Comparison

TargetAce vs Arrow

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

Head to head
About

TargetAce

Features
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TargetAce is an archery companion for archers of every level and their clubs. Score every arrow, see your handicap and classification after every round, and compete with your club, all in one app that works offline. SCORE EVERY ROUND Tap the arrows on the target, with a magnifier for line cutters, or use the keypad. Every Archery GB and World Archery round is there: imperial, metric, Worcester, indoor and outdoor, plus field rounds on the field face (pick the target your group starts on) and clout. Sighters, a reminder of your sight mark when you walk up a distance, the right face at every distance, a shooting timer, and ends you can edit afterwards. TARGET CAPTAIN Score a whole target of archers on one phone, then share signed PDF scoresheets. Export everything to CSV. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Your Archery GB 2026 handicap and classification after every round, including field classifications, or your World Archery award and ten national award schemes. Personal bests per bow style, season progress, badges, group analysis, and a short "what stood out" after each round. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Widgets show your last round, your best and your arrows this week. On iPhone, the round you're shooting is on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. YOUR CLUB, ON TARGETACE LIVE Join your club with a code or find one nearby. Challenge ladders, knockouts and leagues played as live matches, teams, target-score competitions, club records, club news, and live head-to-head against club-mates. EVENTS Clubs run open events with entries, target lists and scoring by target captains, with live results on targetace.app. GAMES The Classic campaign, The Archer's Path, from easy village matches to the legends, with a story scene for every opponent; endless practice; and practice matches against characters. Night of the Hollow is a spooky story campaign of 100 stages, sold separately, with the first 3 stages free. EQUIPMENT Your bows, with sight marks for every distance, brace height and tiller. TARGETACE PRO An optional subscription: sync across your phones with an automatic cloud backup, a short written summary of every round, and camera scoring from a photo of your target. The summaries and camera scoring are experimental. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Scoring works offline without an account. Online features stay off until you choose to connect. No adverts. In English, Nederlands, Deutsch, Français, Italiano and Español. TargetAce Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription, paid through your Apple Account. It renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://targetace.app/privacy/

About

Arrow

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Shoot. Score. Keep it forever. Arrow scores your archery practice with your iPhone and keeps every session, so you can see how you improve instead of guessing. SCORE WITHOUT A PENCIL Point your iPhone at the target and Arrow calls the round. You can also score from a photo in your library, or place each arrow yourself. Every round keeps a picture of the target face. SEE WHERE EACH ARROW LANDED A round is more than a number. Arrow draws your arrows on the target face, so you see your group, your high shots and your bad end. WATCH YOURSELF IMPROVE Improve shows your average, your group, your best ends and every session you have shot, over any window you choose. KEEP IT FOR LIFE Your account holds every session, every score and every photo. A new iPhone gets all of it back. A paper scorecard does not. FIND WHERE TO SHOOT Arrow lists archery events near you, with the date and the place. KEEP YOUR GEAR IN ONE PLACE Your bow, your arrows and the rest, with photos and the numbers you forget. PRICING Arrow Pro opens scoring, your full history and your gear. The first week is free. Monthly $12.99. Yearly $99.99. The App Store shows the price for your country. SET UP An iPhone with iOS 26 or later. Stand where your iPhone sees the whole target face, in daylight or under good light. Arrow is a training aid. It does not replace official competition scoring. Terms of Use: https://spectrecreation.com/arrow/terms Privacy Policy: https://spectrecreation.com/arrow/privacy

Screenshots

TargetAce4 screens
Arrow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: TargetAce at 16.4 against Arrow's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

TargetAce ships an update every 10 days, Arrow every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
TargetAce versus Arrow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTargetAceArrow
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGordon HallArsham Mehrani

In-app purchases

None

TargetAce

No in-app purchases

None

Arrow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TargetAce free?
TargetAce is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arrow free?
Arrow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TargetAce or Arrow have ads?
Neither TargetAce nor Arrow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TargetAce or Arrow?
TargetAce ships an update every 10 days, and Arrow every 5 days. Most recently, TargetAce was updated on October 13, 2026 and Arrow on October 14, 2026.

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