Arcus Archery Analytics vs Simple Arrows

Arcus is the archery training companion built for archers who want more than a tally sheet. Whether you're shooting indoors at 18m, chasing Vegas spots, or navigating a 3D course through the trees, Arcus keeps your scores, tracks your progress, and helps you understand what's actually improving — and what isn't. SCORE EVERY ROUND Log target rounds and 3D sessions with ease. Use the numeric keypad for fast end-by-end scoring, or tap directly on the target face to record where each arrow landed. Arcus handles the maths — you focus on the shooting. Supports WA target faces (40cm, 60cm, 122cm), Vegas 3-Spot, ASA, and IBO formats, with accurate ring scoring and X-ring tracking built in. YOUR COMPLETE TRAINING LOGBOOK Every session is saved automatically. Browse your full shooting history, review individual scorecards, and share results with coaches or club members. Track your best ends, total arrow counts, and X totals at a glance. KNOW YOUR GEAR Log every bow in your bag — recurve, compound, barebow, or traditional. Record draw weight, arrow spine, point weight, riser and limb details, and more. Arcus tracks the total shots fired on each setup so you always know when it's time to check your string or tune your rest. INSIGHTS — UNDERSTAND YOUR SHOOTING The Insights tab turns your session data into clear, visual analysis: Performance Trend — see your average arrow score over time and whether you're improving Training Volume — track how many arrows you're shooting each week Impact Heatmap — visualise exactly where your arrows are landing on the face Score Trends — watch your gold, red, and blue percentages shift over time Score Breakdown — a clear chart of your scoring distribution Stamina Analysis — discover whether your scores drop in later ends Consistency Trend — measure how tight your groups are getting Performance Trend is free for everyone. The full Insights suite is available with Arcus Pro, a one-time purchase — no subscription, no recurring fees, yours forever. BUILT FOR PRIVACY All your data lives on your device. Arcus doesn't collect personal information, create accounts, or send anything to a server. Export a full backup anytime and import it on a new device. Arcus is made by Donkey Works in Waterloo, Ontario.

We live in a time of great archery apps, many with spreadsheet-level knobs and levers, dozens of stats to track, and a million ways to configure every round. This isn't one of them. Simple Arrows is a light, fast and private archery training companion for iPhone and iPad. Pick a face, start shooting, and it works out which round you're in on its own. It scores your session, keeps a calm timeline of your practice, and quietly helps you notice what's changing. We built this to be a training companion, not a performance dashboard. LESS SETUP, MORE SHOOTING Pick your target face and start shooting. 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 handles the rounds you actually shoot, and you stay in control the whole way. Score on the target face or the scoresheet, whichever feels right. Every tap is instant, and nothing gets between you and the next arrow. THE FACES IT SHOOTS 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. Plus a blank bale for form work. DELIGHT IN THE DETAILS We poured some craft into the small things. Arrows land on the target with a satisfying little settle. Hold your finger down and a magnifier opens so you can place a mark exactly where it landed. The Finish button gently fills beneath your thumb as you hold it down. All of it, hopefully, makes scoring feel terrific. We wanted to build the archery app we'd want to use ourselves, so we spent an ungodly amount of time making scoring feel right. A TIMELINE OF YOUR PRACTICE Every session, note, and milestone lives in a clean, filterable timeline you can revisit even after years of shooting. Personal bests appear quietly as you go. Recognition, not a scoreboard. 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 of practice. One clear picture, not a wall of charts. SHARE THE GOOD ONES Shot 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 actually want to share, not a screenshot of a spreadsheet. The card is free for everyone; Supporters just 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. It's always private. 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 you enjoy Simple Arrows, consider becoming a Supporter and picking 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 that shoots.