Comparison

AlphaShot vs ClayMate

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

Head to head
About

AlphaShot

Features
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More enjoyment at the range. More good sessions to remember. AlphaShot brings sports shooting, archery and clay shooting into a logbook that makes you look forward to going again. On iPhone and iPad, keep your results, celebrate small wins and see how your shooting develops. FROM A PHOTO TO USEFUL INSIGHTS Photograph or import your target. On compatible models, target recognition and calibration, followed by shot-hole detection, are automatic. Check the suggestions, adjust them if needed, then explore scores, shot groups and measurements supported by the target model. Photo analysis runs on your device. Manual calibration and entry remain available; you can also place shots on a virtual target or enter scores with the keypad. PROGRESS YOU CAN SEE Choose from 45 catalogue target models for rifle, pistol, archery and other disciplines. Find series by shooter, firearm, discipline and distance. Track scores, groups, centring and personal records. Charts, shot overlays, heatmaps and radar profiles help you understand comparable data. Discover trophies as your recorded shots, regular practice and best groups add up. CLAY SHOOTING BELONGS HERE TOO Trap, skeet, universal trench, Compak sporting or sporting clays: keep rounds, results and statistics together. Manage several shooters, prepare courses and stations, organise competitions and follow the standings. YOUR EQUIPMENT, YOUR OWN COMPARISONS Keep firearms, equipment and configurations at hand. See the number of shots recorded with each firearm, their breakdown and its last use, including recorded shooting outside series. Compare ammunition groups by firearm and distance when the series and participating shooters provide a consistent basis for comparison. KEEP AN EYE ON STOCK AND COSTS Enter ammunition purchases and prices to estimate the cost of your shooting. Recorded use linked to the relevant ammunition and firearm automatically updates estimated stock. Review purchases, use by firearm, costs and manual withdrawals in their histories. Missing prices and mixed currencies are identified; reusable arrows are not deducted like cartridges. SAVE THE MOMENTS WORTH SHARING Your series are brought together into sessions you can rename, merge or split. Add memory photos, captions, a location, notes and each shooter's impressions. Share results as Post or Story cards with targets, shots or density, and export sessions and analysis to PDF. Record offline and view iCloud sync activity in Settings. Available in 17 languages. AlphaShot keeps your shooting story together, ready for the next session.

About

ClayMate

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ClayMate is the training and competition logbook built for clay target shooters. Olympic trap, universal trench or skeet: track every session, understand your weak points and improve. LOG YOUR SESSIONS IN SECONDS • Discipline, club, gun and cartridge carried over automatically from your last session • Nearest range and weather detected via GPS • Setting grid and trap number for each round MAP YOUR MISSED TARGETS • For each stand, tick the missed clays and their direction (left, centre, right) • Your score updates automatically ANALYZE YOUR WEAKNESSES • Hit rate by target type (centre, lateral, extreme angles) • Compared with your own average to reveal your real weak point • Targeted sessions on what you miss most OFFICIAL ISSF & FITASC GRIDS • Realistic trench diagram and clay trajectory simulation • Angle, height and distance per machine, stand by stand YOUR GEAR TO THE MILLIMETRE • Complete gunstock sheet (comb, heel, Monte Carlo, length, deviations…) • Export to PDF to share with your gunsmith • Manage your guns and cartridges RANGE WEATHER • Real-time conditions at the clubs around you COMPETITIONS • Official calendar, bib, squad and category • Registrations and results, no re-entry 100% LOCAL-FIRST & MULTILINGUAL • Works offline, optional cloud sync • Available in English, French, Italian and Arabic Good shooting!

Screenshots

AlphaShot4 screens
ClayMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ClayMate at 15.0 against AlphaShot's 17.6. 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

AlphaShot ships an update every 5 days, ClayMate every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
AlphaShot versus ClayMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlphaShotClayMate
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size245 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuillaume GriveletPADERF TECH

In-app purchases

None

AlphaShot

No in-app purchases

None

ClayMate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AlphaShot free?
AlphaShot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ClayMate free?
ClayMate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AlphaShot or ClayMate have ads?
Neither AlphaShot nor ClayMate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AlphaShot or ClayMate?
AlphaShot ships an update every 5 days, and ClayMate every 3 days. Most recently, AlphaShot was updated on November 5, 2026 and ClayMate on October 28, 2026.

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