Comparison

Shot Sense vs Uplander

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

Head to head
About

Shot Sense

This archery accessory provides real-time shot analytics and advanced feedback through a companion app. Track your bow's movement, compare shots, and compete with friends on a community platform to improve your archery skills.

Highlights
  • Real-time shot analytics
  • Advanced shot feedback
  • Bow movement tracking
  • Shot comparison
  • Community platform for competition
  • Improve archery performance
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Elevate your archery experience with the Mathews Shot Sense. Integrated directly into the grip of your Mathews bow, the Shot Sense module will track and record your shot analytics and provide advanced feedback in real time through the Mathews app. Mathews advanced shot data technology allows you to track the movement of your bow throughout your shot sequence, enabling you to compare every shot on the range, in the field, or wherever your bow takes you. Challenge your friends and family to see who takes the most shots, has the best overall score, or compete against any metric you set within our full community platform. Designed to take your archery game to the next level, Mathews Shot Sense will help you take your best shot, every time. Compatible with 2023 and newer Mathews models.

About

Uplander

Features
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Uplander is a hunting journal for upland bird hunters. Log every hunt, build a spot book you actually trust, and keep the notes that decide where you go next season. Free, private, and built to work with no signal. LOG A HUNT IN SECONDS Bird, spot, birds down, shots fired, weather, gear, who was with you, and your dogs. TWO SCOREBOARDS This season and your lifetime, side by side, with an accuracy rating from Warming Up to Eagle Eye. Hide either one if you would rather not see it. BRING YOUR HISTORY WITH YOU Already keep your seasons in a spreadsheet? Import it. Uplander reads CSV, JSON, and the GPX or KML files your mapping app exports, so years of hunts come across in one go. A SPOT BOOK THAT TRACKS ITSELF Mark a spot Candidate, Scouted, Proven or Ruled out, and note its condition this season. Notes from a past season flag themselves, because a field that was cut clean last year tells you nothing about this one. GET BACK THERE Drop a pin, import one from a photo you took in the field, or share one from Apple Maps. Then show it on the map, or start directions. FIELD NOTES WORTH KEEPING Tie a note to a spot, to a particular hunt, or to the birds it applies to. Search everything by place, bird, or tag. PACK LISTS Build one once, check it off before every trip, reset it for the next. SEASON COUNTDOWNS Track your openers and closing days, with an optional nudge about your license before the season starts. WILD-GAME RECIPES Six of them, for dove, pheasant and quail. All included. BADGES First Shot, Limit Out, Dead Eye, Mixed Bag, and more to find. TRIP IDEAS Ten hand-picked destinations, from a weekend away to the trip of a lifetime. PRIVATE, AND FREE Uplander is free. There are no in-app purchases, no subscription, and no ads. There is no account to make and no server: everything you log stays on your iPhone, so we never see your hunts, your spots, or your photos. Logging works fully offline, which matters where you hunt. Bag limits and season dates are your own entries plus generic defaults, not official regulations. Always confirm with your state wildlife agency before you hunt. Built by an upland hunter, for upland hunters. See you in the field.

Screenshots

Shot Sense4 screens
Uplander4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Uplander at every 2 weeks against Shot Sense's every 3 months. Shot Sense's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shot Sense ships an update every 3 months, Uplander every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Shot Sense versus Uplander: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShot SenseUplander
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMathews Archery, IncChad Cooper

In-app purchases

None

Shot Sense

No in-app purchases

None

Uplander

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shot Sense free?
Shot Sense is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Uplander free?
Uplander is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shot Sense or Uplander have ads?
Neither Shot Sense nor Uplander shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shot Sense or Uplander?
Shot Sense ships an update every 3 months, and Uplander every 2 weeks. Most recently, Shot Sense was updated on September 29, 2026 and Uplander on October 4, 2026.

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