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.

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.