Comparison

Wrist Dope vs Bow Log

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

Head to head
About

Wrist Dope

A dedicated ballistic calculator for Apple Watch, offering real-time trajectory solutions for shooting. It provides essential data like wind holds, velocity, and energy, with advanced features available through a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Real-time ballistic solutions
  • Wind hold and drift compensation
  • Velocity, energy, and time of flight data
  • Match Mode for stage-based shooting
  • Airgun and pellet support
  • Scope level and anti-cant features
  • Siri integration for hands-free operation
Features
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A real ballistic calculator built for Apple Watch first — not a phone app's afterthought. It runs standalone on your wrist; the iPhone companion is a full app, synced. FREE TO DOWNLOAD The full calculator is free on iPhone and Apple Watch. Wrist Dope Pro — a one-time $39.99, no subscription — unlocks wind meters, Field Trueing, Match Mode, scanning, Siri, auto environmentals, live complications, printable range cards, and unlimited profiles — buy or restore on the watch. Accuracy is never gated. WHEN THE SHOT WON'T WAIT No time to thumb through a calculator. Raise your wrist, dial the range, read your hold. Send it. Glanceable and dial-driven, with real math underneath. A SERIOUS ENGINE, NOT A TOY - True point-mass solver with G1/G7 drag models - Coriolis, spin drift, aero jump, and incline compensation - Holds in MIL or MOA — plus velocity, energy, time of flight - Validated against published reference trajectories - Advanced Settings (Pro): toggle each correction LIVE FIRE Dial the range, or hold it on iPhone and type one; the solution updates instantly. A color-coded arrow shows wind at a glance; multi-wind previews holds across speeds. The display stays awake on the gun. On the rifle, target angle and cant update your holds live. WIND METERS Connect a Kestrel or a WeatherFlow Tempest or WEATHERmeter from the iPhone or straight from the watch. Its wind, temperature, pressure and humidity flow into your holds. Calypso ultrasonic meters link to the iPhone, readings on the watch, with the wind call relative to your line of fire. A meter the app can't use says why. FIELD TRUEING Correct the solver to what your rifle actually did: true muzzle velocity from a chronograph or a group at distance, then BC on a transonic target. It checks your zero first. Or type your own BC. Load rows show the BC and velocity your holds are solved on. MATCH MODE — STAGE CARD AND TIMER Build a match as stages and targets, then glance-read the active stage's ranges and live holds. Arm the par timer to start on a PACT or Shooters Global beep; watch and iPhone count down together by haptic, beep, or voice. Hunter stages: log each target as you find it, then engage in order. On iPhone, RO mode is one big button. Share a match as a file — the whole squad imports it. AIRGUN READY Eleven airgun calibers, .177 to .72, with pellet-real weights and BCs. SCOPE LEVEL — FREE ANTI-CANT A canted rifle misses wide at distance. Zero the level to your rifle and hold by ear — audio and haptic cues, eyes on target. Pro puts a live level behind Live Fire, the Range Card, and the Stage Card. HIT PROBABILITY AND THE ETHICAL SHOT Lock a target for a real first-round-hit percentage from your velocity SD, group size, and wind call, plus a terminal check for your game. HANDS-FREE WITH SIRI "Hey Siri, Dope for 250" speaks your hold — watch and iPhone. Wind and target by voice, too. POINT-AND-LOCK THE FIELD Aim downrange, tap to lock target; aim downwind, tap to lock wind — read on the shooter's clock face. RANGE CARD ON YOUR WRIST A full dope table, dial to scroll, plus seven watch-face complications: a mini range card, holds, target, density altitude, active load. YOUR RIFLES, YOUR LOADS Build rifle and load profiles on the watch — no phone required. On iPhone, scan a factory ammo barcode and the load builds itself, or pick from a bullet catalog with factory BCs. Export a printable dope card; back up your library to a file. YOUR CONDITIONS, YOUR UNITS Pressure, temperature, altitude, humidity, and wind each toggle AUTO or MANUAL. Metric or imperial, synced across devices. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no tracking, no third-party SDKs. Your profiles and readings stay on your device. Weather comes from Apple Weather on request. Built for hunters, PRS shooters, and airgunners who want a first-round-hit hold. Runs on Apple Watch Series 4 and later. Wrist Dope is a calculation aid. Always verify your data and shoot safely, responsibly, and within the law.

About

Bow Log

This app is designed for bowfishing enthusiasts to log their catches, track fishing spots, and analyze patterns. It offers offline functionality, weather data, and a community map for shared insights.

Highlights
  • Log harvests quickly
  • Pin spots to a map
  • Offline data saving
  • Moon phase and weather data
  • Community fishing map
  • Crew leaderboards
Features
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Most fishing apps are built for rod and reel. Bow Log isn't. It's a harvest log built for bowfishing: nights on the water, shallow flats, carp and gar stacked up in the weeds. Log a harvest in under 30 seconds. Snap a photo, tag the species, and the spot pins itself to your map. No signal at the lake? It saves offline and syncs when you're back. Your map fills up with pins. Patterns show up fast. That bank that produces every June full moon? You'll see it. Know when to go. Moon phase, live weather, and USGS water levels for any spot. Free for everyone. The community map shows where people are actually shooting fish. Locations are fuzzed to about a mile, so nobody burns your exact hole. Share to see, or subscribe and keep everything private. Run with a crew? Make one. Shared leaderboards settle who's actually the best shot. What's free: Your first 3 harvests, your personal map, full conditions, and community map access when you share. Bow Log Unlimited ($3.99/month or $39.99/year): Unlimited harvest logging, full privacy on the community map, and crew leaderboards. Log your harvests. Remember your spots. Know when to go. Terms of Use: https://bowlogapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://bowlogapp.com/privacy

Screenshots

Wrist Dope4 screens
Bow Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Bow Log at 14.0 against Wrist Dope's 18.0. On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Wrist Dope sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bow Log sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Wrist Dope against 5.0 for Bow Log. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Wrist Dope versus Bow Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWrist DopeBow Log
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMusket Holdings, LLCFoundryline HQ

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Wrist Dope

One-time1
  • Wrist Dope Pro$39.99
2 purchases

Bow Log

Subscriptions2
  • BowLog Monthly$3.991 Month
  • BowLog Annual$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Wrist Dope free?
Wrist Dope is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bow Log free?
Bow Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Wrist Dope or Bow Log?
Wrist Dope and Bow Log are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Wrist Dope or Bow Log have ads?
Neither Wrist Dope nor Bow Log shows ads.

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