Comparison

Archery Apprentice vs Simple Arrows

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

Head to head
About

Archery Apprentice

Features
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Track your archery scores, manage equipment, and compete in tournaments with Archery Apprentice. Perfect for archers of all levels. Features: • Score tracking with detailed statistics • Equipment management for bows and setups • Tournament creation and participation • Round history and progress tracking

About

Simple Arrows

This app simplifies archery scoring by automatically recognizing rounds and tracking practice sessions. It offers a clean timeline of your progress and provides calm insights into your training, with options to share your achievements. Your data remains private and on your device.

Highlights
  • Automatic round recognition
  • Practice timeline
  • Calm training insights
  • Scorecard export
  • Private data storage
  • Multiple target faces
Features
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Simple Arrows is a small, quiet archery companion for iPhone and iPad. Pick a target face, place your arrows, and it works out which round you're in on its own. It keeps a calm timeline of your practice and, over time, helps you notice what's changing. We wanted to avoid building a dashboard, so there are no knobs to set up before your first arrow, no stats you didn't ask for, and nothing to configure between you and the next end. LESS SETUP, MORE SHOOTING Choose a face and start. Simple Arrows watches how you score and recognizes the round for you, from Portsmouth to the WA 1440 to the imperial rounds and plenty more, without asking you to pick from a list first. It knows the rounds you actually practice, and you stay in control the whole way. Score on the target face or the scoresheet, whichever feels right. Every tap is instant. THE FACES WA full face, 6-ring, vertical 3-spot and 5-spot. Vegas 3-spot. NFAA single spot and 5-spot. Worcester and Worcester 5-spot. And a blank bale for form work. DELIGHT IN THE DETAILS We spent a long time on the small things. Arrows land with a satisfying little settle. Hold your finger down and a magnifier opens so you can place a mark exactly where the arrow went. The Finish button gently fills beneath your thumb. None of it is necessary. All of it, we hope, makes scoring a pleasure rather than a chore. This is the archery app we wanted for ourselves. A TIMELINE OF YOUR PRACTICE Every session, note, and milestone lives in a clean, filterable timeline you can revisit years from now. Personal bests appear quietly as you go. INSIGHTS THAT STAY CALM Lightweight, honest reads on your training: trend, consistency, and volume, with enough context to notice what changed after a new string, a new tab, or simply a good week. One clear picture instead of a wall of charts. SHARE THE GOOD ONES Had a round you're proud of? Export it as a clean scorecard image and send it to a friend, your coach, or the club chat. It looks like something you'd want to share, because who wants to share a screenshot of a spreadsheet? The card is free for everyone; Supporters get a few extra styles to play with. YOURS, AND PRIVATE Your training data stays on your device and, if you choose, in your own private iCloud account. Anonymous analytics are off by default, and if you turn them on, they help improve the app and nothing else. Export your whole archive as CSV whenever you like. It's your data. FREE, WITH AN OPTIONAL THANK YOU The entire app, and every core feature, is free for everyone, forever. Scoring, automatic round recognition, your timeline, insights, import, export, and sync. If Simple Arrows earns a place in your quiver, you can become a Supporter and pick up a handful of cosmetic extras: 3D arrows that catch the light when you tilt your phone, alternate target-face themes, arrow mark colors, and extra export styles. It's simply a way to say thanks. Nothing about how the app works is ever locked behind it. Made by Dabblings, a small studio of archers.

Screenshots

Archery Apprentice4 screens
Simple Arrows4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Simple Arrows at Free against Archery Apprentice's $0.99. Simple Arrows also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Archery Apprentice's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Simple Arrows is free to download; Archery Apprentice costs $0.99 up front. Simple Arrows sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Archery Apprentice asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Archery Apprentice ships an update every 3 weeks, Simple Arrows weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Archery Apprentice versus Simple Arrows: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArchery ApprenticeSimple Arrows
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.126.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristopher PishakiDLXR LLC

In-app purchases

None

Archery Apprentice

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Simple Arrows

One-time1
  • Supporter Edition$6.99

Questions

Is Archery Apprentice free?
Archery Apprentice costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Arrows free?
Simple Arrows is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Archery Apprentice or Simple Arrows have ads?
Neither Archery Apprentice nor Simple Arrows shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Archery Apprentice or Simple Arrows?
Archery Apprentice ships an update every 3 weeks, and Simple Arrows weekly. Most recently, Archery Apprentice was updated on October 13, 2026 and Simple Arrows on October 6, 2026.

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