Comparison

DartZone vs Darts Playground Pro

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

Head to head
About

DartZone

This app helps dart players improve their finishing accuracy and decision-making. It simulates match pressure with random inaccuracies, teaching logical checkout strategies over fixed calculations. Learn safe finishes, understand bogey numbers, and boost your checkout percentage.

Highlights
  • Checkout route practice
  • Learn safe finishes
  • Understand bogey numbers
  • Improve checkout percentage
  • Simulates match pressure
  • Realistic throw inaccuracies
Features
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Finish better. Make smarter decisions. Win more legs. DartZone is a checkout training app for dart players who want to improve their finishing consistency, understand checkout routes, and perform better under match pressure. The app simulates realistic dart matches by adding random throw inaccuracies, helping you learn how to adapt your decisions just like in real games. Instead of fixed calculations, DartZone teaches you the logic behind finishes: Which routes are safer, how to set up your favourite double, and how to avoid busts. With DartZone you can: - practise different checkout routes - learn safe finishes and favourite doubles - understand bogey numbers - steadily improve your checkout percentage Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced player, DartZone helps you finish with confidence.

About

Darts Playground Pro

Features
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Auto-scoring, checkout maths, and a roster of cheeky CPU opponents — plus every classic game from 501 to Bob's 27. Set a screen up at your board and play solo, against the machine, or with a group. Beat the machine — if it lets you Four difficulty levels, matched to your three-dart average, each with its own character — and a bit of mouth on them. The darts fly in with real motion, miss realistically, and the banter never stops. Watch your average climb Every dart counts toward your record. Three-dart averages, checkout percentage, 180s and personal bests — tracked across every session so you can actually see yourself improve. Checkouts, sorted Get under 170 and Darts Playground shows you the way out — the standard route to finish on a double, every time. Learn the finishes without memorising the chart. A screen on every board, in sync Set a phone or tablet up at each board and they all stay in sync — every screen shows live scores from every board. Ideal for league night and knockouts: glance at any device to see how the other matches are going. Darts Playground Premium Unlock every game and feature with a Darts Playground Premium subscription, available monthly or yearly. The length and price of each plan are shown in your local currency before you buy. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://www.dartsplayground.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.dartsplayground.com/privacy

Screenshots

DartZone4 screens
Darts Playground Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

DartZone and Darts Playground Pro are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. DartZone sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Darts Playground Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
DartZone versus Darts Playground Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDartZoneDarts Playground Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilipp HochProtostream Limited

In-app purchases

3 purchases

DartZone

One-time3
  • Buy a Coffee$2.99
  • Supporter$8.99
  • Champion$24.99
2 purchases

Darts Playground Pro

Subscriptions2
  • Darts Playground Pro$4.991 Month
  • Darts Playground Pro$49.991 Year

Questions

Is DartZone free?
DartZone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Darts Playground Pro free?
Darts Playground Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DartZone or Darts Playground Pro have ads?
Neither DartZone nor Darts Playground Pro shows ads.

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