Comparison

Simple Arrows vs ArcherMate

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

Head to head
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. 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 to you. On iPad in landscape, or iPhone Duo opened up, you get both side by side. 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 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. We couldn't find the archery app we wanted for ourselves, so we built it. 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. ALL YOUR BEAUTIFUL BOWS Keep a profile for each bow you own. Every session remembers which bow it used, gear changes land on a dated history for that bow, and Insights keeps each bow's trend separate, so a new riser starts its own story instead of blending into the old one. JUST ENOUGH INSIGHTS 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.

About

ArcherMate

Features
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ArcherMate is the archery log that records every arrow you shoot. Fast scoring on the field, deep analysis afterwards. SET UP A SESSION Pick your distance, arrow count and bow setup. The wizard remembers your last settings, so after the second session setup is a few taps. SCORE Tap the target to mark arrows one by one, or enter a whole end with quick scoring. You can correct an end after the session is finished. SEE YOUR GROUPING A point cloud with 50%/90% grouping ellipses shows where your arrows actually land. The cost of poor centering and of a flyer are read separately. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Dated trend charts, weekly average, monthly recap and records. Tap a point to jump to that session. GO DEEPER Expected score, finding of the day, your ArcherMate grade, pressure gap, arrow volume and equipment impact. Take your data with you through the coach report and CSV export. PLAN AHEAD Choose the day and time of your session and get reminded when it is due. Set a goal: target your average or your arrow count. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Your records are stored on your device only. No account needed; we ask for no name, email or location. Good shooting.

Screenshots

Simple Arrows4 screens
ArcherMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ArcherMate at none against Simple Arrows's 1. ArcherMate also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Simple Arrows's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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. Simple Arrows sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ArcherMate asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Arrows ships an update weekly, ArcherMate every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Simple Arrows versus ArcherMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple ArrowsArcherMate
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDLXR LLCCem Yildiz

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Simple Arrows

One-time1
  • Supporter Edition$6.99
None

ArcherMate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Arrows free?
Simple Arrows is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ArcherMate free?
ArcherMate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simple Arrows or ArcherMate have ads?
ArcherMate shows ads; Simple Arrows does not.
Which is updated more often, Simple Arrows or ArcherMate?
Simple Arrows ships an update weekly, and ArcherMate every 2 days. Most recently, Simple Arrows was updated on October 23, 2026 and ArcherMate on October 9, 2026.

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