digital Match Book have ads?
Neither Recoil Shot Timer nor Digital Match Book shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Recoil Shot Timer or Digital Match Book?
Recoil Shot Timer ships an update fortnightly, and Digital Match Book every 3 weeks. Most recently, Recoil Shot Timer was updated on October 22, 2026 and Digital Match Book on October 17, 2026.

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